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BEFORE YOU VOTE SARAKI AS THE SENATE PRESIDENT
"Before Bukola Saraki is Coronated as Senate President of the 8th National Assembly: A word of Caution to Career Politicians in the Nigerian Senate

By:

Dr. Abdullahi Imam Abdullahi

Bukola Saraki has been in the news lately. The fellow I understand wants to be the next President of the Senate and the Chairman of the National Assembly. As a Nigerian and a Senator, he has the right to vie for the office in question. His colleagues in the Senate however have a moral duty to reject him unless of course they are as corrupt and criminally inclined as he is.

Before we go further, I must introduce myself. My names are Abdullahi Imam Abdullahi, a clinical psychologist and a scion of the Imam Fulanis of Ilorin Emirate, Kwara state. I have witnessed first hand Bukola’s maladministration in my state. The tales are too many. I will list just a few. Before I do that, I will also make a detour to write about Bukola’s sordid past long before he became Governor of Kwara state – a gift his daddy gave him before he clocked 41 in 2003. It will become apparent in a little while that Bukola is not cut from any moral fiber.

Bukola Saraki and his immediate younger sister, Gbemisola Saraki have always lived on daddy’s dime. In the mid 1990s, Bukola Saraki and his sister were regular visitors to Criminal Investigation Department at Panti, Yaba, Lagos, over allegations of theft leveled against the two by the Nigerian government under General Sani Abacha. It is a blatant lie by Bukola to claim that former President Goodluck Jonathan set the EFCC after him because he moved a motion on fuel subsidy – Bukola was only trying to be clever by half. We shall come to that later. It was at CID Panti that Bukola Saraki met one of his later sidekicks, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Lanre Jimoh (popularly called Lanre Olopa). ACP Lanre Jimoh was a junior officer during this period and he went out of his way because of his Ilorin kinship to assist Bukola Saraki maneuver the Nigerian police muddle. I am not aware that the case was ever closed. It was more like it was hushed like everything else in Bukola Saraki’s life. In the mid 1990s when this happened, was Abacha also witch hunting Bukola Saraki?

This is what actually happened from our findings at the Kwara Restoration Project. After Bukola Saraki spent countless years trying to be a medical doctor in England, he finally managed to pass the medical exams in 1988. This, after spending a decade in British higher education in the pursuit of a medical degree. In 1989, Bukola did his House job as a medical officer at one of the hospitals in England and moved back to Nigeria to join Société Générale Bank in 1990 as the Vice Chairman representing his father’s interest. Bukola continued what he knows how to do best – spending other peoples’ money. He didn’t care that there were many other stakeholders at Société Générale Bank - Shareholders, Employees and Customers, he dipped his hands into the Bank’s purse voraciously and his little sister Gbemisola partook in the bazaar. When Abacha took over, he was intent on punishing the bank robbers of the day, Bukola Saraki was one of them and thus Bukola became a regular visitor to CID, Panti, Yaba, Lagos.

Abacha’s death saved Bukola from going to jail but Société Générale could not be rescued, when the late Admiral Muhammad Lawal, former Governor of Kwara state, fell out with Dr. Olusola Saraki, the Sarakis liquidated Societe Generale to finance Bukola’s governorship campaign. Since then, Société Générale Bank, Nigeria Limited became history until recently when Bukola in cahoots with some others invested in Heritage Bank through proxies.

When Société Générale became insolvent, a lot of hardworking Nigerian families lost their entire savings and many lost their lives in the process. As a clinical psychologist I know that when we talk about money, we ought to go beyond the paper and look underneath to see the men and women whose lives depend on it. Bukola Saraki and his family stole depositors’ money and in the process destroyed millions of lives in the process. These lives are not mere statistics, they are someone’s son and daughter, brother, sister, aunt, uncle, father, mother, mother in law, father in law etc. and the most prominent amongst these individuals is Austin Jay Jay Okocha who lost a considerable amount of money in Société Générale. Later, as Governor of Kwara state, Bukola sought to bribe Jay Jay Okocha with some type of arrangement at the Kwara Football Academy which he established with Kwara state money but later converted into a private concern. There is more to that deal than the scope of this paper will allow.

