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Aregbesola Is An Uncommon Governor – Bisi Akande
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IMG-20140610-WA0031The Acting National Chairman of All Progressive Congress (APC), Chief Bisi Akande, has described the Governor of the State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, an uncommon leader of people.

This was even as Chief Akande said he has yet to see a working government as that of Osun in recent time.

Akande disclosed this yesterday at the Ila-Orangun City Stadium, venue of the campaign for the Ila-Boluwaduro-Ifedayo Federal constituency.

The National chairman stated that the performance of Aregbesola has become a challenge for other governments across the country.

The former governor noted that many people now wonder what is the secret of the success being recorded by Aregbesola in Osun.

“I am most of the time surprised the way this governor works. At times, he would just reveal to you what he wants to do and you will be left wondering where he would get the huge fund required for such programme.

“But he has not stopped amusing me with his stoic mien and dogged determination with which he pursues whatever programmes he intends to do.

“I have not seen such government that combines feeding over 300, 000 school children with provision of school uniform for over 750, 000; provision of Tablet of knowledge, building new school buildings and massive road construction.

“Except a visionary leader, it is difficult to do all these in one fell swoop with the meagre resources accruing to Osun.

“My submission is that a government that is doing all these deserves a second term. Would you not give him your votes,” Akande said.

Meanwhile, the Deputy Governor, Otunba Grace Titi Laoye-Tomori, has described as unsubstantiated claim by the opposition that Governor Aregbesola will retrench workers immediately after he secures his mandate for second term.

Laoye-Tomori said there is no government today in the country that is more workers’ friendly than the government of Aregbesola.

The Deputy Governor averred that government has employed more than 10, 000 teachers and 3, 500 women for the O’Meal programme more than any government in the history of the state.

“This government has no plan to retrench anybody. The rumour is emanating from opposition, which did nothing when it was in power.

“This is a cheap lie and our people can read in between the lines that the opposition has failed in the state.

“The first is a testimony of Aregbesola’s mission, passion and love for his state and people. If voted for the second term, he has capacity to perform even better during his second term,” Laoye-Tomori said.

Senator Isiaka Adeleke, who has just crossed over to APC, said with what is on ground, things are getting better in Osun by the day.

Senator Adeleke urged people to come out en mass to vote and protect their votes, saying Aregbesola will spread democracy dividend even to the far flung corner of the state in his second term.

In his campaign remarks, Governor Aregbesola highlighted some of the successes his administration has recorded.

He listed roads, hospital upgrade and adequate supply of drugs, good roads, distribution of Opon Imo tablets, rural electrification among others.

“We have completed the rural electrification in Idi-Omo, Osoro/Idoka (Boluwaduro Local Government); Alagbede and Secretariat Area (Ila Local Government); Igbajo/Oke Irun; Sawmill Area,Ora (Ifedayo Local Government).

*Reinforcement of  osogbo-Ila 33KVA feeder (in progress)

“We have repaired 200KVA transformers in  Edemosi and Ila Local Government constructed a block of three classrooms with furniture and town hall in Faje Obalogbon in and kajola –Ajaba in Ila-Orangun; primary health centre and town hall with equipment in Idi-Awewe and Gaa Fulani in Ifedayo Local Government.

We also distributed N1.8 million interest-free loan to women; repaired 45 non-functioning hand-pump borehole and provided75 hand pump boreholes in Ifedayo.

We have constructed 26.12 km of roads in Ila/Boluwaduro/Ifedayo Federal constituency and distributed 845 pieces of Opon Imo in 11 schools in the federal constituency to mention but few,” Aregbesola said.

The Orangun of Ila, Oba Abdulwahab Adedotun, in his remark, said he was surprised the way Osun is growing and developing under Aregbesola.

Oba Adedotun said he could recall the era of a government that wanted to justify it’s poor performance by saying that bad road has a function it performs through reduction of accident.

The monarch said this defective governance was erased by the present administration of Aregbesola through massive upgrade of the state’s infrastructure in an unprecedented way.

“This governor has performed creditably well since he came to power. He has upgraded our hospital to a modern standard; provided school uniforms and Opon Imo.

“He achievement is numerous to count. We must therefore reciprocate this good gesture with our votes,” the monarch said.

