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Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has a message for those accusing him of sundry acts of corruption in government – if money was my target, I would not have gone into government.

Atiku, who prides himself as possessing a magic wand for making money, directly handed down to him by God, told reporters in Port Harcourt, on Tuesday that everything he had made including his vast business empire, had been through private sector initiative and not as government official.

He spoke at the Port Harcourt International Airport on his way to continue his consultations with stakeholders in Rivers and Bayelsa States, in continuation of his presidential ambition.

His words: “To set the records straight, no public funds were involved in all my investments in several sectors that have continued to provide jobs and enhance educational and socio-economic well-being of Nigerians. I have always been contented with what God has given to me in all its ramifications and I thank Him for using me to better the lot of the people.

“Without being immodest, I was a successful businessman before going into politics and subsequently becoming the Vice President by Allah’s Grace. I was not desperate to be in government in order to make money but to serve the people in my own little way and contribute my quota to its overall development.


Atiku
Emphasising that he was the most investigated Vice President in Nigeria, he challenged anybody with evidence linking public funds to establish any of his businesses, which he said had been providing jobs for thousands of Nigerians, including the famous American University of Nigeria (AUN) to come forward with a proof.

Atiku lamented that some people do not appreciate individuals who create wealth by their personal initiative and resourcefulness but rather hold contrary views with the stigma of such possessing ill-gotten wealth.

He regretted that many Nigerians including his traducers were aware of his success before he even ventured into politics or became the Vice President, yet went ahead to accuse wrongly, wondering why it was difficult for people to believe that government officials could be successful without stealing public funds.

“If money was my motivation for seeking elective office, I would not have joined the presidential race at any point in time in my political career. My ability to make money through my businesses was established long before I was chosen as Vice President,” he said.

Atiku, while stressing his passion for service, and the desire to bring efficiency in the management of government affairs as the main reasons for his interest in being President, argued that he could not do much as Vice President, because of constitutional constraints.

He reminded Nigerians that as a Vice President he did not have the powers to initiate and execute projects of his own choice, but to engage the process. He stated further that it is on record that he creditably discharged tasks assigned to him as Vice President.

He regretted that apart from the constitutional constraints which limited the powers of the Vice President, the politics and political intrigues of that era also harmed the larger interests of the people of Adamawa, as some of its share of federal infrastructure including roads were deliberately discontinued on account of some political differences among several key players.

The PDP presidential hopeful said that the administration he served in as Vice President awarded contracts for the Mayo Belwa-Jada-Ganye-Tongo and Yola-Mubi-Maiduguri roads in Adamawa State in its first term.

According to him, there was supposed to be a spur of the road linking Mambilla in Taraba State and thereby making it the shortest cut to Mambilla but execution of these were delayed and later truncated on the altar of politics.

Atiku said allegations that funds meant for road projects in the state were diverted to build the American University of Nigeria in Yola was being unfair to him, and that “it shows lack of understanding of how government runs on the part of the people making such allegations. Government does not run on such pedestrian level, it is a process.”

[quote author=Cowmilk post=68669189]Likely Lichen

This is Steve Johnson syndrome..

Google it pls...

Its a reaction of what u eat or what u ..sook

Former Aviation Minister, Chief Femi Fani Kayode has released a statement on the recent alarm raised by the ex-president, Olusegun Obasanjo, alleging that there was a plot to detain and frame him by the Federal government.

FFK, in a statement made available to PoliticsNGR, alleged that the Presidency had finalized plans to give other opposition leaders the 'Nnamdi Kanu' treatment. Below is his statement in full;

"I have read the disturbing reports about the Buhari administration's plan to frame up, arrest and detain President Olusegun Obasanjo on trumped up and politically-motivated charges.

It has also been brought to my attention that they have threatened his life.

Though I am not surprised because this is nothing new for this government. That is their stock in trade and they have been doing it for the last three years to anyone and everyone that opposes or criticises them.

What bothers me now is that President Buhari has become so jittery that he is prepared to do anything to stay in power. I have done my research and I have discovered that the plan is real.

The government are also planning to target other key opposition figures and elder statesmem as we get closer to 2019 such as General T.Y. Danjuma, General Ibrahim Babangida, President Goodluck Jonathan and a handful of others.

It appears that Buhari will stop at nothing in order to ensure that all his critics are silenced.

The plan to implicate and silence all these leaders together with key figures in the PDP like

Ayo Fayose,

Emmanuel Udom,

Ibrahim Dankwabo,

Nyesome Wike,

Darius Ishaku,

Godswill Akpabio,

David Mark,

Ike Ekweremadu,

Lyle Imoke,

Uche Secondus,

Sule Lamido,

Ibrahim Shekarau,

Abubakar Suleiman,

Kabiru Turaki,

David Jang,

Atiku Abubakar,

Dele Belgore,

Jumoke Akinjide,

Nenadi Usman and others is condemnable.

They also plan to give some of us the Nnamdi Kanu treatment and make us dissapear or give us the Sambo Dasuki and El Zak Zaky treatment and lock us up indefinately but they will fail.

Such is Buhari's desperation that he is even attempting to discredit and destroy key members of his own party like

Bukola Saraki,

Yakubu Dogara,

Dino Melaye,

Rabiu Kwankwaso,

Abubakar Baraje,

Aminu Tambuwal,

Abdul Fatah Ahmed,

Timi Frank and others.

Nobody is safe anymore, not even legislators, media houses, journalists, bloggers, religious organisations or NGO's that oppose or criticise the Federal Government.