When Bukola became Kwara state Governor, he continued in his characteristic corrupt ways. He assumed that the Kwara treasury was an extension of Société Générale and daddy’s magnanimity. He dips his hand into the Kwara treasury at will and disregards government due process. Those who try to stand up against his impunity were dealt with mercilessly. Dr. Hezekiah Bamidele Oyedepo was one of those individuals. After the gentleman couldn’t stomach Bukola’s excesses any longer, he transferred his services to the Federal Government under President Olusegun Obasanjo as a Director in the Federal Ministry of Water Resources. There are countless others who are not so fortunate.

A case in point was when Bukola Saraki, drunk on power slapped Alhaji Saka Isemin, a commissioner under his administration for being more loyal to Bukola Saraki’s own father than to Bukola.

Bukola’s eight years reign as Governor of Kwara state was typified by stealing and the conversion of state properties into his own using cronies such as Kamaldeen Ajibade, the former Kwara state Attorney General and one non Kwara, Yomi Ogunsola. These two individuals more than others within Bukola’s corrupt inner cycle hold many of Kwara’s converted assets.

I will list some of them here; Kwara Cashew Company, Kwara Tourist Kitchen, Patigi Regatta Motel, Kwara Advanced Diagnostic Centre (Now renamed Harmony Advanced Diagnostic Centre), the Shonga Farms was largely financed by Kwara under a very shadowy arrangement. The Kwara mall and countless other state properties were converted by Bukola Saraki.

Now, some of us at the Kwara Restoration Project are not averse to entrepreneurship. In fact, we welcome it. What we are averse to is stealing of government properties and converting same into personal estates. By all means, if Bukola Saraki makes his own money and invests such in Kwara state, we welcome it and we perhaps may even celebrate it. But in this case, we have incontrovertible evidence of Bukola’s daylight robbery of Kwara state. We were fortunate through our contacts at the corporate affairs commission to get certified copies of how these companies were transferred to the two cronies earlier mentioned. We took it upon ourselves to hand these documents to our senior ulamas (Islamic scholars) in Ilorin to act on and call Bukola to order but they sat on it. During the just concluded elections, the opposition PDP got the documents from us and they sought to publish same in the Punch Newspapers but the Punch Editor told them that Bukola had already got a court to give him a spurious injunction restraining all Nigerian media, print, broadcast, etc against publishing any negative article on his person even if they are true. On this issue of converted Kwara state assets, anyone that doubts the veracity of my claims should please make an independent verification from the CAC in Abuja.

Bukola Saraki has also been linked with Arson in Kwara state. Shortly after Bukola left office as Governor of Kwara state and his personality conflict with former President Goodluck Jonathan is simmering over Jonathan’s refusal to honour his side of the bargain for Saraki’s assistance during Jonathan’s 2011 election as President; Bukola panicked when the EFCC began to go over the Kwara state financials between 2003 and 2011. Bukola in cahoots with some of his foot soldiers like Otunba Tunde Morakinyo organized some cult boys to burn the computer office of the Kwara state Ministry of Finance. The cultists who carried out this operation did not cart away anything besides burning down the documents. It is noteworthy that they went with a generator to perpetrate their criminal act. One security guard who was not in the know of things and tried to resist was shot dead. The police commissioner at the time, an elderly gentleman from the eastern part of Nigeria was in the know and perhaps a few others.

It is also important to point out that the heroic security guard that was killed crossed over to the state police command that is directly opposite the scene of the crime and was refused help before taking matters into his own hands. May his soul rest in peace with his Maker. The state police command is literally opposite the Kwara State Ministry of Finance and yet the cultist stayed for over one hour burning and destroying documents in the middle of the night with no official state power confronting them. The police commissioner who went along with this nefarious act was later shot dead by hired assassins on his way to his village during the Christmas of 2012. I do not know whether Bukola was involved but the coincidence was too ominous.

