DEMOCRACY DAY : UK BASED DEMOCRATIC GROUP HARPS ON BETTER DELIVERY OF GOOD GOVERNANCE, AND THE NEED FOR POSITIVE CHANGE.

A LONDON BASED NIGERIAN DEMOCRATIC GROUP [NIGERIANS VOICE FOR DEMOCRACY] has admonished leaders and followers alike, to be more committed and patriotic to the Nigerian Project. This was conveyed in her democracy day message personally signed by the convener of the group. In her opinion, Mrs Omolara Ayoade-Babatunde, the convener of the group believes that the Nigerian nation has been polarized and divided along ethnic and religious lines. She opined that there is quick need for positive change.


In her words, she said "As we celebrate nineteenth year of democracy in our country, Democratic Governance has been polarized along divisive ethnic and religious lines. It is indeed worrisome that active politicians are not adhering to the ethics of politics. Our political parties since May 29th 1999 have no distinct ideologies with internal squabbles and cross carpeting that is not healthy to our Democracy.

She also said “It is high time we looked once more on the need to build a unique Democratic structure in the country at this critical period of electioneering year. Our journey to Nationhood and Democracy from 1960 to date has been characterized by upheavals and turbulences, yet we must cherish our commitment to remain a united country, in brotherhood and respect for one another.

Furthermore, Mrs Omolara opined that our ethnic diversity should be a strength and not a weakness. Nigeria can make positive impact, if all hands are put on desk. "We must also appreciate the strength and value of our diversity, with due understanding and recognition of the interests of various ethnic nationalities in our hearts"

Finally, she enjoined all and sundry not to forget the contributions of our Heroes past. The people who have laid down their lives and made sacrifices for the development of Nigeria. She said, “In our efforts to promote and protect democratic institutions, we should not forget the roles and sacrifices of our gallant armed forces in the checkered history of nation-building"

NIGERIA SHALL RISE AGAIN.

dodelight:
Just imagine! This evening, I just spoke to someone about Osun PDP making this man their candidate, and I never knew him before; I only heard an interview he granted on a live radio two weeks ago.
Even one of Osun APC gubernatorial hopefuls on that program was telling him that he supposed to be in their party (APC), the same opinion Osun APC chairman once said on air, too, on another station.

I sincerely hope Osun PDP will get it right.

PDP IN OSUN WOULD GET IT RIGHT THIS TIME.. PROF.

Front page pls...

OSUN 2018: AARE AFE BABALOLA DECLARES UNWAVERING SUPPORT FOR PROF. DUROTOYE’S GOVERNORSHIP AMBITION


A foremost legal luminary and Founder of Afe Babalola University, Aare Afe Babalola (SAN) has declared his unwavering support for the governorship ambition of Prof. Adeolu Durotoye.
He said this during a courtesy visit to him in Ado-Ekiti by the Osun State executive of PDP led by the Chairman, Hon. Soji Adagunodo, on Wednesday, 18th April 2018. The renowned legal icon and philanthropist stated that with somebody like Professor Adeolu Durotoye, PDP will reclaim Osun State in the next election. “You have somebody like Professor Durotoye who can actually bring this Country to the level that we hope and pray for”
Extolling the virtues of Prof. Durotoye, Aare Afe Babalola described him as “humble, trustworthy and patriotic” adding “I want to say and sincerely too that I wholeheartedly support this young man (Prof. Adeolu Durotoye) and I want you to please support him, and I believe that by the time he comes on board, we will have similar people from other parts of the Country who will share his views and Nigeria will be a better place for everybody”.
In his response, Hon. Soji Adagunodo, Osun PDP chairman, saluted the legal luminary for his wisdom and contribution to Nigeria stating that “In the field of law, the whole of Nigeria knows that you are an authority and in the field of Politics, you are our leader. We want to share in your experience; we want to drink out of the wisdom God has bestowed you with”.

