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Earlier today, the Award Winning Artiste/Singer/Composer, Wale Wavesspoke his mind concerning how the state government of Oyo is handling it’s entertainment sector/industry through his official facebook page.
It is the proper thing for the state government to employ the professional work of it’s artistes and not bringing in artistes from other states in replace to thrill the youths of the state or for other reasons.“The Oyo state government says they’re carrying along the youths of the state and yet they import artistes from Lagos to entertain them”
Below is what Wale WavesSaid:
“Are you sure this AJIMOBIis ready for any next term in Oyo state? You are saying you want to carry Oyo state youths along, I guess, but you neglected them so much in their entertainment sector/industry since and still you are importing artists from Lagos to get them entertained. Which of your Ibadan artistes FASHOLA used for his campaign? Whoever advised him this way will go to hell. aboti wole ni?”

A former governor and Labour Party gubernatorial candidate in Oyo State, Chief Adebayo Alao-Akala has lambasted Governor Abiola Ajimobi and his media handlers over what he described as "uncouth behaviour and penchant for lying" in an interview granted the special adviser on media to Governor Abiola Ajimobi, one Festus Adedayo.
The former governor who reacted through his director of public affairs, Oludare Ogunlana, said that "it is unfortunate for Festus Adedayo who left Enugu with just a singlet through a night bus when he caused troubles for his boss, former governor Chimaroke Nnamani of Enugu State to tell lies".
He said people like Adedayo thrives when you have a bad government. "He is going to lead Ajimobi into prison in a matter of time.
Adedayo was quoted in an interview as saying that Akala wears anklet to campaign and did not mean well for the people of the State when he was governor.
He warned Governor Ajimobi to face governance and not tissue of lies as done in recent times.
All the governors before Ajimobi, he said, tried their best and continued from where their predecessors stopped because government is in continuum. "There is no ward in Oyo State where you would not point to Akala's achievement. Unlike Akala, Ajimobi concentrated development in two local governments.
"The biggest hospital by any administration in the State was built by Akala. The peace did not start with Ajimobi's government. We have not had any disaster like that of Ajimobi. Was there any "Soka" issue during the previous era?. Never did Akala delay workers' salary but Ajimobi tales delight in delaying workers' salary. Only last week, the commissioner for finance was on air to corroborate our assertion that this government is insensitive and lacking human face,
"Ajimobi would not have won the election if not for the connivance of Sen. Teslim Folarin. They sponsored lies and terrorism against the government in their desperate move to take power from Akala at all cost.
He said that Akala was never controlled by his wife but "is it not ridiculous for any Yoruba man to be controlled by a Lebanese woman?. His wife's wish is his command.
Off course, Ajimobi is the governnor but the real government is Florence Ajimobi but the aroma of government is too sweet for him and his wife to know that they are living on borrowed times".
Ajimobi is enmeshed in deep popularity problem. He has not been able to fulfil all what he promised. "They have not even started the foundation of the hotel which his government has paid over 500 million for.
The governor also takes delight in duping unsuspecting graduates by telling them to pay before getting elusive jobs.
He alleged the chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, Alhaji Taofeek Oyerinde Fele "as the official leader of the militant wing of the State APC as attacks carried on members of the LP members were traced to members of the drivers' union.
He, however, asked that Adedayo be stripped of his pastorship for telling lies. "Festus in his madness of amnesia has forgotten that achievers do not talk too much unlike his boss who tell lies. Festus is like "Mr Giwa is a trader." He is a mercenary that works wherever his bread will be butter. That was how he did when he was with Nnamani, throwing caution into the wind like an uncultured person.
If truly Ajimobi is cerebral as he usually claims, how come he could not manage his party fortune or? where are the likes of Dr. Adeolu Akande, Senators Ayo Adeseun and Femi Lanlehin and others?
"If Lam were to be alive today, he would be in Labour Party. Even in APC where he claims to be a member, he is not even in their first eleven and that is why he is not given any prominent role in the campaign of. General Muhammadu Buhari because they know his worth.

