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Bomb Blast Rocks Kano School of Hygiene

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><b> Not less than eight people are fear dead, after a bomb  explosion struck a public health college facility in Nigeria’s second  largest city of Kano.</b><br /><div style="float: right; margin: 5px 0pt 5px 5px;"><script type="text/javascript"> </script><script src="http://static.addynamo.net/ad/js/deliverAds.js" type="text/javascript"></script><div id="_adynamo_ad_placement_0.6433380299857331"><iframe allowtransparency="true" class=" tureujauynrumuhmfxcm" frameborder="0" height="250" hspace="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" name="_adynamo_frame_0.6433380299857331" onload="if  (typeof _ad_load['0.6433380299857331'] ==  'undefined'){_ad_load['0.6433380299857331'] = false;} if  (!_ad_load['0.6433380299857331']) {_ad_load['0.6433380299857331'] =  true; this.src =  'http://s01-delivery.addynamo.net/AdDelivery/AdDelivery.cfm?strReferURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.informationng.com%2F2014%2F06%2Fbomb-blast-rocks-kano-school-of-hygiene.html&uidChanel=6ac27443-a14d-466b-b51d-3979ceaf6293&flashVersion=11.6.602&0.6433380299857331';}" scrolling="no" src="http://s01-delivery.addynamo.net/AdDelivery/AdDelivery.cfm?strReferURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.informationng.com%2F2014%2F06%2Fbomb-blast-rocks-kano-school-of-hygiene.html&uidChanel=6ac27443-a14d-466b-b51d-3979ceaf6293&flashVersion=11.6.602&0.6433380299857331" vspace="0" width="300"></iframe></div></div><br />About 20 others were wounded- 12 of whom sustained grave injuries- in  the blast at the Kano School of Hygiene in the late hours of Monday.<br /><br />The blast occurred as students were struggling to meet registration  deadline for the new academic session.<br /><br /><div class="wp-caption  aligncenter" id="attachment_222872" style="width: 610px;"><img alt="Early Witnesses at the Scene of a Recent Bomb Blast in Kano.  Image: AFP." class="size-large wp-image-222872" height="337" src="http://informationng.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Kano-Health-College-AFP-600x337.jpg" width="600" /><br /><br /><div class="wp-caption-text"><br /></div><div class="wp-caption-text">Early  Witnesses at the Scene of a Recent Bomb Blast in Kano. Image: AFP.<br /><a name="more"></a></div></div><br />It most likely originate from a car park next to the post secondary  training facility, a teacher at the college told AFP news agency.<br /><br />The city is among the Northern States that have been targeted in the  past by the radical Islamist group Boko Haram, which says it is poised  at creating an Islamic state in northern Nigeria.<br /><br />Kano State police spokesman Magaji Majiiya, who confirmed the attack,  said eight people had been killed and many others in terrible condition  have been taken to hospital for treatment.<br /><br />One person has been arrested according to the police.<br />The area is now mapped out as a crime scene by the police and  emergency services have continued rendering assistance to victims.<br /><br />The latest incident comes some weeks after another bomb blast in  Sabon Gari area of the state.<br />About 150 people died in a series of co-ordinated attacks by Boko  Haram in the city in January 2012.</div>

Bomb Blast Rocks Kano School of Hygiene

Not less than eight people are fear dead, after a bomb explosion struck a public health college facility in Nigeria’s second largest city...

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Eight Months Later, Mrs Jonathan Promises To Stand By Lar’s Widow

