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Wednesday, October 5, 2022

Teachers Day: Fayemi Splashes N20Million On Two Best Teachers In Ekit

Teachers day: Fayemi Splashes N20Million On Two Best Teachers In Ekiti.
...26 others get N100,000 each.
Ekiti State government, on Wednesday, presented N10 million each to two best teachers in primary and secondary schools in the state.

The beneficiaries were, Mrs Adeyemi Omolade and Mrs Mary Kupolati

Also, twenty-six teachers across the 16 local government areas received N100,000 cheques each from the government for their contributions to the development of education in the state.

Addressing the teachers at the event marking 2022 World Teachers’ Day, the state governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, commended the teachers for their efforts and contributions to the education sector in the state.

Applauding their sacrifices and commitment, the outgoing governor noted that the increase in enrollment since 2018 could be attributed to the work done by the teachers in the state.

Fayemi said: “As a result of the quality of your teaching and the friendly learning environment provided in our schools, enrolment increased from 191,117 in 2018 to 261,292 in 2022. This increase in enrolment automatically resulted in the need to establish additional ten secondary schools in 2021. The number of public primary and secondary schools in Ekiti increased from 901 to 906 and 196 to 203 respectively between 2018 and 2022.

“At the inception of our second tenure in 2018, the free and compulsory education programme was re-established. Levies on primary school pupils and secondary school students were abolished. This was done to ensure that no child drops out of school.

“As a government, we observed that many school buildings were dilapidated. That was what informed our decision to pay about eight billion naira (#6b) counterpart fund to match UBEC’s contribution that enabled us to execute 886 projects which were for 2016 to 2020.

“If our education will transform to a hybrid model that allows pupils/students to learn at their individual paces and at times in the comfort of their homes, teachers who are their role models, counsellors and influencers must lead by example. Our quest will be fulfilled only if our teachers are able to encourage their learners to strive for greatness and maximise their potential.”

In his speech, the Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Secondary School (ASUSS) in the state, Sola Adigun, called on the governor to pay all the outstanding benefits due for the teachers before the expiration of his administration.

Monday, October 3, 2022

Fayemi Cautions Against Politisation Of Proposed Census.

Fayemi Cautions Against Politisation Of Proposed Census.
Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi has warned Stakehokders to prepare well for the proposed national population census slated for 2023.

The governor who gave this admonition at a stakeholders summit tagged: “Getting the People Involved”, held in Ado-Ekiti also cautioned against the politisation of the all important exercise.

Represented by the Deputy, Otunba Bisi Egbeyemi, the governor said population data is critical to development planning and any government desirous of achieving development strides needs to know how many people requires basic amenities such as light, water, housing, health and education facilities.

He said “it has become imperative for the nation to conduct another national census to produce a new set of demographic and socio-economic data for national planning and sustainable development”.

“With a projected population of 216,783.381, Nigeria is the sixth most populous country in the world and the most populous country on the African continent”.

Fayemi, called on all stakeholders to divorce politics from census and consider it as a purely statistical exercise that will provide veritable tools for planning and sustainable development.

Earlier, the National Population Chairman, Alhaji Nasir Kwarra promised Nigerians a fully digitalized census that would be devoid of manipulation during the 2023 population and Housing Census in Nigeria.

Kwarra, said the essence is to ensure that the census results are credible  and acceptable by all citizens in the country.

The Federal Commissioner in Ekiti State, Hon. Ayodeji Ajayi, who represented the NPC Chairman said “today's event marks a major milestone in the journey towards the first ever digital census in Nigeria. It provides us with the unique opportunity to proactively engage the good people of Ekiti State to get some positive  feedback and invaluable cooperation and support to ensure the successful conduct of a credible and acceptable census in 2023”.

“The stakeholders summit is to broaden state level support base for the successful conduct of the 2023 census”.

The NPC boss said preparations for the conduct of the 2023 population and housing Census are in top gear and as part of efforts to deliver a credible and reliable census to meet international best standard for planning and developmental purposes.

The stakeholders meeting was attended by NCWS, NOA, NYCN, NUJ, ALGON, traditional rulers, government officials, staff of the commission, who promised their support for the success of the census in Ekiti.

Sunday, October 2, 2022

THE STORY OF OTOKOTO MONEY RITUAL KILLINGS OF 1996.