Nigeria is fast becoming a fascist police state where dissent is seen as a crime and where those that oppose the President are perceived as enemies of the state and prisoners of war.

They forget that we have a divine obligation and patriotic duty to oppose evil and tyranny in the land and nothing will make us shirk that responsibility.

Let it be clearly understood that we will not sit by idly and allow Buhari to continue to threaten, harrass and intimdate all those who oppose him. We are not intimidated and we have no fear. Governments come and go and no matter what he does Buhari will not be there forever.

Taking this matter to a level of threatening the lives and liberty of people like Obasanjo, Danjuma, Babangida, Jonathan and other elder statemen and seeking to destroy key opposition figures for no just cause is dangerous and unacceptable and it will have consequences.

We do not want war in Nigeria: we want peace and the Buhari government should desist from provoking a situation and a series of events that may end up spiralling out of control.

It is almost as if they are begging for war and that is tragic. They may have the full machinery and power of the Federal Government but we have the Living God. Nothing can stop us in our divine mission to stop him and rescue Nigeria.

The truth is that any untoward or irrational course of action will be met with a corresponding and appropiate reaction which may have dire implications for the peace and unity of our nation.

This game must be played within the rules of engagement or else all hell will eventually break lose. Buhari must be warned.

Peace, fair play and justice must be allowed to reign in our nation and those that oppose the President must be treated with the respect, decency and decorum that they deserve.

They are not enemies of the state and prisoners of war but law-abiding and patriotic Nigerians that have no faith in him and that wish to rescue Nigeria from his tyranny. There is no crime in that and they do not deserve to be killed or to be locked up for it

Atiku for President OSUN state coordinator. Oap olusegun jeje today paid courtesy visit to Obafemi Awolowo University ile ife@OSUN .with Dramatic art students@afhi theatre.where some students performed & displayed their God's given talents.The state coordinator who address the students for 15mins.urged them to join hands together for new Nigeria. says it only takes one man who is capable to move Nigeria forward. but we can only do that by getting  our PVC ready..atiku abubakar  is the only gateway to employment. 

The students were so happy and they sang OAU anthem to round the program up.

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I respect Atiku so much..
He is the next President





uote author=packagerz post=67869864][Atiku2019 is the only way for Nigeria



quote author=packagerz post=67865235]The AFP, OSUN state coordinator. Olusegun jeje.

Today visited national union of road transport workers.( okada unit )..ile ife.. As part of mobilisation and consultation towards atiku2019/hope for the youth with Atiku.

Mr olusegun jeje who asked the okada riders that can someone ride okada for 20years....capital no.

The okada head representative. Mr oluseye said..its due to lack of job and lack of employment that makes 70% youths to live on okada work.
OSUN state coordinator addressed the riders that it will only take one man who is blessed with insight to fix and save us for better future.
My principal.. Alhaji Atiku is the way out..agriculture and gold mining can create thousands of jobs and our people will smile again. The state coordinator urged the riders to please spread the news and also get their permanent voters card read.

He said his OSUN people should remember that mummy titi Atiku was born in ilesa.osun.. So OSUN shall rise again.[/quote]

[Atiku2019 is the only way for Nigeria



quote author=packagerz post=67865235]The AFP, OSUN state coordinator. Olusegun jeje.

Today visited national union of road transport workers.( okada unit )..ile ife.. As part of mobilisation and consultation towards atiku2019/hope for the youth with Atiku.

Mr olusegun jeje who asked the okada riders that can someone ride okada for 20years....capital no.

The okada head representative. Mr oluseye said..its due to lack of job and lack of employment that makes 70% youths to live on okada work.
OSUN state coordinator addressed the riders that it will only take one man who is blessed with insight to fix and save us for better future.
My principal.. Alhaji Atiku is the way out..agriculture and gold mining can create thousands of jobs and our people will smile again. The state coordinator urged the riders to please spread the news and also get their permanent voters card read.

He said his OSUN people should remember that mummy titi Atiku was born in ilesa.osun.. So OSUN shall rise again.[/quote]

The AFP, OSUN state coordinator. Olusegun jeje.

Today visited national union of road transport workers.( okada unit )..ile ife.. As part of mobilisation and consultation towards atiku2019/hope for the youth with Atiku.

Mr olusegun jeje who asked the okada riders that can someone ride okada for 20years....capital no.

The okada head representative. Mr oluseye said..its due to lack of job and lack of employment that makes 70% youths to live on okada work.
OSUN state coordinator addressed the riders that it will only take one man who is blessed with insight to fix and save us for better future.
My principal.. Alhaji Atiku is the way out..agriculture and gold mining can create thousands of jobs and our people will smile again. The state coordinator urged the riders to please spread the news and also get their permanent voters card read.

He said his OSUN people should remember that mummy titi Atiku was born in ilesa.osun.. So OSUN shall rise again.

Buhari is right.
#SMH
Nigerian youths are lazy and uneducated , always reaping where they did not sow - Buhari
Let's objectively analyze the 3 major tribes. No sentiments attached:
...
Igbo youths?
Me: Most hard working, self reliant and productive in our nation.
.
Yoruba youths?
Most educated and ambitious in our nation.
.
Hausa youths?
Me: The most uneducated, parasitic and lazy in our nation. The youths engage in street begging as a culture.
.
Conclusion :
North is the region Buhari came from. These are the people he knows and was referring to. You can't fault him. He has spoken the truth.

