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  • AD sacks Oyo chairman, exco for backing PDP

    THE National Headquarters of Alliance for Democracy (AD) has named Aremo Adeola Adepoju as the party’s acting Chairman in Oyo State.

    This followed the re-composition of the party’s state caretaker committee.

    A letter signed by the party’s National Chairman, Chief Joseph Avazi, dated March 4, has informed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) about the party’s decision.

    The latest development was informed by alleged anti-party activities of Chief Akin Alamu, the erstwhile AD caretaker committee chairman.

    Alamu, had a couple of months ago, openly declared support for the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate Oluseyi Abiodun Makinde.

    Read also: Accord adopts APC in Oyo

    According to the letter to INEC National Chairman, copies of which was made available to reporters in Ibadan, the AD National Chairman named six other members, namely, Nicholas Farotimi as Secretary, Alhaja Fatima Mustapha, Adesiyan Hussain, Deacon Sunday Salako, Alhaji Ibrahim Gbadamosi and Tunde Samuel Ogunshola as people to work with the new acting chairman.

    The National Chairman also informed INEC in the letter that “the appointment of the caretaker committee shall be in force until the party takes further decision on the matter”.

    He added: “The committee shall be responsible for the party in all matters in Oyo State”.

     

  • Lagos commissioner resigns from Exco, APC

    The Lagos State Commissioner for Energy and Mineral Resources, Mr. Oluwo Olawale Wasiu, has resigned as commissioner and member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

    Wasiu, who hails from Epe, submitted his resignation as commissioner to Governor Akinwunmi Ambode yesterday in his office at the Lagos House, Alausa, Ikeja, the state capital.

    The letter said his reasons for resigning include the conduct of the October primary of the party, which he said had some defects.

    Describing the primary as integrity-deficient, Wasiu said it diminished the hard-earned reputation of the state as a reference point for free and fair democratic practice.

    “In the particular case of the governorship primary, which was conducted using the ‘open ballot’ option in violation of the guidelines of the APC, which specify the ‘open secret ballot’ option, it is clear to me that the core principles of merit, competence, justice and fairness have been sacrificed by the APC in the altar of political expediency.

    “I have struggled for weeks to understand the rationale for the apparent desperation and brigandage brazenly displayed by the party apparatchiks in the various elections.”

    The former commissioner regretted that “such vicious attacks could be unleashed on the progress that the state has made in its steady democratic journey”.

    He also accused the party of being indifferent to the activities of a powerful group within it, saying such group used an arm of government to intimidate critical institutions of democracy and allegedly undermined the doctrine of separation of powers.

    Wasiu said the group was allegedly “creating an atmosphere of uncertainty and impairing government’s ability to implement policies and programmes that will benefit the majority of the people”.

    This, he said, was in contrast with his “strongly held belief that group interest, no matter how powerful, must be subordinated to the interest of the majority”, adding that “the present atmosphere of encirclement will not abate anytime soon”.

    Although it is yet to be confirmed, sources close to Wasiu said he is on his way to team up the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship candidate, Mr. Jimi Agbaje who is said to a close friend of the former commissioner.

  • Alumni body gets new exco

    The Educational Initiative for Development in Western Nigeria (EIFDW) has inaugurated members of the Executive Committee of the Conference of Old Students/Alumni Associations across the South West states.

    Performing the inauguration at the former Red Cross Building, Oke Mosan,  Abeokuta , the Chairman, Board of Trustees of  EIFDW, Mr. Michael Oyawale, pointed out that the decadence in the educational sector,  especially at the primary school level,  necessitated the creation of the alma mater endowments to salvage the situation.

    Oyawale added that though various governments had continued to pursue free education policies, inadequate funding had badly affected  the initiative due to the economic downturn ravaging the country.

    “The years of unbroken underfunding and half-hearted interventions have left the school system in comprehensive decay and restoration will, therefore, have to be just as comprehensive .

    “We need the massive sustained injection of funds at professionally defined objectives in a comprehensive master plan that transcends the silo of individual school boundaries to the apex of regional cooperation and bonding,”he said.

    The Ogun State Head of Service and a managing partner of the EIFDW, Mr. Abayomi Sobande, admonished the new executive committee to keep the conference going, noting that the government alone could not solve all the challenges facing schools.

    Responding on behalf of the committee, Prof. Biyi Afonja, who was represented by Mr. Lateef Owodeyi,  praised  the EIFDW for the opportunity given him to serve in rescuing the school system from collapse.

  • Poultry association gets new exco

    The Poultry Association of Nigeria( PAN), has elected a new executive at its convention in Abuja. Mr. Ezekiel Ibrahim emerged as the National President.