When Bukola Saraki left office physically in 2011 as Kwara Governor, he made sure to install a placeholder in his stead thus guaranteeing him ruling by proxy. Bukola is the only Nigerian politician who is serving an unconstitutional fourth term because AbdulFatah Ahmed is tied to his apron strings and cannot make any independent decision on his own. Directors and permanent secretaries in the Kwara state civil service have been known to route memos to Bukola behind the back of the placeholder AbdulFatah Ahmed. This is a feat that even his godfather, former President Olusegun Obasanjo could not pull off.

In essence therefore, distinguished Senators of the 8th National Assembly, you are advised to stay clear from coronating Bukola Saraki as your Senate President. He does not typify any decent, democratic values. He is greedy, corrupt, self absorbed, violent, autocratic and does not have regard for the basic tenets of African culture and tradition in the way he treats those older than him with disrespect until lately.

The only reason you will elect Bukola Saraki as your President is only if he is just like you men and women who populate the Senate chamber, in which case, you would have found a perfect replica of yourselves.

Dr. Abdullahi Imam Abdullahi is a clinical psychologist and writes from Ilorin, Kwara state"

Culled from comments thread on a post in The Punch Newspapers

TWO MINUTE MANAGEMENT LESSON

Lesson One ...

An eagle was sitting on a tree resting, doing nothing.

A small rabbit saw the eagle and asked him, "Can I also sit like you and do nothing?"

The eagle answered: "Sure, why not."

So, the rabbit sat on the ground below the eagle and rested. All of a sudden, a fox appeared, jumped on the rabbit, and ate it.

Management Lesson - To be sitting doing nothing, you must be sitting very, very high up.

Lesson Two ...

A turkey was chatting with a bull. "I would love to be able to get to the top of that tree," sighed the turkey, "but I haven't got the energy."

"Well, why don't you nibble on some of my droppings?" replied the bull. "They're packed with nutrients."

The turkey pecked at a lump of dung, and found it actually gave him enough strength to reach the lowest branch of the tree. The next day, after eating some more dung, he reached the second branch. Finally after a fourth night, the turkey was proudly perched at the top of the tree.

He was promptly spotted by a farmer, who shot him out of the tree.

Management Lesson - Bullshit might get you to the top, but it won't keep you there.

Lesson Three ...

A little bird was flying south for the winter. It was so cold; the bird froze and fell to the ground into a large field.

While he was lying there, a cow came by and dropped some dung on him. As the frozen bird lay there in the pile of cow dung, he began to realise how warm he was.

The dung was actually thawing him out!

He lay there all warm and happy, and soon began to sing for joy.

A passing cat heard the bird singing and came to investigate. Following the sound, the cat discovered the bird under the pile of cow dung, and promptly dug him out and ate him.

Management Lessons -
(1) Not everyone who shits on you is your enemy.
(2) Not everyone who gets you out of shit is your friend.
(3) And when you're in deep shit, it's best to keep your mouth shut!

This ends your two-minute
Management course ...Hope ur exams r going on well?
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The amount Yardua declared came out after it has been confirmed by C of C....It was Code of conduct that declared it not Yardua...So, wait for them to do the same for Buhari..

It them over 1 month to declare that of Yardua, its going to be the same for Buhari

what about you?

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I will support Sango worshippers to wear anything provided you can show me where it was stated in Sango book

how did he golfed? What exactly is public declaration if i may ask?

LAGOS AND THE BAN OF HIJAB, OPEN LETTER TO GOVERNOR AKINWUNMI AMBODE
By Abdulrazaq O Hamzat

