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Career / Re: Why N-Power Is Yet To Pay 30k October Stipend To Beneficiaries? by ibukunSaint(m): 4:33pm On Nov 19, 2019
Not even trending on Twitter,what’s top the trending is undeTACHAble....misplace priority �

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Celebrities / Re: Davido Blasts Kayode Ogundamisi: "You Are A Loser & A Disappointment" by ibukunSaint(m): 6:01am On Oct 31, 2019
Ogbeni shut up with rubbish you are saying...even when the elder don’t respect his stand by mentioning the little boy name in his tweet...we youth should learn to reason out of political affiliations.
Literature / Re: A Land With Oil By Owolabi Ibukun Jubril by ibukunSaint(m): 6:53am On Oct 29, 2019
#Episodes10:-Egunguns.

#Power.

Everything went back to normal in Uboji without knowing the whereabouts of Chief Zoro, so I still kept this as secret till date for the safety of Egunguns.

The white gods summoned us for a meeting a month later so I went to Uboji very early the meeting day, I had a brief meeting with the Egunguns on what should be our requests from the white gods in which we listed down.

Before we got there, The Obiris are already there so the clerk ushered us in...we are briefed on the rules and regulations to have a successful meeting.

Before the meeting commence, we are arranged to sit opposite each other and we are served coffee rounds.

The white gods asked us to submit our requests list to the clerk and we are ordered to signed peace accord with the Obiris before our requests could be granted, so we seek for few minutes to deliberate on that before signing the peace accord.

The peace accord was signed by the both parties and the white gods promised to get back to us on our requests...After the successful meeting I went straight to my father’s compound to pay homage to the gods of Egungun and I later slept there till next day.

The next day I looked around my father’s compound without seeing my parents or siblings, though we have the liberty already but it cost me my whole family, I still cursed Chief Zoro at death.

I picked the hoe and cutlass to clear the environment, Obi came to visit me during the clearing and he told me about how baffled he feel if the kingship title will ever be given back to the Egunguns, I noticed his fear and told him to be courageous over the issue.

Is a very long walk to freedom.
Literature / Re: A Land With Oil By Owolabi Ibukun Jubril by ibukunSaint(m): 6:44am On Oct 29, 2019
Thanks a lot for this encouragement...�
Literature / Re: A Land With Oil By Owolabi Ibukun Jubril by ibukunSaint(m): 7:49am On Oct 22, 2019
#Episodes9:The Search.

#Fall.

After two weeks of kidnapping Chief Zoro the whole Uboji was so tough for the Egunguns, the Obiris threatened to kill any Egunguns within their reach so for this reason the Egunguns stay indoor.

To relief the Egunguns I sent message to both the white gods and Obiris that Chief Zoro’s life is at stake if anything should happen to any Egunguns either young or old.

This my threat really work on them, because the White gods really need Chief Zoro alive to keep their business functioning in Uboji.

The worst happened when I woke the next morning I met Chief Zoro dead with wounds of snake’s bite all over his body, with this I told Duru to get back to the community without informing anyone of Chief Zoro death.

After Duru left,I departed to boriogoni as well, I told Obi the achievement so far and he was so proud of my courage.
The Obiris still lives in the fears of not hurting the Egunguns to safe the life of their hero at captive, this lasted for over a year...The Egunguns seeks for my attention in Uboji so I went there with Obi.

I walk boldly in the company of the Egunguns straight down to the White gods’ plant to demand justice and equality for the Egunguns if they really want peace to reign Uboji or else we are ready to fight till death with the last blood in our veins.

After an hour of protesting at the white gods’ plant, they summoned me and some Egunguns’ elders inside for brief meeting and at the meeting I suggested a meeting should be schedule with the Obiris representatives and the White gods agreed to do this and get back to us.

I traveled back to Boriogoni to await the meeting and for safety sake.
Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Am Tired...someone Should Help Me Before I Kill Myself. by ibukunSaint(m): 4:51am On Oct 22, 2019
i feel your pain bro...but where ever you are, you can start a laundry business manually till you will be able to get machines for it...the only thing you need is just pressing iron for now and you can do the washing manually till you get money for washing machine..best of luck

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Literature / Re: A Land With Oil By Owolabi Ibukun Jubril by ibukunSaint(m): 5:10am On Oct 16, 2019
#Episodes8: Back To Uboji.

