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You people bringing fayose and ekiti people into this thread should please stop it,the purpose of the thread is to inspire othe young people.
@mods I feel this is worthy of front page.

Intimidating c.v.

This is an exclusive presentation of a classified document on President Muhammadu Buhari’s ministerial nominees as prepared by the Senate. According to the document, some of the nominees are said to have corruption cases leveled against them.

Name
Kayode Fayemi John
DOB / POB
February 9, 1965 (50) / Isan-Ekiti
Marital Status
Married to Bisi Adeyele-Fayemi
Background
Native of Isan -Ekiti in Oye Local Government of Ekiti State, Nigeria.

Education

Attended Christ school, Ado-Ekiti
Doctor of Philosophy in War Studies, King’s College, University of London, United Kingdom, Thesis Title:Threats, Military Expenditure and National Security: Trends in Post Civil-War Defense Planning in Nigeria, 1970 – 1990. – (1993)
Master of Science in International Relations,University of Ife, Ile-Ife, (Now Obafemi Awolowo University), Nigeria – (1987)
Bachelor of Arts (Honours), History, University of Lagos, Nigeria – (1985)
Higher School Certificate, Federal School of Arts & Science, Ondo, Nigeria – (1982)
West African School Certificate; Christ’s School, Ado Ekiti, Nigeria – (1980)

Interests

Democratization Constitutionalism Security Sector Governance, Religion in the Global Context Prominent leader of the Nigerian Opposition to rule in exile

Other Qualifications

Specialist in Civil-military relations

Achievement

Former Director of the Centre Democracy & Development
Responsible for the founding and management of the opposition radios – Radio Freedom, Radio Democracy International and Radio Kudirat
Plays a central role in the opposition’s diplomatic engagements in exile