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://informationng.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/First-Lady.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://informationng.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/First-Lady.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, on Monday, promised to stand  by Prof. Mary Lar, the widow of late Chief Solomon Lar, pioneer National  Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.   <br /><div style="float: right; margin: 5px 0pt 5px 5px;"><script type="text/javascript"> </script><script src="http://static.addynamo.net/ad/js/deliverAds.js" type="text/javascript"></script><div id="_adynamo_ad_placement_0.8814043835025518"><iframe allowtransparency="true" class=" tureujauynrumuhmfxcm" frameborder="0" height="250" hspace="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" name="_adynamo_frame_0.8814043835025518" onload="if  (typeof _ad_load['0.8814043835025518'] ==  'undefined'){_ad_load['0.8814043835025518'] = false;} if  (!_ad_load['0.8814043835025518']) {_ad_load['0.8814043835025518'] =  true; this.src =  'http://s01-delivery.addynamo.net/AdDelivery/AdDelivery.cfm?strReferURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.informationng.com%2F2014%2F06%2Feight-months-later-mrs-jonathan-promises-to-stand-by-lars-widow.html&uidChanel=6ac27443-a14d-466b-b51d-3979ceaf6293&flashVersion=11.6.602&0.8814043835025518';}" scrolling="no" src="http://s01-delivery.addynamo.net/AdDelivery/AdDelivery.cfm?strReferURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.informationng.com%2F2014%2F06%2Feight-months-later-mrs-jonathan-promises-to-stand-by-lars-widow.html&uidChanel=6ac27443-a14d-466b-b51d-3979ceaf6293&flashVersion=11.6.602&0.8814043835025518" vspace="0" width="300"></iframe></div></div><br />It would be recalled that Lar died at the age of 80 in a US hospital  last October.<br />Speaking when she visited the Lar family in Abuja, Mrs. Jonathan  extolled the virtues of the late elder statesman, describing him as, “a  father highly respected by all”.<br /><a name="more"></a><br /><br />“We will stand by you always because what concerns one woman concerns  the others”.<br />The first lady recalled that the late Lar was a regular worshipper in  the Aso Villa Chapel adding that his absence had remained a sad  reminder of his death.<br /><br />“We have to work together to see that the children move on; we the  Nigerian women are with you always”.<br />In her response, Mrs Lar commended the first lady, saying the visit  demonstrated her genuine love, care and concern for others.<br /><br />“We lost our father over nine months ago and we were not expecting  anybody to come to visit us; but behold, people in high places are still  remembering those our father left behind.<br /><br />“This visit means so much to us, we are very grateful”.<br />She prayed that God will continue to give President Goodluck Jonathan  the wisdom to lead the country successfully to where God has prepared  it to be.<br /><br />The late PDP chairman’s daughter, Hon. Beni Lar, in her remarks,  urged Nigerians not to forget her father’s legacy of unity, peace and  love, adding, “This is what we need to promote this nation”.<br />Lar, who is Chairman, House Committee on Human Rights, lauded the  first lady’s efforts to lift the status of women and children.<br /><br />“We know that women have advanced almost 35 per cent (of affirmative  action) because of your efforts.<br />“You personally worked toward attaining this; we are grateful and may  God continue to bless you’’, she said.</div>

Eight Months Later, Mrs Jonathan Promises To Stand By Lar’s Widow

The First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, on Monday, promised to stand by Prof. Mary Lar, the widow of late Chief Solomon Lar, pioneer Nation...

Procurement offences: EFCC, ICPC probe 150 firms, MDAs

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.punchng.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Lamorde-and-Nta-360x225.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://www.punchng.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Lamorde-and-Nta-360x225.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Economic and Financial Crimes  Commission and the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related  offences Commission are currently probing 150 organisations and  government Ministries, Departments and Agencies for offences related to  the violation of the Public Procurement Act, 2007.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Director-General, Bureau of Public  Procurement, Mr. Emeka Ezeh, disclosed this in an interview with our  correspondent on Monday at the opening of the Procurement Cadre  Conversion Training Programme in Abuja.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Also being probed are 200 persons  involved in various infractions of the Act, which articulates the due  process to be followed by the MDAs in the procurement of goods and  services in the public service.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Offences for which the institutions and  public officers are being investigated include collusion in contract  bidding, use of fake documents, false claims by contracting firms and  suppliers, and manipulation of the procurement process.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">“As we speak, about 150 organisations,  including private companies, Ministries, Departments and Agencies as  well as 200 persons are being investigated for various infractions of  the Procurement Act,” Ezeh said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Secretary to the Government of the  Federation, Senator Pius Anyim, who confirmed the probe, added that  procurement officers found culpable would be punished.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Anyim, who was represented at the event  by a director in his office, urged public servants involved in the  procurement process to conduct themselves with the highest sense of  responsibility, accountability, ethics and integrity.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">He said, “Government remains committed  to the implementation of the Public Procurement Act. Mr. President has  recently designated the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the  Federation as the champion for the implementation of the registration,  categorisation and classification of current and intending contractors,  consultants and service providers to the government and its agencies on a  national database.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">“The objective is to ensure that only  competent and capable firms are selected to tender for government  contracts. This will also ensure transparency in contractors’  prequalification and selection processes, and hence minimise the  incidence of collusion and disappearance of contractors after the  collection of mobilisation fees.”</div><div style="text-align: justify;">He added, “It might interest you to know  that ICPC and the EFCC are currently investigating cases of  infractions, which include but not limited to collusion amongst bidders  and manipulation of the procurement processes.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">“Any public officer found to have  colluded with unscrupulous contractors, consultants or service providers  to defraud or short-change the Federal Government shall be dealt with  in accordance with the law.”</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Also speaking, the Lead Procurement  Specialist, World Bank, Chief Bayo Awosemusi, said 30 per cent savings  could be achieved when international procurement standards were  followed.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">He said the best procurement did not  have to be the cheapest, but added that such procurement must meet  certain principles and objectives, including economy, efficiency, value  for money and timeliness.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Awosemusi commended the BPP for driving  the process of professionalising procurement in the nation’s public  service, adding that though the process was fraught with several  challenges, the reward was immense.</div><br /><strong><em>source: PUNCH.</em></strong></div>