The Oba also saluted the courage of the first executive Governor of the State, Senator Isiaka Adeleke, for take the bold step to join the progressive.

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Ila0Rally-5Traditional rulers from Osun Central senatorial district comprising ten local government areas have pledged their support for the re-election bid of Osun State governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola.

At an event held at GMT hotel, Osogbo, the traditional rulers, led by their chairman, the Orangun of Ila, Oba Wahab Adedotun othsaid their decision was borne out of their believe in the ability of Governor Aregbesola to further transform the state, if given another chance.

Oba Adedotun said that the endorsement was sequel to the massive infrastructural development the state has witnessed under the Aregbesola administration and the demand of their subjects to give the incumbent governor the needed support to break the second term jinx.

Akirun of Ikirun, Oba Adedeji, said the monarchs organised the event to express gratitude to the governor on behalf of their subjects for the people- oriented programmes the administration has executed, especially in Osogbo, the state capital.

He urged people of the state to re-elect Aregbesola because of the positive transformation the state is witnessing since he became governor.

The Olokuku of Okuku, Oba Samuel Oyebode, said the monarchs unanimously endorsed Aregbesola for another term to keep the pace of development being enjoyed in the state.

In separate addresses, the Onigbajo of Igbajo and Olufon of Ifon-Orolu, said Aregbesola has proven that government could be run in a peaceful atmosphere, adding that under his administration, there has been even distribution of projects among towns in the state.

In his remarks, Osun State governor, Aregbesola, described the occasion as an acceptance of his administration’s programmes, saying that the presence of the royal fathers was an indication that his government has reignited people’s passion in government

