Mimiko said: “Like I said, as the Chief Security Officer of my state, if there is any credible threat to security, I owe the responsibility to Nigerians to brief Mr President of what is going on in the state
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Mimiko noted that the differences between him and Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose, had been put to rest in the interest of the region and the future of the party
Mimiko pointed out that a key challenge to budget implementation was inadequacy of fund, which had been quite precarious of late.
According to him, this is not unconnected with the dwindling oil revenue, which incidentally provides about 90 per cent of the country’s revenue receipts
Governorship of Ondo State against Agagu who was an incumbent. His decision then, though was against the political calculations of the then President Olusegun Obasanjo and the People’s Democratic Party establishment, all of whom favoured Agagu’s reelection, became a popular grassroots movement that swept across the length and breadth of Ondo State like a powerful tsunami. And despite the evil machination of the establishment to deny the Ondo people of their moment of joy, the will of God prevailed. Now, seven years down the line, it has become crystal clear that the people’s hope in Mimiko was not a sham
A statement by the APC’s spokesman in the state, Steve Otaloro, said the decision of Mimiko to use a large chunk of the budget to service debt and not to embark on any capital project this year was wrong
Some residents of Okitipupa in Ondo State have criticised the enforcement of the state’s Residency Card tagged: “Kaadi Igbeayo.” It…
The leadership said recent political events in the country have continued to vindicate the PDP as “the only true national platform committed to the national interest, where all citizens as equal partners are free to hold opinion and aspire to any position, no matter how high, without regard to creed, class or ethnic considerations and in which no individual or group of individuals can claim ownership or attempt to appropriate control”
He said the pensioners were also exposed to prolonged sicknesses and sufferings due to the non-payment of their outstanding arrears and other entitlements
A statement signed by the Publicity Secretary of the party in the state, Abayomi Adesanya, said it is laughable that a rubber stamped House of Assembly could hurriedly impeached the deputy governor and accept nomination of another person in a haste
The development followed the removal from office on Monday of Alhaji Alli Olanusi as the Deputy Governor of the state.
Mohammed said in the statement: “The strategy is to deploy these thugs to various parts of the South-West with the express instruction to violently disrupt elections through sporadic shootings and stealing of ballot boxes. This is the Governor’s answer to the massive shellacking he received from the electorate in the region in general and in Ondo state in particular during the March 28th presidential elections
Mimiko said at the presentation in Akure that N77 billion was for recurrent expenditure, while N53 billion was for capital expenditure, representing 59 per cent and 41 per cent of the budget respectively
Mimiko, who spoke through the Commissioner for Information, Kayode Akinmade, said Jonathan rescheduled his campaign in Ondo State not for political reasons but to attend to other important national issues
Aregbesola charged the Burkinabes to carry the revolution that ousted Compaore to its logical conclusion by forming a national government that will conduct election in the shortest time possible
A former Governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, said this in his goodwill message to Mimiko on the occasion of his 60th birthday anniversary
Even so, I am so very well persuaded that if we manage to remain on this democratic governance track, warts and all, Nigeria has a good chance of living above its present challenges
According to him, the decision to return to the PDP family arose “After a period of consultation with major stakeholders in Ondo State, which include the aforementioned as well as traditional and religious leaders, market men and women, artisans, trade unions and community as well as party leaders
After he fell out with his then boss and Governor of the state, late Dr. Olusegun Agagu, Mimiko, who was the Secretary to the State Government, left for the Labour Party
According to Abubakar, despite the acrimonious tone of the campaign language, the will of the voters had ultimately prevailed
Mimiko, flying the flag of the Labour Party, lost in Owo and Okitipupa Local Government Areas, which are strongholds of the Action Congress of Nigeria and the Peoples Democratic Party