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Why Fayemi Was Voted Out by oduastates: 2:29pm On Jun 30, 2014 |
Spares us all the analysis The ekiti election was as a result of the insular nature of ekiti society .the following factors have all conspired to make it so. 1 geography 2 excessive emigration. 3 imbalance in class structure Geography:ekiti is located in an hardly trespassed corner of odua states.I can bet that most non-resident ekiti have never stepped within her boundaries. For example ,ikere ekiti was more socially and infrastructurally developed and progressive due to her proximity to akure and major highways, before the state was created. The same cannot be said of isolated igede,iyin,ifaki or even ado-ekiti before she became a capital. 2excessive migration:most educated and former resident ekitis are known to emigrate in large numbers.there are huge population clusters in akure,Ife,Ibadan , Lagos ,uk and America . This has led to a dearth of local opinion shapers,potential job creators and local role-models .It is not uncommon to have a stark ,barely literate thug ,becoming a local government chairman or councillor.. 3 imbalance in class structure : this naturally flows from excessive emigration.apart from the civil servant and the few remaining graduates ,there is hardly a private sector led ,middle class in the state to blunt the power/influence of the inefficient and bloated public sector ,artisans,okada riders etc. It is only logical that the state will continue to be shaped according to their dictates. WHERE APC/ACN GOOFED. Fayemi failed to understand the turf he was operating.He failed to appreciate the damage which has already been done by the years of military rule and the discovery of oil. Most farmers have dropped their hoes and cutlasses and are waiting for welfare from the government. From the mafia-like Unions to the legions of unemployed.There was a need to give civic education to the common man on the street as well as making sure that public works projects/contracts benefit the people. Things like making contractor employ local people on projects go a long way.it may at times be neccessary to do away with a bulldozer just to make sure that 500 people make a living. Also , I believe the lack of virile opposition has made ACN a bit slack. WHERE EKITI GOOFED: Ekiti have invited the enemy into their backyard. They wanted food but they will hunger and retrogression .They replaced a performing technocrat with a very corrupt thug and murderer. They have also invited people who want turn turn yorubaland into a borno ,free passage into yorubaland . This is a setback for odua states. ODUA STATES VERDICT If you were going to remove and replace someone you do not like,why not go for someone better and new . People deserve their leaders and fayose I must say,perfectly reflects the values of those who voted for him. Unfortunately ,those values are anti-progress ,anti-development ,anti-humane and anti- omoluabi. It is also anti- odua states . professor Osundare poem captures it perfectly. A-RICE, oh compatriots Your stomach’s call obey Say, A-RICE, oh compatriots Your stomach’s call obey Hold out your bowls for the golden grains Pawn your pride without delay Grab your bribe and dance in the street To the Riceman’s drum and venal command Yes, grab your bribe and dance in the streets To the Riceman’s drum and venal command Bend your back for his heavy ride Your golden rice is your sole demand The Riceman is here, your lord and saviour Pawn your vote for his golden gift Say, the Riceman is here, your lord and saviour Pawn your vote for his golden gift Eat your rice and belch like a bull And give your guts the forgetful lift The passage down the gullet Is the fastest road to heaven Yes, the passage down the gullet Is the fastest road to heaven To those held hostage by their shameless guts There is no nirvana like the seething toilet The people voted their stomach And the dunghill usurped their future Alas, the people voted their stomach The dunghill embraced their future The wounds from this blind affair Defy the magic of the cleverest suture II The people voted their stomach And the dunghill usurped their future Alas, the people voted their stomach The dunghill embraced their future The wounds from this blind affair Defy the magic of the cleverest suture Cunning Riceman with bags Full of tricks and daggers Say, cunning Riceman with bags Full of tricks and daggers His first coming left us all In ashes and fluttering rags Brazen murders, strange disappearances: His hands drip with unexpiated crimes Yes, brazen murders, strange disappearances His hands drip with unexpiated crimes But he has an arsenal of cash and rice Both so vital in these degenerate times Rabble-rousing, clowning, scheming Frightful intimations of Idi