LP doesn't have a single member in Ondo

ufotunang:
Ondo state people if you want a better life, development and better standard of living and good goverance vote for labour party Ondo state candidate... labour party candidates are caring and provide good goverance for their people

Lagos — A former Minister of Transport, Chief Ebenezer Babatope has described the appointment of former Lagos state governor, Babatunde Fashola as Minister of Power, Works and Housing as ridiculous.

Babatope, who spoke in a chat with Daily Independent said he wonders how the former governor will cope especially given the fact that the three ministries are powerful ones rolled into one.
https://allafrica.com/stories/201511121713.html

and now they are the ones hunting him

Racoon:
Yahaya Bello was a monstrous creation of the Buhari-led APC government.

e no go better for you. useless youths

Brilliant lady. She will win player of the year

The only way prices of foodstuffs will come down is if Dangote has serious competitors. The monopoly he enjoys is killing Nigerians

We won't allow anyone arrest Portable!

This dude is still the Commissioner for Info? I thought he occupied the same office under Yahaya Bello

This is indeed an interesting time in Ondo State, widely regarded as the Sunshine State. In the last few days, the political landscape in the state has been characterised by intrigue and intense, high-wired politics. The electorate will troop out on November 16, 2024, to elect a new governor for the state. However, before that date, those eyeing the number one political office in the state must first scale through the hurdle of primaries, where elections will be conducted to determine who flies the flag of the various political parties.

The last governorship election was conducted on October 10, 2020. It was won by Rotimi Odunayo Akeredolu, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who was running for a second term in office. Sadly, Akeredolu died in a German hospital after a long battle with prostate cancer on December 27, 2023. Shortly after, his deputy, Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa, was sworn in to complete the remaining year of the administration.

Currently in the APC, 16 governorship aspirants who have secured clearance will, on Saturday, April 20, test their popularity among the party faithful. The 16 aspirants already cleared by the APC Screening Committee include the incumbent Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa; Chief Olusola Oke (SAN); Wale Akinterinwa; Isaacs Kekemeke; Funmilayo Waheed-Adekojo; Folakemi Omogoroye; Olusoji Ehinlanwo; John Odimayo; Senator Jimoh Ibrahim; Oladiran Iyanjan; Mayowa Akinfolarin; Olugbenga Edema; Prof. Adedayo Faduyile; Brigadier-General Felix Ohunyeye (rtd); Morayo Lebi; and Ifeoluwa Oyedele.

All card-carrying members of the APC in Ondo State will have a say in who becomes the standard bearer of the party given the fact that the direct primary method—a process whereby every party member votes for the candidate of their choice to represent the party in an election, has been approved. This, according to analysts, is preferable to the commonly used indirect primary, where delegates (who are mostly financially induced) elect who becomes the candidate of the party.

All the aspirants are qualified in their own rights. Some of them are technocrats who have excelled both in the private and public sectors. However, as a stakeholder in the politics of the state, I strongly believe that Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa should be chosen by the faithful in the state to fly the party’s flag in the governorship election.

Examining Akeredolu’s prophecy
When asked why he picked Aiyedatiwa as his running mate for his second term in office, the late Akeredolu said he chose him because of his hard work, dedication, and loyalty. He also said Aiyedatiwa displayed unreserved commitment and support for his political aspirations from the beginning and has been consistent through thick and thin. Aiyedatiwa’s choice as deputy governor was hailed by many associates of the late Akeredolu who do not want a repeat of what happened between the governor and his deputy, Agboola Ajayi, during his first term. One of them even vouched that the governor could sleep with his two eyes closed and his mind at peace if Ayedatiwa was watching over him at night.

To all those who know the late Akeredolu, he was a man not given to making frivolous remarks. Also, he was a forthright leader who will always say things the way they ought to be, no matter whose ox is gored. While many of his governor-colleagues were trying to be in the good books of former president Muhammadu Buhari, Akeredolu bluntly told him he was condoning the activities of Fulani herdsmen who were killing innocent farmers in Ondo State and gave them a seven-day ultimatum to register with the government or leave the state.

Speaking during his inauguration for a second term at the International Culture and Event Centre (The Dome) on February 24, 2021, Akeredolu, while addressing Aiyedatiwa, said, “The name we give our children or the name we bear at times matters a lot. I want to congratulate this man. When they gave you ‘Lucky,’ they knew you would be lucky; now you are lucky. You’re also given ‘Orimisan; only the fortunate get chosen to be deputy governors. You’re fortunate. Even your parents’ names speak volumes: ‘Aiyedatiwa’ (Life is good for us). Your life is good now. You have been loyal; you have been consistent.”

