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Fayose Promise Okada Riders Ten Million Naira, Never to Ban Them Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Peter Ayodele Fayose yesterday reaffirmed his determination never to ban commercial motorcyclists from Ekiti roads. Speaking to the operators in a special meeting he had with them within the governor’s office premises yesterday, Governor Fayose said "if the remaining 35 states in Nigeria decides to ban okada, Ekiti under my watch as governor will never ban Okada riders. This was part of my promise when I was campaigning, for two reasons, we have over 5/6 thousand Okada riders in the state, we cannot provide immediate employment for them, who are mostly graduates, minimally OND holders, if you cannot provide an alternative, you must not take away the only one that is available. Yorubas say Onaa ofun, Onaa Orun(food is life). Social welfare that is done abroad is only to keep crime low because an idle hand is the devil's workshop. So for me, I will continue to keep my promises and continue to protect you and I will not take away your means of livelihood(Claps and Appreciative song). Whether they call me Area boy, it doesn't matter, whether they call me danfo driver, it doesn't matter, whether they call me Okada rider, it doesn't matter as long as I and Okada people are together. Tell me one person that is perfect, tell me the driver that is perfect, even private drivers. The only thing to do is to be correcting and checking the excesses of our members, there is no sector in this country where you don't have bad eggs, if they now single out Okada riders and call them area boys, this and that. Why did they not provide jobs for them? Why did they not do the needful? When they need your votes they don't ban Okada, when they finish taking your votes, they bring policies that take you to extinction. That is wickedness! Before you take what I have, give me the one you have." In what appeared to be a balanced approach, the governor admonished the riders to be 'very' law abiding urging them never to make him regret his love and support for them. "When you drink, don't ride. When you ride, do drink. No matter how much I love you, I won't support you condemning people's legs, as I am supporting you, you have to support my administration by being law abiding, by ensuring safe and cautious ride that won't land our people in hospitals." Urging them to pay their dues to government, the governor took his time to explain how the last administration plunged Ekiti into debts that will go beyond 2020 to be paid, he mentioned how the income from Abuja has reduced by more than half and the need to look inwards for survival. Governor Fayose informed them of a Riders' Identification scheme/program that will include biometric registration of all Okada operators in the state. The scheme which will make riding a bike(for commercial purpose) in Ekiti without an identification and unit number on one's jacket a crime, this he said is aimed at sanitising the sector. The identification scheme, according to the governor will be followed by an insurance policy for interested Okada riders, this is intended at making life easier in case there is an accident or loss of property. Gov. Fayose later promised the gathering that as soon as the biometric process of identification is concluded, the government will make provision for a #10,000,000 revolving loan from which a single member can borrow a maximum of #50,000 payable in one year (i.e #1000 per week). The association is billed to meet again in the next two weeks with the governor at the same venue.

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SaiBuharii:
Ekiti people are illiterates, an illiterate can not rule our governors.

who are ur governors? debtors!

SaiBuharii:
Some illiterates like Ekiti people will come now and start shouting Snail Buhari, meanwhile Baba is still cleaning up the mess that useless Jonathan and PDP created for about 16 years.

where are you from?better go and retrace ur foundation.

pls I will like to travel through weding invitation, need ur advice on hw am going to abt it.thanks

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BOT PDP chairman Chief Tony Anenih resigns. details later

former Managing Director of News Agency of
Nigeria and presidential media aide to former President
Olusegun Obasanjo, Mrs Oluremi Oyo, has died.
Her husband, Vincent Oyo, confirmed her death.
More details later.

people do forget thinngs easily,let me remind u how gani fawehinmi was beaten in court after he presented to d court d tinubu fake result at university of toronto.gani's car was broken and his cloth was tore.it wasnt a violence nor breach of law.nonsense pple.

i have been reading ppł's comments since yesteday i discovered dat pple dat er commenting er nt frm ekiti rathar understand d politics of ekitiAPC er the cause of chaos in ekiti cos they dont want relinguish power to PDP,anoder tin is dat,wen foluso ogundare was killed by APC HA member in emure,it wasnt violence,wen jeje was killed in ilawe it wasnt violence and wen AIT crew was hit in ikere ekiti it wasnt violence.now dat fayose is fightin for his right u Called it thuggry.well,i want u to no that d judge that presided over d case yesteday is member E-11,wat er u expecting?fayose is wise but u turned his wiseness to thuggry,no wonder segun oni was robed in d court by salami.wat u Called thuggry are the masses that voted him in.ekiti love him!!

i need proper info here pls,i ave done my assesment since june,but rit now i have decided nt to continue with the program again.i want to ask maybe i can still make use of the assesment result i received in the nearest future or its valid for one period.thanks.

@ solo am applying through common law advise pls.

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seedgie: thanks bro i ve nt checked my mail cos my internet subscription just expired. @others, if need the practice stuff, pls drop ur email adds here. Thanks

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need materials too oladeleakinlolu@yahoo.com..

where is NHIS in this list?anyway,is one of cool govt.org. to work in this country.

Gaybriel: Gov. MIMIKO is a very funny man. How can he compare his achievement to Tinubu's 8 years. I was in Lagos during Tinubu's tenure and I'm currently living in Akure. The truth is that if Mimiko was to be in Lagos, he can only be a local govt chairman. All what he's doing his the work of local councils. Virtually everybody in Ondo state is a graduate but no good jobs only taxi drivers and okada riders. Funny enough, they love such lifestyle. If Ondo state continues like this, I can't wait to finish my program and run back to Lagos.

Н̲̅Ơ̴̴͡ώ did lagos look like,wen u er lagos during tinu regime,oga forget,u can't compare mimiko achievemt wit that fucking tinubu jor.no that, pls!

I have two years working and two years residential permit wit ♍ξ and I want to travel to bangladash,I need more information abt the country;cos I don't want to go there and suffer.very urgent pls.tanx

azeezhy: BATCH C FAMILY.... Finally the timetable is out......camp opens nov 6 - 27th...

we have mobilized but senate have not approved our result,pls what is our faith.

joskin: http://news.naij.com/4927.html

I think all of them must be hausa,cos it doesn't make sense if some come frm other part of the country.

AngelEbi: my thoughts exactly

na so!is only her head tie;she doesn't resemble dat woman @all.

Gods-child:
Amen bro...I say a big AMEN to that...we belong to the top!

greatest batch c aspirant!we shall get there ijn.

shema: D'Banj with friends during his days as a Lasuite at the engineering campus, Epe Lagos.

He is wearing the black singlet

omo aye(see u)