BY LEKE ADESERI, South West Regional Editor & ABDULWAHAB ABDULAH
LAGOS — FOR those who will be governors from May 29 under the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, it will not be business as usual as the party will next week unfold the direction they should toe in delivering dividends of democracy to their people.

At that time the party will be in charge in six states of Lagos, Edo, Oyo, Ogun, Osun and Ekiti .
The party is expected to set agenda for the governors, May 19, at a retreat scheduled for Benin City., according to a usually reliable source.

A party source told Vanguard: “The retreat will tell the governors what to do in the areas of education, healthy, water sanitation and so on.”

Another issue to be resolved will be the way the new governors from Oyo and Ogun should go as regards eleventh hour policies of their predecessors particularly those with huge financial implications like the N18, 000 new minimum wage and indiscriminate employment into the public service.

Regional Development Commission coming

An insider said ACN will set up a regional commission to accelerate development and economic integration in the South West and Edo State. The commission to be known as South West Regional Development Commission, SWERDCO, will develop economic policies for Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Ekiti, Osun and Ondo States. He said: “We need to develop and integrate for instance transport in the South West.”

S[b]WERDCO is expected to perform functions similar to those of Oduduwa Investments Company Limited, a conglomerate that oversees the investments of the old Western Region inherited by all South West states except Lagos.[/b]

The steering committee that would drive the initiative would be set up soon after the inauguration of the governors. It would be composed of members of cabinets of each member state such as commissioners for agriculture, works and housing, finance, and economic planning, among others.

Members barred

Meantime, the newly elected members of the National Assembly from the ACN have been barred from paying courtesy calls on President Goodluck Jonathan.

Vanguard gathered that this was part of the instructions given to the newly elected party officials, especially the lawmakers at a meeting with the party leadership in Abuja.

The party told the elected legislators that whoever wants to have anything to do with the ruling PDP should cut off ties with the party.

An elected member of the House of Representatives from Ekiti State, who preferred anonymity confirmed the meeting and the instruction passed on to them, noting that the party made this open because of rumour making round that some of the party members were being lobbied by PDP to accept appointment to form a unity government.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/05/acn-sets-agenda-for-govs-govs-elect/

I applaud this visionary approach in the Development of these states!!!
This is what we need in Nigeria!!!

I think Tinubu and the Yoruba folks should leave Edo alone. We belong in the South South and not in the South West. Why are they trynig to claim us??

Anyway, nice move. I love this new quest for regionalism. It would spur healthy developmental competition.

Tinubu has come home to eat again :-D

PapaBrowne:

I think Tinubu and the Yoruba folks should leave Edo alone. We belong in the South South and not in the South West. Why are they trynig to claim us??

Anyway, nice move. I love this new quest for regionalism. It would spur healthy developmental competition.

bia biko, does it look like he is claiming u

read and understand before u comment mumu, is edo not an ACN state

who care if it is ss or se, so long as it is an acn state he can develop it as he likes

SW for ACn

alj_harem:

bia biko, does it look like he is claiming u

read and understand before u comment mumu, is edo not an ACN state

who care if it is ss or se, so long as it is an acn state he can develop it as he likes

I thought the people voted for personality and not the party? Why is the ACN trying to foist their agenda on the governors, if the governors no gree do am, dem go die?

Point of correction the SW voted for a party we can trust and we put our confidence in the agenda of the ACN

J12:

I thought the people voted for personality and not the party? Why is the ACN trying to foist their agenda on the governors, if the governors no gree do am, dem go die? 

It's in the interest of the party, the populace and democracy at large, if a party, along with its flag bearing members speak with one voice and operate with the same ideology/values.

In Britain, the Conservatives adheres to philosophy of conservatism and British unionism and they form their policies to reflect such, the Labor party on the other hand embrace a socialist ideology and believes in free market policies.

It makes no sense that PDP stands for nothing!