Procurement offences: EFCC, ICPC probe 150 firms, MDAs

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission are currently pro...

Federal Government Spends N47 Billionaire to Service External Debt

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.punchng.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Okonjo-Iweala-360x225.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://www.punchng.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Okonjo-Iweala-360x225.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Federal Government spent the sum of  $297.33m (N47.57bn) in the 2013 fiscal period to service debts owed  multilateral institutions, documents obtained from the Budget Office of  the Federation have revealed.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Budget Office, in its 2013  consolidated budget implementation report jointly signed by the Minister  of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, and the Director-General, BOF, Dr.  Bright Okogu, said the amount was used to settle debt obligations to  institutions such as multilateral creditors, and non-Paris Club  bilateral creditors, among others.<br /><a name="more"></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />Giving a breakdown of the payments, the  report stated that $143.02m (or 48.1 per cent) was paid to multilateral  creditors; $40.95m (or 13.77 per cent) was paid to non-Paris Club  bilateral creditors; $71.63m (or 24.09 per cent) to commercial and ICM  (Eurobond) creditors; and $41.73m (or 14.03 per cent) to others.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />The report put the country’s external  debt stock as of December 31, 2013 at $8.821bn, indicating an increase  of 6.75 per cent over the $8.264bn recorded in the third quarter of the  year.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />A breakdown of the external debt stock  shows that multilateral debts amounted to $6.275bn (or 71.13 per cent),  non-Paris Club bilateral debts amounted to $1.025bn (or 11.63 per cent),  while commercial (Eurobond) accounted for the balance of $1.521bn (or  17.24 per cent).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />The report gave the country’s total  public debt stock as of December 31, 2013 at $64.51bn (N10.044tn).</div><div style="text-align: justify;">This consists of $8.82bn (N1.37tn) or  13.68 per cent for external debt, and the balance of $55.69bn (N8.67tn)  or 86.32 per cent for the domestic debt stock.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />The report noted that the total net  value of debt/Gross Domestic Product (external and domestic) ratio as of  December 2013 was, however, significantly below the global threshold of  40 per cent at 12.52 per cent.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Okonjo-Iweala had during a presentation  on the two-year performance of the Ministry of Finance said that $12bn  (N1.92tn) funding agreements were sealed by the Federal Government to  finance the real sector of the economy.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />The amount, according to her, was  sourced from financial institutions such as the World Bank, African  Development Bank, China Export-Import Bank and Islamic Development Bank  at concessionary single digit interest rates and moratorium of about 40  years.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />The beneficiary sectors are agriculture  (N202bn); environment (N91.2bn); transport (N640bn); water resources  (N126.03bn); Niger Delta (N50bn) and health (N30.35bn).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />Others are power (N451.12bn); education  (N39.97bn); Information and Communication Technology (N16bn) and job  creation (N94.4bn).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />There are also aviation, housing,  Federal Capital Territory and works, where N80bn, N48bn, N80bn and  N44.8bn have been secured in that order.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Okonjo-Iweala had while defending the  need for the loans explained that the funds were mobilised at  concessional rates for the real sector.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />She said while some were given to the  country at zero interest rates, others were secured at single digit  rates with moratorium of 40 years.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">source: <u>punch</u> </div></div>

Federal Government Spends N47 Billionaire to Service External Debt

The Federal Government spent the sum of $297.33m (N47.57bn) in the 2013 fiscal period to service debts owed multilateral institutions, doc...