Was he not governor when my driver, Beyioku, went to bank to collect money and he was shot and killed? Is it not under Ajimobi’s government that a kidnappers’ den was discovered at Soka. Mind you, Soka is in Ibadan and not in the hinterlands of Oyo State and it was even discovered that the state government awarded the contract. Is it not under his government that several cases of armed robbery attacks have been reported? What about the killing of a police officer at an APC campaign rally at Liberty Road and the violent clashes among APC members? So, what peace is Ajimobi talking about? It is only people that are ignorant of what he means by peace that can buy that kind of lie.
But when you get back to government, what plans do you have in terms of peace and security?
Don’t ask me that. When you do that, you are insulting my intelligence. I worked as a security officer for over 20 years; so he cannot be better at securing the state than me. I was well-trained as a security person. I know what it entails and I know how to motivate the security operatives so that they will work. The more a city is growing, the more crime you will have in that city; you cannot have a big city without crime and it is for government to encourage and motivate the security operatives to be able to operate. I bought vehicles for them when I was in government. I was the first in this country to buy Armoured Personnel Carriers (APC) for the police to combat crime I bought six APCs then. I bought over 40 pick-up vans for the security operatives and I know the subventions I give the police to make sure they perform optimally. I know what to do as a former security operative, because my first calling as a young man was security. I was not only trained with the police, I also trained to work with the army; I went to Jaji. So, what is a bloody civilian like Ajimobi trying to tell me?
Sir, right now, most of your allies and those who served in your government are no longer with you. Your former commissioners for health and local government and chieftaincy matters, Dr Babalola Owolabi and Senator Hosea Agboola, among others, are now in opposing camps. Isn’t that a challenge to your style of leadership?
Owolabi is now with me. Hosea Agboola cannot be with me, because he wanted to quickly become an oga. And if you don’t finish your apprenticeship and you want to be an oga, you are cursing yourself. You have to finish your apprenticeship, if not, you will just crash. You know that I made Agboola a senator and, now, he thinks he has arrived, that he can now stand on his own. Let him go. What do you do to that kind of situation? In every 12 disciples, there must be a Judas. People betrayed our Lord Jesus Christ. When you talk of people like Agboola, his electoral value is not something I will feel in my camp. Political value, yes; maybe one or two but in terms of electoral value, how valuable is he? Do you know where Agboola is from? He is from a village that, with due respect to him, if you bring an exaggerated map of Oyo State, you will need a microscope to discover it.
Still on the issue of making peace with people, what have you done to broker peace between you and the Alaafin of Oyo and other royal fathers?
I am at peace with all royal fathers. I do not want to involve the Alaafin in politics. There are three paramount rulers in Oyo State that I do not want to involve in politics: the Olubadan of Ibadan, the Soun of Ogbomoso and the Alaafin of Oyo. I do not want to involve them in politics, because I do not want anybody to think that by doing that, I am scoring some political mileage. I am very much at peace with all of them. I have a cordial relationship with all of them. That I did not visit them does not mean that I hate them.
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What you don’t know about this state is this, with due respect to Ajimobi, he is gone already. How will you form an alliance against somebody that is weak already? Do we have to use a sledge hammer to kill an ant? We don’t need to use hammer to kill an ant; it is when you feel that someone is stronger than you that you have to form an alliance. Ajimobi is gone already. I can tell you that as I am talking to you; he is no more living in the Government House. He has not been living in the Government House since September 2014.
But you cannot say if that is as a result of fear of losing the election.
Oh. Okay. It is because his house is better than the Government House.
Again, some people might want to ask those things you will do differently from what you have done before.
I have told you these; I told you that there were things that I did wrong and I have taken my time to consider and take stock of what is happening to our people now. I have been going to different communities, seeking to know what the people feel and promising to do these for them. I have catalogued all the complaints and demands of the people while going round; I was asking them ‘I need your votes, what do you need from me?’ And they have been telling me that they would give me their votes if I would do this and that. These things are what I will do differently.
Let me give you an example, when I was governor, the state government started the construction of a road from Iganna to Ayegun in Oke Ogun area of the state. In that area, the road has never been asphalted; the people have never seen coal tar on that road. The construction got beyond halfway and when I got there to campaign recently, the people told me that ‘Alao-Akala, since you left office the road has been abandoned; where you left the project is where it is now. Please, we need you to come back and complete the road. We are all voting for you, because we know that when you come back you will finish the project.’
Ayegun is to Oyo State what Idi Iroko is to Ogun State; it has a Customs and Nigeria Immigration Service barracks. It is an established border control by the Federal Government but because of the nature of the road, people don’t pass through that road. My government was the first to tar that road and I told them that I started it and I would complete it for them. So, I have taken the pain to go round and ask the people and there is even someone who is in charge of cataloguing people’s demands and complaints and whenever we come back, we would discuss and fine-tune them. Let me not tell you about my ideas and plans so that other people will not steal them and start implementing them. You know that I started the market-to-market campaign but others have begun to copy that now. They are now going to markets. When I started my campaign, I said I was going to go from community to community not on a local government basis; I said I would go from market to market but they have begun to copy it.
Sir, as part of the things you might want to do differently, it is discovered that the incumbent governor has been brandishing his achievement in terms of peace and security. The APC has always been quick to link you with violence as clashes of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) were common in Ibadan when you were governor.
Don’t say when I was governor; When you say that, you are not being fair to me. I inherited that situation from the Ladoja administration; be fair to me. It was inherited by my government but I will still want to admit, because I was part of the Ladoja government as deputy governor. But Ladoja too is a very peaceful man. Those violent clashes were not about him or me. It was the modus operandi of the NURTW whenever they wanted to change leadership in the union. You don’t see NURTW changing their leaders in peace; they do it in a chaotic way and that was what I inherited when I was there. So, if that is no longer occurring, it is not enough for anyone to say there is peace.
What type of peace? Where did he get his statistics from to tell me that there was no peace when I was there? That he imposed [Taofeek Oyerinde] Fele as the leader of NURTW does not mean there is peace; what he did when he came was not palatable to workers. Before I left office, I proscribed the NURTW and so Ajimobi inherited a peaceful transition; I proscribed the NURTW and you are aware of that. So, what is he brandishing as peace? The peace he is talking about is even relative; when people are changing their leadership and they fight, if you are not a member of NURTW, they will not trouble you. NURTW crisis is not peculiar to Oyo State and the clashes that the APC is mischievously using to rubbish my government were limited to Ibadan. Did you ever hear of anytime it happened in Ogbomoso, Oyo or Oke Ogun? So if that is what he is brandishing as achievement, is that not stupid?

