andyanders:


Yerima paid him. Shame to him and his family to have sent such a useless man to represent them. How come an adult like this iddio-t could even have the audacity to say he voted in error. Shame to him and his children.

Tafee: atleast this law is better than gay law

tony gee: Pls can I call dis man a foooo l just asking

Oluwalala: Idiot! Medicine after death, bloody hypocrites

chimerase2: Ondo Senator Apologises For Voting In Support Of Child Marriage Bill


The Senator representing Ondo Central Senatorial District, Ayo Akinyelure has apologised for voting in support of the child marriage bill.


The Senator representing Ondo Central Senatorial District, Ayo Akinyelure
The people of Mr Akinyelure’s Senatorial District on Monday staged a peaceful protest in Akure, the State Capital against the voting of the lawmaker representing them in the Senate for supporting the child marriage bill.

Summoned by the constituents to a meeting held at the Cultural Centre Auditorium, Akure, which is also the Senatorial headquarters, Mr Akinyelure regretted the act and apologised to the people, explaining that he cast the vote in error.

He emphasised that as a true Yoruba man, he wouldn’t have intentionally voted in support of child marriage.

He said there is still hope in correcting the situation as the bill will still be passed at the House of Representatives and the States Houses of Assembly.

The Women Leaders of Labour Party in the six local government areas in the senatorial zone who spoke on behalf of the women condemned the support of the bill which she described barbaric.

Massive protests have greeted the Senate’s passage of a resolution to retain the provision of Section 29 (4) (b) of the 1999 Constitution. Under the section, a married underage girl is deemed to be an adult.

Prominent Nigerians and human right organisations took to the social media to protest what they described as legalisation of sexual abuse of underage girls.

The protests were held in parts of the country on Saturday such as Abuja and Lagos among others. Also, petitions were signed to protest the law.

The protesters might besiege all state Houses of Assembly and the National Assembly on Tuesday to call on the Senate to reverse itself.

Those who protested queried why underage Nigerians could not exercise their franchise at the poll but were being subjected to marriage at tender age.

Source : http://www.channelstv.com/home/2013/07/22/ondo-senator-apologises-for-voting-in-support-of-child-marriage-bill/?utm_source=&utm_medium=twitter

AB$I:
Y was i born a yoruba boy sef?y not a chink instead. God help me,i need to accept my fate.but i've vowed not to DIE a Yoruba man but to DIE a CHRISTIAN

AB$I:
Y was i born a yoruba boy sef?y not a chink instead. God help me,i need to accept my fate.but i've vowed not to DIE a Yoruba man but to DIE a CHRISTIAN

atlwireles: This only shows how ill prepared most of the animals we call legislators are. You are taking a vote as important as amending the constitution, yet you never took time to read the content of the amendments. Most people that voted for or against are really not better than this man. They never read one line of the amendments as proposed by Yerima

Rhea:
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We don't need your apologies. Kindly tender your resignation. That is the first step to reclaiming your honour.[/size]

lastpage:
I think Dayo is right there.
If it is not that his party supports his position on such an important issue, then the party has the right and duty to recall him.
The people that voted-in that party have "expectations" from such party, .. as per their campaign manifesto.
If that expectation is not being met (as in this case of "selective amnesia by that Sin-a-tor", then its either the party recalls him ..or the voters "teach the party a lesson" in the next election, by voting them out.

I read that a similar thing happened in Ireland recently, when a Vote was being taken on the Abortion Bill.
Some party members voted against the "position of their party" ... and the party immediately EXPELLED THEM! (and the party nominated position they held were lost as well).

But in Nigeria, we are too constrained by primordial issues like "Tribal affiliations, language, Civil war experience, e.t.c" to properly articulate our desires and hold the elected officials to account.

Lastpage!

BTW: I hope he does not vote in favor of selling Nigeria to Cameroon, one day .... and come back to tell us he did not know what he was doing!
Chei, l dont envy his children at all! Imagine your mates telling you: "your Daddy has lost his senses and does not know what he is doing"?

austinsmat: But there are two senator from ondo state where is the other one

confusion247:
Soon they will blame achebe for that vote.

filipin:
Bros, e neva late at all, just vex go claim chinko or masai. As 4 me & d rest na yoruba till d end. u no even see say him people protest dat na d yoruba spirit - very democratic people.

Akinyelure regretted the act and apologised to the people, explaining that he cast the vote in error.

Tolexander: why would you call a man, another person's father oloshi?
It is unfair now!
Had you called him oloriburuku, it would still have been better.

@topic!
It will be better if the bills passed and debates in the house can be made known to the public. Cos many of the legislative members like this man never knew there would be such reaction from the public.

ogugua88: It always amazes me how some of our grown politicians willingly announce how incompetent they are. How does one cast a vote in error? Is he an illiterate or was he confused and didn't seek explanation about the bill?

I'm sure he wouldn't have made such a comment if the public swallowed this bitter pill in silence... or if their names weren't published.