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Fayose Still Has A Case To Answer —EFCC

<img alt="" class="alignnone size-full" height="225" src="http://www.rockcitygist.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Mr-Ayodele-Fayose-360x225.jpg" title="Mr-Ayodele-Fayose-360x225.jpg" width="360" /><br /><br /><br /> The <span class="mlw873t7wryf" id="mlw873t7wryf_11">Economic</span> and <span class="mlw873t7wryf" id="mlw873t7wryf_4">Financial Crimes</span> Commission has described media reports that it had dropped corruption  case against the governor-elect of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, as  untrue.<br /> The agency’s Head of <span class="mlw873t7wryf" id="mlw873t7wryf_10">Media</span> and Publicity, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, told our correspondent on Monday  that the recent election of Fayose had not affected the ongoing trial of  the <span class="mlw873t7wryf" id="mlw873t7wryf_9">governor</span>-elect at the Federal <span class="mlw873t7wryf" id="mlw873t7wryf_6">High Court</span>, Ado-Ekiti, for alleged corruption.<br /><a name="more"></a><br /> <br />Uwujaren said that the <span class="mlw873t7wryf" id="mlw873t7wryf_8">case</span> would come up for hearing on July 15, 2014, adding that the immunity  clause in the Constitution only applied to the President, the Vice  President, sitting governors and their deputies, and not governors-  elect.<br /> <br />He said, “The <span class="mlw873t7wryf" id="mlw873t7wryf_3">EFCC</span> has not dropped the case against the former Governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayodele Fayose.<br /> <br />“The trial is still going on; it is continuing at the <span class="mlw873t7wryf" id="mlw873t7wryf_14">Federal</span> High <span class="mlw873t7wryf" id="mlw873t7wryf_12">Court</span>, Ado-Ekiti. In fact further hearing comes up on July 15, 2014.<br /> <br />“As you know, immunity from <span class="mlw873t7wryf" id="mlw873t7wryf_13"></span><br /><div data-cid="2378" data-kw="prosecution" style="border-bottom: 1px solid; color: #f35b00; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; text-decoration: underline; width: auto;">prosecution</div>applies only to the President, the Vice President, sitting governors and their deputies.”<br /> <br />Uwujaren added that the case against Fayose, who is expected to take  over as Governor of Ekiti State in October, had made substantial  progress as the commission had called two <span class="mlw873t7wryf" id="mlw873t7wryf_15">witnesses</span> to testify in the case.<br /> Uwujaren also said that the issue of whether the case against the governor-elect would be <span class="mlw873t7wryf" id="mlw873t7wryf_16">withdrawn</span> or not when he takes over as governor was a matter for the court to decide.<br /> <br />“It is the court that would decide whether the case would be  discontinued or not; all arguments will be canvassed in court and it is  the court that would decide,” he said.

Fayose Still Has A Case To Answer —EFCC

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has described media reports that it had dropped corruption case against the governor-elect ...