#Hero.

On hearing the news of the clashed between the Egunguns and the Obiris,I felt so disappointed from staying far from my belief...I can’t bear to see the Egunguns religion dead as proposed by Chief Zoro, with this I left Buche very early the next morning without informing any soul of my motive.

I got to Uboji by 6am in the morning,I met with some Egungun’s youth secretly and I told them my motive but they said is impossible,I felt discouraged but I was courageous when one of the youth (Duru) promised to pull the movement with me.

So we left to my hideout in the forest till late night...when it was very dark we left to Chief Zoro’s compound and set the barn beside his building on fire to distract the Zoro’s compound,all his household was scared and scattered with the blazing from the barn so we snatched the opportunity and advanced into the main building and luckily for us we met Chief Zoro at the bathroom covered with soap, from behind I chained his both hands and dragged him out with the command of the local gun I got from my Dad’s armoury.

He tried to fight back but I was to fast to use my sleeping powder on him...he was really weak to the bone so I pushed him forward through the backyard straight to the deep forest I used as hideout.

Through all this process the ZoroGuide were still busy quenching the fire at the barn, so the next morning the news of Zoro been kidnapped was all over the whole town.

I tied the mighty Zoro inside a very deep hole been dug for this purpose, he woke up looking at me surprisingly.

After 24hours of kidnapping Zoro,the white gods placed a huge amount for whom ever has details on Zoro where about.

It was a very risk task but thinking of my late parents alone gave me all the courage needed for the task ahead.
Literature / Re: A Land With Oil By Owolabi Ibukun Jubril by ibukunSaint(m): 5:03am On Oct 16, 2019
A Land With Oil.

#Episodes7:Obiri

#Marginalization.

After the evil incident that claimed the soul of my innocent mum,we moved to Buche village from Ogoni.

The white gods want to increase the labour force at their plant so they roles-out vacancy for employment,the whole Uboji expect this to be transparent one but it was also hijacked by Chief Zoro.

In which he gave the employment to the Obiri’s worshippers alone and sidelined the Egunguns, this generates a lot of grievances within the community and it leads to battle between the two religion groups.

The Egungun had a secret meeting over this issue but the meeting was leaked out to Chief Zoro, so the next night attack was launched on Egungun chief priest’s compound and he was kidnapped in the process.

The Egunguns searched the whole village and beyond but they couldn’t find their priest, so they consulted their gods and it was revealed to them the attack was made by the Obiris so the next day they stage a protest to Chief Zoro’s compound been the Obiri’s chief priest.

On getting to Zoro’s compound the ZoroGuide attack them and the Egunguns fought back but the ZoroGuide used weapons on them that got many Egunguns wounded and left one dead.

Great Uboji has been divided into two under same community (The Egunguns and the Obiris) and Obiris enjoyed the the benefits from the white gods’ oil while the Egunguns are the less privilege and the mission of the Obiris is to eliminate the Egunguns from Uboji.

Chief Zoro told all the Obiris to be vigilant and security conscious .
Literature / Re: A Land With Oil By Owolabi Ibukun Jubril by ibukunSaint(m): 5:10pm On Oct 15, 2019
Just comment when you are ready for the next update ��
Literature / Re: A Land With Oil By Owolabi Ibukun Jubril by ibukunSaint(m): 9:07pm On Oct 14, 2019
A Land With Oil.

#Episode6: My greatest mistake

#Mom.

Not that I only miss Uboji but I miss my mom most, this I discussed with Mazi Buru after 2years to see my mom so I pleaded for over 2weeks before he finally granted my request to see my mom but he warned me to be very careful.

On the day of my departure to Uboji, Mazi still called me aside to warn me again on been careful with my journey to Uboji and I gave him my words to be extraordinarily careful.

I got to the river bank very early, and I was the only passenger on board so I have to wait till the canoe get full passengers,with this I adjust the cap Mazi Buru gave me to disguise...while waiting I saw a very beautiful angel of the same age with me, guided by ZoroGuide ,on seeing this I quickly recognized her as one of Chief Zoro’s daughter that was on scholarship studying abroad.

