Mr. Segun Ilori Ekiti State Commissioner for Special Duties,
and was recently in Abuja for an international conference on Power reforms
organized by the World Bank in conjunction with the Federal Ministry of Power.
In this interview with reporters in
Abuja, he bares his mind on government’s current efforts to reform the power
sector as well as Ekiti politics, among other issues. Excerpts…
L-R Prof. J.F.Jeminiye, Prof Eddy Olanipekun, Prof. Olorunfemi Olaofe,
his wife Chief (Mrs) Kikelomo Olaofe, Prof. A. T. Akintayo and a staff
of UNAD at the reception and award of honour for Prof Olaofe at
Are-Ekiti on Saturday
Saturday, July 10, 2010, no doubt, was a day of glory for Professor Olorunfemi Olaofe, as all sons and daughters of Are Ekiti, gathered at the town's hall to honour one of theirs, who through resilience, perseverance, determination and tenacity of purpose, jettisoned radio repairing, went back to school, read up to doctoral level, became a professor and appointed recently the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academics), University of Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State.
Judgement of courts
when delivered always have its thrills and frills, agonies and joys. Depending
on which side the litigant belongs. For those whose cases have seen the
positive side of the judges, victory resonates with jingles and tingles of
songs and varying dance steps. Those on thee negative side grit their teeth in
anger and frustration.Failed hopes,failed
expectations.
These two sides played out in Ekiti state on
the 5 may 2010 when the Gubernatorial election petition tribunal delivered its
judgement in an election petition filed by the Action Congress candidate Kayode Fayemi
against the victory of Engr Segun Oni during the supplementary election
concluded in Ekitiincidentally on the 5
May last year.
By a split decision with3 judgesaffirming the victory of Oni and two for Fayemi, victory songs rent the air all over Ekiti.
*PRESENTATION AT NATIONAL STAKEHOLDERS
MEETING ON POVERTY ERADICATION,ORGANISED BY NAPEP ,Bolingo HotelAbuja 27, May 2010
The Present administration in Ekiti state under Engr Segun Oni came to power against the backdrop of indifference and or neglect of the past two elected regimes to implement a sustainable poverty alleviation strategy. To be fair the immediate past democratic regime under Fayose implemented a crude strategy of throwing few wads of naira notes to some ecstatic youths at bus stops, doling out some bales of “Ankara” uniforms(asoebi) to market women and teachers on some commemorative days, or providing some kerosene stoves to some women who wondered what to cook on them. While that regime enjoyed some short-lived popularity in the streets, poverty endured.
The Ekiti Justice Group (EJG) has warned media organizations against being used by desperate politicians to destabilize the country, noting that recent events in the country have suggested that there is subtle ploy to corrupt the minds of the people using “editorials hand-outs” from the hatchet writers of political moneybags.
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