Stephen Keshi Says Super Eagles Will Beat Argentina

<b>Following super eagles' 1-0 victory against Bosnia-Herzegovina  at the 2014 FIFA World Cup inwhich ended with 1-0 victory on June 21,  placing Nigeria in the scond round, the Super eagles coach, Stephen  Keshi has a message for Nigerians.</b><br /><br /><br /><br /><img alt="" border="0" height="360" itemprop="image" src="http://img.naij.com/151x85c/n/0a/f/keshi_01_world_cup.jpg" style="margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 10px;" vspace="5" width="640" /><br /><span class="c1"><i>Super eagles coach, Stephen Keshi</i></span><br /><div id="stcpDiv"><br />Stephen Keshi who was reported to have agreed on a <b class="c2">2-year deal with South African Soccer Federation (SAFA) to manage the Bafana Bafana national team</b> speaking on the performance of his team on Saturday said: "Always be  patient. Don't write off any team in a tournament until that tournament  is over." <br /><a name="more"></a><br /></div><div id="stcpDiv">Stephin Keshi said: <i>"It was tough against Iran but Nigerians didn't  know how difficult they were until they saw Argentina struggling with  them. We knew what we did wrongly and worked on them before the match  against Bosnia,"</i> Keshi said in a  chat with Vanguard on Saturday. "<i>I'm proud of the boys. They did well. But we all need to do  more. We play Argentina tomorrow and we will give it our all. Argentina  are world class. They are good and they have many good players. We will  rely on our team work. Team work will see us through."</i><br /><i>"The time for preparation was short. We couldn't do all the  things we wanted to do. But we are gradually getting it right and,  hopefully, we will get better in our team work and get positive  results".</i><br /><br />The emphasis on team work probably led to the benching of Victor  Moses whose individual play had become a minus to the team. Moses would  likely learn from the performance against Bosnia and change his game.  Keshi is not ruling any player out but strongly maintains that team  tactics should prevail.<br />Osaze Odewengie played well in the eyes of many against Iran. Keshi  did not dispute that. But he did not quite position himself in a  particular way that could see him latch on rebounds, especially the drop  nodding from Shola Ameobi. Each time the ball dropped, there was nobody  to follow up. And that angered Keshi. But Osaze quickly understood and  made up against Bosnia and Keshi is very happy with him and the entire  team. Osaze's goal earned Nigeria the sweet victory against Bosnia.<br /><br /><i>"Everything is about team work. I think that we will play well  against Argentina. We hope to qualify and move on. I plead with  Nigerians to always be patient. The way they wrote us off after the  match against Iran was disturbing. Let's hope we get it right again on  Wednesday.</i></div><br />Meanwhile super eagles midfielder, Onazi is optimistic ahead of the  final round of Group F fixtures on June 25 and said Eagles would give  their opponent  a though time, adding that the <b class="c2">team isn't scared of Messi</b> saying: <i>"Messi is a normal human being, a football player."</i>

Stephen Keshi Says Super Eagles Will Beat Argentina

Following super eagles' 1-0 victory against Bosnia-Herzegovina at the 2014 FIFA World Cup inwhich ended with 1-0 victory on June 21, p...

Pregnancy Sscandal: Tuface Sues Magazine N100m For Libel

<strong>Award-winning Nigerian singer, 2Face Idibia has filed a N100  million lawsuit against a local soft-sell magazine, Icon Weekly, for  libel.</strong><br /><br /><br /> <img alt="" border="0" data-x-src="http://img.naij.com/n/07/c/tuface_annie_loves.png" data-zoom="1" height="360" hspace="5" src="http://img.naij.com/151x85c/n/07/c/tuface_annie_loves.jpg" style="margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 10px;" vspace="5" width="640" /><br /> <span class="c1">Tuface & Annie Idibia</span><br /> <br />The lawsuit was filed by the Media/Entertainment Law Firm of L &  A- Legal Consultants on behalf of  Tuface, at the Ikeja High Court  asking the court to award their client the sum of N100million being  damages for the libelous publication posted on the magazine's online and  print platforms sometime in February this year.<br /><a name="more"></a><br /> <br />Icon Weekly magazine had published a story claiming that a young  Lagos banker named Teniola, who was supposedly Tuface's account officer  in one of the new generation banks was 3-months pregnant for him.<br /> Tuface had denied the report while his wife, Annie had taken to twitter to defend her husband.<br /> <br />However, it has just been revealed by a source close to the singer  that the story which turned out to be false had at that time affected  Annie, causing a rift between the couple.<br /> <br />Not only did it cause a rift in the marriage, Tuface was said to have lost a very lucrative deal due to the scandal.<br /> <br />Meanwhile, Icon weekly is said to have approached Tuface's team for discussions on a possible out of court settlement.