Occupation

Politician

Public Offices held

Governor Of Ekiti State (15 October 2010 – 16 October 2014)
Work History
•1997- 2005    Director, Centre for Democracy & Development
•1995- 1997    Secretary General, Media Empowerment for Africa (The Radio Foundation)
•1993 -1995    Strategy Development Adviser, Deptford City Challenge, London, UK
•1991 -1993    Research Officer, African Research and Information Bureau, London, UK.
•1992                Tutorial Fellow, War Studies Department, King’s College, London, UK
•1987-1989    Research Officer, Development & Management Consultants, Ikeja. Lagos-Nigeria.
•1986 –             Reporter, The Guardian & City Tempo Newspapers, Lagos, Nigeria
Awards and Grants
•1985- 1986   Tutor, Nigeria-Police Training College, Sokoto – Nigeria
•2005 Democratic Control of the Armed Forces (DCAF), Geneva, Switzerland, Research Consultancy Grant to study “Donor Assistance in Security Sector Reform in Africa: A Recipients’ Perspective”
•2004 Scholar-in-Residence Research Grant in African Studies, Northwestern University, Evanston, USA. 2004 Ford Foundation, USA Special Initiative on Africa, Research Grant to write a book on “Exile and the Struggle for Freedom and Democracy in Nigeria.”
•2004 Institute of International Education, New York, USA, Fellowship Grant to study “Regionalism in a Global Context – ECOWAS and the Challenge of Change.”
•2004 Democratic Control of the Armed Forces (DCAF), Geneva, Switzerland, Research Consultancy Grant to study “ Security Sector Reconstruction in Post-Conflict States: Case Study of Liberia and Sierra Leone.”
•2004 Department of International Development (DFID-UK), Research Consultancy to write a research report on “Mainstreaming Conflict in Development Assistance in Nigeria.”
•2004 Department of International Development (DFID-UK) Research Consultancy on “Demanding Change Initiative.”
• 2003 Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Research Consultancy Grant to survey the “Security Sector in Africa.”
•2003 Berghof Foundation for Conflict Resolution, Research Consultancy on “The Peace Process in SriLanka.”
•2003 Department for International Development,(DFID- UK), Research Consultancy to study “Post-
•1999 Developments in the Nigerian Military” for the Drivers of Change Initiative.
•2002 International Development and Research Council (IDRC) Canada, Research Grant to study “Security Sector Governance in Africa”
•2002 Department of International Development (DFID-UK), Research Consultancy on “Democratization, Poverty and Security in Ghana”.
•2000 Georgetown University’s Edmund Walsh’s School of Foreign Service’s Global Leadership Fellowship
•?2000 Ford Foundation, USA Research Consultancy on “Public Participation in Constitution-Making in Zimbabwe.
•1999 Global Coalition for Africa (World Bank) Research Grant on “Demilitarization and Security in Africa”.
•1999/2000 Department for International Development (DFID-UK), Research Consultancy on “Nigeria Country Strategy”
•1991 John D & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Research Grant, King’s College London
Advisory Services
•January 2004: Adviser to the Economic Commission for Africa on “Mutual Accountability between OECD and Page 9 of 11 African States”.
•June 2003: Adviser, Defense Review Process, Government of Uganda, Kampala, Uganda.
•October 2003 – present: Member, Management Culture Change Committee and Adviser to the Executive Secretary, ECOWAS Secretariat, Abuja, NIGERIA
•June 2003 : Adviser & External Reviewer on the African Governance Report, Directorate on Policy Management and Development (DPMD), Economic Commission on Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
•April 2003 – June 2003: Adviser, National Security Review Process, Government of Rwanda & DFID-UK
•October 1999 – April 2002: Technical consultant and Special Adviser to the Human Rights Violations Investigations Commission in Nigeria: Investigation of comparative experience of transitional justice regimes; mobilization of resources, commissioning and management of zonal studies on human rights violations; commissioning and management of technical advisers to the final report.
•Team Leader, International IDEA’s Study on Democracy in Nigeria. Coordinated aspect of study on ‘Democracy, International Assistance and Nigeria’s Civil Society.’ Led a team of two researchers – (Alison Van Rooy & Antonia Simbine) to produce the first post-military assessment of Nigeria’s civil society and a critique of donor assistance programs. January – March 2000
•Team Leader, Ford Foundation Project on Evaluating Zimbabwe’s Constitution-Making Process, 2000-2001; process monitoring and evaluation, training and capacity building for Commissioners; observation of the referendum, September 2000-March 2001.
•Team Leader, DFID Governance Study on Ghana. Led team of three researchers to conduct background research subsequently fed into the Country Assistance Plan for Ghana. August – November 2002
•Technical Expert to the ECOWAS Secretariat on the Evaluation of the Implementation of the Small Arms Moratorium, December 2002
•Team member, OECD-DAC Survey of the Security Sector in Africa, August 2002 – April 2003