    Mr. Ibrahim, who was the Vice President of the Association in the North East, has been a poultry farmer for over 30 years.

    In  his acceptance speech, he said because of his pedigree, he was very conversant with the challenges and opportunities of poultry production in the country. He promised to take the poultry industry in the country to a higher level during his tenure.

    Ibrahim assured members of the association that he would run an inclusive administration whereby every poultry farmer in the country will be brought on board to contribute ideas to the overall development of the industry. In his remarks at the swearing ceremony

    Having been a national officer at different levels, he was very conversant with the challenges, opportunities and the problems militating against poultry production in the country.

    He promised to take the poultry industry to another level of development, assuring that he would run an all-inclusive government whereby every poultry farmer in the country would be brought on board membership of the Association and be made to contribute ideas for the betterment of the industry.

    Speaking in the same vein, Chairman of Uzizi Integrated Farms, Enahoro Eta, who was elected National Vice President, Southsouth, promised that his tenure would ensure that all the states in the zone become another poultry haven in Nigeria.

    He assured the citizens of the Niger Delta that he would ensure that poultry products from the Southsouth are traded to the other parts of the country instead of the zone becoming a dumping ground for poultry products from the other parts of the country.

  • Ekiti council pensioners dissolve Exco

    Ekiti council pensioners dissolve Exco

    There was drama yesterday at the meeting of Local Government Pensioners Association of Nigeria (LOGPAN) in Ekiti State as members sacked the executive, led by Chief Julius Adekogba.

    The pensioners at their mini-congress in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital, said Adekogba, who had been in office for 21 years, violated Article 2 (ii) of the constitution, which provides for a term of three years in office, though renewable.

    The pensioners also said Adekogba contravened Article 13 (viii) by accepting a political appointment from Governor Ayo Fayose as a commissioner in the Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM).

    They noted that other members of the Exco are also guilty by congratulating Adekogba, as none of them drew his attention to the alleged infraction.

    The members said Adekogba could not remain in office and be LOGPAN’s national chairman.

    The motion for the dissolution of the Exco was moved by Mr. Biodun Olanrewaju and was seconded by voice-vote.

    Besides dissolving the Exco, the pensioners resolved that a caretaker committee be constituted to pilot affairs of the union and conduct an election for new officials.

    Adekogba was also accused of allegedly refusing to render a statement of annual income and expenditure, as well as illegal and unauthorised deductions.

    He described those who dissolved the Exco as “dissidents”.

    “They are not bonafide members of LOGPAN; they are a dissident group of newly retired people. They said we should wage war against the governor and we said no.

    “All of us know the economic situation of the country; fighting the government won’t be in our interest. They operate a group, called Concerned Local Government Pensioners’ Forum, which is not recognised by the government.”

    Adekogba added that a peace meeting will hold today under the umbrella of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP) to resolve the impasse.

  • Exco seeks release of Fayose’s aides

    Exco seeks release of Fayose’s aides

    The Ekiti State Executive Council (Exco) has urged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to release the Commissioner of Finance, Chief Toyin Ojo and Accountant General, Mrs. Yemisi Owolabi, from its custody.

    Members spoke yesterday at their meeting in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital.

    They described EFCC’s arrest and detention of the duo on September 28 as an “abuse of power and witch-hunt by pseudo-democrats in Abuja to diabolically incapacitate the Ayo Fayose administration”.

    Addressing reporters after the meeting, Information, Youth and Sports Development Commissioner Lanre Ogunsuyi said the anti-graft agency should, in the alternative, charge them to court if anything incriminating had been established against them.

    Ogunsuyi said the arrest of Ojo and Owolabi was “in violation of a subsisting ruling of a court of competent jurisdiction restraining the supposed anti-graft body from inviting or arresting officials of the state”.

    The commissioner urged the EFCC to “respect the rule of law by abiding by the subsisting court ruling”.

    He added: “The options available to EFCC is to either grant the arrested state officials administrative bail or charge them to court, if they had breached the law.”

    Ogunsuyi said the EFCC allegedly ignored the government’s repeated petitions to investigate the previous administration, “despite incontrovertible evidences”.

    Ekiti State Exco condemned what Ogunsuyi said was “the lopsided policies of the Federal Government, which were skewed towards developing only All Progressives Congress (APC) states at the expense of other states of the federation perceived to be stronghold of opposition”.

    It claimed this was “a result of political intolerance and ignorance of the part of the Federal Government”.

     

  • PDP dissolves Anambra factional Exco

    The Caretaker Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dissolved the two factional executive committees in the party’s Anambra State chapter.

    The Chairman of the party’s Caretaker Committee, Senator Ahmed Makarfi, announced the dissolution yesterday after a consultative meeting with party stakeholders from Anambra State at the Abuja national secretariat of the party.

