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  • APC chieftain to Ekiti Commissioners-designate: Shun corruption, disloyalty

    A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Ekiti State, Dr. Olusegun Osinkolu has urged the commissioner nominees just approved by the Ekiti State House of Assembly to refrain from corrupt and acts that could derail Dr. Fayemi-led administration.

    Osinkolu said their focus and premium task should be how to implement the Fayemi’s 4 -cardinal agenda  to transform and accelerate the lives of the predominantly agrarian Ekiti residents.

    He described those nominated by Fayemi as committed individuals in their respective communities aside from being  party loyalists, saying he has no apprehension that they will discharge their duties diligently for radical turn around of the state’s  socio-economic status.

    Fayemi had last week Tuesday sent names of 14 commissioners designate to Ekiti assembly for screening and approval and were later confirmed on the floor of the House on Thursday.

    The governor will on Tuesday inaugurates the cabinet members and subsequently assign them to the  Ministries they will superintend over.

    Read Also: Ekiti Assembly confirms 13 commissioner-nominees

    Speaking in Ado Ekiti on Saturday, The Director General Buhari/Osinbajo  Campaign Council said proposed cabinet members came at a time when the people are having high expectations from all sectors to compensate for the deprivation suffered in the past, saying they can’t afford to disappoint Ekiti populace under this circumstance.

    Osinkolu added that the All Progressives Congress as champion of progressive governance should run a government that can change the lives of the people for better, urging the nominees to bear this in mind that they are being appointed to serve and not to pursue personal gains and material acquisition .

    He said: ” Governor Kayode Fayemi met a lot of rots in the system caused by bad policies and laxity on the part of the immediate past administration.

    “He came at a time when several months of salary and pension arrears are owed. Deductions and gratuities to  civil servants and retirees   running into several millions of naira are outstanding and infrastructures in schools are dilapidated and our people are questing for radical improvement .

    ” I want the nominees to share the dream of our governor and his resolve to bail us out of this conundrum.

    “Under Ayodele Fayose- led government, over 40,000 people were displaced from the safety net like the social security scheme, Ekiti State Peace Corps, Youth in Commercial Farming (YCAD) and others being policies  initiated by Governor Fayemi in 2011 , apart from astronomic increase in the level of unemployment among youths . All these APC government would have  tackle for people to have a reprieve.

    “They must know that coming at this precarious time as commissioners is more of a service than material  acquisition. They must be ready to sacrifice their personal gains to benefit humanity and posterity shall be fair to them as leaders who put up appropriate fight for our people to be delivered from the bandage of poverty if they eventually prove their mettle”.

    Osinkolu appealed to APC members and other Ekiti populace to give them the required supports and play advisory roles where necessary for the success of the present administration.

  • Buhari’s victory ends dominance of cabals, says APC chieftain

    A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Ekiti, Dr Olusegun Osinkolu, has declared the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari has put an end to the tyrannical tendencies and dominance of few cabals in the country.

    Osinkolu said those few who had been dictating the pace and holding Nigerians by the jugular had now been retired politically to their ‘family fortress’

    He further said the victory testified to the fact that Nigerians were appreciative of the monumental achievements of the APC-led federal government.

    Osinkolu stated that Nigerians have spoken vociferously through their votes that the present government was people-oriented.

    The Director General, Buhari/Osinbajo Campaign Organisation congratulated members of his council in Ekiti for delivering Ekiti State to President Buhari.

    He also commended Nigerians for amplifying their desire for a more prudent, descent and masses-oriented party like APC to lead Nigeria for another four years to afford it the opportunity of ridding the nation of corrupt tendencies.

    In his congratulatory message to Nigerians, especially the APC political family in Ado Ekiti on Wednesday, Osinkolu commended the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu for allowing the votes of Nigerians count via a transparent electoral process.

    Read Also: PDP, APC disagree at Collation Centre

    “On behalf of the campaign council in Ekiti, I congratulate President Muhammadu Buhari for this resounding victory. It signposted the end of tyranny and political dominance of a few cabals in our dear nation, who had been dictating the pace and holding Nigerians by the jugular.

    “With this well amplified appreciation shown by the masses about President Buhari’s presidency, the PDP must have swallowed its pride and much touted mantra that the present government under Buhari’s watch was incompetent and not intellectually-inclined to drive Nigeria to success.

    “We felicitate with Nigerians at this auspicious time that they have decided to revalidate the government they put in place in 2015.

    “They have shown that they have implicit confidence in President Buhari  and we assure them that we shall set the ball rolling by consolidating on the gains of the past to make the future blissful and rewarding,” Osinkolu said.