Akeredolu then prophesied that Aiyedatiwa was eminently qualified to take over the administration of Ondo State after the expiration of his second term.

“You’re worthy of this position, and I want to thank you for being considered to complete this journey with us. I have a maximum of four years; maybe you can proceed from there. It is for me now to calm down and for you to grow. I must come down for you to grow; I have done my little bit. So, I congratulate you and your wife. I love you,” he stated.

These are very loaded words. As I have pointed out in some of my X (formerly Twitter posts), that heartfelt statement was the beginning of Aiyedatiwa’s problem in Ondo State, as some stakeholders in the state who have been nursing the ambition to succeed the governor saw it as a direct endorsement. Akeredolu loved and trusted Aiyedatiwa till the end, but those who felt their political ambition would be truncated by those kind words went to town screaming ‘betrayal’! It is worthy of mention here that the fearless Akeredolu never recanted his statement or made any negative remarks concerning Aiyedatiwa until he breathed his last.

Like the highly respected columnist Lasisi Olagunju pointed out in his article ‘Akeredolu, Death Desires, and 2024’ published on January 1, 2024, “Akeredolu, I gathered very reliably, confirmed he had prostate cancer sometime in 2016. He had surgery in Germany in 2019. He was to go for a mandatory follow-up procedure in 2020. But he couldn’t go for that; COVID blocked him as it blocked all of the world for a whole year. That gap in treatment was the twist at the hand of fate. He lost the battle to cancer long before his final breath last week. Could he have helped it? No. That was why he was born; it was his exit path.”.

Akeredolu knew he had a terminal ailment (prostate cancer), which he may not survive. Like the former England football manager, Sven Goran Eriksson, who revealed that he had cancer and has been told he has about a year to live, maybe the doctors treating Akeredolu may have told him he has a few more years to live, and that was why he started making his exit plans—picking a trusted deputy who can continue from where he stopped. I have a feeling his widow, Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, knew about it and was also planning for her political future in case the inevitable happened. That was why, even as the first lady of Ondo State, she went to Imo State in 2022 to contest a senatorial election in Imo East. She accused the Imo state governor, Hope Uzodimma, of imposition and withdrew from the primary. If she had won, she would be in the hallowed chambers of the Senate now.

In September 2022, when the media reported that Akeredolu, upon his return from Germany, sacked all the media aides of Aiyedatiwa, many Nigerians thought the actions were indeed taken by the governor. However, it has been revealed that some powerbrokers in the state who surrounded the late governor were behind all the schisms. They took advantage of the man’s incapacitation and carried out many atrocities in his name, including attempts to remove his loyal and dependable deputy from office, but God frustrated their plans. Some of them, having realised he may not survive the illness, even allegedly forged his signatures to sign many vital documents.

Those plotting Aiyedatiwa’s removal believed that if he succeeds Akeredolu, he will have more influence, resources, and power in the race to get the governorship ticket of the APC. Even many of the lawmakers who were spearheading his impeachment then, have now turned around to endorse him for the governorship election. God’s ways are different from man’s ways.

My message to the Ondo APC faithful is clear: if you really loved the late Akeredolu and you respect his wish for the continuity of the programs he has started, give your vote to Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa. That was the wish of the late governor, and he publicly attested to that while alive. He never said the same about the other aspirants who were making claims that he wanted them as successors.

From the primaries to the main election, may God give the good people of my state, Ondo, the wisdom to choose right, and may the best man win.

Akinsuyi, former Group Politics Editor of the Daily Independent, writes from Akure.
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2024/04/ondo-2024-why-apc-faithful-should-honour-akeredolus-wish/#:~:text=To%20all%20those%20who%20know,matter%20whose%20ox%20is%20gored.

Don't forget, he is the first son of the former president

Drug addict

Why white lion come dey fear nah

Your story too long before the video. Main reason why I won't subscribe to your channel

How much reward will any person who finds the criminal get

Pele oo soothsayer

Ibile77:
Nigeria may be what it is today , we should stop disparaging her for what she would be tomorrow .

And they will be giving impression as if only Nigerians are fantastically corrupt

mumu students. what can you do if he doesn't?

By Temidayo Akinsuyi

Lai Mohammed, immediate past minister of information, says Ogbonnaya Onu was one of the star performers in ex-President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet.

