Recalling his working relationship with the late senatorial candidate, Fayemi said Olofin was a politician of distinction, who had a clear vision and a huge sense of mission
Browsing: Dr. Kayode Fayemi
Among the seven social sins listed by Mahatma Gandhi are ‘Politics without Principle and Commerce without Morality. It is clear that these two plagues are very present in our public life. To be fair, successive governments have tried to address the moral aspects of the Nigerian crisis
Reacting, the SUBEB Chairman in Ekiti State, Senator Bode Ola, said it was painful that Ekiti State and its people were suffering for the sin committed by the APC government of Fayemi, adding: “It is even more embarrassing and ridiculous that Fayemi’s Commissioner for Finance, Dapo Kolawole, could defend this clear criminal act perpetrated against the people of Ekiti State by saying there was no law forbidding States
from borrowing counterpart funds to support states capital development operations.”
Sources close to the commission also disclosed that the Federal Government was no longer comfortable with the public perception of President Mohammadu Buhari’s anti-corruption fight as being selective and most importantly, Governor Ayodele Fayose’s claim that complaints from the State to the ICPC and Economic and Financial Crimes Commission about how the immediate past All Progressives Congress government of Fayemi fleeced the State were ignored
He said the administration would no longer accept operators who kept their licences from the purpose they were issued, adding that they would be revoked and issued to genuine mining investors
In one of such discussions, the emphasis was on the proviso which the minister added to the declaration: that such mining activities should be done in line with the laid down laws. “It has to be done within the provision of the law. Once you do it within the law, the government will at least get royalties from you (states), get taxes paid legitimately, have people employed in this area
Fayemi decried the trillions of naira being spent annually on steel importation into the country and promised that the resolution of the legal issues surrounding the National Steel Industry would be accorded top priority in the year
He said: “The report from the Nigeria Extractive Industry and Transparency Initiatives clearly showed that lots of Gold was being exported but no tax, royalty and modality is recorded, everything is zero
“We will implement the Nigerian Mining and Minerals Act (2007) to the letter.
Aside assisting the state with geological data to determine the quantity and quality of its minerals deposits, the Ministry of Solid Minerals Development, according to Fayemi, is also prepared to assist in the area of environmental impact arising from mining activities
L-R: The Executive Director (Finance and administration) of NICON Insurance Plc, Steve Ojo; the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Kayode Fayemi; the Managing Director of NICON Insurance, Bayode Samuel; and the Executive Director (Marketing), Alhaji Kamal Hammed
The United States Ambassador to Nigeria, James Enstwistle, disclosed details of the engagement between the two countries geological survey agencies during a meeting with the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Kayode Fayemi, in Abuja on Thursday
In a statement issued after its meeting in Ado-Ekiti on Sunday, the youths said they were showing concern because the same path that their leaders thread last year that led to the woeful performance of the party in the general elections was what they were beginning to thread now and they were tired of people raising our hope and dashing it
Olayinka, who said Fayose will not dignify the former governors with any response, added: “As someone who worked diligently with Engr Segun Oni when he was governor and out of office, I know that the same way he (Oni) described Fayose as a tragedy was the way he used to tell us then that Fayemi would end up in jail. But did he not mount the rostrum to campaign for the re-election of the same Fayemi that he said would be jailed?”
UN Representative visits Fayemi
The minister, who stated the country was set to partner Canada and other countries with successful mining industries, said his findings had revealed that Nigeria would earn more revenue and boost its economy if it can effectively block leakages in the sector, ensure adherence to regulatory framework and put in place a thorough supervision of the sector
It said the messianic posturing by Fayose who has urged his fellow governors to cut overseas trips and shun opulence instead of cutting workers’ pay was the height of hypocrisy by the governor and fraud on Nigerian workers
How did Dr. Fayemi, who has since moved on to national assignment as Minister of Solid Minerals Development, achieve the feat in Ekiti State? First, he enthroned a culture of transparency in the state; a culture that sadly seems to be dying a fast death since he left the governor’s seat
Fayemi said government would demand strict compliance with regulatory framework by local and foreign investors as well as excellent work ethics from its workforce
Fayemi said the country needs to learn how Australia has been able to drive its country’s mining sector, which accounts for 8.5 per cent of the country’s GDP and employs about two per cent of the work force, as the present administration is set to improve the nation’s economy through the sector