Good morning, my dear People of Nigeria - a nation noted for hospitality, kindness, culture and quintessential Oral Tradition,

ALHAJI ATIKU ABUBAKAR'S PRESIDENTIAL AMBITION & SELF-PRESENTATION STYLE:
THE WAY I SEE THINGS

Governance is about the following:

1. Inclusion

2. Identification of Resources

3. Transparency

4. Accountability

5. Feedback and Review

Based on how things have been, we’ll all agree with me, that although HIS EXCELLENCY is yet to be officially elected, his primary concern has been to fulfil ITEMS 1 & 2 above.

He seeks not only to make us aware of how to participate in the affairs that affect us through COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, he leads effectively the much-needed and long-overdue process of RESOURCE IDENTIFICATION.

This, we’ll all agree with me, is a classical style that has eluded our darling nation since creation.

A Person is yet to be the President, but he is fast fulfilling the rock-solid foundational 12 out of the 15.

What then are we waiting for?!
LET’S ALL VOTE IN ATIKU ABUBAKAR...4 new NIGERIA..

#atiku4president...this message was address to His Imperial Majesty. Oluwo of Iwo.Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi@ his palace.in osun state..led by its state coordinator. OAP olusegun jeje packagerz.

The coordinator was received by the monarch and palace high cheifs...

A group of farmers, carpenters, welders and market women & men has decided to take a swipe on their forefathers party...Alliance for Democracy AD.
Mr ohia who represented the groups address the media at osun state university ,ikire campus at the on going youth's talk.program today.
The group said PDP and APC have done their best but its time to give our father's party a chance to rule us.

Hon Femi kehinde who is from Osun west and right candidate for osun will surely move osun to the next level.

On this special day I wish you all the very best, and you will be blessed abundantly today, tomorrow and all the years to come in good health,wisdom, riches,long life and prosperity! May you have a fantastic birthday and many more to come. Age with Grace IGE AGAIN........


Hon Femi kehinde
God's chosen son and AD Governorship aspirant osun2018

As the much anticipated election draws closers ...

Femi kehinde remains remains the only candidate who can transform OSUN within few months with his experience.

Hon Femi kehinde who hails from Iwo/ileogbo in osun senatorial district, former Governor Bisi Akande and Olagunsoye Oyinlola from OSUN central governed the state between 1999 -2010,

While OSUN east senatorial district produced the incumbent, aregbesola on November 26 2010 ,he is rounding up his second term in office.

Kehinde is a lawyer with a wide political network that fits across the state.his experience as a lawyer and politics is also expected to be advantageous in his pursuit of the party’s Governorship ticket

Living spring

xtratagem:
Ok

Hope for osun

xtratagem:
He can't even win in ileogbo again

He is God's chosen son and AD Governorship aspirant osun2018..

He will win..u self will vote...

Choose wisely bro

xtratagem:

Hon Femi kehinde ...
Just like Obafemi Awolowo..

He fits the seat

Aregbesola's successor should come from iwoland>MONARCH..

Iwo- The Oluwo of Iwo.oba Abdulrasheed Adewale Akanbi Telu1, said the next Governor of Osun state should emerge from Iwo land on the basis of the rotation of power in the state.

The oluwo said this when he received Mr femi kehinde, a Governorship aspirant osun2018 alliance for Democracy, AD,in the forthcoming election in his palace.

Oba Akanbi,who warmly received the aspirant and his team,said he regarded the aspirant as his son,who has visited his cradle and offered him royal blessings. Kehinde, a former member of the house of Representative was accompanied by the current member of Oyo house of assembly,Hon Akeem Demola ige and many more..

SPEECH DELIVERED BY HON. ADEMOLA AKEEM IGE, MEMBER, OYO STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY REPRESENTING IBADAN SOUTH EAST CONSTITUENCY II AT THE OFFICIAL FOUNDATION STONE LAYING CEREMO NY OF ADEYEMO AREA POLICE STATION HELD AT THE SITE GROUND TODAY 6TH JANUARY, 2018.  

Protocols,

Calvary greetings to you all.

It gives me great pleasure to be here today at the official Foundation Stone Laying Ceremony of the Adeyemo area Police Station.

 

  
I welcome all the security agents, the Nigeria Police, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), the Department of State Security (DSS) vigilant group of Nigeria and other security outfits that are here today.


My Special greetings to all the community leaders, religious/spiritual leaders most especially, our highly revered Reverend P.F.Owa, founder Christ Revival Miracle Church, Adeyemo, Ibadan for his effort and commitment towards the realization of this community project.


It will be recalled that several crimes has been perpetrated and incessant armed robbery attacks are being carried and unleashed on the innocent people of these areas by men of the underworld in recent times.

 

Many people had been dispossessed of their valuable properties worth millions of naira while lives had equally been lost in the hands of these criminals while carrying out their nefarious activities.


As a lawmaker representing the good people of Ibadan South East Constituency II who knows that the security of lives and properties should be a primary business of the government and bearing in mind that the environment that is not secured for our lives and properties does not worth living, I have sponsored some motions that bothers on security which unanimously supported by my colleagues in the House. Our resolved after moving the motions had led to the re-launching of a rebranded security outfit code named “OPERATION BURST” by the Oyo State Government to reduce the crime rates in the State especially in Ibadanland.


Also distinguished ladies and gentlemen in the past, I had constructed a police station at Felele and Mapo areas of Ibadan South East Local Government.


 I had equally gave financial support to the office of the Civil Defence in Ibadan South East to construct the division cell at Ajet  not far from this place recently to have a safe place to keep their suspects.