As a governor, you don’t just have to do things that will make people know that there is a government; you cannot just carry out what I will call window-dressing or propaganda. If you are telling me that your car is beautiful, who told you that a car is my priority, that you want to give me a very beautiful car? You have to get my priority first and ask me the order of my needs and not order of what you perceive to be people’s needs. I think you must be in this state when I was governing between 2007 and 2011; I was solving people’s problems on radio and television. I had that popular programme called E pade Gomina, a phone-in programme designed for people to tell me what they felt about my government; what they thought I should and what I should not do. They told me what I did wrong and right and where I did right, I would continue and where I did something wrong, I would reconsider. On that programme, I would ask people ‘what do you want government to do for you’. I visited a place today [Wednesday] and I felt proud of myself; I didn’t know they had named a street after me. I was invited there to speak to the people. The place is around Idi Ape/Yidi area of Ibadan. When I was in government, a big man just woke up one day and blocked the road leading to the street, saying it was for security reason and the people took him to court. One day, I was on the programme, E pade Gomina and people called to complain about the rich man’s action. After leaving the programme, we went there to demolish the barricade the man erected. I didn’t even know that they had named the place after me until I went back there today.
Are you getting feedback from the people you are governing? How are you getting the feedback and what are you doing with it? Are you afraid of the people you govern? Can you move freely among them or you are afraid of being attacked?
Since I have been coming to Ibadan and since I have known the Oyo State Government Secretariat, nobody has ever blocked the flyover to the secretariat. It is meant for everyone’s use; it has always been a thoroughfare. But Ajimobi blocked it the day he became governor, because he is afraid that he might be attacked. It is only he and his wife that pass through that place now. These and many others are the issues and these are what we intend to restore when I get back to office; it will be amazing and you will enjoy part of it. It is a message of amazing restoration, because it will be better than what I have done before. You see, when you are passing through a road or terrain you have passed before, you will not be afraid, because you have been through that road before.
You have tried to paint a picture of disconnect between the incumbent government and the people.
Serious disconnect. There is serious disconnect between the government and the governed.
But you lost election in 2011. If you were to cast your mind back, have you taken care of the factors that made you lose?
At 60-something years, I think I have done that. A Yoruba proverb says that if a small child falls down, he would look forward but if an adult falls, he would look behind him. So, I have done that and what I have discovered, as I usually tell people, is that Ajimobi did not win the 2011 elections, he only outsmarted me. Incidentally, outsmarting is also part of the game.
Are you sure he will not outsmart you again?
We are prepared for him and we have all it takes. Unfortunately for Ajimobi, those people he used that time are now in my camp. Are you aware that those people he used in 2011 are now with me? At least, 75 per cent of those people are now with me.
Some people have begun to ask if it is not possible for the opposition political parties to team up and defeat Ajimobi instead of all of you working separately, which could give him victory? Is an alliance possible?