PapaBrowne:

I think Tinubu and the Yoruba folks should leave Edo alone. We belong in the South South and not in the South West. Why are they trynig to claim us??

Anyway, nice move. I love this new quest for regionalism. It would spur healthy developmental competition.

Edo state is a SW state, like it or not.

violent:

It's in the interest of the party, the populace and democracy at large, if a party, along with its flag bearing members speak with one voice and operate with the same ideology/values.

In Britain, the Conservatives adheres to philosophy of conservatism and British unionism and they form their policies to reflect such, the Labor party on the other hand embrace a socialist ideology and believes in free market policies.

It makes no sense that PDP stands for nothing!

Thank God der r still people that have sense on this forum!!

Ileke-IdI:

Edo state is a SW state, like it or not.

Are you serious??

High_Chief:

Are you serious??

It is not yet official.

Becommrich and I are still working on it.

Good one.

At this meeting, all Governors will be reminded of the revenue sharing formula - The percentage of their allocations that will go to Uncle Bola's bank account, the mode by which Internal Revenue will be generated and collected using Alpha Beta Corporation or whatever Uncle Bola's newly formed company is called, plus the percentage of all road construction projects that will be awarded to Uncle Bola's HITECH construction company.

Life is sweet when you are in power.

All hail Uncle Bola.


Deep in my heart, I've always known - BOLA AHMED TINUBU WILL ONE DAY GO TO PRISON - We shall overcome some day.

jensinmi:

At this meeting, all Governors will be reminded of the revenue sharing formula - The percentage of their allocations that will go to Uncle Bola's bank account, the mode by which Internal Revenue will be generated and collected using Alpha Beta Corporation or whatever Uncle Bola's newly formed company is called, plus the percentage of all road construction projects that will be awarded to Uncle Bola's HITECH construction company.

Life is sweet when you are in power.

All hail Uncle Bola.


Deep in my heart, I've always known - BOLA AHMED TINUBU WILL ONE DAY GO TO PRISON - We shall overcome some day.

Sadly true.

We only have one Uncle Bola, any other Uncle Bola is fake.

Please stop calling Tinubu Uncle Bola.

zstranger:

Sadly true.

We only have one Uncle Bola, any other Uncle Bola is fake.

Please stop calling Tinubu Uncle Bola.

I apologize for my ignorance.

Abeg bros. no vex o. Who is the other Uncle Bola??

jensinmi:

I apologize for my ignorance.

Abeg bros. no vex o. Who is the other Uncle Bola??

You mean the real Uncle Bola?

The real uncle Bola is none other than the indefatigable UNCLE BOLA IGE

And some people would say that the ACN is not a regional party.

zstranger:

You mean the real Uncle Bola?

The real uncle Bola is none other than the indefatigable UNCLE BOLA IGE

The one and only Cicero of Esa Oke

OAM4J:

The one and only Cicero of Esa Oke

Harry Truman once wrote that "Many are indispensable, but no one is irreplaceable". The unfillable vacuum created by Ige’s death in Yoruba politics has proved the American soldier-statesman wrong.

Hmm, indeed!

zstranger:

You mean the real Uncle Bola?

The real uncle Bola is none other than the indefatigable UNCLE BOLA IGE

Point taken.

J12:

And some people would say that the ACN is not a regional party.

Nothing regional about ACN and their approach to governance. If den win any state in the SE or up North, those states go automatically be part of the same ACN commonwealth agenda.

Inasmuch as I respect Bola Ige and cherish his memories, he was one of those who brought down the AD because he did not get the party's nomination in 1999, those who continue to attack Tinubu do not know what he has done for democracy.

hercules07:

Inasmuch as I respect Bola Ige and cherish his memories, he was one of those who brought down the AD because he did not get the party's nomination in 1999, those who continue to attack Tinubu do not know what he has done for democracy.

It's all about tribalism and ignorance. They have no clue about who fought and risked their lives for the same democracy.