"THE POWER OF ONE VOTE .( An open letter to all Nigerians). ������ by NIGERIANS VOICE FOR DEMOCRACY (NVFD)"


To cut the long story short, and make the short story very simple. Democracy is that beautiful system of government which embodies a collective effort, while emphasizing on each citizen as equals,RICH,POOR, YOUNG ,OLD, MALE AND FEMALE OUR VOTES ARE EQUAL.
As a part of a large country like ��Nigeria, one is naturally inclined to think of this question, WILL MY VOTE MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE?
YES YOUR ONE TINY VOTE CAN MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE�. NIGERIA��, is a place with vast natural and human resources, a country with very high potential. NIGERIA,(in potential) is the best country in the world,where everything can thrive. Think of any major NATURAL RESOURCES, in the world, NIGERIA HAS A LARGE DEPOSIT OF IT. Gold, bitumen, oil, fertile land for agriculture, abundant water, the list is endless. The better part is that Nigeria has the human capacity to match the NATURAL RESOURCES. 180 million people and that is an advantage. SO, I can safely say that Nigeria has the potential to become the REPLICA of the biblical NEW JERUSALEM.
However, the myriads of problems Nigerians face right now in our daily lives and the whole systematic structure of our country is UNQUANTIFIABLE .Nigeria is a place where nothing GOOD thrives. NOTHING WORKS HERE. The political class that accounts for just about 3% of the total population of the country has held us captives, out of a country of 180 million people ,the rich, wicked and powerful political class are not up to 50 thousand people. HOW CAN 50 THOUSAND PEOPLE HOLD THE REST OF US TO RANSOME? That is a discourse For another day, because I don't want to dwell so much on the PROBLEMS, we all know the problems, I'll like to HAMPER MORE ON THE SOLUTION.
THE ONLY SOLUTION IS TO DEMAND THE RIGHT KIND OF LEADERSHIP, GOOD LEADERSHIP, MEANS A GOOD COUNTRY, if you see a bad country, it means the political class in that country is BAD. I'll make a little allusion to the Bible, WHEN FOOL RULE, THE PEOPLE CRY �. The right kind of leadership would solve Nigeria's numerous problems. God would not come down to help us, WE WILL HAVE TO HELP OURSELVES , God didn't develop AMERICA, EUROPE, THE UNITED KINGDOM, AND A LARGE PART OF ASIA, THEY SET OUT THEIR AGENDA, AND GOD HELPED THEM TO ACHIEVE IT. IF WE DO NOTHING, GOD WOULD DO NOTHING TO HELP US. PRAYER IS GOOD, BUT FAITH WITHOUT WORK IS DEAD. The main importance of democracy is the participation of the people in CHOOSING their political representatives.
As voters, we have the right to demand from our elected officials answers for their behaviour. It is empowerment for the people taking action, becoming an active member of society.
The power of voting is the power of change. It is the power of making a mark in history and voicing your opinions.
The right to vote is one of the fundamental rights that people should never take for granted and one which they should always take advantage of. Many people do not understand just how important it is to cast a vote and how their vote can change NIGERIA .
ELECTION PROCESS AND MASS VOTING IS A SILENT, PEACEFUL REVOLUTION. Democratic elections have the power to overturn governments, re-setting the path forward for a better NIGERIA, IS OUR COLLECTIVE DUTY.1⃣ WE MUST NOT SELL OUR VOTES, 2⃣WE MUST NOT SELL OUR CONSCIENCE,3⃣ WE MUST NOT SELL OUR PRESENT, AND 4⃣THE FUTURE OF OUR CHILDREN, 5⃣WE MUST ENSURE THAT WE VOTE RIGHT. IT IS IN OUR BEST INTEREST IN NIGERIA, LET US DEMAND POSITIVE CHANGE AND HOLD OUR LEADERS ACCOUNTABLE ��. Another round of elections have come again, we have the opportunity to re- write our FUTURE, IT'S OUR COLLECTIVE DUTY,
WE ALL HAVE A VOICE.
THANKS.

