Browsing: Kehinde Olaosebikan

That was at a time when all the other governors in the South West: Chief Bisi Akande of Osun, Chief Adebayo Adefarati of Ondo, Otunba Niyi Adebayo of Ekiti, Akinrogun Segun Osoba of Ogun  and Alhaji Lam Adesina himself were obeying the dictates and  dancing to the falsehearted music of the then President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo. The governors were not alone in the travesty; they were goaded by the Pan Yoruba group, Afenifere under the leadership of late Pa Abraham Adesanya.

Governors of the 36 states of the federation and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja have been advised to open special accounts where big and small companies as well as public spirited individuals could donate money in aid of the battle against the scourge of Coronavirus Disease being individually and collectively fought by the states and federal governments.

This is why the recent intercontinental recognition and celebration of Nigerian-born President and Chairman, Board of Directors of the African Export-Import Bank. Prof. Benedict Okey Oramah, calls for special attention. In far away Russia, the largest country in the world, Oramah made history on November 4, 2019 as he was conferred with the prestigious national honor of Russia, The Order of Friendship. He was fêted in the Russian seat of power, Kremlin, by the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, at a very special ceremony.

Interestingly, a coterie of eager aspirants have thrown down the gauntlet, believing that given Senator Abiola Ajimobi, the incumbent governor’s low rating with the poor masses who have had to bear the brunt of his unprecedented brutal and elitist policies, there is no better time to knock him off the governorship pedestal