When people perceive that there is a war against them which they cannot run away from, they fights back. Even if the war doesn’t exist in real world, may be an imaginary war which is only manifest in the mind of the dreamer, sometimes, dreamers bring their imaginary war defense into reality through creation of a real enemy. In the real world, they will engage the perceived enemy, watched every of his move, fault every of his action, link every action to themselves through imaginary conspiracy theory and on that basis, mobilize support for physical engagement.
Through this practice, many insurgent and terrorist organization strive. They exploit certain wrong actions of government to build movement around themselves to carryout certain actions, though in reality, not to advance interest of their recruit. But when the recruits are in, its hard to go out.
Recently, a Lagos High Court in Ikeja upheld the ban of Hijab by the Lagos State Government prohibiting the wearing of Muslim scarf or hijab, in government owned primary and secondary schools. The judgement was delivered by Justice Grace Onyeabo in Lagos. The judge, neglected numerous arguments presented to her during the about two-year case that sections of the Nigerian constitution and international laws guaranteed the freedom of religion, thoughts and conscience. She went ahead to deliberately delivered a flawed judgement.
Before approaching the court for justice, Muslim students had severally been assaulted and harassed by some teachers and principals for no offense, other than being modest in dressing as required by their religion. One of the scenarios of harassment was that on February 5, 2013, Aisha, a JSS II student of Kadara Junior High School, Ebute Metta was flogged forty three (43) strokes of cane on the assembly ground by her principal, Mrs. E.C Ukpaka, because Aisha did not remove her Hijab after coming out of Islamic Religious Knowledge class, where it is ordinarily permitted to adorn Hijab.
As a result of this harassment and several others,scores of Muslim Students stormed the office of the then Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola to protest the alleged banning of Muslim students from wearing Hijab in public schools. The protesters, led by Assistant -General Secretary, Muslim Students Society (MSS), Zhikirul-lahi Sulaiman, brandished placards with inscriptions including ‘Hijab is our right”, “Stop this Hijabophobia”.
In seeking a peaceful route to the restoration of the rights of Muslism students to use hijab as guaranteed by the Nigerian constitution and universal declaration of human rights, the students went to court to seek justice, but unfortunately, even a law court judge seems to lack adequate understanding of human right law,as this flaws clearly manifest in her incoherent judgement.
First, let me join millions of Muslims in Lagos and Nigeria to state categorically that, no legal document has prevented Muslim women from wearing hijab if they so desire. It is however regrettable to note that, the same country that said woman have a right to dress however they want including dressing indecently by exposing all parts of their body is now placing a ban on Muslim women who choose to wear hijab to cover their body. How else can injustice and double standard manifest?
It must be noted that, dress code is part of that overall teaching of Islam. There are two verses in the Qur’an in which Almighty Allah talks about the issue of decency.
In Chapter 24 known as an-Nur (the Light), in verse 30, Allah commanded Prophet Muhammad as follows:
“Say to the believing men that: they should cast down their glances and guard their private parts (by being chaste). This is better for them.”
This is a command to Muslim men that they should not lustfully look at women (other than their own wives); and in order to prevent any possibility of temptation, they are required to cast their glances downwards. This is known as “hijab of the eyes”.
Then in the next verse, Allah commanded the Prophet to address the women:
“Say to the believing women that: they should cast down their glances and guard their private parts (by being chaste)…”
This is a similar command as given to the men in the previous verse regarding “hijab of the eyes”.
This hijab of eyes is similar to the teaching of Jesus where he says, “You have heard that it was said by them of old time, you shall not commit adultery. But I say unto you, That whosoever looks on a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart.
So if you see a Muslim casting his/her eyes downwards when he/she is talking to a member of opposite sex, this should not be considered as rude or an indication of lack of confidence — he/she is just abiding by the Qur’anic as well as Biblical teaching.
After “hijab of the eyes” came the order describing the dress code for women:
“...and not display their beauty except what is apparent, and they should place their veil over their bosoms...”
According to the commentators of the Qur’an, the women of Medina in the pre-Islamic era used to put their veil over the head with the two ends tucked behind and tied at the back of the neck, in the process exposing their ears and neck. By saying that, “place the veil over the bosoms,” Almighty Allah ordered the women to let the two ends of their headgear extend onto their bosoms so that they conceal their ears, the neck, and the upper part of the bosom also.