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    Why UK and other states in Nigeria are rushing to Osun to learn from the state’s experience
Knowledge, they say, is power. But in Osun State, under the leadership of Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, power seems to have changed hand. In the past, to gain knowledge, any knowledge, you would have needed to travel to the Whiteman’s country or land, across the seas, to practically beg him to share some of his knowledge with you.
But today, Aregbesola, has succeeded in changing the order of things with his O’MEALS (where O is for Osun) school feeding project or programme. The result is that, on account of his experience/knowledge, today, he is being invited here and there, to lecture those of us, Blacks and Whites, who find his achievement with it, something out of this world.
The height of it came when he was invited, early this year, by the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Agriculture and Food for Development and the Partnership for Child Development (PCD), Imperial College London, to address the United Kingdom’s House of Commons, on Osun Elementary School Feeding and Health Programme (O’MEALS), which they acknowledged as a successful model to be copied worldwide.
Governor Aregbesola who received loud applause as he made eloquent statistical presentation before the parliamentary body during which he advocated the use of biometric registration for beneficiaries of the Home Grown School Feeding programme worldwide to eliminate corruption and guarantee transparency, also called for the adoption of O’MEALS programme, which he wants extended, with appropriate legislative backing, to the first nine years of schooling, in all the 36 states of the federation, including the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
During the presentation, four other speakers including Prof. Donald Bundy, the Lead Health and Education Specialist of the World Bank, Mr. Peter Rodrigues, the Chief of School Feeding and Chronic Hunger Unit of the World Food Programme (WFP), Ms. Boitshepo Bibi Giyose of NEPAD and Prof. Josephine Kiamba, the Senior Technical Adviser of the Partnership for Child Development, Imperial College, London, praised Governor Aregbesola for successfully implementing the O’MEALS despite the challenging financial situation of his state.
Months later, Dr. Lesley Drake, Executive Director, Partnership for Child Development, at a workshop with the theme: “Technical Meeting on Osun Elementary School Feeding and Health Programme (O-Meals),” and held, late last month, (May 21-23, 2014), at Centre for Black Culture and International Understanding, Osogbo, still recalls the aftermath of that Ogbeni Aregbesola’s outing in UK parliament.
“UK has now adopted the school feeding programme,” she told Education Review. “Actually, the rationale for inviting the Osun State governor is to see how well he is doing it here and how we can adopt the practice in England, Scotland and Wales and in many countries in Europe. So the message of homegrown school feeding is growing globally and the Governor of Osun State has been the primary motivator in that regard.”
“I will like to add that there is also the way the finances are being managed here which is very important,” Prof. Bundy remarked. “Obviously, in any business where you have a lot of commodities and a lot of people involved, you’ve lots of opportunities and linkages for corruption. But what is done here is really quite clever. One thing about it is that it is cash free. I mean, the system of hiring contractors, the caterers who are involved in the preparation of food involves no cash exchanging hands; rather transfer of money is through a bank system which is very tightly controlled. Most of the food procurement which is another area that otherwise would have been opened to bad practice is managed in a very co-ordinated manner; in fact, it is centrally managed. So instead of thousands of people being involved in that process, there are few people and there’s a lot of checks and balances. I think those are very important lessons for any country and any society. I think it is a very good system.”
It was in order to impart the knowledge not only to the UK parliament and other international communities but to also his fellow Nigerians, that the state government, in partnership with PCD, Vitol, etc, organized the 3-day workshop.
Bundy who spoke on the topic “Levelling the Playing Field: Reasons We Feed Children” noted that, among other things, it improves school attendance, acts as a sort of social security net for the poorest of school children and provides a ready market for local farmers and traders. Daniel Mumuni from Ghana, and who spoke on the topic: “Home Grown School Feeding: Developing Local Agriculture, Nourishing Young Minds” observed that the programme worked and is working in Osun State because of high level political support and added that such political support is needed to make it work in other interested states or countries. But he emphasized the need for close monitoring as to evaluate its success or otherwise at any given point in time.
Mrs. Doyin Orogun, from Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), spoke on “Home Grown Feeding in Nigeria: The Way Forward.” In her presentation, she called on the Federal, states and local governments to get involved in the school feeding programme, noting that “education for all is the responsibility of all.”  Education, she insists, may be free for a child, but to his or her parents or to the state that chose to bear the responsibility it is not free. Praising the states who sent representatives/delegates to understudy Osun, she warned that “when a child drops out of school you are breeding another set of insurgents.”
Aregbesola agrees. “We are having security challenges big enough to engage global attention because we have neglected education in the past,” he said in a keynote address he presented at the occasion. “We are reaping the fruits now. Well-educated children will have the confidence to face the future and remake their world in their own image. Uneducated or badly educated children on the other hand are not only easy recruits for violent gangs, they are incapable of conceiving beauty and all that is good about man, the environment and the good life. They are naturally predisposed to nihilism.
“Against this background, the peculiar challenges that confront elementary education in our clime had to be identified, after which solutions that mainly rely on local resources and efforts would be needed in order to make such solutions viable and enduring. School feeding programme is a revolutionary development in education and indeed governance because it integrates at least four areas of governance with education. These are agriculture, health, job creation and local empowerment.”