The 55 per cents you refer to does not belong to Ibadan alone. When people say that, they try to bring up what they refer to as Ibadan indigenes and I can tell you that many people who live in Ibadan are not Ibadan indigenes. This is a cosmopolitan city. I got enough votes in Ibadan; I got more than the constitutionally-required votes in Ibadan, more than what I got in 2007. And about what will go differently for me this time round, that will be proved on April 11 when we have the election.
Going by your campaigns so far across Ibadan, do you think the people of the city, either residents or indigenes, will vote for your party?
This time it is not only about the party; the election will not be about the Labour Party. Yes, I am in Labour Party but it will be about individuals who are tested and trusted. The people are going to vote for individuals, they will not vote for parties. If the election were to be about parties, then we will be making a lot of mistakes. Many people will not vote for parties; if it were to be about parties, I will not be where I am today and I will not tell you that I am on top of the situation in Ibadan and the state. If it is about parties, anybody can just come up and he will win. If you want to know, our democracy has grown to the point that people want to know the person they are voting for. They want to know his pedigree, his antecedents and so on. They want to know if it is someone that is going to give them problem or someone that will listen to them. People want to vote for character. They want to vote for integrity and not political parties. But you just have to use a platform and from what we have seen so far, Labour Party has been able to gather men and women of integrity; people that have been tested and trusted. Look at it from the example of myself and my running mate. You are aware that he was once a local government chairman and once an SSG. So, we know what it takes to govern Oyo State. We know Oyo State quite well and it is when you know a house well that you can move around in it and know where to go and where not to go. We know this state and that is what we are putting before the electorate to let them know that we have been tested and trusted. Let them look at our records and we are very proud to let them know that we have such records.
You have been going around with the message of amazing restoration, while the incumbent governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, has been marketing his achievements in terms of roads, peace and security. What are you planning to restore when you become elected?
I have a lot of things to restore. You may talk of what Ajimobi has done; I will not tell you that he has not done anything. There is no governor that will come and will not do something. But let me tell you something, my dear brother. If you come to meet me as a doctor and you do not tell me what is wrong with you, if I administer a drug, am I helping you? I should know your ailment, know what is wrong with you before I prescribe a medicine. If you say that Ajimobi has been touting his achievements, the question is has he taken his time to know what the people want? Is he giving the people what they want or he is just dishing out what he thinks they want or what he thinks they should have? That is one of the things we will restore. I will feel the pulse of the people; I have always done that. I know what they want. If your back is itching and someone is scratching your leg, is he helping you? That is the amazing restoration I will bring back.

Former governor of Oyo State and governorship candidate of the Labour Party, Chief Christopher Adebayo Alao-Akala, speaks with select journalists on why he wants to govern the state again; the chances of his party in the election and the candidate that he and his party will support in the March 28 presidential election.
Sir, You are in the governorship race on the platform of the Labour Party, which came into the political equation of the state about a year ago; how will you describe the structure of the party in Oyo State. Do you think it is strong enough to win the election?
From the outset, the Labour Party structure has been very solid, because we laid a very good foundation. Don’t forget that the party is a merger of two parties; the APC and the PDP. A majority of people in the PDP came together and teamed up with the foot soldiers in the APC; and together we laid a good foundation for the party ab initio. We do not have a problem about the structure; we have a very good structure and we have also fielded good candidates for all elections. So, in all wards and local councils, our presence is well felt and we are solidly on ground in all the wards of the 33 local governments of the state.
Two former governors, you and former Governor Rashidi Ladoja and the sitting governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, are in the race for the governorship seat. The three of you are prominent; why do you think you stand out?
Without mincing words, among the three of us that have served in the office of the governor, I am the most experienced candidate.
You are more experienced than your oga, Senator Ladoja?
I am not saying that he is not my oga; he is still my oga and he will forever be my oga, because I served under him as deputy governor. But what I am telling you is that I am the most experienced candidate among all of them, if you try to distinguish between seniority and experience. What I am saying is that nobody has the kind of political antecedents and the kind of political experience that I have got. None of them has gone through that. And that is what makes me excel over and above them and it is going to tell when the election is held on April 11.
What kind of experience are you talking about?
When you talk about politics, experience is very important and I will give an example. My boss, Ladoja, never won any election without me. I was there as his deputy when he won in 2003 and my running mate today, Alhaji Sarafadeen Ali, was also there when he won election; he became Secretary to the State Government when I was deputy governor. After that, Senator Ladoja has never won any election. But without him, I have won elections. As a grassroots politician, I was once a local government chairman and by the special grace of God, we started the Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON) and I was its vice chairman in Oyo State. I also became a deputy governor. Today, I am the only deputy governor in Oyo State that has ever become a governor; these make me to be over and above other contestants in this election. I remain the only person since the state was created, who has two photographs in the Secretariat Building; as a deputy governor and later as a governor.
When you contested election in 2011, you had a good showing in other zones of the state except Ibadan, which controls 55 per cent of the votes. What do you think will go differently for you this time round?
Don’t get it wrong. I had good showing across the state, including Ibadan. In fact, what I polled in Ibadan in 2011, I did not poll up to that in 2007. Go and look at the records. Also, I want you to forget about what you called controlling 55 per cent of the votes in Oyo State, because I know where you are going. You are going to say that the 55 per cent votes belong to Ibadan indigenes.

