₦airaland Forum

The exam has not been written.

EnduranceDan:
I'm just checking my status to see that I'm shortlisted as well. Them never still write the exam pass?

If Seyi Makinde could do this, then who knows what the Governor of Ondo State is doing in the case of Ayetoro and the ocean disaster in Ilaje Communities in Ondo State.

Here's what a concerned Ilaje ✍️ a lot is really happening with governance in Naija

I've hesitated to write about the 100 billion relief saga involving Gov. Seyi Makinde, the Governor of Oyo State Government especially after my subtle comment on Ayodele Oluwasemilore Oyedokun where I tagged the Oyo State Government and other platforms of the State like Oyo State Government Feedback

I had to quickly let go of that topic, including replying to those I suspected are ardent supporters of the Governor and Government of Oyo State. Actually, I have no grudges against Gov. Seyi Makinde particularly because I have observed that he has performed better than the average Nigerian politician. No doubt, he should have done even sterling and even made the process transparent. But that said, I ignored further engagements on the topic because with that singular exposure, I am sure the Governor of Ondo State Hon. Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa and the Government of Ondo State Ondo State Government own the Ilaje people heavy explanations as to how funds appropriated to and reliefs or aids requested or may have been requested by the Ondo State government/by the Governor from the Federal government and international organizations like the World Bank, among other organizations and agencies had been spent.

From the successive administration to the current administration led by Hon. Dr. Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa, Ayetoro and other major communities in Ilajeland had been enraptured in perennial Sea Incursion, leading to destruction of properties worth billions of naira, people's livelihoods, the ecosystem, among others. The havoc in this region is directly connected to oil exploration and exploitation, it goes beyond mere natural disaster. This implies that, Oil production companies or multinationals better put, are directly involved. Yet, the sad rhetoric remains the vile abandonment of the people of Ayetoro, Awoye, and other communities to the helpless, yet avoidable/avertable situation.

What if billions of naira had also exchanged hands from the federal government to the State government? What if millions of dollars had also exchanged hands from the Multinational companies exploring and exploiting oil in Ilaje, to the Ondo State government? Yet, no sea embarkment at site in Ayetoro and other communities till date, relief materials have been reported either hijacked, diverted or even stolen by perhaps state and non-state actors, or its agencies, money meant for the victims of this perennial Incursion and other disasters remain unaccounted for and likely would have ended up in the pockets of political cronies and high-profile persons from Ilaje nation.

Year of year, government turned blind eyes to Ayetoro and other communities and our people remain silent in the face of all these, and who knows, continue to exchange the bag of money and smile homes at every incursion in these communities.

Ilaje Nation must Wake up. If Gov. Seyi Makinde could have requested 100 billions and only #50 billion was released and out of this #50 billions, the victims of the disaster only got #4.5 billion. #26.5 billion remained unaccounted for. It simply implies that during such disasters, State government usually request relief assistance from the federal government and multinationals. Although, the entire funds may not have been released but assistance was usually given at different times and this amounted to billions of naira and dollars. Sadly, only physically relief materials were received by the Ilaje people in Ayetoro, most of which were even diverted by cronies of political elites or perhaps of the State itself, yet no physical structure destroyed by the ocean was rebuilt, no sea embarkment today in Ayetoro, no road was reconstructed by the government of Ondo State within Ayetoro and up till today, there's no effort at expediting the broader road that ought to link Ayetoro with other communities in Ilajeland (Riverine to the hinterland).

My dearest people of Ilaje, that nothing was sad about the release of funds by either the federal government and multinationals to the Ondo State government didn't mean fund was requested or released. One thing remains clear, the people did not ask and the government may have choose to keep quiet about it.

If Federal government could release #100 billion as relief for victims of disaster in Oyo State and rebuilding, there is no doubt that Ayetoro continually ravaged by the ocean would have received even more at the request of the Ondo State Government.

Imagine the federal wire wire that must have been done on behalf of the people of Ayetoro Awoye and other communities in Ilaje land? Isn't it funny that a community was ransacked and burnt by the men of the Nigerian Navy recent, yet the Ilaje social media space was quiet.

There is no better time to ask the questions, If funds had been disbursed or not for the successive ocean incursion in Ayetoro? How much was actually released? How was it distributed? What was rebuilt, roads, houses, stalls, church or what exactly by the government? What role did the NDDC and OSOPADEC play? Did any multinational also play part of their corporate social responsibility?

The Governor of Ondo State and government of Ondo State must answer these fundamental questions for us to know who is actually responsible for the underdevelopment of Ilajeland.
The Federal of Nigeria led by His Excellency, Sen. Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu must also provide clues for the people of Ayetoro, Awoye and the entire Ilaje nation to know who the true agents of development and enemies of the Ilajeland are.

Silent is not golden in the face of the underdevelopment of Ilajeland, the perennial Incursion wrecking havoc in Ayetoro, the destruction of the peoples' livelihoods and ecological devastation occasioned by sea Incursion. The government must speak now.

God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria!
God bless Ondo State!
God bless Ilaje Local Government Area!

Congratulations to you.

I also congratulate myself and others shortlisted. I was shortlisted too.

But I am yet to receive any notification regarding the date for the recruitment examination/test.

Pls. Have you received any notification on the exam/test?
Pls. anyone shortlisted and is also on Nairaland aside the poster should indicate.

Looking forward to your response.
Thanks in anticipation.