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Richard Mofe Damijo is a household name in
Nigeria. The actor turned politician is no man of
small reckoning. In 2005 he won the African
Movie Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading
Role but since he ventured into politics in January
2009 with his the appointment as Commissioner
for Culture and Tourism in Delta State, Nigeria,
RMD as he is fondly called disappeared from the
entertainment scene but grew in the political
arena.
In this open letter penned by Comedian Olokpa,
the rising talent highlights the strengths and
weaknesses of the man who had been
commissioner for Culture and Tourism in Delta
State for the past 7 years.
Excerpts:
Excitement on RMD’s Appointment
It’s with pains in my heart and with
disappointment that I decided to write you this
letter.
Our hopes were high when you were brought into
the Uduaghan government as Special Adviser on
entertainment and Talent development and later
commissioner for culture and Tourism about
seven years ago.
Entertainers in Delta were happy that a veteran
has come back home and also in a better position
to reposition entertainment in Delta state.
Because even before coming into government, you
have being trying all by yourself to develop
entertainment which gave birth to MADE IN
WARRI. It was a proud platform for Warri
entertainers coming together to showcase
themselves.
It became one of the most anticipated show then
in the country because that’s where you get the
real Warri comedians.
Delta Talent Quest (DTQ)
The first project you embarked on was DELTA
TALENT QUEST (DTQ). The aim was to discover
talents in Delta state and promote them and so
entertainers came out in their numbers. A special
house was built in Asaba specially for this project
just to mention how serious you took that project.
The project was broken into comedy, music,
dance and movie.
I participated in the Comedy Audition but was not
among the finally 20 comedians they picked but
my close friend Koliko qualified.
I still remember how almost all the comedians in
Delta state came out to slog it out with
themselves and be the lucky winner of a brand
new car, 1million and other benefits.
I was also privileged to attend the finals where
my friend Koliko came second with a cash gift of
500k and only that competition changed his life
up till today. The talented young man that use to
put on old clothes suddenly became a SHINE
SHINE BOBO, a young man with not even 5k in
his account suddenly saw 500k in his account..
But after all the maiden Edition of comedy,
music, dance and movie edition was done, it
became that last time DTQ was ever mentioned.
No explanation was given as to why the project
was stopped but a Top comedian recently during
a CHAT said about 300 million is still being
budgeted for that every year and part of it is now
being use to FINANCE one of the BIGGEST
CONCERTS IN WARRI. But it still remains an
allegation sha but you can’t ignore every
allegations these days most especially in
Government.
No Follow Up on the Winners
the winner of the comedy edition, I hear he now
sells bread in Sapele and no longer doing comedy
except once in a while.
The 1st runner up Koliko: The young man have
grown to be one of the most sorted after
comedian in WARRI but not NIGERIA which would
have being possible if you did some follow up.
Sir a well packaged, not too funny comedian in
Lagos collects 50k to 200k per wedding but give
all your winner of DTQ 20 to 30k for a wedding,
they will not only crack jokes, they will also dance
till the end of the marriage.
The difference between Lagos and Delta is
packaging and media exposure and I will come to
that later.
The only people that still benefit a bit are Koliko
and young chief who you something invite once
or twice to Asaba to perform. And the worst part
is that when you pay comedians coming from
Lagos at least 500K, they pay our DTQ winners
50k and someone still cut the money before it
gets to them.
So you see if there were other words I can use
other than disappointment about your tenure I will
definitely use it.
Sir you have being in this industry to know how
things works but you just sat down, collected
your salaries, bonuses plus all the CORNER
MARKINGS (only Warri boys go understand).
Low Quality TV Stations in the State
Culture and Tourism working hand in hand sir but
you neglected these things.
Sir you didn’t even bother to asked why there is
no other Television in Delta State other than DBS
and DRTV?
Why is there only DRTV in Delta state? Why no
Silverbird or other privately own TV stations just
as we have in Edo, Port-harcourt etc. Its an open
secret that government are preventing them so
that they won’t over shadow DRTV.
Ok, if that is the case, why don’t Government
upgrade DRTV to international standard? Don’t
tell me we are too poor not to afford it because
we all know that billions flow into the state every
month apart from Tax. So don’t go there.
It show there is something you are not telling us.
*SUSPICIOUS*
There’s Potential for the Movie Industry
Sir it was under your Tenure that Movie
producers starting coming to Asaba to shoot
movies and even up till now. Asaba is now the
best location right now. Some actors and
actresses have temporarily or permanently
relocated to Asaba.
But we have not being able to tap into that area.
This is a new opportunity to partner with these
people in other to expose our up and coming act.
To make them stay, Government would have build
a film village in Delta state. Sir, Udu L.G.A where
you come from have enough land to do and that
would have being a major achievement for you
and the government.
Udu people would have being grateful for that.
That would have fit into the much talked about
DELTA STATE BEYOND OIL but you blew off that
chance.
No Tourist Attractions in Delta State
All through your time in office, you could not
initiate any Carnival Celebration.
Just like we have the Calabar Carnival, a Warri
Carnival would have make sense. That would
have changed the face of Warri for ever. Oh, I
guess you forgot. if different streets in Warri can
host peaceful Carnival at night with fun fair, then
Delta State Government could have done better.
I was watch your interview on Channels recently
in TRAVEL GUILD. You were talking about Delta
State Tourist Potential and Location but in reality
there is no tourist Center here.
Like in Calabar, We have TINAPA, OBUDU CATTLE
RANCH among other Tourist Destination put
together by Government.
As far as OBUDU CATTLE RANCH people still
travel from different part of the country just to
relax. President Goodluck Jonathan at a point
went there to relax.
Sir can you point anywhere in Delta State you can
go and relax? Not to talk about the Governor. It’s
a shame that 7 years after.
The Delta Leisure and Mandela Garden you spoke
about are just on paper and you won’t be around
to see it come to reality because after your tenure
you will going back to Nollywood.
If you want to enjoy, you can travel round the
world enjoying tourist site but there’s none in
your state.
Sir I was watching the CD of WARRI AGAIN
concert and I saw you laughing and enjoying
yourself seriously. But sir, why don’t you pause
and think for once why there are not much Warri
comedians performing?
Have you bothered to ask why they only provide
two slots out of over 400 based Warri
comedians?
Speaking ‘The Truth’
Its a pity I come from a country where if you dare
speak the truth, you are label as a REBEL but we
owe it as a duty to speak out so that people
should start doing the right thing. Even as we
share the National cake, we should remember the
Cake is for everybody.
Sir if you think all what have said is just my own
personal opinion, send some neutral persons into
the street, you will be shocked with the kind of
feed back you will get.
The End.