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He went further to state that “I had awarded the contract for the New Adeoyo Hospital in Ring Road, when they got to power they stopped it. We built one in Ogbomoso that is comparable to the University College Hospital, Ibadan”. When it was put to him that he deliberately sited the hospital in his hometown and that even when he knew that the funds to complete the project would not be available, he went ahead with it, Akala responded that “you might need to do your investigation well. Is Ogbomoso not part of Oyo State? I finished that hospital and commissioned it before leaving office.” Not done, one of the presenters probed further that only a phase of the hospital was commissioned. The former Governor then pointed out that “no, I didn’t commission one phase. I would be happy if you could bring a Doctor from that hospital here and find out from him. The only thing left there was to fix all the equipment we bought. A Doctor could come from anywhere in the world without bringing any equipment and would work effectively. That hospital has ten theaters, all well-equipped. An organization in Chicago gave us 600 beds, we got mammograms for women, we got 8 dialysis machines for the hospital; talk of any medical equipment, you would find it there.”
Otunba Akala also took time to explain why he built the hospital. He said “that hospital was built to get Osun State to hands off Ladoke Akintola University. Remember the school’s teaching hospital is in Osogbo. My vision was to complete that place so that our students wouldn’t have to go to Osogbo and they won’t be able to lay claim to half of the university any longer. Osun has their own university which they run almost like a private university, why then should we have half a university? I wanted us to have a university of our own. I had plans to locate a campus in Igboho, one in Iseyin and LAUTECH would belong only to Oyo State. Even the College of Agric in Igbo Ora, we had plans to make it the Faculty of Agric for LAUTECH. We are big enough to have our university, which is why I was advocating that each state should go its separate ways. That was what was on my mind when we built that teaching hospital and it is that hospital they now used for accreditation for the university.”
The presenters also took time to ask what led to claims that he worked hard to ensure that Senator Rashidi Ladoja emerged Governor in 2003. To that, Akala said “in 2003, my running mate now and I were among those who worked for my boss, Senator Ladoja to become Governor then and today, we are no longer with him, and most of us are still together in Labour Party. I became Governor without any input from him. What I am saying is that I want him to throw his weight behind and reciprocate the gesture. At least I have helped him before but he hasn’t helped me in any way”.
On his other plans, Akala said ‘’I plan to do many things differently, when I was Governor, we did things differently and Oyo State stood out. We came second in Education, in Agric, we were the best, what we got as prize was N 400 million, a vehicle and for being good to farmers, Central Bank gave me a plaque. They came from Abuja to decorate me in my office; these are not awards you get with money”.
He also disclosed that it is ignorance that makes administrations jettison the programmes of their predecessors. “I didn’t do that. How would someone be doing something good and you will refuse to complete it? The UCH road, I dualised it, the present Governor put street lights.”
He was however taken up on the issue that during his time, foreign investments were limited in Oyo State. “Go and ask, BAT, (British American Tobacco) would have been taken away from Oyo State, I prevented it. The company you are saying is along Idi Ayunre road, I brought it to Oyo State. Go and look at the plaque there, you will see that I commissioned it. Shoprite in Ring Road, go and ask Mr. Amusan, I did it intentionally, I shouldn’t be the one to sign the C of O but I did. If you they didn’t do it in my time, I will tell you they had all they needed to start and you know it’s a process. What if we didn’t give them that land? I knew that land could not be used for residential purposes. I knew what I was doing”.