“School feeding is very expensive but the positive impact on the pupils and the economy cannot be ignored,” the Deputy Governor and Commissioner of Education, Iyaafin Grace Titi Laoye-Tomori, earlier noted in her welcome address. “We implore the Federal Government to devote part of its annual budget to feeding our elementary school pupils because of the positive impacts it would have on school enrolment, the health of the children, economic growth and development, and particularly, youth empowerment, as many of the currently unemployed youth would be engaged in different types of productive farming. Nigeria as a nation should cut down on frivolities and focus on educating our children.”
Mrs. Louis Onyike, a nutrition officer with the Ministry of Health, Owerri, Imo State, and one of the participants in the workshop, while praising Aregbesola for the courage to embark on such ambitious project expressed her belief that Governor Rochas Okorocha who she said had made free education for Imo children, one of the cornerstones of his administration’s programmes, will want to key into the programme if he is properly briefed and shown its importance.
Mrs. Charity Usifo, of the Department of Primary Health Care, Ministry of Health, Edo State, also expressed the same hope. “It’s a good experience, we in Edo State believe we can come on board even though we are not among the 12 states originally selected for the pilot scheme. When we go home now, we will give our reports, with our findings and recommendations. I believe that our governor, Adams Oshiomhole, will buy into it because he is interested in the transformation of schools. No child is allowed to go into hawking or street trading. Every child must be in school.”
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downloadBeneficiaries from Ogun and Osun States have topped the lists of the second edition of the Presidential Scholarship Scheme for Innovation and Development (PRESSID) with 17 and 15 respectively out of 104 awardees.
The Supervising Minister for Education, Chief Nyesom Wike, disclosed this  during the award ceremony in Abuja yesterday
Wike again emphasised that the selection process was based purely on merit and merit alone, adding that the beneficiaries underwent a thorough and rigorous screening process before emerging tops out of about 2000 candidates.
Wike urged them to be good ambassadors of Nigeria and added that the government would not hesitate to withdraw the scholarship if any act of misconduct is discovered or reported.
The Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Prof. Julius Okojie, speaking earlier said 90 per cent of the beneficiaries from the first edition of PRESSID are currently in schools  abroad and are doing very well in their studies.
“This shows that our first class degrees are truly first class. It also shows that some of our private universities are coming up and do not just award first class degrees anyhow,” Okojie said.
He added that the scheme was introduced following the discovery that less than 40 per cent of lecturers in the university system had doctorate degrees, and to produce a critical mass of individuals to develop Nigeria in the area of innovation and development.
The style, he said was adopted by India, China and Singapore several years ago, adding that Nigeria would start to benefit in the five years time when the beneficiaries start returning.
Okojie emphasised that the award was based purely on merit and was not influenced by any individual or group.
“There was no nomination from anywhere. This is the only scholarship scheme where the names of the awardees are published, because they are deserving. Nobody came to meet us to do anything, your fate is in your hands,” he said.
The beneficiaries who would study for masters’ and doctoral degrees in the 25 best universities abroad comprises 76 males and 28 females.
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Prof.-Bukola-Oyawoye-204x300Osun State government has spent N2.5 billion to mitigate the perennial death associated with flooding in the state.
In Osogbo, the State Commissioner for Environment and Sanitation, Professor Bukola Oyawoye, said that in the last three and half years, the present government has done everything within its power to stem the annual death as a result of flooding in the state.
She said that all the rivers in the state had been dredged, expanded and people conscientious had been awaken on the danger of blocking water way in the state.
Her words: “Before the present government came on board, things were extremely bad in the state as rivers were just sweeping pupils and students away in the state; there was even one in the state capital on July 7, 2010 when a pupil was swept away. It was a real agony in the state as the government of the day could not do much to mitigate the agony of the people of the state.
“But what could not be done by the past administration, this government has done, and in the last three and half years, nothing of such has happened. It is due to the ingenuity of the present administration which deems it fit to dredge all the waterways in the state and make live more bearable for the people of Osun State.”
The commissioner said that the world is at risk of extinction as a result of gas flaring, emissions from industries and other anthropogenic and natural activities released into the atmosphere, leading to depletion of the ozone.
She said that the effects of the scenario in the contemporary world are coaster erosion, severe flooding and incessant loss of lives and property, calling on the people of the state to stop blocking waterway in the state, saying the consequence was always devastating flood that will be injurious to the health and lives.
” People are always at risk when water rises as a result of pouring refuse on water and blocking the waterway. So also when rain falls and it is not allowed to flow freely, there will be effect on the environment”.
Oyawoye therefore called on the people of Osun State to always live in a healthy environment and stop dumping refuse on the main water in the state, saying that government has provided enough waste bins and deposed vehicles to make the state clean.
Special Adviser to the governor on Water Resources and Rural Development, Kunle Ige, assured the people of the state that the state government will continue to make life better for them through the ongoing beautification exercise across the state.
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The Ogbeni Aregbesola Door-to-Door Campaign Organisation (OD2D) has called on the police and other security agencies to, as a matter of necessity and urgency, take serious action on the reported cases of illegal mass possession of voters’ cards by some individuals.