Pregnancy Sscandal: Tuface Sues Magazine N100m For Libel

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Kayode Fayemi, Despite His Loss, Is The New Brand of Leaders Nigeria Need Now

<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name"><br /></h3><div class="post-header"></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="279" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf5s2ZDGYR0_Jt4XYsvMKUndsQD4-4Xczf9vKLez5wDxDfXbSA5L1Pr0EeTBP10qERNg5MmCqwCQ0xe7K5bVGch7gxsUIfC0WH3Nh5an-wR0ykeQRyswklSQnVOgbv3kcjAQMeanQI6lFn/s1600/FAYOSE+and+FAYEMI+2.jpg" width="400" /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I never thought our wasted generation would live to see a day in  Nigerian politics when a loser in an election would pick up his phone to  call his nemesis and later issue a very thoughtful concession statement   to an opponent  who has just beaten him flat in an election many  people would normally have expected him to win as the Governor in power.</div><a name="more"></a><br /><br />Kayode Fayemi has just done that in Ado Ekiti and I throw my salute to  him. I see  that as a big plus for Nigeria. I also want to use this  platform to congratulate Ayo Fayose the clear winner in that election  even though I would not have voted for him. He did what he had to do to  win and like I acknowledge in my previous article on him and Kayode  Fayemi, posted on the Internet, he is not a pushover in Ekiti or  Nigerian Politics given his track record as a former Governor in Ekiti  who has now led the opposition to defeat two Governors in Ekiti back to  back. I am talking of Governor Niyi Adebayo and Governor Fayemi.<br /><div><blockquote class="tr_bq">He, Ayo Fayose has got to be doing something right to have done that.   Ayo Fayose, the only politician to  call the bluff of General Olusegun  Obasanjo when he refused to support his third term agenda is not a  political strategist to be taken lightly. I respect him for his courage  and conviction but more so now for his resourcefulness in grass-root  Politics and his command and control structure in Ekiti...</blockquote><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=1273158107245326844" name="more"></a><br />We can call him names as much as we want, the man knows his people and  he surely knows how to win with his “Adelabu Penkelemess” streak of  politics and hubris. The elites and the intellectuals in Ekiti are those  who favor Kayode Fayemi  as intelligently explained to me by my God  son, Ilupeju-Ekiti -born  Kayode Daramola of  New York who has an  uncanny insight into Ekiti and Nigerian Politics because he has friends  on both sides of the isle of the political divide,  and he is  razorblade-sharp in his analysis of the political situation in Ekiti and  more so in Nigeria. </div><div></div><div>Another Nigerian observer of consequence I must acknowledge in this  write-up is the Akure-born Olatubosun Adedipe of East Orange, New Jersey  who regularly speaks to me and update me on what is going on in Nigeria  from his own perspective. I pay attention to Nigerian politics because I  really want the country to do well. I have no permanent friend or enemy  in politics as some think I do. You are my friend if you perform and  keep the faith regardless of your party labels.<br /><br />The two gentlemen, Kayode and Olatubosun both agreed that  the Ekiti  intellectuals and  the elites were the people supporting Fayemi  while  the great majority of the grass roots in Ekiti were evidently rooting  for Fayose because they prefer his down-to-earth approach to politics  and his willingness to come down to their level, freely mix with them  and assure them his Government is going to side with them if they return  him to power. </div><div></div><div>Above all, Fayose has pitched his tent with the Jonathan-led Federal  Government who is willing and ready to bank-roll  his campaigns using  the limitless power, resources  and leverage of the Federal Government  which has no qualms at all using the Police and the Military to  intimidate and persecute opposition APC Governors like Governor Amaechi  of River’s State and Governor Oshiomhole of Edo who had wanted to come  give a helping hand to their colleague in Ekiti. Jonathan had their  planes grounded in Akure Airport just because he could.  I remain  opposed to Jonathan using  intimidation and pressure which should have  been reserved or directed to Boko Haram and their backers to destabilize  and oppress Governors who are merely exercising their rights under the  Constitution to help a colleague in some political distress. </div><div></div><div>President Jonathan had no restraint or reservation at all using the  Police, the Military and his Security contingent to intimidate those  Governors and the opposition in Nigeria. I remain opposed to that move  because a virile opposition is a big plus in a Democracy as clearly  shown in most of the developed nations like the UK and America where the  Opposition parties are equally protected by the Law and viewed as  alternate or shadow Government or a Government-in-waiting if the  Government in power fumbles. A situation where one party is allowed to  forever dominate power is not good for Democracy as I have often argued  in all of my write-ups.