The governorship candidate of the Labour Party in Oyo State, Otunba Adebayo Alao-Akala disclosed on Tuesday that none of the contenders for the governorship possesses the kind of experience he has. He pointed this out while answering questions onOro Sunukun,a Yoruba programme onSplash FM. While stating that the postponement of the general elections cannot be described as a bad idea, the former Governor pointed out that “the foreigners raising alarm, they too wobbled and fumbled before they got to where they are today. So they should allow us to get it right. In 2011, elections were postponed so those are things are part of democratic growth”.
When asked if he would conduct Local Government Council elections if he is elected as Governor, Otunba Alao-Akala said “the Local Government is the closest level of government to the people. The present administration has not fared well by not conducting local government elections. The Local Governments help the economy. Look at it this way, we have 33 local governments, we will have 33 Local Government Chairmen, we will have 33 vice chairmen and 33 secretaries of the council, we will have councilors. We have 351 wards, now look at the number of councilors we will have in the state and consider the number of people who would be the dependents of those councilors, chairmen and other appointees. And the traditional rulers too would have people to represent their interests at the local governments.
It is only a fearful government that will not conduct council polls. The laws of Oyo State stipulates 90 days after the swearing in for the conduct of the polls”.
When asked if he was not afraid that four of his opponents are from Ibadan, Akala’s response was “we are all from Oyo State, I am not looking at them from the angle of Ibadan indigenes, what I see is that Oyo State indigenes are vying for the governorship position of their state. We are not soliciting for votes from Ibadan alone but from every part of the state. Let me tell you, the Governor can come from any part of the state. They have qualified indigenes in Agbon Ile, don’t they? The Governor can come from Okeretedo, 90km from Saki. I am not afraid. Let me also tell you this, none of the candidates has the type of political experience I have. Experience cannot be bought in any market and you don’t read it in books. You have to pass through situations to gain experience and I have done that”.
But did he make any mistakes he regretted while in office? Otunba Alao-Akala was quick to answer that “only God is perfect. He is the only one that doesn’t make mistakes. What I’ll say is that I did what was required at that time. I have no regrets on the actions I took while in office and that is because there was no step I took that I didn’t put God first.”
Speaking on his plans for civil servants, especially teachers, Otunba Alao-Akala said ‘teachers are of utmost importance to the society. Our future depends on them because they are the ones teaching our children. When we were in primary school, people like us never knew we would become Governors. As such, teachers have to be happy. When one is happy, his productivity is enhanced. And not only teachers, it applies to everyone in the civil service. When I was Governor, I used to call them my landlord because the Governor’s term is four years and they will remain there till they reach the mandatory time of retirement. Therefore, you have to motivate them to get the best from them.
If you remember, there were some entitlements I paid to workers that the government stopped. Now, I am a member of the Labour Party, it is a party for the workers so I must take care of workers. My government will work hand in hand with them. Their welfare is my concern and I will ensure that they are well taken care of.”
On his vision for the Health Sector, the Labour Party candidate stressed that “the present situation is saddening. Look at Adeoyo Hospital in Yemetu, it was commissioned in 1928. From that time, till when I became Governor in 2007, nobody did anything about it. I then decided to improve the hospital. I equipped the hospital; I sunk two boreholes because a hospital should not lack water. I also put a giant power generating set. I found it disheartening that when I passed through that area recently, I was told that patients are now being instructed to come with lanterns, while pregnant women are told to bring water in kegs and even some that have emergencies. Meanwhile, in my time, I didn’t want the standard to reduce, so I didn’t put civil servants there, I engaged a consultant who had retired but would be happy that he was working in a good hospital. Immediately another government came, the consultant was fired”