•Specialist Consultant to the UNDP Human Development Report Office on the Human Development Report 2003 on ‘Democracy & Poverty in Nigeria’, December 2002 – January 2003.
•Technical Expert to the NEPAD Secretariat on developing the Peer Review Mechanism, October 2002
•Technical Expert to the African Union on Peace and Security Issues; worked with secretariat’s staff in producing the draft Peace and Security Council framework for discussion at the inaugural African Union’s summit in Durban, July 2002.
•Team Member, Expert Review of the Sri-Lankan Peace Process for the Berghof Foundation, Sri-Lanka & Germany, September 2003.
•Lead Writer, Section on The Military – DFID Nigeria Drivers of Change study, 2003
Other Career
•2004 Scholar-in-Residence and Visiting Professor in African Studies, Northwestern University, USA
•2003 – Member, ECOWAS Management Culture Change Committee & Adviser to ECOWAS Executive Secretariat on Peace and Security
•2004 Member, Nigerian National Working Group on African Peer Review Mechanism, NEPAD in Nigeria. Body set up by President Obasanjo to advice on the NEPAD process
•2005 Member, Presidential Implementation Committee on the National Action Plan on Conflict Reduction and Security Sector Reform.
•2005. Member, Presidential Implementation Committee on Monitoring the Millennium Development Goals Plans in Nigeria Page 10 of 11
•2002 – Adviser, Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, India
•2003-4 Technical Adviser, the New Partnership for Africa’s Development’s Secretariat, SOUTH AFRICA
•2003 – Technical Expert on Small Arms Moratorium, ECOWAS, Abuja, NIGERIA
Accomplishment
•2003 – Technical Expert, African Union Secretariat on Peace and Security Issues, Addis Ababa, ETHIOPIA
•2000 – 2003 Chair, Commonwealth Expert Group on Constitution-Making in Commonwealth Africa.
•1996 – 2002 Adviser, (Africa Program) International Institute for Democracy & Electoral Assistance, Sweden,
•1996-2002
•1999-2000 Adviser, Zimbabwean Constitution-Making Process.
•2001 – Member, Africa Policy Advisory Group (Ginger Group) of the British Foreign & Commonwealth Office, UK
•2001 – Editor-in-Chief, Democracy & Development (Journal of West African Affairs)
•2001 – Adjunct Professor, African Centre for Strategic Studies, National Defense University, Washington, USA 2003-2004 Research Consultant, OECD-DAC on Security Sector Governance
•2003 Consultant, UNDP Human Development Report Office, New York, USA
•2002 Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Security Sector Management, Canfield University, United Kingdom
•2000 Consultant, John D & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Chicago, USA.
•1999 – Consultant to Department for International Development (DfID), United Kingdom
•?1994 – 1997 Adviser, British Parliamentary Human Rights Group
•1995 – 1997 Adviser, Norwegian Council for Africa
•1993-1996 Deputy Editor, Africa World Review (London)
•1992 – 1996 Editor, Nigeria Now, London [Political briefing Newsletter on Nigeria]
Community and Public Service
•Director, Policy, Strategy and Research Directorate, APC Presidential Campaign Council, 2015
•Chairman, APC’s Presidential Primaries Convention Committee, 2014
•Member, APC Strategy Committee, 2013-14
•Founding Chairman, Progressive Governors’ Forum, 2013.
•Policy Adviser, Ekiti State Government, 1999 – 2003
•Adviser, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Transition Team, Lagos State, 1999
•Policy Adviser, Engineer Gbenga Daniel’s Transition Team, Ogun State, 2003 Member, Steering Committee, West African Civil Society Forum (www.wacsof.org) Board Member, Open Society Justice Initiative, New York, USA (www.justiceinitiative.org)
•Member, International Advisory Board, Global Network on Security Sector Reform, UK (www.gfn-ssr.org)
•Member, International Advisory Board, Commonwealth Policy Studies Unit, London, UK (www.cpsu.org)
•Board Member, Baobab for Women’s Human Rights, Lagos, Nigeria (www.baobabforwomen.org) Board
•Member, Centre for Constitutional Governance, Lagos, Nigeria
•Member, Advisory Board, African Security Dialogue & Research, Accra, Ghana
•Board Member & Secretary, Media Empowerment for Africa (MEFA) – 1995-97
•Chair, New Nigeria Forum – 1994 – 1997
•Overseas Representative, Campaign for Democracy, Nigeria 1992 – 1996
•Board Member, Lewisham Regeneration Challenge Board, UK – 1991 – 1992
•Secretary, Lagos Branch, Christ’s School, Ado Ekiti Old Students Association,
Trend Setting
He became the first governor in this present political dispensation in Nigeria to openly declare his Seven Hundred and Fifty Million Naira assets, which included those of his wife, Bisi Adeyele-Fayemi
Occupation
Politician
Organizations and Associations
All Progressive Congress (APC)
Member, Africa Policy Advisory Panel of the British Government
African Studies Association, USA African Security Sector
Network African Association of Political Science Association of
Third World Studies British International Studies Association
Royal African Society/African Studies Association, UK Royal
Institute of International Affairs, UK International Institute of
Strategic Studies, UK War Studies Society, UK Nigerian Political
Science Association Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa

Religion

Christian

Source : http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/10/ministerial-nominee-kayode-fayemi-johns-cv/

@ op don't you know man must wack?

I feel its really rather unfortunate for kwarans especially ilorin people that a special day and event like this had to suffer for one persons pilfering,but the good things is this is the golden opportunity kwarans have to get off the strong hold the sarakites have had on them over the years.

The people seem totally fed up with the guy,I was in towwn on monday,around amilegbe(beside ojo ipata) and in the cab I took(all other occupants except myself and a k.p student) being ilorin indigenes were cursing the guy like he came to their house to steal,and I was trying to help them see the political angle to it,I was. Insulted and screamed at I had to drop at gss when I was actually going o,those people were Mad angry.

I wish ilorin people courage and wisdom to fves from bukola sha,cuz they hated him this much before they voted him and his candidates march and april.

This is the most disjointed article have read in a long time,no focus,no direction no sense.

Nobody is safe in this country anymore o.

One album o,abeg don jazzy help your brother's career

Op,source please?
Lol,you see why this country won't progress?the people whose money was stolen don't ant the thief who stole their money to go to jail,so he can steal that of their unborn generation join.

Radarada awon ayirada

See maturity,Fashola my role model.haters can hate but God has blessed you,no one can bring you down...they will end up loving you.

'Osun to begin payment of salaries' when?next week?next month?next year?

Enough of TO,WILL ,let's start hearing 'osun workers paid their salaries.

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DonPsymon:
Go back to the portal and re send using a valid gmail.

Thanks so much chief,your advise worked like magic,took me less than a min to get link I had been waiting for for 6 hrs.

Thanks all.

Please house,I've still not seen Link to reg o,I've tried 2 other emails yahoo and gmail,and still nothing yet,since morning please advise.

Chieftain of the All Progressive congress, Ogbonaya Onu, has refuted claims making the rounds that President Muhammadu Buhari called to notify him of his non-inclusion from the latest Federal appointments.
The claim according to a Facebook post has it that Onu reportedly told a friend that Buhari called him that he would not be made the SGF before formal announcement.
There had been anticipation that Onu would emerge the new SGF before Babachir Lawal from Adamawa State was eventually named.
The Press Statement made available by his Chief Press Secreatary reads Sunny Onyeukwu – ‘’The attention of His Excellency, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, has been drawn to a seeming orchestrated campaign apparently originating from the social media to smear his hard earned reputation.
On Saturday, August 28, this year, a Facebook broadcast titled “SGF; OGBONNAYAONU AND VAINGLORIOUS NIGERIANS” allegedly at the instance of one Ajayi Temitope, was circulated in the social media without his knowledge and consent.
‘’In it, Dr. Onu was falsely and perhaps maliciously credited as having told an unnamed friend of Mr. Ajayi Temitope in a 35minute telephone conversation that prior to the announcement of appointments into the offices of Chief of Staff to the President, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, among other positions, he (Dr.) Onu was informed by Mr. President of his intended action and why he would not be chosen for appointment as SGF.’’
‘’The Facebook broadcast further falsely credited Dr. Onu with expressing regrets about how his Abuja residence had become “a mecca of sorts” for those seeking patronage from him in anticipation of his appointment as SGF and lamented that soon after the announcement was made without his being appointed to serve in the exalted capacity, his residence became deserted.’’
‘’For the avoidance of doubt, it has become important to state in strong terms that Dr. Onu never expressed the views credited to him in the Facebook broadcast as no such conversation ever took place between him and our respected Mr. President. He could not have, therefore, communicated a nonexistent conversation to another person, more so an unnamed individual on telephone. Accordingly, it is false, cheap and utterly in bad faith. Already, Dr. Onu has personally issued a rebuttal on the matter which has been circulated in the social media in a Press Statement dated August 30, 2015.’’
‘’However, it has become necessary to issue the foregoing clarification in view of ongoing efforts in some sections of the print and electronic media to further allude to the same phony Facebook broadcast without verifying the proof of its authenticity. Needless to add, that, such is capable of misleading the general public, and by implication, injure the well-known integrity and honour which Dr. Onu holds sacred and guards jealously.
At this juncture, it is important to recall that soon after the inauguration of President Muhammadu Buhari on May 29, this year, the social media was awash with the purported “news” of his “appointment” as Secretary to the Government of the Federation.’’
‘’Specifically on May 31, this year, a spurious Twitter account surfaced in his name where he was quoted as having “thanked God and the good people of Nigeria for this opportunity to serve”. This was despite the fact that Dr. Onu does not own or operate a personal Twitter account, thus prompting him to disclaim the broadcast in a Statement dated June 1, 2015, which was circulated in the social media.’’
‘‘As one of the founding National Leaders of All Progressives Congress, APC, it is his conviction that nothing should be done to injure the rights of citizens to free speech, especially in a democracy. However, in the exercise of such rights, care and respect must be observed to ensure that it is done within the ambit of the law, guided by respect for the truth, good conscience and sincerity of purpose.’’
‘‘It is hoped that in all circumstances, more so in a democracy, the truth should not be twisted to serve pre-determined ends nor should the rights of individuals be muzzled to score cheap political points.’’
‘‘Finally, Dr. Onu reaffirms his faith in our democracy as the immutable vehicle of popular choice for a new Nigeria, where though tribe and tongue may differ, as brothers and sisters, united in the pursuit of a common destiny, we must continue to stand firm, resolute and together.’’

