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Fasanmi Was My Political godfather – Akande

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Tribute to my political godfather – Pa Ayo Fasanmi.

I’m suddenly made a political orphan by the passing of Papa Ayo Fasanmi at this point. It is shocking and very painful to me personally because he was my political godfather since he introduced me to Chief Obafemi Awolowo in 1977.

2. I am sure his passing is a great loss to the Yoruba nation and to Nigeria as a whole.

3. Papa Fasanmi along with his leader Chief Obafemi Awlolowo were in the Regional House of Assembly and National House of Representatives during the Parliamentary system of Government in the Nigerian 1st Repulic and he became a Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in the Presidential system of Government in the Second Republic. We were together in the National Constituent Assembly that wrote the 1979 Consritution for Nigeria. His wealth of experience as a progressive politician is mostly needed now that Nigeria is gradually taking steps towards consolidating democratic norms, hence a big vacuum has been created by his exit.

4. Those Nigeriians who were not born before 1956 would only have the military sense of democracy and may never know good governance unless they were fortunate to have learnt under the tutelage of people of Papa Fasanmi’s political generation. It is significant therefore that the knowledge of the contributions of Fasanmi’s generation to the development of Nigeria become useful for thinking right on how to reposition the problems of Nigeria.

8. He had consistently been a champion of democracy and good governance which he pursued till he breathed his last. His role in ensuring Yoruba has a place of it’s own in the politics of Nigeria will remain indelible while his contributions to the formation and sustenance of Afenifere, the pan Yoruba socio-political organisation can not be ignored.

10. Papa Fasanmi will be sorely missed by us, his political associates and by the entire nation.

11. May God grant him eternal rest as we pray to God to give us, family, friends, political associates, fortitude to bear the irreparable loss.

12. We say bye-bye to our great leader.

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It’s A Lie, Akande Didn’t Sell Osun United – Baderinwa

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By Solomon Odeniyi

Chief Press Secretary to former governor Bisi Akande during his tenure in office, Mr. Adelani Baderinwa has faulted the claim of the Commissioner for Youth and Sports, Mr. Yemi Lawal that the Akande administration sold Osun United Football Club.

According to Baderinwa, Osun as a state did not own any football team at the time, describing Lawal’s claim as gross misinformation.

Baderinwa stated that the only extant football team during that time was owned by a woman who wanted the Akande administration to adopt the club.

He explained that Akande refused to take over the team because sport was not part of his campaign programmes and there was paucity of fund to even implement his core manifestos.

The former commissioner for Information and Strategy in the state said: “I can recall clearly that there was no state-owned football team. The only football club in the state then was owned by one woman who was always persuading Chief Akande to allow the government to take over the team.

“Baba turned the woman down because there was not enough fund to run his own programmes; let alone taking over a club. Moreover, sport was not part of his campaign programmes. The only thing he did outside the ‘Fresh Start’ manifesto was the building of the State Secretariat.

“So, it is not correct to say he sold Osun United, which did not exist at all.  Yemi Lawal was wrong to say Chief Bisi Akande sold the team.”

Lawal, while trying to substantiate his claim that Osun government doesn’t own Osun United and Osun Babes in a recent online interview on Family United By Football Whatsapp platform said he found out from record that Chief Akande sold Osun United Football Club.

He stated: “To the best of my knowledge and the records I have, Osun United was not registered in 1998. The team was registered in the name of four individuals. Another interesting thing is that it was on record that Osun United was sold by Baba Akande’s administration.

“This must be substantiated, we must know who bought what and they are also saying Prime FC graduated to Osun united some years back. They must show us that Osun United of today is different from the Osun United of that time”.

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APC Caretaker Committee Meets Akande

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The Caretaker/Convention Committee of the ruling All Progressives Congress on Thursday met the party’s ex-Interim National Chairman, Chief Bisi Akande, in his Ila country home. The meeting which lasted about an hour was said to have dwelled on the assignment given to the committee. The APC caretaker chairman, Governor Mai Mala Buni, led other members…”

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July 2, 2020 4:58 pm

The Caretaker/Convention Committee of the ruling All Progressives Congress on Thursday met the party’s ex-Interim National Chairman, Chief Bisi Akande, in his Ila country home.

The meeting which lasted about an hour was said to have dwelled on the assignment given to the committee.

The APC caretaker chairman, Governor Mai Mala Buni, led other members of the committee that included the secretary, Senator Akpan Udoedehe; Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of Osun and Governor of Niger State, Sani Bello to the meeting.

Details later…..

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