Amin’s pedigree Yes, rabble-rousing, clowning, scheming Frightful intimations of Idi Amin’s pedigree Yesterday’s fruits still stir the leaves On History’s bewildering tree Here, once again, The wild histrionics of a deadly actor Say, here, once, again, The wild histrionics of a deadly actor Mindless applause from a captive audience Chloroformed puppets of a wily victor III They sold their birth right For a kongo* of rice Alas, they sold their birth right For a kongo of rice This mindless commerce Will come at a heavy price Erstwhile Knowledge Fountain Overgrown with Ignorance’s malignant weeds Alas, erstwhile Knowledge Fountain Overgrown with Ignorance’s malignant weeds The Book, once robust, resurgent, Has been voted out of our daily needs They sold us a lemon; we emptied Our bank of virtues to pay the price Alas, they sold us a lemon; we emptied Our bank of virtues to pay the price The will powerful guns could not subdue Now lies suborned by a spoonful of rice Poverty so desperate, so demeaning, It consumed our pride, our primal worth Yes, Poverty, so desperate, so demeaning, It consumed our pride, our primal worth The pride we once extolled is vanishing fast From the face of our stunned, corrupted earth The people voted their stomach And the dunghill usurped their future Alas, the people voted their stomach The dunghill embraced their future The wounds from this blind affair Defy the magic of the cleverest suture *Kongo: a small tin, plastic, or calabash container used for measuring peas and grains in market sales. IV Too good for us, far too advanced The reigning King is too high above our rot Say, too good for us, far too advanced The reigning King is too high above our rot Too much bound to Excellence and Honour And a public garment without a blot He expends state funds on the road to the Future He never paves the way to our bottomless stomach Yes, he expends state funds on the road to the Future He never paves the way to our bottomless stomach Whoever doesn’t know in the eating world That the gut is a grand, demanding monarch We asked for rice, he gave us Reason We asked for booty, he gave us the Book Say, we asked for rice, he gave Reason We asked for booty, he gave us a book So we trooped all out to cast our lot For the side of the dark and loaded crook The Damaged Good has riced its way To the top of the brand Alas, the Damaged Good has riced its way Right to the top of the brand Our feet stand askew On our dark and traitored land Come again soon, oh brief Renaissance This interlude forebodes a trembling twilight I say, come again, brief Renaissance This interlude forebodes a trembling twilight Sow rainbow stars in our darkening sky Divine another Dawn, new and bright 1 Like |
Re: Why Fayemi Was Voted Out by mystical10: 3:07pm On Jun 30, 2014 |
in summary hungry na probe of average yoruba man, hehehe but the new gov can't make a change bwhahaha 1 Like |
Re: Why Fayemi Was Voted Out by Curlieweed: 4:07pm On Jun 30, 2014 |
@op. Your analysis seems a tad bit unsophisticated to me. You're are basically blaming the customer for rejecting your wares. In politics as in business, the customer (in this case the voters) is king. Assuming they are stupid, just because of pervasive poverty, will cost your party many more elections in the future. The truth is that your lot lost because of sheer arrogance, period. As an aside, I was looking at the pre-election poll by NOI and found it interesting that fully 100% of decided young voters said they were voting for Fayose. 3 Likes |
Re: Why Fayemi Was Voted Out by MagicEmpire: 4:12am On Jul 11, 2014 |
Ur analysis is so poor and shows you are suffering from the loss and haven't accepted defeat like Feyemi (the most concerned person). Saying the Main Ekiti people have travelled out of their state is a silly reason. No one travels morethan the average Anambra man or u will also say d main people of Anambra has travelled out and that's why Ngige lost to Peter Obi? You are trying to make us believe that the people of Ekiti are so poor that they think with their stomach. My friend Nigeria politics is generally d give and take politics. Even in Anambra state elections APC and PDP shared money ranging from 2k and above (not mere rice o!) and people collected and still voted for the party of their choice. Abi after Ekiti voters collected d rice shared by both APC and PDP they also gave out their voters card to the highest bidder Party. My friend stop abusing the people of Ekiti state indirectly b'cos that is what u are doing? 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Why Fayemi Was Voted Out by Omexonomy: 6:52am On Jul 11, 2014 |
Stupid op, stupid analysis. Ekiti people are tired of paying 30% of their total revenue into tinubu account. 1 Like |
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