Similarly, as part of my efforts to develop my constituency, it is on record that I had installed some streetlights in three crime prone and most volatile areas within the constituency which include:-


Phase 1 Eleta -Odinjo- Muslim over head bridge.
Phase2 Idi-arere- Kudeti- Ilupeju- Oke Odo- Iletitun-Eleta junction.
Phase3 Orita-Aperin-C.A.C-Adesola-Lagos/Ibadan Expressway respectively.


Distinguished guests, I did all these not only to beautify and illuminate the environment but also to assist in ensuring the security of lives and properties of the people in these areas especially in the night because those bandits usually strike at night under the cover of darkness.

 

I found it expedient to gather my resources together and to mobilize some well-to-do individuals specifically for this project which its foundation laying commences here today.

I will like to appreciate the entire community and the committee that will be supervising this project for listening and yielding to my piece of advice given to ensure that all the major stakeholders participate and contribute their quotas to the construction of this police station project.

Finally, I want to call on all the well-to-do people in these areas;Molete, Yejide, Kudeti, Osungbade, Adeyemo, Eyin Grammar and other adjoining areas that are going to benefit from this project when completed to join hands with the committee and donate handsomely to achieve the aim of completing this project within the shortest possible time.

Thank you and God bless you all.

Atiku....Hope for our Nation
Our youths must hold political leaders and business to account measuring their actions against their promises, OAP olusegun jeje packagerz added this at the on going SAVE OUR NATION programme,adding that malnutrition on the continent represents political failure.
In June, African Union leaders at a meeting in Malabo renewed their 2003 commitment to allocate at least 10 percent of their national budgets to agriculture.
“We are looking at our leaders. They made fresh promises and we will see where we go from here,” he told a mainly youths meeting. Organised by the CPAF., the meeting took place at De gold hotel international..
“The promises which count, we must remember, are those which are implemented, which are kept,”olusegunpackagerz said.
With two thirds of Africans dependent on farming for their livelihoods, boosting Africa’s agriculture can create economic opportunities, reduce malnutrition and poverty, and generate faster, fairer growth.
African farmers need more investment, better access to financial services such as loans, and quality inputs such as seeds and fertilisers, OAP olusegun jeje packagerz told audience at an event to discuss this year’s SAVE OUR NATION program,.
“You can just imagine the jobs that can be created if we went that route,” OAP olusegun jeje packagerz said, referring to the entire value chain from field to final consumer, including farmers, suppliers, transporters, processors, and a myriad of other operators.
“Unfortunately, the neglect of these sectors has allowed inequality on our continent to accelerate,” he said. “Malnutrition is a political failure. And as the saying goes, people who live in democracy and under democratic rule do not starve,” he said.
In addition to OAP olusegun jeje and, the session’s speakers included john Dada,who is the head of the forum and Mr masiyiwa
Mr Masiyiwa, who is also a telecoms entrepreneur and Chair of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), said that he saw Africa’s agriculture as a business opportunity too. The involvement of African youth, especially its entrepreneurs, will be critical to seizing this opportunity, he said.
African currently imports food worth US$35 billion each year. But African farmers should be producing the food and earning this money. The continent could – and should – be feeding itself and other regions too.
Mr Masiyiwa compared Africa’s agriculture with changes in thetelecommunications sector, describing these changes as “possibly the greatest modern revolution this continent has seen”.
“Less than two decades ago, 70 percent of the African population had never heard a telephone ringing; today 70 percent have a telephone,” he said.
How can we use this inspiration to boost our food and nutrition security and the prosperity of this continent, he asked. Nigeria needed an experience leader.who is foremost in agricultural business and also a computer oriented person.
That right man to look on is Alhaju Atiku Abubakar..he can and he will fix it.

Young and powerful Ige.....again......
Accord is the party.

Hon.Akeem Ademola Ige is the man who kept and made is promise fulfilled.

Representing Ibadan south east constituency 2 Oyo state house of assembly.

This is God's chosen son. Whom has helped a thousands of people he comes across.

Today I am using my little words to appreciate him,although we met shortly but he is a blessing to me,he is been endorsed by ooni of Ife His Imperial Majesty oba Enitan babatunde ogunwusi,Ojaja 2,Olubadan of ibadan His Imperial Majesty oba saliu Akanmu Adetunji,Alafin of oyo kingdom.His Imperial Majesty oba lamidi Adeyemi,Owa obokun adimula of ijesaland His Imperial Majesty oba Dr Gabriel Adekunle AromolaranCFR and other powerful monarchs.

Your good work as keep you going,I will be afraid if you are not where you are today. Because you have contributed 80% of your fortune to help everybody around you.

A man with over 156 awards,what else.so simple and classic.easy going and cool headed.

Its always Ige again on the move,its still counting from chairman to house member to higher sits..

A brother from another mother.A leader with distinct.

I will write over and over about you because you are God'sent.

I hope Oyo people appreciate their legislator.

On behalf of my self and good people of Nigeria.I want to say big thank you sir.

Ride on baba.

