Herodotus, the Greek credited by many as the initiator of the discipline we refer to today as HISTORY had cause to observe that: “A person who does not know anything about the events which took place before he or she was born will remain forever a child.” We are in full agreement with the observation of the sage.

The people of Osun State in particular, and the Yorubas generally must ponder about the degeneration in quality that has resulted in a once proud people fielding their seventh or eight eleven. To continue with the soccer metaphor, it is like sending a primary school team to face the Spain team which has just won the just concluded World Cup in South Africa. It wouldn’t make sense and it doesn’t!

Osun State at one point valiantly led the way. It produced Nigeria’s first lawyer in Christopher Alexandra Sapara Williams who hailed from Ilesa. The path breaking lawyer and nationalist was also the senior brother of Dr. Oguntolu Sapara who became Nigeria’s first medical doctor in the Western sense. Sapara Williams was called to the English bar in 1886, so we can see that Osun State has far long been a trail blazer.

The list of Osun State citizens who have achieved success and international renown across the professions and all the areas of human endeavour is far too long to be stated here. It will take up all the space reserved for this editorial. It is therefore really amazing, that we are now scrapping the bottom of the barrel in our search for human capital. It is not just amazing, it is absurd. The state has never lacked in human capacity. However in recent times, the military interregnum and the Obasanjo imposition have turned back the wheel of progress and orderly change.

From this perspective it cannot be surprising that the otherwise ludicurous Iyiola Omisore is considered as a possible future governor of Osun State. That he himself considers it possible at all is a reminder of the depth of turpitude we have sunk into. Omisore is the exact opposite of the great achievers Osun State has produced. Indeed it is a gratuitous insult to mention their names in the same breath as his. They do not deserve such an insult.

In his notorierity, Omisore ordinarily should be a figure of ridicule. He lacks presence, he is totally devoid of scruples and is by comportment, gait and track record the direct opposite of what the Yorubas will call omoluabi. The fellow is frankly an oddity, more to be pitied than envied. He represents a direct indictment of what Obasanjo and his attack dogs have wrought on the Yorubas.

Omisore does not have the intellectual preparation required to fix a broken down Osun State. He lacks the aptitude and the focus to contribute anything to make matters even worse, his emotional comportment is at the level of an adolescent. Although we hasten to add that this in no way should be interpreted as an attack on adolescence. In the deplorable state that Osun State finds itself it is obvious that Omiusore is the direct opposite of what is needed.

Osun State as of today is in total disarray. The physical, fiscal and social infrastructure has been destroyed. Seven years of total abandonment means that the next governor has to rebuild from scratch. To do this the state needs a pivotal figure. What is needed is an accomplished performer. A solid personality who has been battle tested. A figure who has the preparation capacity. Such a person must have the emotional comportment to pay meticulous attention to details. He must have the comportment and the clarity of thinking to put in the sort of sustained back breaking hard work and sacrifice needed to resuscitate a state which for all intents is at the moment on life support.

Even his most ardent admirer cannot claim that Omisore has any of the attributes listed above. Iyiola Omisore has been schooled in the arena of banditry, of do or die politics. This is not what is needed to resuscitate Osun State. Apart from his complete lack of intellectual preparation, the fellow simply does not have a track record of successfully doing anything successfully. Where? We need to ask has his managerial accomplishment in the public or private sphere. His present chairmanship of the Senate Appropriations Committee has once again shown him up. The fellow has been totally lost at sea as the country stumbles from one fiscal mishap to another. This should not come as a surprise. For it is only in a failed state that a man who cannot interpret a balance sheet will chair an appropriations committee.

In this nightmare scenario, there is a silver lining, a saving grace. Osun State has a clear, appetizing alternative. In Engineer Rauf Aregbesola we can recreate the best of a glorious past. Aregbesola is very well prepared intellectually. As the Lagos State Infrastructure czar, he showed an admirable administrative acumen and demonstrated excellent, innovative managerial sagacity. The people of Osun State will have in him, a safe pair of lands to guide the ship of the state.

In contradistinction, Omisore is a disaster well foretold. It must NEVER happen! The people of Osun have suffered too long and cannot endure another calamity

^^^Another irritating political apologetic spouts off ^^^^

this country is so full of such.

God help us all.

Omisore is a walking time bomb,
He will explode intom oblivion come 2011.

The ape is a curse! We say no to Omisore! No!No!

Neyoor and lakpalakpa, you are both needed here.

Reallagbake2: The ape is a curse! We say no to Omisore! No!No!
Neyoor and lakpalakpa, you are both needed here.

God forbid that day Omisore 'll govern our state.

Much more was said about Fayose, APC BEWARE!

C'mon where's the link?

i remember the "face of fraud" on fayose and also the efcc stuff so this is how apc behaves thats their treadmark

Reallagbake2: The ape is a curse! We say no to Omisore! No!No!

Neyoor and lakpalakpa, you are both needed here.