    Makarfi, who cited Section 31, (2)(e) of the party’s constitution to back the dissolution, said a caretaker committee would be set up to run the affairs of the state’s chapter of the party, pending the election of a substantive executive committee for the chapter.

    He said: “To this end, all party stakeholders, (leaders and other members) are hereby enjoined to bury their differences and join hands in unity towards the victory of the party in the forthcoming governorship election in Anambra State.”

     

  • Our scorecard, by AOCOED alumni exco

    Our scorecard, by AOCOED alumni exco

    Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education (aocoed) Alumni Association has thanked members for the confidence reposed in the executive.

    The association said the vote of confidence expressed by members served as an inspiration to do more amid several challenges still confronting the body.

    The association’s National President, Comrade Adeyemi Adesanya, spoke while presenting the executive’s scorecard to congress at FIJB Event Centre, Isheri, Lagos at the weekend.

    “I feel so elated because the congress expressly said we have done so well,” Adesanya told The Nation.

    Among many achievements, Adesanya said the alumni under his watch trained the college security guards, organised various seminar for the students leadership; raised the association’s internally-generally revenue, and built the alumni secretariat.

    Though there are still many rivers to cross, Adesanya said he was optimistic that the executive whose tenure expired late this year, had rebranded the alumni body, making it a lot easier for whoever succeeded it to continue from where it stopped.

    The congress, which dragged for hours, witnessed arguments and counter-arguments by members, particularly over a draft of the reviewed constitution.

    “The process of constitution review is not an easy thing all over the world,” Adesanya continued, “The fact remains that our constitution is tired and weak. So, we have to catch up with the present situation all over the world. That is why the National Executive Council (NEC) on behalf of the congress set up a committee. The constitution has been reviewed now and the implementation would follow suit.

    “I want to say that AOCOED alumni association has taken a new course. We shall not pretend that there are no challenges.There are, but we need to address them and we are happy the incoming administration will surpass what we have done.’’

  • ‘Why forming exco was delayed in Osun’

    ‘Why forming exco was delayed in Osun’

    The Speaker, Osun State House of Assembly, Najeem Salaam, yesterday explained the delay in forming the executive council (exco) by Governor Rauf Aregbesola.
    He said the delay was caused by the dire financial position of the state and the economic crisis in the country.
    According to a statement by the House Committee Chairman on Information and Strategy, Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, during screening of the governor’s nominees for commissioners and special advisers, the Speaker urged the people not to misconstrue the delay as weakness.
    Salaam said the governor’s approach had freed resources for development.
    He enjoined the nominees to see the opportunity as a call to service.
    Among them was Hussein Mudasiru, who represented Osun West Senatorial District between 2011 and 2015.

  • Warri Boys elect exco

    The Chief Executive Officer, Godswill Fisheries International Limited, Mr. Godwin Okene,  is the new President of Warri Boys Social and Welfare Association. He emerged at an election held at Lounge Bar in Lekki, Lagos.

    Others elected are: Assistant Financial Secretary Frank Chibgu, Financial Secretary Ovie Oghenekaro, Public Relations Officer  Patrick Okorosobo, Welfare Officer John Holt  Oloho, Vice President Gbeni Arueyingho,  BoT member Pius Enakerakpo, Legal Officer Emmanule Umoren, BoT Chairman Austin Anianu, BoT  Secretary Martins Nomuoja,  Treasurer Doran Ayi and Assistant Secretary  Christian Aburime.

    Okene, who was excited with the new position, said: ”I am very happy with the confidence reposed in me by members of the association and I promise to do my best for the association and the Warri community”.

    He said  the task of building sustainable peace and development of Niger Delta was urgent and all stakeholders must get their hands dirty to work for the good of the people.

    He said: “We will be organising clean up Warri programmes in schools, markets and other public places on a regular basics and we hope that the people will imbibed the culture of a clean environment.”

    Okene, who applauded the recent pronouncement made by the Vice President  Yemi Osibanjo that all international oil companies should relocate their headquarters to the Niger Delta, said it was a welcome development that would go a long way in bringing the much-anticipated peace and development in the area.

    ‘’We are ready to partner with the Delta State government on every programme that would help to uplift the suffering of the poor in the area’’, he said.

    The outgoing President of the association, Pius Enakerakpo, said the peaceful atmosphere recorded in election of its new President was commendable.

    He implored the members to follow up with the legacy of peace, unity and developmental programmes he embarked upon to make Warri great again.

    He appealed to the Delta State government to work with members of the association who are industrialists and are willing to build industries and create jobs for the teeming unemployed youths in the area.