Chief Jeremiah Obafemi Awolowo was a Nigerian nationalist, political leader, writer and a principal participant in the country’s struggle for independence. Obafemi Awolowo (commonly known as Awo and often referred to as ‘the sage’) was one of modern Nigeria's founding fathers. He is of one three National Heroes of the Nigerian nation (along with Abubakar Tafawa Balewa and Nnamdi Azikiwe).
Early Life and Education
Awolowo was born in the town of Ikenné, Western State (present day Ogun State), on March 6, 1909. His first name, Obafemi, means 'The king loves me' and his surname means 'The mystic, or mysticism, commands honour or respect'. His father was a farmer and sawyer who died when Obafemi was only seven years old. He received his early education at the mission schools of Ikenne, Abeokuta (also in Ogun State) and Ibadan (the capital of Oyo State) and became a teacher in Abeokuta, later qualifying as a shorthand typist. He subsequently served as a clerk at the famous Wesley College in Ibadan and as a correspondent for the Nigerian Times. He often worked at odd jobs to raise money for tuition fees and his entrepreneurial spirit continued to express itself in the various careers which he subsequently sampled, including working as a clerk, moneylender, taxi driver and produce broker.
Despite his interest in business ventures, Awolowo wanted to continue his formal education. In 1944 he completed aUniversity of London correspondence course for a Bachelor of Commerce degree. His greatest ambition, however, was to study law, which he did in London from 1944 to 1946, after which he was called to the bar. Returning to Nigeria in 1947, he developed a thriving practice as a barrister in Ibadan.
He married Hannah Idowu Dideolu in 1937. They had two sons and three daughters.
Political Career
Chief Obafemi Awolowo’s organisational and political inclinations can be traced to his involvement in various unions, including the Nigerian Motor Transport Union, the Nigerian Produce Traders' Association and the Trades Union Congress of Nigeria. He organised most of these trade unions in his spare time while continuing to run his law firm. He was appointed secretary of the Nigerian Motor Transport Union and Western Provincial Secretary of the Nigerian Youth Movement (NYM). By the early 1940s, he was active in the NYM, becoming the organisation’s Ibadan branch’s secretary in 1940. In 1942, he led a bout of civil disobedience that resulted in the reform of the Ibadan Native Authority Advisory Board. In 1944, he organised a mass protest against the ban on exporting palm kernel. It was this grassroots-level activism that did much to convince ordinary people that they could take on the British and win. Awolowo believed that the colonial system could be challenged in Africa as it had been in India, whose independence struggle inspired his civil disobedience tactics.
During his stay in London, Awolowo moved to a position of prominence in the struggle for Nigerian independence. He founded the Action Group political party political party in 1951 and became its first president. The Action Group's platform called for the immediate termination of British rule in Nigeria and for the development of various public welfare programs including universal primary education, an increase of health services in rural areas, the diversification of the Western Regional economy and the democratization of local governments. He won the first Western Region elections in 1951 and was chosen to be Minister for Local Government Structure, a role in which he established elective councils. In 1954 he became the first premier of the Western Region, an achievement for which he was awarded an honorary chieftaincy. During his tenure as leader and premier, he held the regional ministerial portfolios of local government, finance and economic planning. He was also the chairman of the Regional Economic Planning Commission.
From 1954 to 1959 as Premier of the Western Region, Awolowo worked to improve education, social services and agricultural practices. He also tried to build the Action Group into an effective nationwide party by making alliances with ethnic groups in other regions.
However, the 1959 elections were to be an important turning point in Awolowo's career: after his resignation from the post of premier to run for a seat in the Federal House of Representatives, the Action Group was decisively defeated and Awolowo found himself the leader of the opposition in the Federal House of Representatives while the deputy leader of the Action Group, Chief SL Akintola, remained premier of the Western Region. This situation led to a power struggle within the party which ultimately erupted in 1962 in disturbances in the Western Region House of Assembly. The federal government intervened and suspended the regional constitution.
In 1963 Awolowo was found guilty of conspiring to overthrow the government of Nigeria and was sentenced to ten years of imprisonment. However in 1966, a coup d'etat led to the suspension of Nigeria’s federal constitution and the empowerment of a military government. The coup led to Awolowo’s release in July 1966 and as a result of the confused events of the next year and after some indecision, he eventually threw his support behind the federal government against the south-eastern secessionist state of Biafra.
He was appointed the Federal Commissioner of Finance and Vice-President of the Federal Executive Council by Yakubu Gowon's military administration during the Civil War. In the mid-1970s he was the chancellor of the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University), which was the brainchild of the Action Group. He was also a Senior Advocate of Nigeria.
When the twelve-year ban on political activity was lifted in 1978 in preparation for a return to civilian rule, Awolowo emerged as the leader of the Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN). He ran for president in the elections of 1979 and 1983 but was defeated both times by Shehu Shagari. As a result of another military coup at the end of 1983, political parties were once again banned and Chief Awolowo retired from politics.
Free Universal Primary Health and Education
Obafemi Awolowo introduced free healthcare for children up to the age of 18 in the Western Region as well as free and mandatory primary education in Western Nigeria. Although Awolowo failed to win the 1979 and 1983 presidential elections (the results of which were questionable), his policies of free healthcare and education were rolled out in all of the states controlled by his party, UPN.
Works
In 1945, Chief Obafemi Awolowo wrote his first book, Path to Nigerian Freedom, in which he was highly critical of the British policy of indirect administration and called for rapid moves toward self-government and the Africanisation of administrative posts in Nigeria. He also expressed his belief that federalism was the form of government best suited to the diverse populations of Nigeria in the book, a position to which he consistently adhered. He also founded the Trade Unions Congress of Nigeria. In 1945 in London, he helped found the Egbe Omo Oduduwa (Society of the Descendants of Oduduwa, the mythical ancestor of the Yoruba), an organisation devoted to the study and preservation of Yoruba culture.
In 1949, Awolowo founded the Nigerian Tribune, the oldest surviving private Nigerian newspaper, which he used to spread nationalist consciousness among his fellow citizens. His second book, Awo: An Autobiography of Chief Obafemi Awolowo, in which he once more endorsed federalism as the most appropriate form of government for Nigeria, was published in 1960. In it, he also outlined the successful history of the Action Group and was optimistic with regards to Nigerian independence. While in prison, Awolowo wrote Thoughts on the Nigerian Constitution (1966), in which he argued for the retention of a federal form of government composed of eighteen states.
In 1968, Awolowo published his fourth book, The People's Republic, calling for federalism, democracy and socialism as necessary elements for a new constitution which would lead to the development of a stable and prosperous Nigeria. Although he praised the military government for creating a twelve-state federal system in 1967, he predicted further political difficulties because these states had not been based on ethnic and linguistic affinities.
Awolowo continued to serve the government as Commissioner of Finance and Vice-Chairman of the Federal Executive Council throughout the civil war years (1967-1970). In his 1970 book The Strategy and Tactics of the People’s Republic of Nigeria, he hinted at a position which he would state more firmly in subsequent years: that the government's post-war spending should be devoted to development rather than to the military.
Awolowo’s other publications include Anglo-Nigerian Military Pact Agreement (1960), Philosophy of Independent Nigeria(1961), Blueprint for Post-war Reconstruction (1967), The Path to Economic Freedom in Developing Countries (1968),Problems of Africa (1977), Awo on the Nigeria Civil War (1982), Adventures in Power (1985), and selected speeches such as 'Voice of Reason,' 'Voice of Courage' and 'Voice of Wisdom' (all published in 1981).
Legacy
Awolowo is remembered for his remarkable integrity, ardent nationalism, principled opposition and federalistic convictions. His party was the first to move the motion for Nigeria's independence in the federal parliament and he obtained internal self-government for the Western Region in 1957. He is credited with coining the name 'naira' for the Nigerian standard monetary unit (formerly known as the Nigerian pound) as the Federal Commissioner of Finance under the military government of General Yakubu Gowon. And though often ignored, Obafemi Awolowo was also General Yakubu Gowon’s de facto vice president when he was Vice President of the Supreme Federal Executive Council under Gowon. Awolowo helped to finance the civil war and preserve the federation without borrowing. He built the Liberty Stadium in Ibadan (the first of its kind in Africa with a seating capacity of 35,000) which was later renamed after him by President Jonathan Ebele Goodluck thirty years after his death; established Western Nigerian Television (WNTV), the first television station in Africa, on October 1, 1959; erected the Cocoa House, the first skyscraper in tropical Africa (which is still the tallest building in Ibadan) and ran a widely-respected civil service authority in the Western Region.
Many of Awolowo’s disciples in Nigeria’s south-west have continued to invoke his name and the policies of the Action Group during campaigns and his welfarist policies have influenced politicians in most of the other geopolitical zones of the nation. He held many chieftaincy titles including the Losi of Ikenne, Lisa of Ijeun, Asiwaju of Remo, Odofin of Owo, Ajagunla of Ado-Ekiti, Apesin of Osogbo, Odole of Ife and Obong Ikpa Isong of Ibibioland. He was also awarded the highest Nigerian national honour: Grand Commander of the Federal Republic (GCFR). Many institutions in Nigeria have honoured him and some regional and national institutions and roads are named after him. His portrait is also on the ₦100 note.
However, his most important bequests (often styled as Awoisms) are his exemplary integrity, his promotion of the welfare of ordinary Nigerians, his contributions to hastening the process of decolonisation and his consistent and reasoned advocacy of federalism based on ethno-linguistic self-determination and politically strong states as the best basis for Nigerian unity.
Death
Awolowo died at his Ikenne home, the Efunyela Hall (named after his mother) on May 9, 1987 at the age of 78.