We are all forced to vacant the canoe for her alone, this got me angry but I remembered Mazi Buru’s warning so I obliged.

So we boarded the next available canoe to Uboji, on getting to Uboji I have to hide by the river bank till late night before I could approach my father’s compound.

While on the tree at the river bank, the same Zoro’s daughter came to play at the river without guide, she stood the same spot where his father murdered my Dad...this woke the devil in me and I jumped down from the tree and approached her with force and pushed her into the same deep end of the river.

She screamed so loud that attracted the ZoroGuide ,I was scared on seeing ZoroGuide approaching cause I never knew they are around...I ran so fast to the nearby forest, I kept running without looking back but my greatest fear was when I heard one of them screaming Biaku Mazuka.

With luck on my side I was able to outsmart them,I spent the night inside the huge forest with fear, in the midnight I sneaked out and follow fishermen canoe back to Ogoni, so I slept at the barn till daybreak.

When Mazi Buru saw me he was so mad at me ,I never knew how the rumour spread so fast...I was about pleading when Mazi Buru gave me shocker of my life that my Mom was murdered overnight after it was disclosed that I was the one that killed the Zoro’s daughter.

With this,I have no reason to live again, I cried so deep with sweat all over me...Obi tried to console me but I’m really down with pain and hatred for Uboji.

For the fear of been discovered Mazi Buru asked us to vacant Ogoni...a journey of thousands miles.

...to be continue
Literature / Re: A Land With Oil By Owolabi Ibukun Jubril by ibukunSaint(m): 4:08pm On Oct 14, 2019
A Land With Oil.

#Episode5: Chief Zoro

#How it started

Within a year of Chief Zoro ruling the mining plant has been functioning to it full length and a big mansion was built as Zoro’s empire and his kids and the rest Chiefs’ wards were sent to abroad on scholarship.

On hearing this news, I nearly blamed my Dad for not supporting Zoro’s movement not until a month later that the tragedy happened.

There was heavy outbreak of cholera in Uboji that claimed over 50 kids’ life,the white gods want to brings in the medical experts but Chief Zoro stopped them that the attack is spiritual and the solution is to appease the Obiri god which will cost 50 thousand US dollars.

So the white gods obliged to his option and the money was giving to him and death tolls keep rising...I felt sad for my village, the Oil has been blessing to the Zoros and the few but a curse to the majority.

After this outbreak, some youth gang-up to challenge Chief Zoro on this misfortune but Chief Zoro was too smart for them, they were roped for disturbing the community peace which led to there arrest through law enforcement sent by the white gods.

I woke Obi up very late in the night to discuss with him brutally about what to do to have our lovely Uboji back but Obi declined my idea of fighting back with excuse that we are too young to fight that.

After the community youth attack, Chief Zoro recruits some able men and tagged them #ZoroGuide ,most of this able men are from neighboring villages...He empowered them with arms and charms for his safety.

ZoroGuides are so powerful that they did many odd things and went scot free with it...As all this matter unveiled Mazi Buru notice my pains and warned me to becareful, that I’m too young to fight the battle ahead.


...to be continue
Literature / Re: A Land With Oil By Owolabi Ibukun Jubril by ibukunSaint(m): 1:10pm On Oct 14, 2019
Many episodes are ready but I’m not encourage without comments.
Literature / Re: A Land With Oil By Owolabi Ibukun Jubril by ibukunSaint(m): 10:23am On Oct 14, 2019
A Land With Oil.

#Episode4: Me and Obi

#Riverbank

With my Dad instruction,I sneaked out of the compound without my mom’s conscience...headed down to the riverbank to hookup with Obi.

Obi was already there waiting for me with his little luggage, it was a very cold night with dark cloud...Obi asked me what are the instructions from my Dad? I told him everything but the first challenges was how to cross the Eke river to Mazi Buru’s village.

So I suggested we climb a tree to take cover until we see any canoe coming, we are on this tree when we saw Chief Zoro leading his fellow Chiefs with my Dad and the King tied together with robe and blindfolded.

We are both scared but we have to remain calm, this moment remains the saddest moment of my life...we watched them tortured our fathers to death and later thrown them into the river deep end with heavy stone tied to their neck.

I wanted to scream and advance at them at this point but Obi hold me down for our safety sake.