THE STORY OF OTOKOTO MONEY RITUAL KILLINGS OF 1996.

On 19th September 1996, during the regime of late General Sani Abacha’s, in the city of Owerri – Imo State, an innocent 11-year-old boy named Anthony Ikechukwu Okoronkwo was murdered for Ritual purposes.
The little boy was hawking boiled groundnuts, which was his daily routine. He strolled along, selling his groundnuts for peanuts to whoever wanted to buy.
When he got to Amakohia area of Owerri, his eyes lit up with joy when a customer beckoned on him to approach. That ‘customer’ was named Innocent Ekeanyanwu, aged 32.


The boy was called into the famous Otokoto Hotel and the little groundnut seller was visibly very excited since it was a hotel, it meant that the new ‘customer’ would probably be buying plenty groundnuts which will mean more money to take home to make his parents happy and assist his struggling family.

While waiting, the boy was treated like a guest, he was given a bottle of Coca-Cola to cool off from the punishing heat of tropical Africa.
Innocently, he took the Coke and gulped it with relish. As he was sipping his soft drink and taking a look at the glittering surrounding of the hotel, he could have imagined having a hotel of his own too later in the future. As he was dreaming, his vision became blurry and the sounds around him became muzzled and dull.

In a matter of minutes, he dozed off, never to wake up again. His tray full of groundnuts was lying in a corner. Observing the boy from a safe distance was the man who had called him to buy his groundnuts. He had spiked the boy’s drink and once he saw he was asleep, he took the limp body of the drugged lad into one of the hotel rooms and what followed next remains one of the evilest things anyone can ever dream up. A sharp cutlass emerged from nowhere and the boy’s head was severed from his body. He was beheaded in a matter of minutes.
After the boy’s head was cut off, he disembowelled his torso, removed his liver and other parts he needed. Not done yet, the boy’s genitals were not spared as well. After butchering the boy, and sorting out the organs, he packed his head inside a polythene bag and buried his remains. The Butcher, Ekeanyanwu then took the polythene bag containing the boy’s head and headed for the next destination: to the house of the man who needed the fresh head. The man who is behind it all. 

HOW DID THE INFORMATION LEAK OUT:
After the grisly murder of the little Okoronkwo by Mr Innocent Ekeanyanwu (what a name, innocent indeed), he left the hotel to deliver the head where it was needed. He then Stopped a Bike man (Okada rider) to convey him to the place.
It was the Okada man named Opara, whom he stopped to take him to his destination in Eziama that realized that was his passenger was carrying inside a polythene bag was a fresh human head. It was still dripping with blood. When he alighted,the Okada man quickly alerted the police. The Police then intercepted Ekeanyanwu on his way back in a Peugeot 504 car, he was carrying the head with him in the polythene bag. He was going to the residence of a highly-influential figure named Chief Leonard Unaogu at Eziama, Ikeduru Local Council Area with the head but upon arriving, he was told Mr Unaogu had gone to Lagos. So Ekeanyanwu had no other option but to return to Owerri with the boy’s head.

When it was time to take the headless body of Ikechukwu to the local mortuary, there was a massive procession and protested by Owerri people. People came out in 1000s to protest the boys ritual killing. They stayed around and within the hotel premises, waited for the police to confirm that it was indeed a ritual murder while more were matching and trooping to the scene of the Ritual Murder as the news was spreading. It was in the midst of this tension that the local media station made its miscalculation. They showed the image of Innocent Ekeanyanwu holding the head of his victim.

The goal of the media was to assure the people, assuage public fear, ask the public to help identify the boy and show official transparency but what followed next was a catastrophe. All hell broke loose as the enraged people of Owerri went haywire after the image was the first broadcast on the 24th of September. All Owerri residents abandoned their businesses and congregated at the town’s central marketplace. It was there they decided on the next plan of action and outlined their strategies to deal with the Otokoto ‘headhunters’. The news spread rapidly, every home in Owerri had heard the news or seen the image of Okoronkwo’s head or his shallow grave. Unemployed and disgruntled youths took over the parks and issued threats to the Owerri millionaires.