OLAITAN OLUWASEYI. ✍

PROF. ADEOLU DUROTOYE, THE LEADING PDP GUBERNATORIAL ASPIRANT IN THE OSUN 2018 ELECTIONS WITH THE OSUN PDP CHAIRMAN, HON. SOJI ADAGUNODO

THE CONGRESS WAS A HUGE SUCCESS

3. PROF.ADEOLU DUROTOYE WITH SEN. OLU ALABI

MORE PICS LOADING. 1 .PROF.ADEOLU DUROTOYE WITH THE DG DUROTOYE CAMPAIGN ORGANIZATION ALH. FAKOREDE. 2. WITH A PDP CHIEFTAIN. 3.WITH ANOTHER GUBERNATORIAL ASPIRANT. 4. WITH ANOTHER PDP GUBERNATORIAL ASPIRANT, RT. HON ADEJARE BELLO

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1. PROF. ADEOLU DUROTOYE WITH ANOTHER GUBERNATORIAL ASPIRANT AND PARTY LEADER , SEN. KOLA OGUNWALE (JUMOKOL ) 2. PROF. ADEOLU DUROTOYE WITH BARR. KAYODE ODUOYE , a gubernatorial aspirant too. 3. WITH SEN. ROA. 4. WITH BABA SHUAIB OYEDOKUN

MORE PICS. PICS DONT LIE. PDP CONGRESS IS A HUGE SUCCESS. WE ARE MOVING FORWARD, TOGETHER .

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MORE PICS HERE TOO

A CROSS SECTION OF DELEGATES, ASPIRANTS AND PARTY LEADERS. I SIGHT AYOMBO HERE, BABA SHUAIB OYEDOKUN TOO. OUR AMIABLE SENATOR OLASUNKANMI (ROA), CHIEF FADAHUNSI.

THIS IS THE LEADING PDP 'S GUBERNATORIAL ASPIRANT, PROF. ADEOLU DUROTOYE WITH ERELU OLUSOLA OBADA, AND MANY OTHER PARTY LEADERS. INCLUDING, BARRISTER NIYI OWOLADE, A FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL IN OSUN STATE, ALH. FATAI AKINBADE, A FORMER SSG IN OSUN STATE. ALSO WITH CHIEF FADAHUNSI ANOTHER PARTY CHIEFTAIN.

THIS IS THE LEADING PDP 'S GUBERNATORIAL ASPIRANT, PROF. ADEOLU DUROTOYE WITH ERELU OLUSOLA OBADA, THE IMMEDIATE PAST DEPUTY GOVERNOR OF OSUN STATE.

AFTER CROSSING BOTH LEGAL AND POLITICAL HURDLES, THE PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC PARTY (PDP) LEADERS IN OSUN STATE IN A BID TO PUT ITS HOUSE IN ORDER AND PREPARE ADEQUATELY FOR THE UPCOMING SEPT. 22ND GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION IN THE STATE, HAVE IN QUICK SUCCESSION PUT TOGETHER ITS CONGRESSES ACCROSS THE 30 LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN OSUN STATE. AFTER SECURING A COURT JUDGEMENT TO CONTINUE WITH THE SUSPENDED CONGRESSES, THE PARTY HELD HER WARD CONGRESS ON FRIDAY ,AND ALSO HELD HER LOCAL GOVERNMENT CONGRESS YESTERDAY. CURRENTLY ONGOING AT THE OSOGBO CITY STADIUM, IS THE STATE CONGRESS. THE CONGRESSES HAVE GONE SMOOTHLY AND THE PARTY HAVE RECORDED HUGE SUCCESS SO FAR. HERE ATTACHED ARE PICTURE EVIDENCES FOR "DOUBTING THOMASES"

EASY39:
let Pray we win today's court,from their we can work for the succes of pdp.

NOW THAT THE PDP HAS WON THE COURT CASE, WHAT ELSE IS YOUR EXCUSE?

