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Here is the reaction of Hon Bamidele to happenings in Ekiti
LET’S WORK TOGETHER TO MOVE EKITI FORWARD!
TEXT OF A PRESS STATEMENT BY HON. MICHAEL OPEYEMI BAMIDELE, RELEASED
FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA, WHERE HE IS CURRENTLY
ATTENDING AN INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP TRAINING WORKSHOP.
I Congratulate His Excellency, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, Governor of Ekiti
State on the outcome of the suit before the Supreme Court. No doubt,
the judgement is a victory for the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN)
and a quantum leap for our legal process and the growth of our
democracy.
In the same vein, I wish to commend His Excellency, Engr. Segun Oni
for reposing his confidence in the judicial process as the credible
alternative to street action and for his doggedness in pursuing his
grievances to a logical conclusion.
Now that the highest Court of the land has finally laid this matter to
rest, my patriotic call on behalf of well meaning Ekiti sons and
daughters as well as stakeholders of our democracy, will be to
encourage His Excellency, Engr. Segun Oni, to join hands with the
administration of Dr. Kayode Fayemi in addressing the critical needs
of Ekiti people in ensuring good governance, massive job creation,
continued infrastructural development, quality education and health
care services, agrarian revolution and the growth of Ekiti economy,
among other much desired dividends of democracy.
I, equally, call on His Excellency, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, to jettison the
idea of instituting a probe into the programmes and activities of
Engr. Segun Oni administration. Tempting as this might sound, it will
be much more distracting than even the law suit. This is moreso when
one realises that Ekiti politics in the last decade has been
characterized with vindictiveness and retaliatory policies and
attitudes that have ended up placing the State in a Barber’s chair
which goes round and round ad infinitum without actually moving the
State any inch forward.
The truth which must be told about Ekiti is that in the last 17 years
of her creation, many things have happened which had led to her
stunted growth and disappointment of the founding fathers and well
meaning citizens of the State, many of whom have become heart broken
and frustrated.
Beyond rhetorics, this is definitely the time to bury the hatchet and
ensure that all hands are on deck to save Ekiti from becoming a failed
State. Regardless of our political affiliation and ideological
divides, this is the time for all of us to work together to heal the
broken hearts and create a NEW and UNITED Ekiti. United we STAND as a
people, divided we FALL. Time to heal Ekiti is NOW!
Hon. Michael Opeyemi Bamidele (MHR)
Chairman, House Committee on Legislative Budget and Research
House of Representatives
National Assembly
Three Arms Zone
Abuja
3rd June, 2013