From the Owerri main market, the riots exploded and spread. The pattern of destruction was neat. The rampaging crowd first went to the morgue and from there, they rushed to the Otokoto Hotel and burnt it to the ground. From there, they went to the nearby palatial mansion of Chief Vincent Duru and destroyed his property, his expensive cars were wrecked and Duru himself narrowly escaped. From there, the crowd split into attack groups and spread out to other sites of the privileged elite and unleashed maximum destruction.

The well-known Piano Plaza and Stores, alongside another hotel, Chibet Hotel, and various businesses linked to the Otokoto and their associates were utterly destroyed. The Zubairu-led government later confiscated all the properties as recommended by the panel which was headed by Justice PC Onumajuru.

From there, they rushed to the palace of the traditional ruler and chairman of the state council of traditional rulers, Eze Onu Egwu Nwoke (later indicted alongside Aneke and Abure by the panel of inquiry) and burnt down his residence and his petrol station. They also destroyed the king’s 15 air conditioners and many of his cars.

They were not done yet. From there, the crowd ‘troops’ headed for the residences of former Imo State officials. These administrators were targeted because of what was described as ‘their alleged unwillingness to properly tackle several cases of ritual murder, kidnapping and robbery while in office.’ The angry rioters only agreed to calm down when the military administrator (MILAD), assured them that a full, state-level investigation of the incident was going to be launched. Ekeanyanwu, who murdered the boy, was aged 32 and he worked as a gardener inside the Otokoto Hotel.

THE INVESTIGATION
Following the arrest of Ekeanyanwu, he was remanded in police custody while awaiting trial. But while he was in the police custody, magic happened! He was killed by food poisoning 4days after. He killed the boy on Thursday and by Sunday morning, he was found Dead. But luckily for the interrogators, before he was killed, Ekeanyanwu confessed and mentioned Leonard Unaogu as the brain behind the ritual killing syndicate. He confessed that the ritual killing ring was a well-organized machine that specialized in the harvesting of human body parts and sold them to those interested in using them for rituals and all the usual nonsense they claimed to be using them for.

He also said it was Unaogu who ordered him to get a human head.

Reports have it that the Otokoto saga had been in place as far back as 1976. Confessional statements revealed that no one was spared at the Otokoto Hotel. Innocent guests and unsuspecting travellers who lodged at the hotel were drugged or attacked in the middle of their sleep and hacked to death after which they were cut into pieces for sale. Police officers who swooped upon the hotel discovered not only the shallow grave containing that of the little boy but also graves containing other victims with their decomposing and dismembered corpses.No one knows the exact exhumed at Otokoto Hotel was up to 24 bodies. Some were buried at inconspicuous locations such as under the flowerbeds. Such evil, such horror! The man that Ekeanyanwu mentioned before he was poisoned to death, Leonard Unaogu, was a business tycoon. And he was the junior brother to Laz Unaogu, a serving minister under Abacha.
Leonard Unaogu was eventually arrested by the police.

When the police arrested Unaogu, he lied with a straight face that he never knew anyone called Innocent Ekeanyanwu and that he was not even in Owerri when the crime was committed, saying he was in Lagos.
 THE TRIAL AND JUDGEMENT:

The trial started on the 9th of December, 1996, with Hillary Ngozi Opara as the first prosecution witness. Nine people testified before Justice S.O Ekpe, who took over from Justice Gabriel Ojiako, the retired chief judge of Imo State, during the trial. The court also admitted the confessional statement of Innocent Ekeanyanwu. Margaret Acholonu, a receptionist at the hotel, stated that two spots were dug at the hotel premises and it was from the second one that the body of Okoronkwo was exhumed. She also implicated Chief Duru.

She also said that on that fateful day, she saw Ekeanyanwu with a black bag and he told her he was going to his village at Eziama A sergeant, Sunday Onwucheka, told the court he was in the office when Ekeanyanwu was arrested with a fresh human head of the innocent boy. According to Onwucheka, before the police took Ekeanyanwu to Otokoto Hotel, the crime scene, he confessed to killing the boy at Mba River in Ikeduru and dumped the body inside the river. The police followed the false trail but found nothing at the Mba River.

So at about 7:00 pm on the 20th of September, they returned to Owerri. The following Monday, they continued with their investigation and took him to Otokoto Hotel where the headless body of the boy had already been identified before the police team arrived. On 20th August 1997, a senior magistrate court in Owerri docked 9 police officers.