EASY39:
where Were you guys then?i don't have any thing against him at all,with your response it show how you guys were desperate for his ambition,have meet him so many time,we were together 4 christmas party at oluomo iresi house jan 2,we were together on #pdposunpray day,many stakholders meeting,the man is calm,brilliant and man of GOD,the day he hold meeting with us,osun pdp media team( i rep boripe LG) i know pdp was bless with good product,if you contn staging him against another candidate is unfair,adagunodo,super k,adejare,lele were the leading actor in adagunodo struggle,i tour 30LG and area office with this people during adagun chairmanship consultatn and campaing,our struggle to first portharcourt and second hustle to port again is a great thing,where was he then,where was he when we were almost shot and kill in is LG ,LET BE FAIR PLS

THANKS FOR THE ACCOLADES YOU SHOWERED ON PROF ADEOLU DUROTOYE, IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE OSUN PDP, AND THE SUFFERING MASSES, WE WILL ALL WORK TOGETHER IN PEACE AND UNITY I BET THIS ARTICLE WOULD MAKE FRONT PAGE. FRONT PAGE PLEASE

EASY39:
Thanks 4 the correction ,the political terrain in osun is clearly tough,we need a man with energetic character ,super k has is own right to contest,we all knw how this man was going around to mobilize youth 2 weeks after we lost 2014 election.

SO GOING AROUND TO MOBILIZE YOUTHS AFTER THE 2014 ELECTIONS, QUALIFIES SUPER KAY FOR GOVERNOR? HMM, I AM SPEECHLESS

EASY39:
Prof Isaac Durotoye the leading gov aspirant in pdp osun,i would have love to support him,but he did not portray political ruggedity like that of super k, #ALUBARIKA2018 KAYODE ODUOYE 4 OSUN STATE GOVERNOR Come sept 2018,the apostle and good example of not too young to run. Am proud to be loyal #teamalubarika.

be more intelligent next time, prof. Adeolu Durotoye is the name, if you call him Isaac Durotoye, then you are on your own. And don't lemme talk about supermarket or what did you call that guy

As much as we would like to read this article, this guy does not want to post it here

So we have to go and read it on your page abi, oga that is not good enough o. You better come and post it here, we are anticipating o

What is you final message to the people of Osun State as the 2018 governorship election beckons?
The people of Osun State deserve more than what they are getting now; they must ensure that they vote wisely. Number one, they must get their voters’ cards because the exercise is still on. They must get their cards and must not sell their votes.

We will continue to speak, until our voice is heard.