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OD2D urged the security agencies to act urgently on the illegal possession of the voters’ cards, which is now rampant in the state in the interest of free, fair and credible governorship election.

The OD2D also called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to investigate the matter and unravel where those involved are getting the cards from and what purpose they are amassing them for.

The OD2D expressed concern that there were reported cases of voters’ cards’ purchase, and surreptitious obtainance of voters’ cards from unsuspecting voters by some ‘unscrupulous’ politicians, who have consciously engaged in it for some time now.

According to the campaign organization, the illegal possession of the voters’ cards was not unconnected with the coming governorship election in the state.

The OD2D said it was pertinent to alert the INEC, as the umpire in the electoral contest, on the rate at which some individuals were been caught with many voters’ cards across the state.

It noted that some serious actions must be taken by the concerned securities authorities and the INEC, so as to give all stakeholders, a sense of safety for a free, fair and credible election, come August 9, 2014.

“The OD2D team quickly brings to the fore, the case of a woman by name Mrs Alice Gbadebo, who was caught with many voters’ cards at Ibokun in Obokun Local Government Council Area of the state on Thursday 5th day of June 2014 and was handed over to the police.

“However, it was surprising to hear that rather than arraigning the alleged electoral offender in the court, it was said that she was transferred to the police headquarters in Osogbo, where the Commissioner of Police allegedly seized the voters’ cards found on her, when she gave the excuse that she was holding them on behalf of her family,” the group alleged.

It added: “As much as OD2D would have appreciated the seeming humanistic position of the police boss on the matter, it pricks mind if it was not informed by interference by the Police Affairs Minister, Alhaji Jelili Adesiyan, has been suspected all the while.

“The OD2D suspicion, like many other concerned people of Osun, was fuelled further by the fact that many others caught in the past have not been handled the way an offender would be expected to be handled.

“For instance, two cases of voters’ cards purchase by a group of politicians in the name of Omoilu Foundation were reported to the police in Ikirun sometimes ago but were dismissed as mere speculations by the security agents and the culprits were allowed to go scot-free.”

The campaign organisation noted that experts have assumed that the buy-over and or acquiring of voters’ cards by unscrupulous politicians may not be unconnected with attempt to tamper with the voters’ register and have negative effect of the coming governorship election in the state.

“This is why the OD2D wishes to stress the need for security agencies and INEC to take more seriously, the cases involving the multiple cards holding by some politicians and obtaining-by-trick of voters cards from unsuspecting voters.

“A repeat of Anambra election situation should be avoided and all hands must be on deck to have a credible election on August 9, 2014 and subsequent ones,” the group submitted.

 

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_DSC5545As the very much-anticipated August 9 governorship election in the State of Osun draws closer, the campaign heroics of His Excellency, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, the incumbent governor and flag bearer of the APC at the elections, has not gone unnoticed.
The campaign train of the Governor recently stopped by the gateway town of Ikire, and received a very massive warm welcome by the people of the town, which generated a huge media buzz with pictures of the large ecstatic crowd in full glare.
Pictures of the Ikire campaign train have made their way to various newspapers and social media platforms, drawing comments from several people. One of such people is Fubura Tam David-West.
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“When someone, acting under the mythology of the so-called Rigged Nigerian Election screams that a politician has been “imposed” on voters, anywhere in Nigeria, we should send a thousand copies of this picture to him or her….” the popular social commentator and author said obviously impressed by the Ikire campaign photos.
 
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“….These people are not fake. They are not a bought crowd, as some of the Nigerians, who believe that everything is for sale in Nigeria would aver. They are active democratic citizens.” Fubura Tam David-West continued.
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The Ikire campaign event was the second in the series of campaign tours around the State of Osun undertaken by His Excellency Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola ahead of the election in August.
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The campaign train witnessed several men and women, old and young trooping out amidst drums and dancing from neighbouring towns and villages to welcome the Governor as he acknowledged the waves and cheers from the obviously excited crowd. It was also an opportunity for the people to thank Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola for the transformation the State of Osun has witnessed in the past three and a half years since he took office.

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The people of Iwo Federal Constituency have been called upon to come out en mass to vote and protect their votes from electoral fraudsters in the coming August 9th Governorship election.

The Secretary to the Government of the State of Osun (SSG), Alhaji Moshood Adeoti, made this call at the kick-off of the re-election campaign of the governor for the Iwo Federal Constituency.

It was a carnival as political office holders from the area gathered to mobilise support for the second term bid of the governor.

Among those present at the rally were the member of the House of Representatives representing the area, Mr. Ghafar Amere; Commissioner for Women Affairs, Mofolake Adegboyega, Director, Bureau of Communications and Strategy in the Office of the Governor, Mr. Semiu Okanlawon, Special Adviser to the Governor on Health, Dr. Rafiu Isamotu, Assistant Chief of Staff, Hon. Mudathir Toogun, member of the House of Assembly, Hon, Bola Akinloye and a host of others

The Constituency comprises three councils of Iwo, Ola Oluwa and Ayedire.