For the murder of Ekeanyanwu. They were:

Ifeanyi Anozie, an assistant commissioner of police

Chukwu Obasi, an assistant superintendent of police:
Kevin Ezirim
Christian Nnazi
Clifford Odiaka
Felix Nnorom
Christopher Aguobi
Ignatius Igwe
James Ibezere
Josephat Nwosu
The case snailed on till 14th October 1997, over a year, and after series of adjournments, absence of lawyers, the Presiding judge, suspects or even the retirement of judges or their transfer etc.

When the case finally resumed, many were pissed off. Leonard Unaogu, the minister’s brother, was transported in a new station wagon from the prison to the court like a royalty. Vincent Duru and other suspects were brought in a Black Maria from prison to the court, with handcuffs. Duru protested the preferential treatment given to Unaogu.

Many judges handled the case. First, it was Gabriel Ojiaku, then Simeon Ekpe who was almost done with the prosecution until he was elevated to Court of Appeal.

Then finally on 28th April 1999, Justice Chioma Nwosu-Iheme.Justice Chioma Nwosu-Iheme Judgment: She Sentenced All the seven suspects to death, they were:

Chief Vincent Duru. The owner of the Otokoto Hotel and Unaogu denied knowing each other, but Justice Nwosu-Iheme said that was a lie.

He appealed the sentence in 2012 but he was unlucky as the sentence was upheld by the Appeal Court

Leonard Unaogu: He would later die some years ago at the Port Harcourt Prisons in what has been described as very mysterious circumstances.

Researcher: Comr Olamide Akinwumi James
09068215955

BRIEF HISTORY OF ILAWE-EKITI.

BRIEF HISTORY OF ILAWE-EKITI.              .....Ilawe Ekiti is divided into 8 different Quarters: Okebedo, Okeemo, Irorin, Aaye, Okepa, Okeloye, Iro, and Adin.

Ilawe is a very significant town, not only in Ekiti State but also in Yoruba land. It is the third most populous community in the then old Ondo State. Ilawe have produced intellectuals, professors, medical practitioners, erudite lawyers, with three Senior Advocate of Nigeria, like Barrister Femi Falana, Dele Adesina, Olu Daramola, Hon. Yemi Adaramodu, Professor Ifedayo Akomolede and Late Bishop Gabriel Oloniyo of the Anglican Communion, the current Catholic Bishop of Ekiti Diocese and Bishop Felix Femi Ajakaye among others. The town is generally blessed. There is no way you can write the history of Yoruba land without putting Ilawe-Ekiti in a prime place. It was established in the late 12th Century by Oniwe Oriade, the son of Adegunle and Grandson of Obalufon Ogbogbodirin.  Obalufon Ogbogbodirin was the fourth Ooni of Ife, the Grandfather of Oniwe Oriade and we were actually living in Ilode in Ile-Ife and when it was time for him to establish his kingdom, the grandfather the then reigning Ooni provided him with the paraphernalia  of office for him to establish his own Kingdom.  He was highly reputed and noted for dexterity and capacity to swim. In fact, that was how his name came into being [somebody who likes to swim]. Oniwe Oriade. He was the first traditional ruler to reign in Ilawe-Ekiti. So, there is no way you can write the history of Yoruba land and you would not include Ilawe.  In fact, if you check the list of obas in Yorubaland authorised to wear beaded crown, released by Ooni Olubuse I in 1902, Alawe was listed as number 46 out if the entitled 54 obas. The list was confirmed by Ooni Adesoji Aderemi in 1931.

In 1995, the population was around 179,900. Its geographic coordinates are 7° 35' 60 N and 5° 5' 60 E. Ilawe Ekiti is divided into 8 different Quarters: Okebedo, Okeemo, Irorin, Aaye, Okepa, Okeloye, Iro, and Adin.

HOW ILAWE-EKITI RESISTED BRITISH COLONIALISTS, BY MONARCH:

In 1925, a historic incident, akin to that of the tragic sack of the Benin Kingdom, courtesy of the 1897 invasion by racist and power thirsty “whitemen”, occurred in a sleepy town now in Ekiti West Local Government Area of Ekiti state, Ilawe-Ekiti.Oba Afinbiokin Ademileka, then monarch of the town, had cause to resist the white men’s excessive quest to foist absolute and parasitic rulership on the people of the community. The monarch’s resistance to save his subjects from becoming slaves in their own land was met with superior power leading to the eventual subjugation and defeat. Oba Afinbiokin was sent on compulsory exile by the colonial warlords that year and he remained there till his death four years later.