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who we have as our senate presido is a product of over ambition and incompetence, so no one should be surprised,rather expect more of these "mistakes" in coming days..

he is still fighting a legitimacy battle so you should bearwith him.

who we have as our senate presido is a product of over ambition and incompetence, so no one should be surprised,rather expect more of these "mistakes" in coming days..

he is still fighting a legitimacy battles so you should bearwith him.

Two men have been sworn in by the senate president, Bukola Saraki, as senators representing the same senatorial zone, Niger South. They are General Mohammed A. Garba and Malam Mustapha Sani Mohammed. Constitutionally, each senatorial zone in a state is entitled to only one senator while a state can have only three in all.

So how did two men manage to get sworn in as senators for one seat?

Gen. Garba was the one who was first sworn-in on the day the senate was inaugurated on June 9, whereas Mustapha’s own swearing-in was only done last Wednesday by senate president Saraki. There are claims that Saraki bowed to pressure from his associates to swear Mustapha in despite Garba being the legal occupant. That charge has however been denied by Saraki through his special adviser on legal and constitutional matters, Barrister Ibrahim Tukur El-Sudi.



El-Sudi has blamed the judiciary for the confusion, saying there was a lack of information, as they had written to the court of appeal asking for the status of the matter but did not get a response until they had sworn-in Mustapha. It is unclear why Saraki went ahead to swear in a second occupant without adequate information as claimed by his adviser.

The battle between the two men who are both APC members started when they fought for the APC ticket. It was Mustapha who won the primary, but a court reportedly ruled that he was not a member of the party and his name was substituted with that of Garba who went on to contest and win the general election and was sworn in at the senate’s inauguration.

Malam Mustapha has, however, challenged General Garba’s claim to the seat in court, insisting that he was the legally elected senator as he was the original nominee of the party. The case is still in court, but Saraki went ahead and swore in Mustapha anyway even though Garba’s seat has not been declared vacant and he still holds the INEC certificate as winner.

The senate president, through El-Sudi, said that his office did not have adequate information on the issue in good time and did not know someone had been sworn-in for the seat. They wrote to the Supreme Court and Appeals Court, but did not wait for response before swearing in Mustapha.



According to El-Sudi: “Before Mustapha was sworn in, we wrote to the Supreme and appeals courts, asking whether there was application on the senatorial district. The Supreme Court replied (to) our letter on the 7th August, the following day after we wrote to them. The Supreme Court said there was no any pending application, but the appeals court did not reply (to) our letter until on 12th of this month, just hours after Mustapha has been sworn in.

“It was the appeals court that told us that there was a pending application on the seat. We acted because we thought nothing was pending,” he said.

http://www.thescoopng.com/confusion-senate-president-saraki-mistakenly-swears-in-two-men-for-same-senate-seat/

Kogi is such an unfortunate state,as it stands we are caught in between the devil(idris) and the deep blue sea(audu).

Who wll deliver us?or shey na like this we go dey dey?


Cc lalasticlala.