Alhaji Adeoti said the Government of Governor Rauf Aregbesola, will leave no stone unturned in making sure that the August 9 election in the state is violent-free.

The Osun Government scribe said the people of the state are well-informed about the choice that will benefit them and so they will do everything within their powers to prevent any politician to dubiously upturn their electoral choice.

“The people of Osun are ready for election. We have told them not only to troop out to vote but also to stay at the polling booths and ensure their votes are properly counted, recorded and announced.

 “This time round, there won’t be chance for anyone to rig or stuff the ballot boxes.

“Our people are ready to vote. They know the leader who loves them. And they are ready to support him. The people will come out en mass and vote and protect their votes.

“Our party, the All Peoples Congress (APC) abhors violence. People of the state are peace-loving. And they will conduct themselves peacefully as they are doing before, during and after the election,” Adeoti said.

The member of the House of Representatives representing the constituency, Hon. Ghafar Amere, said the election is going to confirm the good work of Aregbesola.

He called on the people of the constituency to come out as they used to do and vote for the second term of Aregbesola.

Addressing the gathering, Director, Bureau of Communications and Strategy in the Office of the Governor, Mr. Semiu Okanlawon, noted that the achievement of Aregbesola in the past three and half years speak volumes of the governor’s people-focused policies.

Okanlawon averred that the governor’s achievements in all facets are more than enough campaign for the governor.

“The past three to four years have been eventful for this state and the people.

“It is evidently clear that Aregbesola’s government has transformed the state positively beyond the imagination of the people.

 “Our people can also bear testimony to the fact that the government is working assiduously to take the state to an enviable height.

“It therefore expected that our people will also vote for continuity of these good works,” Okanlawon said.

The Commissioner for Women Affairs, Mrs. Folake Adegboyega, called on women to come out and support the Aregbesola government in other for the good programmes to continue.

Adegboyega warned the women against selling their voter’s cards for whatever amount as this would amount to mortgaging their future.

The Commissioner warned the women folk that they should gird their loin for the election as them have more roles to play both at home as well as at the polling booth to perform their civic duty

Also Speaking, a member of the House of Assembly from the area, Hon. Bola Akinloye, assured party faithful that the Legislature had found it most convenient to work with Aregbesola because of the capacities of the policies to change the fortune of the state.

“The experience of we the lawmakers in the state in the last three years and a half has shown that when you have a focused executive. The Legislature too will have no choice to ensure that it backs such policies with adequate legislative supports. Aregbesola is a committed leader whose main objective is the happiness of the people,” he said.

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OSUN 2014: INEC Needs Cooperation Of Stakeholders For Credible Poll In Osun -REC
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Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, in Osun State, Ambassador Rufus Akeju, has said that the commission needs the cooperation of all stakeholders to ensure the August 9 governorship election is conclusive and credible.

Speaking with newsmen in Osogbo after a meeting of representatives of political parties in the state with the Nigeria Television Authority, NTA, Akeju stated that the commission could not be blamed for the inconclusive elections recently held in some states in the country.
He said that INEC was ready for the governorship election holding in Osun State, adding that the commission would ensure that August 9 elections in the state is devoid of manipulation.
Asked if Osun poll would not be inconclusive like the ones in Anambra State and the National Assembly by-election in Ondo State, Akeju said: “Definitely not. We have looked at the causes of those ones. You know that INEC is just one element in election there are other stakeholders and if they play their roles well, such situation would not arise.
“As far as INEC is concerned we are ready for the election even if they want it tomorrow. What we are saying is that they should conduct themselves in peaceful manner. It is very important.”
Pleading with political parties and their supporters to respect the provisions of the Electoral Act and avoid making inflammatory statements, Akeju added that representatives of various political parties had signed undertaking to be of good conduct with the INEC.
He further averred that any individual caught violating the law would be made to face the full wrath of the law.
Speaking earlier, the General Manager, NTA, Osogbo, Mrs. Shade Haastrup, advised politicians to shun violence and avoid making inciting statement, adding that the station would not take side with any political party.
She said that anyone who violated the guidelines for election broadcast would be cut off.
Chairman of the National Conscience Party, NCP, Mr. Gideon Fasorepo, also blamed some politicians for making unguarded statements, insisting that such could trigger crisis.
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