The current King of Ilawe is His Royal Majesty Oba Adebanji Ajibade Alabi (Afuntande 1). He ascended to the throne on 21 April 2012, taking over from Oba Joseph Ademileka.

EMERGENCE OF CHRISTIANITY IN ILAWE-EKITI:


As far back as 1890, Missionaries has been founding their way into Yoruba Land which was the Western Part then. Back then, Ilawe people believed strongly in their traditional gods of the Yoruba religion. Sacrifices and obeisance were made to Ikereje, Ogun, Orunmila, Orinlase & other deities. The First contact with Christian Missionaries in Ilawe came through one Mr. Samuel Dada and Mr. Ajila both from the Okebedo Quarter in early 1903. Dada and Ajila, an Ilawean per excellence, came in contact with one Mr. Asefon who was then a Christian. Both Ilawe men was said to have been fascinated by Asefon's translation of some portions of the bible and they (Dada and Ajila) made a decision to learn how to write and how to read the bible. (Remember, there was no school in Ilawe as at this time.)

A Catechist of Church Missionary Society (CMS) at Ado Ekiti then (Rev. Sowumi) got wind of the interest of some people in Ilawe to know about Christianity, he then immediately sent another missionary to go and teach Auru & Ajila the scripture. Soon, there were more adherents, some of the pioneer adherents of the Church Missionary Society (Now known as Anglican Communion) were from various quarters of the town. From Oke Emo were Ajakaye, Oguntoye and John Afolalu; from Adin were Emmanuel Adegbolata; Afelumo came from Aaye and Apata came from Iro. Samuel Dada and Kolapo came from Okebedo Quarter.

The then Alawe, Oba Afinbiokin Ademileka granted and leased out a parcel of land in Okeloye Quarter to the Church Missionary Society (CMS) to build a church which is the present location of Holy Trinity Anglican Church.

For twelve years, the CMS (Anglican Communion) was the only Christian Church in Ilawe. By 1913, the church had been well established and between 1913 and 1915, a Catechist (Rev. Aladekomo) was resident in Ilawe while Dada become the First Lay Leader (Baba Ẹgbẹ) of the Church and remained so between 1915 and 1953.

Dada, who influenced Christianity to Ilawe, was later very influential with the Colonial Missionaries & Administrator. He ensured that Christianity became a free and legal religion in Ilawe in 1904. He was very popular with the White Missionaries who controlled the CMS in Ekiti. In fact, he later became the Lay President of the whole Ekiti State.

Years Later, the Catholic Church also found its way to Ilawe Ekiti championed by Jacob Bello. Christ Apostolic Church followed suit, championed by Joseph Ojo Ajofoyinbo. With time and coupled with acceptance of Christianity in Ilawe, many other Pentecostal Churches started coming to Ilawe.

Ilawe-Ekiti is the location of Corpus Christi College secondary school. Along with 100 other secondary schools in Ekiti State, the college was scheduled for renovation in 2012.

MAJOR OCCUPATION:

The people of Ilawe-Ekiti are predominantly farmers and grow cash and food crops like:

Cocoa

Kolanut

Oil palm

Citrus

Cereals

Banana

Plantain

Cocoyam

Cassava

Maize

Yam

Rice

Timber

Bamboo

Piggery

Vegetables

Cowpea

They also engage in petty trading, lumbering, pottery, matweaving and many other variations, while, some part of percentage are civil servants.

SOME TABOOS IN THE LAND:

Whistle blowing is not allowing inside Alawe Palace because it is believed that if someone blow whistle, the spirits could come out. It is like calling all the spirits for an assignment.

Also, it’s a taboo to roast yam on the street and it is a taboo for a woman to go to Oba’s market without covered her hair.

Ilawe-Ekiti is one of the fastest growing towns in Ekiti state. As a matter of fact, it has become a hub for both foreign and local investors with new infrastructures being put in place.

GOD BLESS ILAWE-EKITI,

GOD BLESS EKITI STATE,

GOD BLESS NIGERIA.