Omisore can only rule Osun state if he resurrects Bola Ige.

trash trash trash
PROPAGANDA by apc coven of witches and wizards

VICTOROCHEI: trash trash trash
PROPAGANDA by apc coven of witches and wizards

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VictorCiza how far? I see that supporter of APC witch git her errand boi to ban u as well

ZeGull: \

VictorCiza how far? I see that supporter of APC witch git her errand boi to ban u as well

don't mind that ugly bi-tsh and her houseboy na dem go tire.
i don't die i multiply

VICTOROCHEI: don't mind that ugly bi-tsh and her houseboy na dem go tire.
i don't die i multiply

nothing do you...

make them dey use NL they hustlee no go make them better pass me.

ZeGull:

nothing do you...

make them dey use NL they hustlee no go make them better pass me.

na so my brother

VICTOROCHEI: trash trash trash
PROPAGANDA by apc coven of witches and wizards

Rabid Defeat-Ciza

THE MODERN ART OF GOVERNANCE AND OGBENI RAUF AREGBESOLA
OF APC
IN THE STATE OF OSUN
It is a popular norm, globally acknowledged and practiced by developed nations, that political parties serve as an avenue where values and qualities are discovered which, when discovered, are fully utilized to nurture the interests of the people and achieve a profitable end for the future of the concerned political entity.

The engine through which these values and qualities, if discovered, could be utilized to better the lot of the society is governance while the oil which lubricates the engine of governance is a capable and competent administrator.

Ogbeni Aregbesola, who is honoured by the Business World Magazine, amongst several others, as the “Most Innovative Governor in Nigeria”, has proven himself as an astute administrator with much diferrence. Armed with his innate spirit of kindness, people’s oriented programmes, and progressive policies, Ogbeni has greatly transformed the old Osun state - where official prodigality, administrative irresponsibility, self enrichment, people’s impoverishment of high level, educational decadence, economic bastardization and ridiculous degree of misgovernance was the order of the day - to the present State of Osun which is being administered by governance of belief rather than incredulity; governance of hope rather than despondency; governance of light rather than darkness; governance of truth rather than mendacity; governance of prudence rather than prodigality; governance of care rather than abandonment; governance of sincerity rather than deceit; governance of decency rather than decadence; governance of egalitarianism rather than god-fatherism; governance of amiability rather than unfriendliness; governance of altruism rather than egoism and; governance of true democracy rather than autocracy.

Through Ogbeni Aregbesola, the good people of the State of Osun have realized that governance means development of the land and the people on it rather than personal enrichment, kill and share tradition or babaric people’s pauperization and enslavement of anachronism.

In allusion to the formidable whirlwind of rejuvenation and thunder of untold overhauling of the Nation’s body polity, laying a befitting legacy for Nigeria and emanating from a almost unexpected quarter, the State of Osun – created a little above 2 decades now -, with an uncommonly honest personality operating behind the curtains and working like Trojan to make the traditional-oriented State, primus inter pares, the great people of the State of Osun ought to be proud of, part of and be ever ready to throw their weight behind this much orchestrated Crusader of Change with whom the Creator has blessed them.

Aregbesola has brought hope to the State and he has restored the lost glory of the State. He has given and practicalized assurance to reshape the present precarious condition of the youths of the State so as to placing them on a more qualified pedestal to assume the mantles of leadership comes tomorrow. He has ensured that governance can again be meaningful to the overwhelming people of the State who had for seven and a half years experienced maladministration, troubles, victimization, underdevelopment and ill-governance.
APC government led by Ogbeni Aregbesola has been working very hard to create, within Nigeria, a State comparable only to the most economically viable, most beautiful and most prosperous State in Europe, Asia, Australia and America combined. Ogbeni, never considered himself as a mere commissioner in Lagos but contributed in no small measures to the overall development and modern embellishment of the “Centre of Excellence” to the bold proud of the Yoruba race. No wonder, this seasoned engineer never hesitated to deem it fit and proper to flag off his electioneering campaigns in Ile Ife, the Cradle of Yoruba, in honour of his race and tradition. This gesture palpably highlights the behaviour of a true born of the race who truly loves his people beyond all artificial distinctions.

Be that as it may, Ogbeni Aregbesola’s unexpected success at crystallizing monumental achievements that have elevated the State of Osun to a pre-eminent pedestal, where no one had, in the past, ever aimed at, has, indeed, made him the best and the greatest among his peers while the State has, consequently, crossed the hurdles of underdevelopment to a developing State. Ogbeni’s painstaking efforts and tireless sweat culminating into modern advancement recorded in Osun is enough to encourage the people of this God-chosen State to take pride, be happy, grateful to God and advance continuous support towards this God-sent leader of theirs.