We slept on this tree till very late midnight until we saw a fishing canoe from the neighbouring village, we quickly whistle to them and we are fortunate they heed to our calls and took us across the river, I’m still shivering from the past incident.

We got to Mazi Buru’s compound before the first cock crow and we are well received, I was quick to tell him everything that happened and he told us that my father had forseen it that was why he reason with King to send I and Obi here.

He told us how Chief Zoro betrayed he entire community to bargain with the whitemen over the crude oil.

After a month with Mazi Buru, we heard story of how the white gods empowered Chief Zoro with foreign’s power to rule over Uboji.


...to be continue
Literature / Re: A Land With Oil By Owolabi Ibukun Jubril by ibukunSaint(m): 10:12am On Oct 14, 2019
Please comment to encourage more updates ��
Literature / Re: A Land With Oil By Owolabi Ibukun Jubril by ibukunSaint(m): 10:11am On Oct 14, 2019
ALand With Oil.

Episode3: The Betrayal.

#The Elders’ Journey.

Everything went back to normal in Uboji after the whiteman’s visit.

Two years later the white gods summoned the King,Chiefs and the Elders to round table meeting at the city for dialogue over the crude oil discovered.

The next day,King and the kins men traveled to city to negotiate with the white gods and the meeting lasted 2 nights,the next day we waited at the river bank with drum and flute to welcome the King and the chiefs,it was a very joyful day in the history of Uboji.

After the festive,I went home with my dad...on getting home,my Dad called me privately to his room as his eldest son and disclosed the outcome of the meeting to me.

He told me to pack my little stuff and hook-up with Obi which also the first son of King Dede at the river bank,this scared me and asked him why? He told me about how the majority of the chief preferred monthly cash gift from the white gods to free healthcare and education that was earlier promised by the white gods.

With tears my Dad gave me a description to Mazi Buru’s house at neighbouring town near us called Ogoni,He instructed me to stay there until we get further instruction from him...
I wanted to ask many odd questions but my Dad told me to move fast as Obi might be waiting for me at the river bank by now.
Literature / Re: A Land With Oil By Owolabi Ibukun Jubril by ibukunSaint(m): 10:02am On Oct 14, 2019
A Land With Oil.

Episode2:Oct 3rd,1972.

#Gods In White Skin.

It was a very sunny day around noon, we just came back from the farm with my Dad and saw majority assembled under the huge mango tree that served as shield for every village’s meeting.

We rushed down there to check what’s going on and on getting there I saw big people that has the same features like my Dad but with white skin and a coloured hair.

Many questions ran through my mind that moment but no one ready to answer them so I kept watching...there was a Blackman that dressed like a groom, he stood in-between the king and the white gods doing the interpretation for both parties.

This lasted for over 30minutes and the king,chiefs and few elders escorted the white gods to the canoe that conveys them back to their god knows destination.

I waited till dinner time before I could asked my dad about the white gods but he scolded me not to talk while eating...after the dinner I still sat beside him to get the clue of the white gods visit.

As a wiseman he is,he noticed my curiosity and told me to ask my question, with this I cleared my throat and asked him what did the white gods came for?

Chief Mazuka, look at me intelligently and told me to listen very well because what he was about to discuss with me might be the future or the ruin of Uboji,I was sweating on hearing this.

He explained to me that crude oil has been discovered in Uboji and the white gods are ready to set-up a mining plant in Uboji.

The white gods has promised us free healthcare and education for both the young and adult in exchange for our oils,this sound sweet but I’m still scared to the bone if we will not be loosing beyond the Oil alone.


...to be continue
Literature / A Land With Oil By Owolabi Ibukun Jubril by ibukunSaint(m): 9:53am On Oct 14, 2019
#Episode1: Uboji

#Introduction

My name is Biaku,born in 1962 and a native of uboji,a land very rich in petroleum resources with over 5000 populations.

My town is a very large peaceful environment surrounded by water with a single school for the kids,which made majority of us uneducated.

Uboji indigenes are known to be farmers and a fishermen,few are good in artworks and the women engaged in petty trades and food selling.

Uboji has paramount ruler,which we do address as king Dede and the king has his subjects which are chiefs that makes decision with him and my father is proudly one of them.