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lalasticlala:
The 19 members of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, under the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC), have filed a notice of discontinuance of a suit they instituted against Governor Ayo Fayose at the Federal High Court in Lagos.

The lawmakers had filed the suit against the state governor and others, to challenge the purported impeachment of Hon. Adewale Omirin as Speaker, and running of the House by only seven members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

The APC lawmakers were alleged to have earlier fled the state after Hon Omirin’s impeachment, but were directed by the party to return after the March 28 Presidential elections.

A copy of the notice of discontinuance which was signed by the 19 lawmakers was obtained on Thursday by Channels TV’s judiciary correspondent, Shola Soyele.

In the suit, the APC lawmakers had specifically argued that by the provision of the constitution, the 7 PDP lawmakers lacked the legal right to take decisions on behalf of the House.

The plaintiffs had also asked the court to declare that Hon Omirin and his deputy are entitled to occupy their offices, except removed by two-third majority votes of the assembly.

The lawmakers also sought a declaration that Governor Fayose’s alleged attempt to force them to join the PDP and denounce the APC is against their constitutional rights to freedom of association.

They then asked the court to hold that the election of the PDP’s Dele Olugbemi as Speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly was illegal, saying all deliberations and actions of the seven lawmakers were invalid.

Meanwhile, Governor Fayose, in a preliminary objection filed by three of his commissioners, asked the court for an order striking out or dismissing the suit in its entirety, for lack of jurisdiction.


http://www.channelstv.com/2015/04/09/ekiti-apc-lawmakers-discontinue-suit-against-fayose/

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