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Amosun And GEJ Boys Clashed Openly At Oluwole Awolowo' Burial by salaudol(m): 12:26pm On Apr 21, 2013 |
At the funeral service held at Our Saviour’s Anglican Church, Ikenne Remo in Ikenne local government area of Ogun State Amosun’s protocol officials openly clashed with the federal government delegates over who had the right to occupy the front row seats. Led by the Minister of Information, Labaran Maku, the federal government delegates which comprises the President spokesman, Dr. Reuben Abati; Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Olugbenga Ashiru; Minister of State, Federal Capital Territory, Mrs. Olajumoke Akinjide and Special Assistant to President Jonathan on Policy and Strategies, Dr. Oronto Douglas, were already seated and occupying the front row seat in the church before the state governor arrived. The clash of interest between the two governments’ officials was hinged on who should sit on the first seats in the church that had already been reserved for Governor Amosun and his entourage. Irked by the development, the federal government’s protocol officials, who considered the situation as an affront however, believed that the insistence of their Ogun State counterparts who insisted that only one person from the delegation would be allowed to sit at the front seat in the funeral service was political. The tension created by the scenery almost got out of hand before the grand child of the Awolowo family, Segun intervened and begged the officials not to disrupt his uncle’s funeral service. A quick adjustment to accommodate Governor Amosun and his wife on the same seat took place and the issue was temporarily rested. When the Minister of Information, Labaran Maku later arrived the church after the first crisis had been resolved, the Minister of Agriculture, Ambassador Olugbenga Ashiru, who indirectly was hosting the federal delegates, had to vacate his seat for him. The crisis later reared its ugly head when another seat was brought in to the front row for five governors that were at the service. This development did not go down well with the delegation of the president who resisted it but were ignored. The crisis later got to its peak when the Master of Ceremony and a member of the church that was moderating at the funeral service recognised representative of the president to speak before the state governor, a situation termed as contrary to the order of protocol. The Labara Maku-led delegation however, ignored the call to deliver the president’s address, a development which also put the programme on hold for a while before one of the daughters of Awolowo, Chief (Dr.) Tokunbo Awolowo-Dosumu, quickly went to the moderator to save the embarrassing situation. Also in his remark at the funeral, Governor Amosun openly acknowledged the protocol flop and apologised that the Presidency should make the last and final address “as the protocol demands”. http://nationalmirroronline.net/ new/...olowos-burial/ |
Re: Amosun And GEJ Boys Clashed Openly At Oluwole Awolowo' Burial by Akpangbon: 2:28pm On Apr 21, 2013 |
Lies. |
Re: Amosun And GEJ Boys Clashed Openly At Oluwole Awolowo' Burial by salaudol(m): 3:36pm On Apr 21, 2013 |
'Truth' is non-partisan! |
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