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PROFILE OF HON. ADEMOLA AKEEM IGE, MEMBER, OYO STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY, REPRESENTING IBADAN SOUTH EAST CONSTITUENCY II.

Alhaji (Hon.) Ademola Akeem Ige (a.k.a. Ige Again)) a grassroot politician to the core was born on 15th February, 1969 to the family of Ayelaagbe in Idiaro, Ibadan. Oyo State.

Young Ademola Ige started his education career at Christ Church Mapo Primary School IV, Elekuro, Ibadan between 1975 – 1981. He thereafter proceeded to Urban Day Grammar School, Orita Aperin, Ibadan for his secondary school education in 1981 and finished in 1986. Upon completion of his secondary school education, he went to Government Technical College, Osogbo, Osun State between 1989-1991 where he developed keen interest in Engineering.

In 1993, he got admission to the Polytechnic, Ibadan to study National Diploma in Electrical/Electronic Engineering and finished in 1996. He also went back to the same institution in 1999 for his Higher National Diploma (HND) in Electrical/Electronics Engineering specialized in Power Option and completed his HND programme in the year 2002. He has professional qualifications in Federal Craft Training Certificate in Electrical Installation (College Diploma) in 1991 and Federal Ministry of Employment, Productivity & Labour Trade Test, Grade II & III E/1 (Domestic & Industrial Certificate). He also sat for City & Guild of London Institute and passed. He is presently undergoing his Post Graduate Diploma (PGD) in Public Administration at the prestigious Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) Ogbomosho.
Before Hon. Ademola Akeem Ige ventured into politics, he had worked as a Director, Raymond Ige Technical Company, Bariga Lagos, Assistant Director, SAL Nigeria Limited, Ibadan in and did an industrial training programme at Association of Nigeria Cooperative Exporter, (ANCE), Jericho, Ibadan.
Hon. Ademola Akeem Ige has been holding political offices since the year 2003 when he was appointed as the Chairman Interim Management Committee, Ibadan South East Local Government, Mapo between September, 2003 – April, 2004. As a result of his overwhelming performance within the period as a Caretaker Chairman, he was elected as the Executive Chairman of the said local government between May, 2004 – May, 2007. After the expiration of his three years tenure, he was also re-appointed as the Chairman Caretaker Committee of the said local government again between June-September, 2007. During this period, he was the Board Chairman, Ibadan local Government Properties Company Limited jointly owned by the 11 local government areas in Ibadan land. His role to the youth development both within and outside the office was recognized during the tenure of the former Governor of Oyo State when the former Governor appointed him as his Senior Special Assistant on Youth, Sports and Social Development, the positioned he held between March, 2011-May, 2011.