Finally. the verse goes on to give the list of the mahram – male family members in whose presence the hijab is not required, such as the husband, the father, the father-in-law, the son(s), and others.
In view of this, denying Muslim students their constitutional rights of adhering to the tenate of their religion is not only a glaring violation, but it is also a call for public disobedience as it is against the Islamic teaching for women to desist from wearing their hijab. Muslim children are brought up with this practice so they could grow up, adhering to and observing ten-ate of their religion as provided for in the constitution.
The schools are for the public, financed with tax payers funds which include Muslims, there is no way Muslims can be prevented from attending the school they finance, neither should they be denied the right to dress decently with hijab as required by their religion. They are not asking other students from other religion to wear hijab, they are wearing it by themselves.
A social commentator, Abdulsalam Abdulrahman while reacting to an article on the social media noted that, it is high time we realized that depriving Muslims of their religious rights is a continuous invitation of terrorism in the world, as every true Muslim on earth must always fight in the course of Allah to defend every aspect of his or her faith. For peace and unity to remain in this nation, we just have to be religious sensitive and tolerant without being bais or sentimental.
Research had shown that, acts characterized as terrorism in nature can occur both in conflict and peace-time. They may constitute crimes in domestic and international law, and they are motivated by a complex milieu of reasons and ideals. Their characterization can also depend upon the person or institution using the label and may even change over time. To give two important examples, the list of most wanted terrorists kept by the United States of America featured, at one time, Yasser Arafat and Nelson Mandela. These two personalities were subsequently awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
It should be noted that, If either of these two personalities were killed when their status remain designated as terrorists, the world wouldn’t celebrate them like it is doing today, neither would the world see their peaceful nature worthy of them being awarded the noble peace prize. Rather, they may remain in the dark side of history for the same reason they are being celebrated today. This goes to justify the saying that, one man terrorist, is another man’s freedom fighter.
Today, Mandela died a hero for the same reason he was designated as terrorist.
For the purpose of emphasis, the Lagos state government must know that, any attempt to deny Muslim students a right to their hijab is an invitation to unrest, as millions of Muslims across Lagos and Nigeria would not only resist such a violation of religious right as guaranteed by UDHR and Nigerian Constitution,but would never rest until it is restored.
Let it be noted again that, while some people like this writer might go about the struggle to restore the rights of Muslims peacefully and intellectually, lesson of history had shown that, others may employ whatever means they deem necessary which include violence.
By definition, terrorism is the unlawful use or threat of violence against persons or property to further political or social objectives. It is usually intended to intimidate or coerce a government, individual or groups, to modify their behavior or politics. Ideology is the most important feature of terrorism. This distinguishes it from other criminal acts or conduct during armed conflict. In contrast, the primary motivation of terrorists is altruistic, motivated by a higher cause or ideology that is greater than his or her personal impulses or gains. A terrorist acts for the furtherance of an external cause, whether it be a localized secessionist movement or global jihad, and for the benefit this has to both the cause and the people of it.
Terrorist’s commitment to his ideology is unbending. It has been observed that, there is no room for negotiation or compromise. Those refereed to as terrorist holds onto an unbreakable idea or passion. This indestructible passion is what drives the individual into violence.
Denying Muslim students a right to their hijab is offensive, it is also considered an abuse against the fundamental rights of every Muslim child, something that might spark unrest and push some people into resistance, either openly or secretly. The Lagos state government is asking Muslim students to choose between their religion and their school, without giving similar conditions to adherent of other faiths. But the spirit of the Nigerian constitution doesn’t create such a conflict.
Some scholars have suggested that one of the main causes of terrorism is economic deprivation- that it is rooted in poverty and within-country inequality. Others have added that monetary incentives and religious indoctrination are used by terrorists as veritable tools where poverty and ignorance have taken roots. Groups which use oppression as an excuse for terrorism believe their fundamental rights are being violated by government and justice must be pursued at all cost.