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Former governor of Oyo State and Labour Party (LP) governorship candidate, Adebayo Alao-Akala, has assured workers in the state
that his government will pay minimum wage if re-elected.
Alao-Akala said this on Wednesday, in Ibadan, while addressing members of the
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) at the union’s secretariat.
He said he had commenced the payment of the minimum wage before the expiration of his first time and was stopped by the present administration.
“I paid your minimum wage and I will pay you again if re-elected. I am the only governor, who identified with you without the
fear of being threatened or punished,” he said.
Mr Olu Abiala, a former secretary, Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Oyo State chapter and the Labour Party Senatorial candidate in Oyo State, described former Governor Alao- Akala as the most worker-friendlygovernor in the history of the state.
Abiala said Alao-Akala’s government paid the highest minimum wage in the history of
the state, urging the workers to vote for the LP candidates in the state in the forthcoming general election. “He is the first governor to pay 27.5 per cent CONTISS to workers in the state,” Abiala said.
Mr Bashiru Apapa, LP national vice-chairman, South-West, urged the workers to vote for the LP candidates, adding that it was the only party that would protect workers’ interest.
Also, Mr Bashiru Olanrewaju, the NLC chairman, Oyo State chapter, said the union would welcome all candidates to its secretariat, irrespective of party affiliations.
The meeting was also attended by Alao-Akala’s running mate, Alhaji Sharafadeen Alli, LP members and hosts of NLC members in the state.

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dominique:
So bringing their children out to rallies is now a yardstick to vote someone into a government abi?
op, make sure you use the money Akala paid you to improve your written English sheeesh!

confused fellow!

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Truely Otunba Alao Akala is the man of masses, a grassroot politictian, symbol of peace as he campaign along with he's families, below is Olamiju Alao Akala in the crowd campaign along with his father, this man is the man of masses, how many politian can campaign along his/her family? instead, they send there children abroad and use masses to gain there selfish interest, indeed Otunba Alao Akala is the man of the masses

Over five thousand of APC/PDP members in Orire Local Goverment of Oyo State are today defect to Labour Party, they were welcomed to the Labour Party by Otunba Adebayo Alao Akala........

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Following accusation that former governor Adebayo Alao-Akala wasted N3 billion in the last days of his tenure, the Governor Abiola Ajimobi has been described as a serial liar.
Speaking through his director of public affairs, Oludare Ogunlana, Otunba Akala said that why did it take Governor Ajimobi so long before telling people lies, disclosing that he left N12 billion without any loan debt in the coffer of the State.
Ogunlana said that "not long ago, Finance Minister and Coordinating Minister of the Economy claimed that Oyo State had collected N100 billion with Ajimobi having nothing to show for it except the over-inflated one-lane over-head bridge which he keeps celebrating.
"The SURE-P buses disbursed to Oyo State to cushion the effect of the fuel subsidy removal were rebranded and publicised as being one of the achievements of Ajimobi".
Ogunlana said that "during the tenure of Otunba Akala as governor, neither his wife nor any of children were were arrested within and outside the country for money laundering or financial recklessness", advising Governor Ajimobi to be focused on how to pack out of the government house and not be economical with the truth.
He said: ""Rather than alleging the incoming governor of what he knows nothing about, he should just tell people how he used N1 billion to cut tree while he used N500 million to build fences of the proposed Four-Points hotels which has not seen the light of the day since the last three years".
He congratulated the people, saying that the long years of suffering would soon end in the next six weeks as "Otunba Akala would leave no stone unturned in his bid to make life meaningful for the teeming people of Oyo State"

What informed your choice of running mate?

It is because I’ve worked with him before. I know him very well. I know his political clout and with that, I know we can work together effectively. I’m aware also that he’s a grassroots man. Don’t forget he also started his politics as a local govern­ment chairman. What we want to do now is to form a sort of government for the masses. That is also what informed the choice of our party. We want to deal with the people individually. The logo of Labour Party is that of a family – a man, woman and child. So I believe he also coming from a grassroots background will help me in doing the job very well.

People say you’re too involved in PDP to leave it just like that and that you are just on a temporary exit?

There’s dynamism in politics and so you don’t stay stagnant in a position. If it comes, you take it. This is where I find myself and I have to go that way. I can’t be stagnant in a particular position. So I don’t have any relationship that I cannot break with anybody.

So you see the 2015 election as being to break the jinx of second term?

Definitely, one of us will break the jinx and I think I’m the one. With due respect to other candidates, this game is not for new­comers. It is better you tell people what you’ve done before. You see people say this and they have done nothing. A known devil is better than an unknown angel. This is what is going to happen.
So you’re not giving the young men any chance of making any impact or winning the election?
No. That is not what I’m saying; I don’t think Oyo people are patient to experiment with anyone or anything again. They want to deal with the person that will give them what they want. They want a better life. They want something that will put food on their table.