<br /><br />I commend  Professor Jega and his INEC for doing a good job in Ekiti  which has been praised by both the winner and the loser as free and  fair. The concession statement issued by Dr. Fayemi did  not contradict  that assumption and I did not see in that statement any suggestion that  Dr. Fayemi would be running to the Tribunal to dispute the validity and  accuracy of that election as losers normally do in most Nigerian  elections. I take that as a sign of progress. I have tried to study the  details of the voters registration data put out by INEC before the  election and the tabulation of the results from each of the 16 Local  Governments in Ekiti after the election. The mere fact that the ballots  were counted and recorded by each party’s polling agents before the  final collation of the returns at the INEC Headquarters in Ado- Ekiti  not Abuja, speaks to the validity and accuracy of those returns in my  opinion.<br /><br />Ayo Fayose has recorded a convincing win and he did it without any  substantial help from the Labor Party candidate Bamidele whose role was  to be a spoiler by taking away votes that should have gone to Dr. Fayemi  had he not broken away from the APC to run on the platform of the Labor  Party. Dr. Fayemi’s failure in the election cannot be claimed by Mr.  Bamidele.  If you add the votes received by Dr. Fayemi and Bandele  together, Fayemi  would still have lost to Ayo Fayose by more than  60,000 votes or thereabout. It was therefore a landslide victory for  Fayose any way you slice it.<br /><br />That said,  I like to make a quick comment on why Dr. Fayemi  in spite  of his decency and integrity as Governor had to lose so badly to Fayose  who many have described as a rabble rouser with some justification.  There is some method, however,  to Ayo’s madness if you want to  characterize it that way. The intellectuals and the elites in Ekiti do  not vote as much as the market women, ordinary people, the youths, taxi  drivers and Okada riders and Transport Union operatives and civil  servants across the state. </div><div></div><div>Dr. Fayemi had ran foul of the great majority of the voters and civil  servants by trying to reform the Civil Service too quickly  and by  introducing competitive examinations for teachers and civil servants and  by delaying the appointments of his Cabinet just to save money when he  first took office and by reducing the number of Commissioners and  Chairmen of Boards and Parastatals and by not seeking the favor and  cooperation of the central Government in Abuja which is out to frustrate  his Government and cause him to fail like Obasanjo  did to the Tinubu  and the Fashola Administration in Lagos when he refused to pay them  their entitlements or subventions from Federal Allocation.<br /><br />Fayemi’s decision to turn the Ekiti University into a multi campus  University to save funds and overheads on personnel which was the right  thing to do, by the way, was part of his problems in a bread and butter  politics we all play in Nigeria but more so in Ekiti which used to be  almost half of Ondo State before its creation. </div><div></div><div>Once upon a time Ekiti used to control 4 out of the 9 Local Government  in Ondo State and because Ekiti used to be the intellectual power house  of Ondo State, Ekiti literarily dominated Ondo State Public Service and  the Parastatals. I recall Ekiti holding most of the important positions  in Ondo State while Bandele Otiko, the Akure-born alumnus of Christ  School, Ado-Ekiti was the military Governor. That did not stop the  Ekitis from thrashing or rubbishing Otiko as “Governor Ofifo” meaning  Governor "Do Nothing” because Ondo State was starved of funds by the  then Federal Government with Buhari and Idiagbon as leaders in that  Government.  I was in Government at the time so I knew what exactly  transpired and I was close to Governor Otiko.  Ekiti would desert you in  a heartbeat if they don’t feel  they are getting enough from your  Government. Dr. Fayemi probably knew, that but he was far too principled  and too decent to get down and dirty. The Ekitis like most Nigerians  are not easy to govern is my point.<br /><br />They carried back to Ekiti State some of the traits that make the rest  of Ondo State to resent and distrust them at the time. As some of those  traits began to play out, most of the 16 Local Governments in Ekiti  began to feel  the pressure at a time when the internally-generated  revenues in Ekiti could not sustain the state. The State has to rely on  subventions from the Federal Government which was not willing or open to  help a government controlled by the opposition. Ekiti State became one  of the poorest states in Nigeria that Dr. Fayemi has to manage. His was  an uphill task as Governor. It was the combinations of those factors  that conspired to do him in.