Our religions are categorized into two,Egungun or Obiri so you either be Egungun or Obiri worshiper as indigene of Uboji and different day are chosen for the festive of the individual religion to avoid chaos.

I grown up knowing all this under my warrior dad(Chief Mazuka).

My Dad is the Egungun’s chief priest and a farmer so farming is our family heritage in which every male child must choose as occupation after stardard 6 education.

There was a lot to eat in Uboji both from the river and farmer’s product until the gods in white skin arrived �.

....to be continue

Politics / Gunmen Abduct PDP National Youth Leader by ibukunSaint(m): 7:52am On Sep 03, 2019
According to Ebere Amaraizu, the spokesperson for the Enugu Stae PoliceNG Command, Okoye was allegedly held at gunpoint and taken away by his assailant.

Crime / Picture Of Cars Burn During The Xenophobic Attack On Nigerian by ibukunSaint(m): 11:01pm On Sep 02, 2019
A friend sent this to me this morning ��

Crime / Re: A Soldier 'Thunder' Is After My Life!!! by ibukunSaint(m): 11:56am On Sep 02, 2019
This should help

Celebrities / Re: Mercy Johnson In A Romantic Dance With Husband As She Celebrates 35th Birthday by ibukunSaint(m): 12:20pm On Aug 28, 2019
Congrat

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Celebrities / Undeniable...last Last Toyin Abraham Got Married To Kolawole Ajeyemi by ibukunSaint(m): 3:08pm On Aug 14, 2019
After facing many marriage saga within nollywood from Johnson to seun egbegbe.

She finally tight the knot within same nollywood with kolawola ajewole

Religion / Re: M Skid Responds To Maraji's "Jesus Is The Only Way" Claim by ibukunSaint(m): 11:58am On Aug 14, 2019
So the world population of all Muslim and other religion will go to hell?

Where is your school please?
Politics / Re: Revolution Now Protesters Confront Police (Photos) by ibukunSaint(m): 12:24pm On Aug 05, 2019
Aldebaran:
Hmmmm

RevolutionNow ? grin

Cowards, If you really want Revolution, I mean if you really want to REVOLT, then you don't have to announce your intentions ...

You catch them Unaware grin
So how who they mobilize for the struggle?
Romance / Re: She's Pregnant 18 Months After Her Husband’s Death by ibukunSaint(m): 1:24pm On Jul 27, 2019
God bless you bro...don’t mind the OP,will you be happy if you are dead husband’s shoe?

Give the dead the respect he deserved,is even culture in some part of Nigeria to atleast mourn your late husband for a year before moving on but imagine your own case of the wife fucking around to the extend of getting pregnant after a year she lost her husband...I suspect the lady of her husband death
Politics / How I Will Run Ogun,if Elected-paseda by ibukunSaint(m): 5:36am On Dec 07, 2018
Rotimi Paseda, is the governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP). The Omu-Ijebu born businessman cum politician speaks on his plans for the state, if he is given the mandate to lead it in 2019.

READ ALSO: Ogun SDP guber aspirant faults delegate system

You are taking another shot at the governorship in Ogun State, what would you say is your advantage over others?
What distinguishes me is because I am doing the impossible and have basically come to really shake politics. That which has never been done in the past is going to be done. In my type of governance, the state is going to be accorded equal opportunities; I will have the APC, PDP, SDP, Accord and other political parties in my cabinet. So by and large, those that need to worry are those that want to do things the old ways, those saying ‘if Paseda wins election, everything in the state will belong to him and his people only,’ if that is what you are thinking, do not bother to vote for me because I am not promising you that. What youaregoingtogetfrommeisifIwanta Commissioner for Finance and the person that can do the job conveniently is from the ADP, I will look for him and persuade him to come and serve. I will not give it to anyone else because such a person is my party member or friend, the state cannot progress if we do not put the round peg in the round hole.

What else are you bringing on board that is different from what the state currently has?
Another thing I am going to do so differently is that the initial decisions of the state will be made from my cabinet and I am going to have a cabinet that is not constitutional, there is a normal cabinet structure but those that will really do the job for me are the youths, they are my special assistants, they are my think tank team. Yes, commissioners will be there but when I sit down and want to make some critical decisions, my think tank team will be my special assistants, they will be there for me and they are going to come from every single local government. I am picking them, not by party affiliation but by personal reputation and qualification and assoonasIamdone,Iamgoingtosend them for a three to six months sabbatical in India and China, their job is to come back home, each person with a minimum of five (5) cottage industries, if you fail, you are fired because you will be living there for months.