Hon. Ademola Akeem Ige is presently a member of the Oyo State House of Assembly where he is representing the people of Ibadan South East Constituency II who elected him during the 2015 general elections against all odds then. He is the Chairman House Committee on Foreign Relations, member, House Committee on Local Government & Chieftaincy Matters, Youth & Sports, Water Resources, Culture and Tourism of the House.

Hon. Ademola Akeem Ige has used his position to impact positively on the lives of many people that come his way. It is on record that while serving as the Chairman of Ibadan South East Local Government, he employed no fewer than 350 unemployed youth that were indigenes of Ibadan (consisting of graduates and qualified professionals of different fields) spread across various departments and divisions which include Finance, Administration, Health, Agriculture, Estate and Valuation, Town Planning, Community Development, Information etc and they are still in active service. Today, about fifteen of them have risen to the post of Directors, Deputy-Directors and other senior positions.

Hon. Ademola Akeem Ige has also contributed in no small measure to the progress and development of the Ibadan social-cultural group, the Central Council of Ibadan Indigenes. For instance, in the year 2013, he facilitated the visit of the members of the executive committee of Central Council of Ibadan Indigenes (CCII) to Abuja to visit the FCT Minister of State, Oloye Jumoke Akinjide in 2013. The visit was very successful because it helped to facilitate the donation of (1) a-50 KVA industrial Mikano generator through the former Minister of State, Federal Capital Terittory, Oloye Jumoke Akinjide to the CCII. (2), the donation of a brand new Toyota Avensis to the office of the President CCII through the said former Minister.
Between June, 2015 till date when he was elected as honourable member, Hon. Ademola Akeem Ige has embarked upon laudable projects to better the lots of the people in his constituency despite the economic challenges and paucity of funds confronting the state government in recent time. He recently commissioned multi million naira independent power projects consisting of 63 poles from Eleta junction – Akatapa-Odinjo-Muslim over head bridge (phase I); 2nd phase from Eleta junction-Ile Tuntun-Oke Odo-Oke Oluokun Adegoke Adelabu (Penkelemesi) area-Ilupeju-Kudeti-Idi Arere junction and the 3rd phase from Orita Aperin junction-Adesola-Oniyere CAC-Budale link Ibadan/Lagos Expressway. He rehabilitated 8-room pit toilet into modern one for traders at Owode market, Academy, Ibadan; given financial empowerment to 100 women and widows to augment their trading activities, given financial assistance to victims of fire incident at various markets in Ibadan, construction of Tewogbade link Agbongbon community pedestrian bridge, construction of industrial motorized boreholes with generating set at Ojikutu/Oyapidan Area, Academy, CAC Oke Agbara road and Owolemi Street, Odo-Oba, Ibadan.
Others include the construction of an ongoing community health centre at Ifesowapo/Eyinni Orita Challenge, Adelabu Market area, Ibadan, provision of set of furniture and exercise books for first batch of over 2000 pupils in public primary and secondary schools in Ibadan South East Local Government as well as financial support to residents of Lagelu Estate, Felele and Adeyemo, Yejide, Bello, Eyin Grammar and Ajet area to construct community police stations among other numerous achievements.

Hon. Ademola Akeem Ige has been honoured by various groups and association in the past which include: outstanding Alumnus Award by the “Alumnus Association” of the polytechnic, Ibadan – 2005; Distinguished Sons of Ibadan Award by the Omo Ajorosun Club, Ibadan – 2007; Community Leadership Award by the Agbeni Ogunpa Community Bank – 2004; Outstanding local Government of the Year Award by the NUJ Oyo State Council – 2005; Best Local Government Chairman in Oyo State by Nigeria local Government Chairman Merit Award (LOGMA Abuja 2005; ECOWAS Grassroots’ Epitome of Democracy Award’ by “Intra Global Communications Network”,
Others include Good Ambassador Award by Ile Tuntun Oke Odo Progressive Forum, Award as the Most Vibrant Honourable in Constituency Development at the Prominent Oyo People’s Award organized by Cornerstone Media Concept, Yoruba Royal Icon Award by the Yoruba Council of Youths Worldwide, Oyo State Council, Award of Excellence by Association of Primary School Head Teachers of Nigeria, Ibadan South East Chapter, Oyo State, award of excellence by the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employee (NULGE), Ibadan South East Local Government chapter, to mention but a few.
Hon. Ademola Akeem Ige is married to Alhaja Adepeju Monsurat and the marriage is blessed with wonderful children. He has traveled to many foreign countries which include Republic of China, Ireland, South Africa, Canada, England and Saudi Arabia. His hobbies include interacting with people, reading and listening to music.

imhotep:
APGA

U r right... AD and APGA is cool

Certainly APC or PDP is not the way forward. .the different between APC and PDP is half a dozen...if APGA can manage its resources why can't other unrecognized party survive on its own....my people need to sit down and wakeup..its time to stop voting for the masquerade rather vote for the person in the masquerade.. Vote for someone who has good track record... Nigeria must be good again

We still v AD,PPA,ACCORD and others.