  • Bamidele, Adeyeye, Adetunmbi win Ekiti senatorial tickets

    Former House of Representatives member, Mr. Opeyemi Bamidele, former Senator, Mr. Olubunmi Adetunmbi and former Minister of State for Works, Prince Adedayo Adeyeye have clinched the three available senatorial tickets in Ekiti State.

    At the All Progressives Congress (APC) primaries conducted on Friday, Bamidele defeated incumbent Senator, Mrs. Fatimat Raji Rasaki, to win in Ekiti Central senatorial district.

    Bamidele polled 61,823 votes as against Mrs. Rasaki’s 3,289 in all the 57 wards of the district.

    In Ekiti North, Adetumbi polled 21,763 to defeat a strong field of five aspirants.

    Aspirants defeated by Adetunmbi and their votes are Mr. Cyril Fasuyi (6,021), Dr Olusegun Osinkolu (5,312), Engr. Akin Bamisaye (2,003), Sir Kayode Otitoju (1,183) and Mr. Femi Ajepe (1,183).

    Adeyeye, despite standing as a consensus candidate in Ekiti South, still polled 51,443.

    The six APC candidates for the House of Representatives were also elected at the Friday’s primaries.

    Former Chief of Staff to the ex-Governor Kayode Fayemi, Mr. Yemi Adaramodu emerged as the flag bearer for Ekiti South Federal Constituency 1 while former House of Assembly Speaker, Mr. Femi Bamisile won the ticket for Ekiti South Federal Constituency 2.

    The Ekiti Central Federal Constituency 1 ticket went to Mr. Sola Fatoba. Former Ekiti Assembly Chief Whip, Mrs. Omowumi Ogunlola, grabbed the ticket for Ekiti Central Federal Constituency 2.

    Former Chairman of the State Housing Corporation, Mr. Peter Owolabi, won the Ekiti North Federal Constituency 1 ticket while former Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Legal Matters, Mr. Ibrahim Olarewaju, clinched the ticket for Ekiti North Federal Constituency 2.

    Speaking with reporters in Iyin-Ekiti after being declared winner, Bamidele promised to make the difference if he wins at the National Assembly polls in 2019.

    He said the direct primary conducted in Ekiti had afforded every member the right of participation as entrenched in democratic ideals,
    saying act of imposition would only brew ill-feelings among party members.

    Bamidele lauded party members for exhibiting so much love for him, urging them to replicate the gesture next year’s February 16, when the presidential and National Assembly elections will be conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

  • ‘Current NASS, worst since 1999’

    ‘Current NASS, worst since 1999’

    • Urges EFCC to investigate budget padding

    A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State, Olusegun Osinkolu, has described the 8th National Assembly as the worst in the nation’s history since the return of democratic rule in 1999.

    Speaking with reporters on Monday in Ado Ekiti on the crisis rocking the National Assembly, Osinkolu expressed regrets that the federal lawmakers have disappointed the electorate by their alleged involvement in forgery and budget padding.

    Ahead of the 2019 general elections, Osinkolu urged Nigerians to be more vigilant and careful on the personality of candidates seeking their votes for National Assembly seats advocating for election of people of integrity.

    He expressed fear that winning the anti-corruption war would be very difficult if the National Assembly still parades personalities like Senate President Bukola Saraki, Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu and Speaker Yakubu Dogara still holding top posts.

    The duo of Saraki and Ekweremadu are currently answering forgery charges in a Federal High Court in Abuja over alleged alteration of the standing rules that brought them into office.

    While Dogara and  former Chairman,  House Committee on Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jubrin  are exchanging verbal abuses over alleged budget padding running into billions of Naira.

    Osinkolu said: “President Muhammadu Buhari alone cannot win the war against graft. He needed good institutions like the Senate and House of Representatives to win the war.

    “We need men of integrity, those with strong characters and incorruptible nature to lead that pivotal arm to help the executive raise the bar of governance beyond this pedestrian level.
    “The silence of the members of both chambers in the midst of these raging controversies lent credence to the fact that they are also complicit. They have not comported themselves in the most honourable way and this portends grave danger to us as a nation.

    “President Buhari was elected by the popular notion that he has integrity and the political will to tackle corruption in any form. He shouldn’t disappoint Nigerians in this regard because sparing these big men might cast a thick doubt on the integrity of the APC-led federal government.

    “Making laws need not be a full time job where Governors finish serving as executives in a state for 8 yrs will run to the Senate to remain relevant  and to seek refuge against prosecution.”

    The APC chieftain called on the federal government and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) not to spare anybody indicted of complicity in the official malfeasance going on in both chambers of the national assembly.

    Particularly, Osinkolu appealed to the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami not to bow to pressure and harassment coming from the senators on the alleged forgery case, saying his ability to prosecute such  high profile case would send a signal that President Buhari is committed to ridding the country of criminality.