Onu, former minister of science and technology and first civilian governor of Abia state, died on April 11 aged 72.

Speaking in a chat with TheCable, Mohammed said the death of the former governor was a personal loss for him.

“It was a sad loss, a personal loss for me because of the relationship we shared,” Mohammed said.

“Ogbonnaya Onu was a quintessential gentleman. He was very quiet but very effective in all he does. He believed he could add value to the polity and he did just that. He is one of the unsung heroes of this country.

“He was a man of details who was passionate, honourable and patriotic. When in 2022, President Muhammadu Buhari asked all those who wanted to contest for election to resign from the cabinet, he voluntarily resigned. Even when the primaries was conducted and he didn’t win, he never made any attempt to come back to government.

“I had a very special relationship with him. Many people don’t know that Ogbonnaya Onu was not just a politician. This is a man who made a first class in engineering, he was the first civilian governor of Abia state during the SDP/NRC days.”


Mohammed also lauded the late Onu for the sacrifices he made for the merger that birthed the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

“In the third republic, he surrendered his ambition so that the collaboration and cooperation between the then AD and ANPP will work. He later rose to became national chairman of ANPP and he was very influential when we were doing our merger to become APC,” Mohammed added.

“For a national chairman of a legacy party to support and work for the success of the merger means that he was ready to give up his own position, because with the merger, all the legacy chairmen like Chief Bisi Akande, late Tony Momoh and Onu had to vacate their position for just one new chairman.”

Recounting his contributions during cabinet meetings Mohammed said “his death has hit me because we had a very personal relationship”.

“What many of our colleagues in President Buhari’s cabinet will remember him for was that when he was contributing during cabinet meetings, he was always thorough, comprehensive and no matter what it is, he will stick to his guns and follow up his arguments to the last letter. He doesn’t hold any grudge with anyone,” he added.

Well done Festus for the Air Peace deal. encourage and support more local airlines

proudly nigerian..igbo amaka

May God heal her

When a dollar to naira is almost N2,500 people scream that it is unacceptable
Now that the CBN is doing all it can and the naira keeps appreciating, some idiots like Deji Adeyanju are shouting that the CBN is defending the naira with dollars and it is just temporary.

Honestly, I don't care how Cardoso does it as long as our naira keeps appreciating in value and is stronger again

this rogue called Richard Peters again....

Adegboruwa is fast becoming Mike Ozekhome

Odili stood for the truth. He chose Fubara over the drunk

Is Kalu the new political leader of South East?

Okowa still dey? Our VP

Abeg ooo. Oke Afa in January 2002 still fresh

Clown..the same way God told you that you will become president in 2023

Minister of Aviation, Festus Keyamo said many foreigners are in talks with the federal government to come and invest in Nigeria because of President Bola Tinubu’s approach to investors.

Keyamo stated this in a post on his official Facebook and X handles on Monday where he shared a video titled 'Snippet of some interviews I granted at the launch of the Maiden Airpeace flight to London'.

Keyamo noted that with Air Peace on the London route, there will be no problem with trapped funds, adding that the aviation company is a local company and that the government does not have to repatriate the sale of tickets to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

By doing so, the Minister stated that under such a situation, Nigeria would be liquid enough in terms of foreign exchange to repatriate those funds.

He said: “All the airlines that come into Nigeria, what they experience is massive repatriation of funds that puts pressure on the Naira because they have to seek for dollars, both the commercial banks and CBN".

"This new development eases the pressure on Naira because this is a Nigerian company that deals in naira and buys in naira. The only problem is that they still have to go abroad whenever they want to service their aircraft. So one of my major objectives is to bring the MRO into Nigeria. That is very important".

"The key to unlocking this industry is to ensure that MRO comes into the country as quickly as possible. The Chinese, Arabs, and Americans are talking to us. They all want to come and do something".

"For now, we have a choice because everybody wants to come in and invest in Nigeria because of the new approach of governance to investors".

On why airlines that operated the London route previously did not survive, Keyamo said “The reason why previous airlines on the London Route did not survive is not because of the politics of the Bilateral Air Services Agreement (BASA). It is about access to aircraft on favourable terms. We are going to pray for Air Peace and pray for Allen that he can sustain this. This is because he is doing this at great expense, even at marginal profit or loss to challenge and it is going to get better”.

https://worldviewafrica.com/why-everybody-wants-to-come-and-invest-in-nigeria-keyamo/

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