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FG, OGSG Protocol Officials Clash At Oluwole Awolowo’s Funeral by thrugemaster(m): 8:15am On Apr 20, 2013 |
By DAUD OLATUNJI, Abeokuta The funeral service held for late Chairman of Tribune titles, Chief Oluwole Awolowo on Friday was almost disrupted following the clash between protocol officials of the Federal Government and their counterparts from Ogun State Government. Confusion started few minutes before the commencement of the programme which was held at Our Saviour’s Anglican Church Ikenne, when one of the Protocol officials of the State government asked some members of the delegation of the Federal Government to vacate the front seats for the State governor Ibikunle Amosun and other governors. The Federal Government delegation which comprises, the President Spokesman, Dr. Reuben Abati, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Olugbenga Ashriru, Minister of State ,Federal Capital Territory, Mrs. Olajumoke Akinjide and Special Assistant to President Jonathan on Policy and Strategies, Mr. Oronto Douglas had already occupied the front seats in the Church before the arrival of the state government protocol officials. The clash of interest between the two governments’ officials was hinged on who should sit on the first seats in the Church that had already been reserved for dignitaries. The Protocol officials of the Federal Government became infuriated over the action of their counterparts in the State government who insisted that, only one person from the delegation of the Presidency would be allowed to sit on the front seat. The issue almost got out of hand before a grand child in the Awolowo family, Segun begged them not to disrupt his uncle’s funeral service. There was a pin-drop silence in the Church during the crisis which prompted a quick adjustment to accommodate Amosun and his wife on the same seat and the issue was put to rest for a while. However, when the Minister of Information Mr Labaran Maku later arrived the Church after the first crisis had been resolved, Ambassador Olugbenga Ashiru had to leave the seat for him. The crisis later reared its ugly head when another set of seats were arranged in the front for the five Governors that were at the service. This development did not go down well with the delegation of the President who resisted it but were ignored. The crisis got to its peak when the moderator called the representative of the President to speak before the governor of the State contrary to the order of protocol. The Labaran Maku-led delegation ignored the call and did not stand up to deliver the President speech. The gesture put the programme on hold for a while before one of the Awolowo daughters, Tokunbo Awolowo-Dosunmu quickly went to the moderator to correct him. Governor Ibikunle Amosun while making his remarks publicly acknowledged the flop in the protocol, saying the Presidency would make the final speech as the protocol demands. The President’s representative later spoke last. www.vanguardngr.com/2013/04/fg-ogsg-protocol-officials-clash-at-awos-funeral/ |
Re: FG, OGSG Protocol Officials Clash At Oluwole Awolowo’s Funeral by wilywily9: 8:30am On Apr 20, 2013 |
In this part of Nigeria, always remember the children of Akintola and Awolowo when stepping foot on their land, anything can happen, they are unpredictable. |
Re: FG, OGSG Protocol Officials Clash At Oluwole Awolowo’s Funeral by EkoAtlantic: 9:31am On Apr 20, 2013 |
Shameless FG, fight with Lagos, Oyo, Ogun... Won't be surprised if this same FG has issue with ebonyi |
Re: FG, OGSG Protocol Officials Clash At Oluwole Awolowo’s Funeral by talktimi(m): 9:57am On Apr 20, 2013 |
Some people who don't know s#it about protocol will soon come up here and start spouting rubbish. Shebi Amosun himself apologised for the glich at the end of the day |
Re: FG, OGSG Protocol Officials Clash At Oluwole Awolowo’s Funeral by talktimi(m): 9:58am On Apr 20, 2013 |
Some people who don't know s#it about protocol will soon come up here and start spouting rubbish. Shebi Amosun himself apologised for the glich at the end of the day. This is what happens when you put thugs and touts in complex positions. |
Re: FG, OGSG Protocol Officials Clash At Oluwole Awolowo’s Funeral by thirty(m): 10:34am On Apr 20, 2013 |
talktimi: Some people who don't know s#it about protocol will soon come up here and start spouting rubbish. Shebi Amosun himself apologised for the glich at the end of the day. This is what happens when you put thugs and touts in complex positions.Why and for what reason did Gov. Amosu apologised? Because some FG dignitaries were molested, he need to apologise. As a chief host and a leader who respect others, he need to apologise. Tell the FG delegates to learn how to observe the protocol wherever they are or else molestatation will always come their way. Charity begins in Abuja, it does not end there. |
Re: FG, OGSG Protocol Officials Clash At Oluwole Awolowo’s Funeral by thirty(m): 10:36am On Apr 20, 2013 |
talktimi: Some people who don't know s#it about protocol will soon come up here and start spouting rubbish. Shebi Amosun himself apologised for the glich at the end of the day. This is what happens when you put thugs and touts in complex positions. |
Re: FG, OGSG Protocol Officials Clash At Oluwole Awolowo’s Funeral by talktimi(m): 10:41am On Apr 20, 2013 |
thirty:Welcome afterall I knew your type will soon swamp this thread but I advice that you should ask any protocol officer working for any arm of the government you know about the order of precedence involving high ranking officials at occassions. I guess you think everything is as simple as an owambe party. |
Re: FG, OGSG Protocol Officials Clash At Oluwole Awolowo’s Funeral by OAM4J: 10:48am On Apr 20, 2013 |
Blame the organisers. 1 Like |
Re: FG, OGSG Protocol Officials Clash At Oluwole Awolowo’s Funeral by thrugemaster(m): 1:57pm On Apr 20, 2013 |
lack of humility |
Re: FG, OGSG Protocol Officials Clash At Oluwole Awolowo’s Funeral by vizboy(m): 2:04pm On Apr 20, 2013 |
And why should I care. When these oldmen both Fg and Ogsg are foolin them self. |
Re: FG, OGSG Protocol Officials Clash At Oluwole Awolowo’s Funeral by kutchs: 2:12pm On Apr 20, 2013 |
Eko Atlantic: Shameless FG, fight with Lagos, Oyo, Ogun... Won't be surprised if this same FG has issue with ebonyiI don‘t expect any less from you, you are true to type: shameless and hypocrital. You would want an LG chairman to respect a governor but ur ACN gov shouldn‘t respect the FG. Tell me if Jonathan had attended the function where would you have kept him? 1 Like |
Re: FG, OGSG Protocol Officials Clash At Oluwole Awolowo’s Funeral by EkoIle1: 2:15pm On Apr 20, 2013 |
It doesn't matter who you are, you go by your host's set protocol. Not suprised anyways, the federal thugs are always lousy guests. The famous PDP fight over small gather bridge event in the same Ogun state comes mind... smh.. |
Re: FG, OGSG Protocol Officials Clash At Oluwole Awolowo’s Funeral by Tolexander: 2:23pm On Apr 20, 2013 |
Had the organizers made the right settings, the event would have gone the right way. The organisers should have made an arrangement for the dignitaries coming to grace the funeral ceremony. E.g create the settings for the federal character coming and another settings for the state functionaries cos they are of different political parties and many things at the ceremony may be politicized. The moderator shouldn't have been so daft enough to have overlooked and missed the order of service cos that is ripped enough to aggravate the current rile as it had done. Above all, maturity should have allowed to play its part at the church by both the state and federal representative at least to respect the dead and God. 1 Like |
Re: FG, OGSG Protocol Officials Clash At Oluwole Awolowo’s Funeral by EkoIle1: 2:39pm On Apr 20, 2013 |
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2010/07/ota-bridge-bankole-daniel-daggash-in-hot-exchange-of-words/ |
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