A SPEECH DELIVERED BY THE SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO KWARA STATE GOVERNOR ON ARTS, CULTURE AND TOURISM, FEMI ADEBAYO, DURING A PRESS CONFERENCE SHOWCASING THE BEAUTIFUL CULTURES AND TOURIST ATTRACTIONS IN KWARA TO THE DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN INVESTORS, AT KAYODE OBEMBE HALL, 56 OLOWU STREET, MOBOLAJI BANK ANTHONY IKEJA TODAY 11TH MAY, 2016. Good day gentlemen of the press, my colleagues in the entertainment industry, cultural heritage promoters, tourism investors in our midst, distinguished ladies and gentlemen. I am most honoured and privileged to be appointed as the Special Assistant on Arts, Culture and Tourism by His Excellency, Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed…
Author: Wale Adebayo
This piece is not borne out of sheer vain glorious imaginations or because I am the most lettered. But I consider this a great opportunity to write about this great achiever of our time. An opportunity that doesn’t come too often. If there’s ever a time in history, when the studies of the fundamentals of leadership should be added to the schools’ curriculum, this can’t but be a better time. Perhaps, the dearth of leadership rocking the steadiness of our nation’s boat would have found a lasting solution. Or if the present crop of leaders will borrow a leaf from…
Domestic violence must be stopped. In our today’s world, many have died as a result of domestic violence especially in marriages. Why kill a man’s child because of marriage? Why molest, harass, intimidate, beat, and inflict injuries on your spouse which in most cases results to death? Why? It is senseless that in this era people are still killed in their marriage as a result of violence. Many women are dying in silence due to being married. My advice is that, if a man beats up his wife or a woman inflicts severe injuries on her husband, the spouse should…
President Muhammadu Buhari signed Nigeria’s biggest ever budget ending months of haggling with lawmakers over spending plans to help stimulate an economy reeling from falling crude prices. With a 6.1 trillion naira ($30.6b) budget, up 20 percent from the 2015 budget, Nigeria is looking to spend its way out of an economic slowdown and diversify Africa’s largest economy and one of its biggest oil producers. The 2016 budget fiscal deficit will be 2.2 trillion naira, or 2.14 percent of gross domestic product, James Akpandem, a spokesman to the Minister of Budget and Planning, said by phone. “We made a deliberate…
A group of Nigerians protested peacefully outside the Nigeria Embassy in South Africa yesterday demanding an independent National Assembly and corrupt free judiciary, as what they observe as judicial recklessness by the Federal Government. The protest, took place after what they observe as persecution by the CCT over Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki (CON) that is currently facing trial on false asset declaration. The protesters accused CCT of bias and plot to unset the Senate President by all means. The protesters said that “Our democratic values are broken,” “We need free National Assembly” “Kill corruption in our judiciary ” And also…
With all indications and events unfolding after the distinguished president of the 8th Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki was dragged to Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) in a bid to soil his political credentials which he has built over the year with great passion for humanitarian services; every reasonable Kwaran who fathoms the game of politics would have comprehended that the ulterior motive of this politically orchestrated egocentric plan is to demote Kwara State among its colleagues in the realm of Nigeria politics. Basically, the entire Nigerians know how All Progressives Congress (APC) emanated. It was the merger of some parties…
Senator Bukola Saraki is a man whose people’s oriented initiatives have not only been efficacious to the development of Kwara State but Nigeria at large. His monumental achievements as Governor of Kwara State and a gladiator who stood for truth and better lives of Nigerians in the 7th Senate unarguably resulted his popularity which easily birthed his ascendance of the highly exalted office (Senate Presidency) in June 9, 2015, against the heavy antagonism of the power that be in the All Progressives Congress (APC). I describe his miraculous coasting through as an output of his patriotism to Nigerians as a…
Just about two weeks ago I read two different statements by the National chairman of the APC which bordered on the trial of the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki and his seat as the chairman of NASS. The Chairman of a ruling party is not just someone who should talk without adequate clarity, purpose and choice of words but must be someone who puts to perspective the present, past and future without seemingly doing the biding of any power above. Let me take chief Oyegun down memory lane if it’s blurry to him, has he forgotten the sweet words of…
A cow must not go astray in the presence of the breeder. There are these wide beliefs that when a child falls from the tree, people around him call for the mother, when he falls from the mother, who will nurture him? When clothe is torn, a needle is sought for, when the needle breaks nothing can join them together again. When a fetcher drops in dungeon well, people call for fetcher-picker, when it falls into the well, what will remove it? It is necessary at this juncture to call the attention of all sane Nigerians that the current allegations…
Cross River Born Public Affairs Analyst, Prince Thomas Abi Jr. has expressed great worry over the abandonment of the Bansara Rice in Ogoja LGA. He called on Governor Ayade to Industrialize the State by keying into the rice in Bansara. He said the rice in Bansara has the capacity to employ thousands of youths in the region and also change the economic fortunes of the state and the people. “The rice in Bansara in Ogoja Local government area is one that has the capacity to put Cross River State on the world map. It is one that can change the…