It is no longer news that Ogbeni Aregbesola has, in his administrative magnanimity, injected untold transformational changes in the administrative vein of the State. For the sake of brevity, few of these unprecedented advancements are:- 40,000 Youths employed under the Osun Youth Empowerment Scheme; 5,000 youths trained and empowered in information communication technology under the Osun Youth Empowerment Technology (OYESTECH); over N2.4 billion injected in the economy as
allowances for the OYES Volunteers; 123 kilometres of waterways (streams, arteries, canals) dredged to keep the state flood-free for three years; 750,000 school students provided with school uniform coupled with empowerment of 3,000 tailors; 150,000 students provided with computer tablets (opon imo), an electronic learning tool preloaded with 17 subjects, 54 textbooks, and past questions of JAMB, WAEC AND NECO of the past 10years; Introduction of bi-monthly environmental sanitation exercise under the O’CLEAN Initiative to keep the state clean; beautification of the 185 km Oyo Boundary (Asejire) to Osun-Ondo Boundary (Owena); trucks provided for a Public-Private Partnership waste management model in the state; Primary School Funding Grants increased from N7.4 million to N424 million a year; 240,000 children feed daily with nutritious meals under the Osun Elementary School Feeding and Health Programme coupled with empowerment of over 3,000 caterers; Secondary School basic funding grants from N171 million to N427 million per year; tuition Fees in State-owned Tertiary Institutions reduced by 30%; security of lives and properties being guaranteed with provision of 5 Armoured Personnel Carrier, over 100 security patrol vehicles and one helicopter for area surveillance. Also 125 patrol vehicles were provided to security agencies such as the Army, Police, FRSC, NDLEA and the Civil Defence. These, being the first in the history of the state have been provided to fight incessant robbery attacks; 2 state of the art police stations built; Internally Generated Revenue(IGR) increased from N300 million to N700 million without increasing tax payable by citizens; setting up of Omoluabi Conservation Fund with a N4.2 Billion reserve; Osun Debt Management Office established; building of the largest commercial apiary in Sub-Saharan Africa for refined honey production; 20.Over 1,765 hectares of land cleared and prepared to support farmers; rehabilitation of farm settlements in the state; over N1 billion committed to support farmers; building of super highways to connect Osun to Lagos and Osun to Kwara State; 61 Township roads covering 128km is being upgraded all over the state; Ede Water Works capacity increased from 13% to 30% and plans on-going to reach 100% capacity before the end of 2013; Over 3,000 permanent teachers employed into the state education sector; 218 km roads being built across the 30 Local Government Areas and Ife East Area Office, Modakeke, Ife; Osun Ambulance Service Authority Established with 400 youths trained as paramedics; 9 State Hospitals and 12 comprehensive health centers being rehabilitated in the state; 74 Primary Health Centers built; Osogbo Railway Station undergoing massive rehabilitation; Revamping and reconstruction of the following roads in Ile Ife:- Lokore – Okesoda, Mbabi Mbayo, Lofogido, Agbedegbede, Igboya – Fajuyi, Mokuro etc.; reconstruction, refurbishing and beautification of Baptist Elementary School, Ile-Ife, (which was hitherto dilapidated, sorry sight and bandoned) to the great happiness and satisfaction of the great people of the Source and His Imperial Majesty, the Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuade who exclaimed that “Aregbesola has performed beyond expectation !”; IGR increased from ₦300m to ₦1.5b per month; 70 buses provided to Transporters to boost transportation in the State; 8,000 students trained on Calisthenics; 125 Patrol Vans, 5 armoured personnel carrier and one helicopter provided to boost security; Over ₦1.5 billion worth of support for Farmers; 150,000 e-learning tablets (Opon Imo, Tablet of Knowledge) for Senior Secondary Schools; 254,000 school kids provided free meal daily; Primary School Basic Funding Grant increased from ₦7.4m per year to ₦424m per year; 1830 rural farmers in 61 Focal Communities equipped with farm inputs under the UNICEF Replication Initiative Programme of the Ministry of Water Resources, Rural and Community Development; 123km of arteries, waterways and canals dredged to prevent flooding.

However, the glory of these golden achievements, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has been appreciatively acknowledging, goes to the unflinching supports of the entire people of the State of Osun.

Therefore, I urge all the people of the State of Osun to join hands with, let us continue to give Governor Aregbesola our full supports and re elect this hardworking man as our Great State cannot afford to lose good and incorruptible leader, visionaric and missionaric governor, good intentioned and honest administrator and, above all, God fearing executor who strongly cares for the people, strives day and night to elevate their status, concerned about the future of the youths and who is painstaking struggling to graduating the State of Osun to the next level of honour, development, decency, love, happiness, brotherliness, prosperity, hope and, above all, sanctity of human’s life.

Long live our sincere Governor, Ogbeni Rau’f Aregbesola !
Long live Great State of Osun !!
Long live Federal Republic of Nigeria !!!
Prince (Barr.) Ahmed A. Adewoyin.
Can be reached through:-princeadewoyin@yahoo.com

YOUR VOTE IS YOUR CONSCIENCE !
Please as you go out to vote, let your conscience guide you to vote for a kind and good-intentioned candidate that will not turn out to destroy you. We should all know that no standard economy is ever built in a day and every advanced society of the modern world was painstakingly developed with patience. Honestly Ogbeni Aregbesola has laboriously replaced the chaffs of the old mis governance of selfishness and wastefulness with the present cheese of governance of magnanimity and usefulness. He who wishes to serve people MUST be able to tell the people what he has in stock for them. Governor Rauf has done this with apparent excellence. Rauf Aregbesola of APC is a rare blessing to us in Osun. Please, VOTE for him in the interest of our present and future generations.Your vote is your conscience! (Prince, Barr. Ahmed Adewoyin)