Researcher: Comr. Olamide Akinwumi James. 09068215955

Source: 

https://www.ekitistate.gov.ng/

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilawe_Ekiti

Saturday, October 1, 2022

Fatoba Facilitates Training, Empowerment Of Youth And Women On Poultry Production.

Fatoba  Facilitates Training, Empowerment Of Youth And Women On Poultry Production.
...the programme was aimed to trained and empowered people in the constituency on Agriculture.
In fulfilment of his electoral promise to reduce poverty rate and make his constituents more self-reliance, Hon. Fatoba Olusola Steve, has again facilitated training and empowerment of youth and women on poultry production in Ado/Irepodun-Ifelodun local governments.

The training and empowerment programme was carried out in collaboration with National Center For Women Development(NCWD) on Saturday in Ado-Ekiti.
The Director General of NCWD who was represented by Mrs Adedayo Ademola in her brief remark said the sole aim of the agency was to collaborate with the lawmaker to train and empower people in his constituency on Agriculture which poultry production is an integra part. 

She stated further that agriculture is very crucial to the growth of our economy. 

The D.G called on the over one hundred beneficiaries to utilize the opportunity given to them as this will make them self-reliance and contribute to the growth of the economy.

"This training and empowerment programme was done in collaboration with Hon. Fatoba to make our people more self-reliance and reduce the rate of poverty among our women and youths.
"Agriculture is one of the ways to contribute to the growth of our economy. Agriculture cannot be out of existence. It is very important for the survival of our economy.

"We admonish the beneficiaries of this training and empowerment programme to make use of this great opportunity"

Earlier, the local government party Chairman of the All Progressives Congress in Ado-Ekiti, Hon. Mike Akinleye spoke glowingly about the giant strides of the Reps member in his constituency in terms of attraction of physical capital projects and life-changing programs.

He called on the beneficiaries to work for the victory of Fatoba in the February 18 House of Reps. election for more effective representation.

"Hon Fatoba that we know teaches his people on how to be self-reliance. Many training and empowerment programs has been facilitated by him which I am living witness. 

"I want to urge beneficiaries of this program not to sell what will be given to them as empowerment after the training. I want to also implore you to please give your support and votes to Hon. Fatoba who is seeking for re-election"

The beneficiaries who were empowered with various poultry items which include Broilers, pullets, Noila, Cockerel, feeds, metal pound feed, hand glove, round feeder, Apron and cash gift showed their profound appreciation to the lawmaker and prayed for his continual success.

26TH ANNIVERSARY: EKITI NOW A STATE OF PRIDE FOR ALL - FAYEMI

26TH ANNIVERSARY: EKITI NOW A STATE OF PRIDE FOR ALL - FAYEMI
…thanks Ekiti people, says Oyebanji ‘ll build on foundation already built.
Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has expressed satisfaction that his administration has fulfilled its promises and is bequeathing a solid foundation for socio-economic development to the incoming administrations to build on.

Addressing the people of the state in a special broadcast on Saturday to mark the 26th anniversary of the creation of the state and the country's 62nd independence anniversary, Dr. Fayemi said "Ekiti is now a state of pride for all of us, emerging steadily from her humble beginnings."

He noted that Ekiti wouldn't have reached this level of progress without what he called "outstanding dedication of past and present leaders who worked for and have continued to work to ensure that the State assumes its proper pride of place in the comity of States across the nation."

The Governor explained that the people of the State have every reason to thank God for what He has done for them through successive administrations, while also appreciating the struggles and sacrifices of those that fought for the creation of the State, which came into being on October 1, 1996.

He also used the medium to appreciate the people of the State for their support, guidance, prayer, suggestions and criticisms, the combination of which he said formed the impetus for his administration's visible and impactful achievements throughout his two terms as the Governor of Ekiti State.
Dr. Fayemi who would transfer the reins of power to the Governor-elect, Mr. Biodun Oyebanji, on October 16 said the seamless transition in which an outgoing governor would be handing over to a successor from the same party, for the first time in the history of the state, would allow for building on the foundation of development already laid by his government.

While noting that Mr. Oyebanji was part of the success story of his two tenures, the Governor said it was heart-warming that his successor would perfect whatever the outgoing administration could not perfect appreciating everyone that has contributed to the feats recorded by his administration.