Let's vote for someone with good track record

CONDOLENCE ON THE PASSAGE OF OBA JAMES ADEDOKUN ADEGOKE

I wish to express my most sincere and heartfelt sympathy, to the people of Ipetumodu and the entire people of Origbo in the Ife North Local Government Area of Osun state, on the peaceful passage of our highly revered monarch Oba James Adedokun Adegoke, who passed on, on the 26th of November, 2017, to join his illustrious forebears. I.e. the likes of late Oba Ayoola I, Oba oloyede and Oba Ayoola II.

I wish to recall my last visit to the palace, sometime in August, 2017 in the course of my consultation drive, as a governorship aspirant in Osun state, come 2018, on the platform of Alliance for Democracy, to seek for his prayerful wishes and supports.

I recalled his advice on this memorable day and I treasure the prayers he offered to me. I am always fond of Ipetumodu as a city, that offered me secondary education- Origbo Community High School, Ipetumodu and I am happy I made a good choice in attending the school, under the Principalships of Chief Olawumi Falodun and Chief Ade Adefarati, later Governor of Ondo State. I made friendships across the entire Origbo land in the course of my secondary education and I still relate with most families in Origbo land.
May the Almighty Lord grant the people of Ipetumodu and the entire people of Origbo land, the fortitude to bear this loss.
May the soul of our revered monarch, continue to find peaceful repose with the Lord.

Hon. (Barr.) Femi Kehinde
Former Member, House of Representatives
National Assembly Abuja, representing Ayedire/Iwo/Ola-Oluwa Federal Constituency of Osun State, (1999-2003)
AND
Governorship Aspirant, Osun State, 2018
On the Platform of Alliance for Democracy.

He is one in a million..Oyo and him is like 5&6..bless u

# You never have a champion that is not challenged but it is overcoming the challenges that brings out the champion in you.

Permit me to introduce you ..A man of honour.

#Hon Akeem Demola ige.

Is a blessed man with insight that provokes him into actions.

#Former Chairman caretaker committee in.S.E lg.
#Former Executive Chairman of in S.E.lg.

#Former Chairman Ibadan properties co Ltd,town planning, oluyole Estate.

#Former Senior special assistant to the GOVERNOR on youth,sport and social development.

AS A YOUNG POLITICIAN,WHAT MAKES YOU STAND OUT

1.i spend more time with with the masses and less privileged because they are my shoulder.

2.60% of my income goes to education.. By providing books,chairs,desk and all to the children who can't afford standard education.

3.serving my people is one of my main task.

4.Go from where you are to where you wanna be and you can feel great about your dreams.

5.I move from street to street to know how my people feels especially at this economy period.

6.I am a grassroots politician so I know my area of concentration..

7.politically Oyo is doing better..

8.Ensure your Children Financial Future is secured and this is more than a Business but a Legacy.

9. I prefer simplicity and perfection.

10. I was a former chairman of my LG before coming to house of assembly...

#Just 6 Days to the Day!!

F.C.E(SP), OYO, SET TO AWARD TWO OYO LAWMAKERS, EX-OYO REP!!

The School of Secondary Education (Science Programmes), Federal College of Education, Special, Oyo, Nigeria will hold its 7th National Conference, Book Launch & Awards Ceremony by next week and had long ago beam its searchlights on the outstanding and brilliant performances of some Lawmakers on improving the Educational standard of Secondary Education in the country.

The two Lawmakers in the Oyo State House of Assembly were singled-out to be celebrated in the first phase of the award programme due to their dedication and commitment to improvement in the Teaching-Learning-Process of Secondary Education system. They are:
Honourable Akeem Ademola IGE, representing Ibadan South-East State Constituency and Honourable Muideen Olalekan Olagunju-Alatede, representing Oyo East\ West State Constituency.

In the same vein, the contributions of the former Chairman, Secondary Education Board, Federal Capital Territory, Abuja and Former Member, Federal House of Representatives, Oyo Federal Constituency, Hon Dr Akinwande Moroof Adebayo to the improvement of standard of science and technology on Secondary Education during his tenure in office was equally noticed and appreciated by the College.

VENUE: New Special Education Hall, FCE, Special, Oyo.
TIME: 10am
DATE: 28th November, 2017.

Come One l Come All!!!
Let us celebrate these visionary Lawmakers together!!!

The young & active Hon Akeem Demola ige..


One of the youngest& powerful Honourable(s) of oyo state, MR Akeem Demola Ige.Is a friend of all people and love by his people.Not because he is influencial but his great contribution for the less privileges especially in educational sector. last week he was pictured with AD governorship candidate of osun 2018 Hon barrister Femi kehinde @ the royal wedding ceremony of Ataoja of osogbo..HRM Dr jimoh olanipekun,laraooye2's daughter. Also with the 15th Aare Onaa Kakanfo Otunba Gani Adams,.

HRM oba Dr lamidi Adeyemi. Alafin of Oyo and retired Archbishop of Methodist Church of Nigeria, Lawrence Ayo Ladigbolu, receive the 15th Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Aare Gani Adams and Hon akeem demola ige at the weekend .