A public commentator, barrister Abdulsalam Abdulfatah Liberty maintained that,such demand for hijab, so cardinal to religion of Islam is a fundamental right of Muslims; such is the spirit of our law nevertheless the judgment of Lagos State High Court, this we are convinced is a right base on the letter of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria (as amended) in section 38 (1).

“Every person shall be entitled to freedom of thought, conscience and religion, including freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom (either alone or in community with others, and in public or in private) to manifest and propagate his religion or belief in worship, teaching, practice and observance.”

The Constitution of Nigeria and the Quran on this issue represent a coherent legal networking when sec. 38 CFRN preserves the Surah Al-Nur verse 31, Surah Asab verse 59, and other verses of Quran and Hadith that mandate HIJAB for Muslims girls/ woman.

Even in the UK or US where Christians are the majority, Muslims students are allowed to wear hijabs because its their right. We shouldn’t unjustly deny certain group of people their right for no just reason like it is being done in Lagos.
I therefore call on the Lagos state government under the leadership of the new Governor, Mr. Akinwumi Ambode to immediately reverse that law banning use of hijab by Muslim students in Lagos state public schools.

Abdulrazaq O Hamzat is a peace and conflict resolution expert

ASSET DECLARATION BUHARI/OSIBANJO FOLLOWING DUE PROCESS , YAR ADUA DID SAME THING .

On 28 June 2007, Yar'Adua publicly revealed his declaration of assets from May (becoming the first Nigerian Leader to do so), according to which he had ₦856,452,892 (US$5.8 million) in assets, ₦19 million ($0.1 million) of which belonged to his wife. He also had ₦88,793,269.77 ($0.5 million) in liabilities. This disclosure, which fulfilled a pre-election promise he made, was intended to set an example for other Nigerian politicians and discourage corruption.-Wikipedia

Yar Adua didn't submit his declaration form to CCB on June 28th 2007 , He did just like Buhari had done immediately after he was sworn in , because the law says you cannot act as President until you sent it to CCB , Now you will need to give the CCB 30 days to verify whatever you had claim you have .reason why Yar Adua public declaration didn't happen until one month after his swearing in . get educated , do research before writing , Google is everyone's friend unless you are the lazy type or simply mischievous .

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If GEJ had declared his asset to the Code of conduct, it would be out already and no one would ask him to do so again..

GEJ never declared his asset anywhere...

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MY THOUGHT ON BIAFRA
Igbo’s should forget about the existence of, or possibility of resurrecting any country called Biafra. Something Professor Chinua Achebe had referred to,in his controversial memoir title as, THERE WAS A COUNTRY. But in my opinion, there was no any country, but there was a conflict which leads to a war (THE NIGERIAN CIVIL WAR(1967-1970)), a war against disintegration, THE WAR AGAINST BIAFRA, a war to preserve our collective strength and a war to give Africa hope.There was no any country, but there was kwashiorkor (the civilian masses that were victims of starvation from the wrong actions of the Biafran administrators and the Nigerian government), there was mass death, pain, agony, regret,lesson and there was a history.
There was a painful memory of yesterday, the misdeed and counter misdeed of our then leaders, the struggling challenges of today that must be overcomed and the upcoming future of greatness that must be built.

The most important thing today is that, there is togetherness, unity and hope. There is AlhajiObinna and there is Reverend Musa. There was no any country, but there is Nigeria and THIS IS NIGERIA, our Nigeria, my Nigeria and your Nigeria.
http://saharareporters.com/2012/11/29/war-against-biafra-abdulrazaq-o-hamzat

DECLARATION OF ASSET:
Nkemakolam Onyema writes:
The meaning of "public" in the procedure for asset declaration is not going on facebook to make announcement that have this and that. It is in following the laid down procedure. U apply for and fill the asset declaration form with proof and submit same to CCB. The CCB will conduct searches and assessment (valuation). If they discover any discrepancy, they report to the Code of Conduct Tribunal which has the full powers of a Court of law. But if not, it is published in the official gazzet and thatmakes it public. The process takes not less than 30days. Any incorrect information in your asset declaration attracts 21 years imprisonment Without an option of fine.

1. (1) Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, every public officer shall within three months after the coming into force of this Code of Conduct or immediately after taking office and thereafter -

(a) at the end of every four years; and

(b) at the end of his term of office, submit to the Code of Conduct Bureau a written declaration of all his properties, assets, and liabilities and those of his unmarried children under the age of eighteen years.

(2) Any statement in such declaration that is found to be false by any authority or person authorised in that behalf to verify it shall be deemed to be a breach of this Code.