<br /><br />Many in Ekiti had the feeling that Ahmed Tinubu the APC leader in Lagos  was macro-managing Dr. Fayemi’s Government  like Tinubu has been doing  to Fashola in Lagos and Aregbesola in Osun for better or for worse. They  believe Tinubu was forcing Fayemi to start awarding contracts to  contractors sent to him by Jagaban Tinubu as the national leader of APC.  That perception did not sit well with most Ekiti voters, and Dr. Fayemi  was in no position to quickly disabuse their minds about that. The  disarray that the Opposition APC currently faced in Nigeria may also  have played a role in the outcome of the Ekiti election. </div><div></div><div>Up till now the APC is yet to settle on who exactly are going to be  their flag bearers in the 2015 elections. The in-fighting currently  going on in the APC and the determination of the PDP and the Federal  Government to fuel that instability and confusion is part of what has  played out in the recently concluded Ekiti election and the Osun  election  may go the way like Ekiti if care is not taken. One would have  thought that the Boko Haram problems faced by the Jonathan  Administration in Abuja should have been a drag or created an adverse  effect on the PDP political fortunes in Nigeria. Nigerians don’t think  like voters in civilized countries do. All they care about is how to  remain in power by all means so they can continue to loot the resources  of the central Government sad to say. You can expect a major  reallignment of political forces in Ekiti starting today with the return  of Fayose.</div><div></div><div>I am able to say this because I am not a card-carrying member of any  party in Nigeria and I was for many years an insider in Government at  the Federal level.  I am an independent observer. I speak the truth to  power regardless of whose horse is gored. The duplicity of the Labor  Party led by Governor Mimiko of Ondo State is another factor in Ekiti  State election. Olusegun Mimiko is only a Labor Party member by name. He  is definitely looking for the most appropriate time to formally declare  for the PDP. He is in a Caucus with the PDP Governors Association and  he is today a Deputy Chairman in that Caucus. He is also actively wooing  the relics of the Afenifere in Ondo State and in much of the Southwest  to toe his line. What more evidence does anybody need? When President  Jonathan went to Ekiti to campaign for Ayo Fayose, Mimiko led a powerful  delegation of his Labor Party to openly pitch his tent with the  President.<br /><br />Olusegun Mimiko is busy making preparations for his life and career  after serving as two-term Governor of Ondo State and only a blind man  will not know where he is going to end up after he leaves office.  He  wants to be relevant in Nigerian Politics for the rest of his life and  cannot afford to be in the Opposition having tasted of the forbidden  fruit for more than a decade in one lucrative position or the other.  That is why his Government has resisted all attempts to have him join  the caucus of the APC Governors  till tomorrow. He is able to do that   because Ondo State is one of the richest states in Nigeria today because  of revenues going to her as an oil-producing state.<br /><br />The relics of Afenifere and the defunct AD in the West are busy making  nocturnal overtures to the Jonathan-led PDP without saying it too loud  because many of their leaders have their eyes fixed on getting some  favors from the Federal Government. The Ekiti  voters are not oblivious  to all these factors and the combination of those factors is what inform  the very poor performance of Dr. Fayemi  in the just concluded election  in Ekitiu. Governor Ayo Fayose in a move hard to imagine in Nigeria has  this morning paid a visit to Dr. Fayemi  to start mending  fences. That  is a good thing for Nigeria and I totally welcome it without abandoning  my position that a virile opposition is a must in a Democracy  we all  must encourage.<br /><br />A one party dictatorship is not good for Nigeria but the opposition must  also show they know what they are doing and they must also demonstrate  to voters the clear differences between them and the ruling party they  want to replace. I don’t see that in the APC if you see what I see.<br /><br />A statement from the US Embassy today congratulating INEC and all the  parties involved in the Ekiti election is the first assurance to me and  to most objective observers in Nigeria that the Ekiti election was not  only free but fair all things considered. I join the Embassy in  congratulating the INEC and both Ayo Fayose and Dr. Fayemi for moving in  the right direction to stabilize Democracy in Nigeria without too much  bitterness. A lot still remains to be done as we go forward, but Nigeria  is on to a good start with the Ekiti election. The outcome of the Ekiti  election should be a major concern to the APC going forward. Need I say  more?<br /><br />I rest my case.<br /><div></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">By Dr. Wumi Akintide</span></b></div></div></div>

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