When a Yoruba man gets a job in the Civil service, regardless of whether it is at the Local Government, state or the Federal level, there is a prayer commonly prayed for such person: ” oko, Oba, ati ada Oba ko ni sa e lese”. Oko in Yoruba translates as a hoe and Ada means a cutlass. You will wonder the correlation between this farm instruments and the civil service. In Yoruba Land, Oko Oba and Ada Oba are symbolically used in prayer for someone in the civil service because this are farm instruments that could inflict wounds on the…
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The stupidest thing I have read or heard in 2024 is that the North is fighting President Bola Tinubu because they do not want a Southern President. That is as stupid as a man believing that his own mother is a witch who wants to kill him. If your mother wanted to kill you, you would not have survived infancy. Killing a child is the easiest thing a mother can do undetected if that were her goal. Preventing Bola Tinubu from becoming President is the easiest thing Arewa could have done if that were her goal. The Bola Tinubu Presidency…
The piece titled ” Prophet Beelzebub’s Animus And The Oyo Project” by Sulaimon Olanrewaju afforded me the opportunity to see through the mind of the official spokesperson of Governor Makinde. For the benefits of non Christian readers and those who might not be familiar with the Holy Bible, Beelzebub is a Demonic Lord, Prince of Darkness, Fallen Angel who fell from the Grace of God as a result of his refusal to bow to Adam, the first Man made by God. Beelzebub was coursed by God as a result of that disobedience. In short, Beelzebub is Satan Himself. Interestingly, Sulaimon…
I read the rejoinder by Governor Makinde’s Chief Press Secretary, Sulaimon Olanrewaju where he re-echoed the unforced error committed by the Chairman of Saki West in a viral video. Sulaimon Olanrewaju was reacting to a story by the Oyo state APC. The Chairman of Saki West had told some youths within his Local Government that he is serving the Governor of Oyo state and Sulaimon just reinforced that when he admitted that Local Government Chairmen in Oyo state pledged their loyalty to the Governor of Oyo state during an intriguing ” closed door” meeting where the 33 Local Government Chairmen…
It is no longer news that Oyo state Local Government Chairmen have decided to opt out of the Association of Local Governments in Nigeria, (ALGON). It is also not news that the reasons behind their actions are as a result of Governor Seyi Makinde’s disapproval of the judgment of the Supreme Court which granted Financial Autonomy for the 774 Local Governments in Nigeria. Governor Makinde’s position against independence of Local Governments in Nigeria is public knowledge even before he won a second term in office. He has hinged his antagonism to the current system which recognizes Local Governments as third…
I read the piece by one Fola Adeyanju titled ” Ladoja’s Acceptance To Wear Beaded Crown: A Victory Song Over Makinde’s Nay Sayers and I thought why would Governor Makinde allow the high office he presently occupies to be dragged by neophytes and mediocres? Fola Adeyanju is another busy body who will not allow the bereaved to wail but will choose to wail louder and roll on the floor. High Chief Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja, the Otun Olubadan of Ibadan Land granted an interview on Fresh FM yesterday,where he did told the World that for reasons, only the sensible minds could…
Who Will Save Governor Makinde From This Impending Storm? The winds across Oyo state is hazy. The weather is rough and cloudy. The Atmosphere is laden with tension and apprehension. Governor Makinde has lost his ego and audacious character. The once daring and outspoken poster boy has gone mute. The one, who alongside four other brother Governors brought down Atiku and the PDP has lost steam. The thorn in the flesh of president Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his Government is no longer heard.as before. The Governor, once known for bold and daring comments has resorted to holding meetings and issuing…
It seems like Local Government Chairmen in Oyo state, out of the fear of being attacked by a lone wolf have chosen to be eaten by a pack of angry Lions. There are two major issues excising my mind. The broadcast by the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the ignorance demonstrated by the 33 Local Government Chairmen in Oyo state regarding the criminal directives urging them to flout the judgment of the Supreme Court by Governor Makinde. I will take the ignorance of the Oyo Council Chairmen as is clearly evident in the position…
There is this anecdote in Igboland of M̀gbekē and her cutlass. By the way, M̀gbekē is a synonym for an unrefined and unsophisticated girl. Each time M̀gbekē’s farmer colleagues visited her in the farm, they saw haphazardly tilled land and a female farmer lazily fondling her farm implement. Whenever Mgbeke was asked the reason for her snailish work, she complained of an old and ineffectual cutlass. Knowing M̀gbekē as the female version of Nnoka, Okonkwo’s lazy father in Things Fall Apart, it was difficult to believe the implement was the culprit. The villagers thereafter concluded that it was either M̀gbekē’s…
There is a correctional facility in the ancient Town of Oyo, it is named Abolongo correctional facility. When we said that Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state has been rattled and thrown off balance by the massive wind of the judgment of the Supreme Court of Nigeria which granted financial Autonomy to the Local Governments, some lickspittles of the Governor attempted to fetch our head, leaving the neck. We told the world that things have fallen apart for Governor Makinde and his Government to the extent that the centre could no longer hold in Agodi but the nay sayers called…