You seem very sure of winning the election?

I can only tell you that I will win the election. We know each other. I know what they want and I will give them. The people will vote for anyone that can take care of them.
That is what democracy is all about; who can give the electorate what they want. I can and I have given them before. In 2007 when I was campaigning, there was no community I promised things that I did not do. So, people in those communities are looking forward to having me back.

Former Oyo State governor, Otunba Adebayo Alao-Akala, recently dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to pick the ticket of rival Labour Party (LP) to recontest the seat he vacated in 2011, after dissatisfaction with his former party’s primary election, which he al­leged was rigged.
The LP candidate speaks on his latest move and challenges, insisting he is the man to beat in the February 28, 2015 poll in the state.
Excerpts:
What do you say to cynicism about your group’s synergy with your new party working in view of mutual suspi­cion by original members of the party that the new entrants may have come to hijack the party and official appoint­ments when you eventually come into power?

We don’t have to hijack the party from the original Labour members. When we came in, we proposed a sharing formula and it was adopted; that is what we all fol­lowed. Did you hear of any rancour in our party? Yes, there may be some people who are aggrieved, but we’ve talked to them and together we have agreed to move the party forward. You know, for me to come, and five gubernatorial aspirants stepped down for me means we all have the interest of the party winning the election at heart.

In moving to LP, did you accommo­date the interests of your followers who are also interested in contesting elective offices?

We did. What we did was that we tried to make sure that the people that can win election in a particular area are the ones we put forward as our candidates.
For example, I was told to present a senatorial candidate in Oyo Central, but I decided to give it to someone who was a gubernatorial aspirant before I came into Labour. At least, that’s one of the sacrifices you make. I gave it to Comrade Olu Abiala, because I know he can easily mobilise enough people for us in that sena­torial district to win the election. We don’t have any problem.

Is it true you’re now broke and may not be able to finance the campaign?

(Laughs) What do you mean by broke? Do they know how much I’m worth? I don’t understand what they mean and I don’t want to tell anybody or say anything about my financial capability. I thank God for what He has done for me. I’m hearing that for the first time from you. It is part of those things. I don’t think I have borrowed money from anywhere. I may not be a rich man, but I’m very comfortable.
Are you likely to support President Jonathan in the presidential election even though he turned his back on you in your own hour of need while in the PDP? I ask this because I’m aware your party has no presidential candidate and is favourably disposed to working for him?

I’m a loyal party man. If that is what the party wants, I’ll go along with it. If my party wants to work with him, then I’m also going to work with him. But I have a very cordial relationship with Mr. President. He’s been my friend and will continue to be. As for what happened in the PDP, that’s how God destined it to happen. So, who are we to question God? I’m very comfortable in the new party.

Many pundits are predicting a comeback for the incumbent governor because the opposition candidates are going to split their votes. What’s your reaction?
That cannot happen! Fortunately for me, my own will not be distributed because I’m the only person outside Ibadanland. So I still have my bulk votes by the Grace of God.
I was in position when he (Ajimobi) got that office. So, I can also get it back when he’s in office. So I handed over to him and it is likely he’s also going to hand over to me. I’m sure he’s going to handover to me.
You have been dogged in your quest for this position, some will even say desperate. What drives you and how are you convinced you’ll win the election?

When you have done something before and you have not done it very well and you want to come back, you’ll be hearing in­sinuations and grumblings from the public. But, I ask you to go and listen very well to what the people are saying now. You’ll hear the public saying: ‘We want Akala to come back’, which means one has been ac­cepted. Why they are not passing any bad comment about me is because they were very comfortable when I was in govern­ment. They knew I put smiles on their faces while I was in office and they enjoyed themselves. Life was more abundant to them and that’s why there’s clamour for me to come back. I have felt the pulse of the people of Oyo State and I know they want me back badly. If they don’t want me back, I wouldn’t have attempted coming back. Before I went for declaration, I received phone calls, messages and personal visits from people. They have not stopped. So, if you are not wanted, you’ll know.

How do you rate your chances?

This race is among the three of us – the two who had done it before and the person doing it now. That is just the truth about the whole thing. People don’t want to hear you say: ‘I’ll do this.’ The thing is: ‘What have you done before?’

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