Prof. Adeolu Durotoye, the Provost of College of Social and Management Science, Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, is A LEADING governorship aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State. He spoke on his ambition and agenda for the State of Living Spring.
WHO IS PROF. ADEOLU DUROTOYE?
Adeolu Durotoye is A 48 YEAR OLD, Professor of Political Science and International Relations and is presently the Provost of College of Social and Management Sciences, Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD). He is also the Chairman of Quality Assurance for ABUAD. I studied Political Science at the University of Lagos where I graduated with a 2nd Class Upper in 1990. I got my Master’s degree from the same university in 1992. I was a German scholar, having studied at the University of Leipzig between 1997 and 2001 where I got my PhD, graduating with MAGNA CUM LAUDE. I worked as a journalist with the Guardian newspaper and African Concord magazine. I equally taught politics at different times at the University of Ibadan, University of Toronto and Afe Babalola University. I am a recipient of the prestigious University of Lagos Distinguished Alumni Award in 2005 and Meritorious Service Award of Men’s Missionary Union of Osun Baptist Conference in 2017. I am also a recipient of Utility Teacher Award of Afe Babalola University in 2017. I had the privilege of serving as Chairman, Local Organising Committee of the 2017 edition of Afe Babalola Agricultural Expo as well as Chairman, ABUAD Convocation Committee in quick succession.
Where are you from? I mean your hometown, local government areas and senatorial district in Osun State?
I am from Osogbo in Osogbo Local Government Area, but I was born in Ede, in Aanu Olu Hospital some 48 years ago. I am from Osogbo, precisely from Ile Amugba, Ibokun Road, Osogbo in Osun Central Senatorial District.
Why are you running for the office of governor of Osun State?
I didn’t initially want to run for governor of Osun State. I run a Foundation with my wife called Adeolu and Jane Durotoye Foundation through which we give scholarships to indigent students, providing vocational training for people. We have been providing small business grants to people who are into small businesses, providing eye glasses. We have been doing all these and I thought that we are serving humanity already. But then, when people kept saying look, see the condition of our state, we believe you can help us based on your exposure, based on your experience, industry, hard work and contacts. They say to me that we believe you can bring all that one to bear; I have assessed the situation and I believe there was need to heed their call. Besides that, I have taken time to seek the face of God and God asked me to go ahead so that I will be able to run the state and take it to a better level. We shall bring industry back to Osun, motivate our teachers and the entire workforce to excel, engage our youth productively, rid our roads of potholes, create jobs in every local government area and our farmers will witness a new dawn.
What experience qualifies you for the job?
I have had the privilege of being part of the think-tank of many presidential candidates. I was part of Choice ’92 when Alhaji Umaru Shinkafi was running; I was part of the think-tank of Hope ’93, MKO Abiola Presidential Campaign. If we keep doing the same thing the same way, we will keep getting the same result.
People now know that if you cast your vote for the highest bidder, you have put yourself into the life of penury and poor performance for another four years. I believe that, if we fold our arms because of the cost, someone says what it takes evil to thrive is for good men to keep quiet, I believe those who are well-meaning should come out to know that we must contribute to the resuscitation of our nation.
When we see that things are not going the way we expect, we must all contribute our quota.
What are those things you plan to do to transform Osun?
When I was a student in University of Lagos in the 80s, anytime we came home during holidays, we had holiday jobs at Nigeria Machine Tools Limited (Osogbo), Osogbo Steel Rolling Mills, Obelawo Plastic Industries, Niyi Ibikunle Carpets, Cocoa Industries in Ede, but where are those industries today? And you can’t create jobs without putting industries in place and we are putting industries back into every local government area of OSUN. GOOD GOVERNANCE IS 80%ECONOMICS AND 20%POLITICS, I am going to focus more on developing the economy of Osun State. I WILL EMPLOY A TOTAL NUMBER OF 200 THOUSAND PEOPLE IN MY FIRST 12MONTHS IN Office. There are 3 ways of creating employment, 1.PUBLIC INVESTIMENT 2. PRIVATE INVESTMENT 3.PUBLIC - PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP. WE WILL explore these 3 means to put 200 thousand people to gainful employment in Osun. We want to establish industries that can employ ATLEAST 5,000 people per local government and we have 30 local government areas in Osun plus one area office, SOME BIGGER LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WILL HAVE MORE THAN 5K PEOPLE EMPLOYED AND THEY WILL BE PAID AS AT WHEN DUE. that will give us nothing less than 200,000 jobs in the first couple of months of our administration. I AM CURRENTLY DISCUSSING WITH LOCAL AND FOREIGN INVESTORS WHO WILL PARTNER WITH MY GOVERNMENT IN DIFFERENT AREAS, RANGING FROM, EDUCATION, AGRICULTURE, POWER, MANUFACTURING PLANTS, IN SHORT OSUN IS A GOLD MINE. We are bringing industries back. We are going to look for alternative source of energy s that these industries can generate energy on their own to run their own business. We are going to give them the technical know-how on how to generate their own energy because how do you run industries where there is no electricity. I was somewhere in Canada, I visited an industry that was generating electricity from cattle dung.