Dr. Fayemi said: "Today, I address you with a heart of fulfilment and gratitude. Despite the challenges we have faced in the past years, God helped us to surmount the hurdles and fulfil most of our promises. The journey of my second term in office has been very interesting, challenging and rewarding.

"The journey we started on October 16, 2018, will end in the next few days. We made the best of the mandate given to us by Ekiti people and evidence abounds that a great future awaits us as a people and State. This government deliberately ensured that every sector of our social life and economy received attention.

"Despite the daunting challenges of the era, the government delivered on its projections for policies, programmes and projects execution, and achieved very tangible outcomes. I have no doubt that many of our visionary efforts would continue to deliver outcomes for generations to come. 

"As you are all aware, I will be handing over the baton of leadership to our Governor-elect, Mr. Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji, in the next couple of days to take over from where we stop and start building on the foundation we already laid for the growth and stability of Ekiti State. This address, therefore, is my last Independence Day broadcast to you as your governor.

"The chapter of my second term that we started four years ago will end on October 16, 2022, thus heralding the new chapter of the incoming government. This administration came to office on the promise of restoring the values and dignity of Ekiti people, tackling infrastructure decay, and developing the economy. 

"Against all odds, the administration fulfilled its promises and is bequeathing a solid foundation for fast economic development of Ekiti State for successive administrations to build on.

“As a government, we are conscious of the fact that there may be areas where expectations have not been met due to unforeseen circumstances and the realities of the period. 

"Nevertheless, it is heart-warming, to inform you today, that whatever the outgoing government couldn’t perfect will be handled and perfected by the incoming administration.  That is the beauty of our seamless transition and the continuity that you, Ekiti people, voted for.

"The task of keeping Ekiti working is our collective responsibility. We already have a strong start with the victory of our Governor-elect at the poll. His victory is significant not only for the All Progressives Congress (APC), but for Ekiti-kete as a whole. This is the first time a political party will be succeeding itself in our dear State. 

"Luckily, our Governor-elect, Mr. Biodun Oyebanji, was an integral part of all the developmental feats recorded by this administration. What this holds for us as a State is that the path to an enduring socio-economic and political progress already mapped out by this administration will be followed through with renewed vigour and dedication. 

“A tree, our people say, does not make a forest. I am, therefore, using this medium to appeal to all well-meaning sons and daughters of Ekiti, and all our development partners to rally round the incoming administration in the overall best interest of our people. 

"With your prayers, support, suggestions, guidance and constructive criticism, the incoming government will make the best of the foundation we already laid and surpass our record of performance. I urge you all to join hands with the incoming administration to consolidate on the work we have done so far and keep Ekiti working in our collective best interest.

NIGERIA AT 62: Omoluabi Team Alliance Calls for Sober Reflection and National Mourning.

NIGERIA AT 62: Omoluabi Team Alliance  Calls for Sober Reflection and National Mourning.
Nigeria at 62, post independence experience and journey of six(6) decades is a memorable one that leaves Nigerians of all ages, young and old in pains with few gains to account for. At this age and time, we are still battling with common and trivial challenges that other countries both emerging and developed countries have overcomed. Failed systems have been the order of the day, terrorism and banditry, corruption at all levels, poor infrastructure, economic failure, failed political systems, paralyzed educational system, uncatered and impoverished work force, bad roads, gross unemployment and many more that misrepresents the image of a once flourishing nation in the comity of nations.

As Nigeria clock 62 today, Nigerians are advised to unite in one voice to fight political demons, economic sabotage, pomoters of tribalism and corrupt leaders who have been parasitic and feeding fat on the common wealth of the nation that belongs to us all.  Omoluabi however, charge citizens to use the weapon of democracy which is their votes to choose leaders who are passionate, truthful, detribalized, tactful and intelligent enough to handle econimic issues. However, urged everyone to believe in a better Nigeria that is possible if we all desire it. Omoluabi Team Alliance Socio- cultural Group is of the opinion that Nigerians both home and abroad declare moments of national mourning for a country intentionally deprived of developments in all facets.  

Arise O, Compatriots
Nigeria Calls, Obey.


E- Signed:
National Secretary
Omoluabi Team Alliance Socio- cultural and Political Group

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