The idea is for you to bring me a toothpick manufacturing company, sign an MOU with them and they must come and establish in Ogun State. You will also be mandated to bring me aquaculture, I cannot divulge all these things now, they are the real workers, everything else is administrative, the assemblies, others will still do their jobs according to the constitutional laid down regulations. But as for Paseda, my special assistants are the youths, I will listen to them because I want my state to be a capital of cottage industries and manufacturing in Nigeria, it can be done easily.

The other thing is that I see no reasons we cannot have the two tiers of government that happened during the Obafemi Awolowo era, because that is where I am arriving at. The state government and traditional rulers must work side by side, the state shouldn’t make any final decisions on projects without involving the monarchs, and they know what is needed in their local communities. Although, they will have offices too, but the palace is for the monarchs as they have a thorough job to do, being a king isn’t a job, it is like an entitlement, a custodian of culture. But in the socio-economic development of our state, it is a different thing, we need their inputs and wise counsel .So the Oba-In-Council will ensure that the town hall meetings are brought back because if I divide the state budget into 20, I am talking about capital expenditure which is for 20 local governments, the one out of the 20 of what I have put to a particular local government cannot be spent without the state and the monarchs agreeing on what to do with it.

So it is not me sitting down and giving orders on what to do for them, how do I know what they need? The commissioners will say what will be beneficial to them, but the Obas have a deeper interest in their locality and they are closer to the grassroots and people living in the hinterlands, so why should we not consult them? So, I am going to empower them, make sure all they need to function as part of governance are there for them, that is where we are going.

What about other sectors in the state?
In terms of education, I am not going to joke with free education, everyone thinks I am paying lips service to it, they are the ones dreaming, it is a commitment. I don’t see any reason Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye cannot be a Centre for Policy Research.

To make a decision, it has to go through certain processes for it to be successful; we ought to have an institutional research here in our state. All our institutions, depending on what they are specialised in will be part of policy formulation. Tell us what you can do, let us debate it, bring your academic ideas, let the monarchs look at the practicality of what you are talking about and let us look at affordability and sustainability, that is how it is supposed to be run. If we do it, it is going to be successful, by the time we empower the institutions, they will be manufacturing. Some of these cottage industries will be located at the institutions’ campuses, because that is what they specialise in. If someone talks about syringe, we can produce it if we have a system where we can manufacture it locally. I am not going to put a syringe industry in Ijebu Ode because it is my home town, but where is our School of Health, Ilese?

Celebrities / Re: Tiwaloluwa Oluwademiladeola Chidera Aviella: Seyi Law's Daughter's New Photos by ibukunSaint(m): 12:12pm On Dec 06, 2018
simpleKUSH:
Kemi wasn't wrong after all.... that girl is ugly, very very ugly, if she were my child, i will throw her into a burning furnace
amen
Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Npower - Just Received This Text Message From NPOWER by ibukunSaint(m): 9:30am On Nov 26, 2018
asakeaina:
I got same message at around 12: 02 am this morning. Fellow nairalander who had gone through same process should shed more light . Please be your brother's keeper.
is preselected message... Got the same as well as 2017 beneficiary... So just follow the instructions promptly as they unfold.
Politics / Read What Paseda Said To People Of Ogun State by ibukunSaint(m): 11:04am On Nov 13, 2018
READ WHAT PASEDA SAID TO OGUN PEOPLE

Hello my Fellow Citizens of Ogun State!

Thank you for this warm welcome. I am very happy to be here contesting with so many friends and terrific candidates!

Something is happening in Ogun State right now, there is a wind of change possibly in the transition of this present administration.

A wind that blows along the three senatorial district of Ogun State, From Ogun West to Ogun Central, where the number one servant office resides , to Ogun East ,the senatorial district where I was raised.