Why can’t we do that? We have wind-aided energy. I was in Germany a few weeks ago and they were begging people to put on their light because they were generating energy through wind they cannot consume. So, they had to tell their people that, even if you used energy, you will not pay for using it during that period, but in Nigeria, we used the same method of generating energy and here, electricity is a problem. Lack of electricity and infrastructure are some of the reasons why the ease of doing business is not favourable to us. We must create an enabling environment; investment will come in when we provide an enabling environment and as governor, I will create an enabling environment in terms of infrastructure, in terms of electricity, in terms of security. So, investors will come, each local government area will have a industry that is built around the area in which it has comparative advantage so that each local government area will be able to generate jobs for its people. Equally, let us look at agriculture; I am a farmer. When you plant perishable things and if you can’t sell in one week, it is gone because there are no storage facilities. In each local government area, we will create processing facilities in which people will preserve their products, facilities that can turn tomato to tomato paste, pepper to paste, turn orange to orange juice, turn banana to banana juice, turn mango to mango juice so that farmers will not lose their produce having worked so hard.
Equally, we will provide train services to assist our farmers to market whatever they cannot sell locally to sell in places like Lagos and other parts of the country where they can sell some of their products. In the area of education, unfortunately, Osun’s performance in WAEC, 29 out of 36 is unacceptable. I am an educationist and in that area, we must be able to ensure that we turn around the sector.
What about teachers?
What about the students? If teachers are not motivated, schools will not be schools; we will motivate our teachers, we will train them and ensure that they are paid on time and exposed to international standards if doing things. We will have unified exams, our students will prepare for WAEC from SS2; we will know where they are lacking so that we prepare them to perform well in WAEC and other public examinations. Salaries will be paid on time, workers will be motivated, they will be promoted when they are due for promotion.
Those whose employment have not been regularised, we will regularise it. What about pensioners? I was trained by pensioners; my father retired in 1984 and I was not even in the university when he retired.
My elder siblings were in higher institutions, but if pensioners were not paid as and when due at that time, how would I be able to go to school? Pensions will be paid on time and workers’ welfare are given priority. Our workers deserve more than what they are getting at present. Equally, we will encourage small businesses’ in the western world, small businesses make those environments thick. We will encourage small businesses to thrive.
How do you hope to generate revenue to depend less on allocations from the Federation Account to run the state and still meet the needs of the people?
Before you can talk of generating revenue, you need to open the economy to build industries and create jobs. Like I told you, we are going to create industries in our local government areas. I can tell you that presently, I work with Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD). ABUAD is the largest payer of tax in Ekiti State; so if you create jobs, definitely you will generate IGR but it is unfair to tell people to pay tax when they are not being paid or when there is no job. So, we will create jobs, bring industries to the state and generate money through that means. We have genuine strategies for generating funds, we will not let the cat out of the bag now.
We will raise funds in a way that is citizens friendly and won’t be a burden on people and we will be able to generate money to able to run government.
Do you believe that your party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has the capacity and wherewithal to dislodge the All Progressives Congress (APC) from government in the Osun 2018 governorship election?
I believe so absolutely that it is possible to sack the APC from the Okefia Government House. You saw what happened n the Osun West senatorial election; out of ten local government areas, APC barely won one and that tells you that people are yearning for a better change in the state. I can tell you that the next election is for PDP to take; once we out our house in order, I can assure you that the PDP will form the next government in Osun State and by the grace of God, I, Adeolu Durotoye, will be the next Governor of Osun State.
What are the other areas you hope to make the difference when you assume the reins of governance?
We will make difference in terms of how we treat our civil servants, they deserve their wage on time, they deserve more than what they are getting now, they deserve to be better exposed to global standards of doing things. In the western clime, teachers are well-paid. We will give that job the dignity it deserves when we train the trainers by exposing our teachers to global standards of teaching, we also ensure that we bring commerce back to the state. We will make Osun, the ICT headquarters of Nigeria; we will make Osun what Silicon Valley is to the United States. Silicon Valley in San Jose, California, you see a how knowledge is used to drive the economy through Google, Yahoo, Microsoft and the likes. Mark Zuckerberg, the Founder of Facebook, didn’t just come to Nigeria for fun. He knows that we have the potentials here and we will bring ICT to Osun and ensure that Osun becomes the headquarters of ICT in Nigeria. Our mission is to crate an enabling environment for everyone to excel; our visio is to make Osun what the state of California is to America.
What is you final message to the people of Osun State as the 2018 governorship election beckons?
The people of Osun State deserve more than what they are getting now; they must ensure that they vote wisely. Number one, they must get their voters’ cards because the exercise is still on. They must get their cards and must not sell their votes. If you sell your votes, you will impoverish yourselves for the next four years. Don’t sell your vote; vote for the candidate who has the exposure, who has the experience, the technical know-how, who has the education, who has the capacity, the youthfulness, the energy to get the job done and that candidate is Prof. Adeolu Durotoye.

He is an epitome of good governance

THIS IS THE MOST CREDIBLE CANDIDATE WITHOUT BLEMISH. PDP'S BEST CHANCE OF BREAKING THE APC IN OSUN.