The greatest thing that Abubakar Audu has going for him in his bid to return as Governor of Kogi state is the decibel of a large youth demographic. So many Kogi folks, 25 years and below, are all over the airwaves telling the rest of Nigeria that they don’t know what they are missing by not having somebody like Abubakar Audu. The love they are professing for Abubakar Audu is greater than the love story between Ekiti and Fayose. Audu, they assure us, must “capture power” again in Kogi.

Via APC. Of course!



Now, if your instinct is to blame these kids and land koboko on their post-pubescent asses, you are wrong. What is happening is that they are confused. They are mistaking weed for spinach because they do not know the difference. What elaloro in Yoruba philosophy asks you to do is to hold spinach in one hand, weed in the other, and say to them: children, here is weed and here is spinach. Once you have done that, you can ask for water, wash your hands like Pontius Pilate, and sing owo mi ma re o funfun nene…

You must remember that if there is something the Nigerian detests more than fellow Nigerians of a different ethnicity or religion, it is memory. The Nigerian who witnessed yesterday deliberately erases it for the convenience of today. The Nigerian who was too young to witness yesterday will never dig to find out what happened, laziness and ignorance being preferable to the inconvenience of memory and remembering.

Many of Abubakar Audu’s vuvuzelas were in Primary and Secondary school when he stole US$1,719,954 from the treasury of Kogi state to purchase the mansion pictured here on March 15, 2001. The mansion is located at 12301 Glen Road, Potomac, Maryland 20854, USA. He initially denied owning the property but later confessed after a scandal. Nigerian political thieves have no relationship with mortgage in Europe and America. They buy their multi-million-dollar homes fiam. Just like that.

Many of Audu’s young supporters are not intellectually equipped enough to make the connection between this mansion in America and their own abjection in Kogi; the connection between this mansion and the poverty of their parents in Kogi. You will likely hear that others have stolen more than Audu and even with his own stealing, we ought to be grateful to him for building a University, a Polytechnic, clinics, etc. It will take several modules in civics to help them see that they do not owe anybody spending their tax money on routine infrastructure any gratitude.

So the purpose of this post is to bring memory to these youths since they will not go to memory.

A final word to these young Kogi people: in 2014, Potomac, where Audu’s mansion is located, was Number 3 on the list of the most affluent neighbourhoods in the entire United States of America.

Of course, you know that a Nigerian politician would consider it an insult that his property is not located in the most expensive neighbourhood in America. When you are done electing him in November 2015, his next mansion in America will be located in The Golden Triangle, Greenwich, Connecticut.

I have shown you weed.

I have shown you spinach.

My work is done.


http://abusidiqu.com/abubakar-audu-and-the-bonanza-of-youth-ignorance-by-pius-adesanmi/

I hope and pray this is not true.

LeJeun3:


Jobs abound in IB, many of them low key.

Where chief?plenty of us badly need these jobs,if you know be kind to share with us abeg.

Ibadan. For me

Please we need more job openings in ibadan,I need a. Part time job,any respectable job for just 6 months while. I wait for service,thanks,and I will ppreciate it more. If it is engineering inclined,but any job is ok by me tho,thanks

Also following,I badly baadly need a job.

Can someone with b.eng apply?

Baba see your life?

Baba see you life?

hilsocial:
Dat was d initial plans but Ramadan fasting will start frm June 18th and end in July 18th so dey may re-adjust to dat respect.

I don't think they will readjust anything,they tweeted through the handle nysc_ng which is the official handle this morning that stream 2 will be in camp 2nd june to 23rd june.

jantofubu:
tho' fatai ahmed doesnt deserve d victory buh na d winnin team cuz am sha

Very true,he is lucky ajibola was a very bad senator who was always hiding from his people till he wanted to contest for governorship,I know for a fact how he used to collect his constituency allowance for personal use,and unfortunately omotosho came on a very unpopular platform while he himself is also relatively unknown and he didn't have the kind of political war chest not even a quarter that bukola saraki has...
Unfortunately bukola saraki has finally consolidated his strong hold on kwara state,and nobody can wrestle it from him in the next 8 years.
I just hope and pray,ahmad will get serious. And try and pull his weight this 2nd term and work just as bukoda did in his 2nd term.
Congrats to him for a victory undesevered.