(3) Any property or assets acquired by a public officer after any declaration required under this Constitution and which is not fairly attributable to income, gift, or loan approved by this Code shall be deemed to have been acquired in breach of this Code unless the contrary is proved.

12. Any allegation that a public officer has committed a breach of or has not complied with the provisions of this Code shall be made to the Code of Conduct Bureau.

13. A public officer who does any act prohibited by this Code through a nominee, trustee, or other agent shall be deemed ipso facto to have committed a breach of this Code.

BUHARI AND HIS VICE HAVE SUBMITTED THEIR FORMS AND THE CODE OF CONDUCT BUREAU WILL DO THE NEEDFUL. THEREFORE, CRITICS MUST EXCERCISE PATIENCE.

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Is there any difference between a drunkard and a mad person?
I think if there is, the difference must be very little.

To a large extent, a drunkard and a mad person are almost the same. There is virtually no difference between the two.

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A POEM FOR OPEN UNIVERSITY
By Abdulrazaq O Hamzat
Its Open, not to anyone
But to everyone, who seek knowledge
It is a University of learning, not just in the class rooms
But in any place the student is comfortable
Open University, is as open as a free border
Its capabilities, as large as goods ordered
In the open citadel, priority is not sitting in the classroom before a tutor
It is learning wherever you are and be guided away from ignorance
Here you learn, to be responsible to yourself
And then you become,an independent learner
To succeed in this open system, you must be well equipped
And the standard course materials are there to guide you
These are study materials, produced by the best professors
Some scattered across Nigeria, and others, across the world
It is first of its kind, The Open University
Not just better in learning,
But the best without limitations
Its good to study here, the place of true learning
Where a university vice chancellor, is a course mate to a road side mechanic
It is in Open University,CEO’s are colleague to struggling laborers
In this unique setting, a teen of 15, is a mate with a man of 50.
Its Open, Its University, its learning all through
While it is Open, Mal-practices is almost zero
Write exam now, get result now (E-Exam)
Write paper in Lagos, to be marked in Kano (Pen On paper)
But the admission is easy, apply now, get admitted now.
If you can’t study, you can’t be a graduate.
Welcome, its Open University.
THE FIRST OF ITS KIND

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That is passionate holding

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With the reported approval granted by the Osun State House of Assembly under our Honourable Man who is the Leader of that Parliament, Osun now has 69 local councils Authority making the poor State to be the first State in Nigeria with highest number of local councils, more than Lagos where civilisation began, Oyo State where Osun State was carved out and even Kano which has the highest population in Nigeria. This is contrary to widespread 66 figure that many Analysts have been quoting. The statement endorsing the decision of the House stated that there are 2 newly created Area Offices in addition to the 36 fresh Development Councils. With existing 30 local governments and an Area Office in Ife East, The practicality is that Osun now has 69 Councils.
With this very strange upsurge, Osun is the first State with highest local government centres in Nigeria and indeed throughout Africa. The Speaker reportedly said that the strange creation is to achieve administrative conveniences but I beg to disagree that we can't possibly contemplate convenience in already collapsed local government administration in Osun State.
Workers of the existing 30 local councils have only received salary twice in 2015 and the Government still think it is wise to create more liability councils.
No matter how uncomfortable the public feels about this decision, We can not stop it because this is an executive bill that was initiated by Governor Aregbesola. So it is as good as effective as we speak.
I marvel whether Government will still provide take off grants for these new system with borrowed loan which attracts payable interest. When I see the level of underdevelopment in my immediate Constituency despite that we have about 3 different substantive local governments, I can predict that the action of the Osun Parliament is by far unhelpful to the State. Rather than encourage Aregbesola to stop ruling in all the local governments by proxy with Mr Governor's refusal to conduct local government election since almost 5 years, The APC House of Assembly has hurriedly given leeway for the APC Party to discretion-ally give free food to idle Cronies who will play game with scarce resources.
God save Osun State!! Please let us still advice the Honourable Speaker and register our opinion notwithstanding!!!