Wind from every corner in Ogun State, which will breathe new life into politics.
In this forth-coming 2019 general election, Ogun State have said loud and clear, that too many families can’t make ends meet, that too many seniors are living in poverty, that they have had enough of the same old debates, they deserve better, that is why we should dare to bring about change.
Change that is now necessary because Paseda is running in circles, because for too long, we have replaced scandals with different scandals, scandals that Ogun State could not tolerate anymore, because some want to benefit from divisive politics, because issues that matter to most citizens of Ogun State are yet to be settled.

You have voted for a green economy, but still, your money is used to subsidize big polluters. You have rejected scandals that tarnished politics, but again this week, we see the same story. Different leaders, same old scandals. For all these reasons, you believe it is now time for change.
Ogun State are ready for this change. Students, Youths, Artisans e.t.c are ready for this change.

My friends, I am ready to bring this change to Ogun State , so that citizens of Ogun State can have a strong voice in cabinet. In every corner of the government parastatals, my people is ready for this challenge.

Old debates and negative politics that we have seen since the beginning of this campaign are exactly what Myself had stayed away from.

Some have claimed that I was too polite to be a politician, as if it was a weakness for a party leader to listen what you have to say.

My friends, I cannot promise to be less of a good guy, you know where I stand and you know I will fight for the priorities you hold dear. To defend families and seniors.

To bring education to the way we met it and how it was, To stop subsidizing big polluters and instead invest in clean energy. To give a voice to progressive Youths, Women and resourced Ogun State Citizens in cabinet.

I am committed to do things differently in Ogun State.

I am committed to get results in the first 100 days as your Governor. Not in four years. Now. Because people need help now. That’s my commitment to you. My friends, I am ready to be your Governor, and I fully understand what this means.

A Governor's job is to make sure the government works for those who have elected him, and not for big corporations.

A Governor's job is to bring people together. Build bridges between urban and rural areas and bring closer the different point of views which exist in this state.

A Governor must ensure Parliament/Legislators represents the values you cherish.

Values like: Tolerance, compassion, pride in our differences, respect for democracy, cooperation. Those values are shared by all Ogun citizens around the world.

My friends, we will work together to bring those values back to action. No matter which party you supported in the past, we can put the old debates aside and work together to achieve real change.

We can prove that the cynics are wrong. That it is possible for Ogun State to have a to have a solid representation in all ramifications, not in the Opposition, but within government. Others will tell you that you have no choice but to vote for them. But that is, once again, old politics. You deserve better. You deserve change. And for that, we need to do more than block the Conservatives. We need to replace them. And it is not the first time for Ogun State citizens to bring about major changes in our society. This isn’t the first time you’ve seen this. It means something is broken and we need to fix it.

It starts with a vote – your vote. And so, I’m calling on you – on the election day in 2019– to mark your ballot for change. Together, we can do this. We can show that: Here, our priority is Free Education, job creation, the environment and Security. Here, we dare to use words like “change” “hope” and “progress”. Here, we dare to look beyond old politics and have the audacity to ask for something better. Here, we dare to look cynicism directly in the eye, and have faith that the best has yet to come. And especially because there is so much to do.

The time has come for someone to take on those responsibilities.

I am ready to take on this challenge! It can’t be done without you.

Let’s work together. Let’s roll up our sleeves and start the work right now.

Thank you!

Otunba Rotimi Paseda.

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Politics / Re: Ogun2019: Otunba Rotimi Paseda To Run Under SDP. by ibukunSaint(m): 3:06pm On Sep 08, 2018
[quote author=LibertyRep post=71013836]Good for him. He has Sina Kawonise to contend with at the primary. By the way whatever happens UPN?[/quote but I think paseda is the party favourite from the look of things
Politics / Ogun2019: Otunba Rotimi Paseda To Run Under SDP. by ibukunSaint(m): 12:43pm On Sep 08, 2018
After the long wait by the good people of Ogun state, Otunba Rotimi Paseda officially unveiled to run under Social Democratic Party (SDP).

Politics / Otunba Rotimi Paseda...brief Profile. by ibukunSaint(m): 10:35am On Sep 06, 2018
Prince Olatunde Rotimi Paseda hails from Omu-Ijebu in Ogun State, he is a UK/Mexico based business man. He came from a family of five, his mother was a retired teacher in public service and his dad was a store keeper at PZ, Paterzon Zokalis Nigeria Limited in the 60s. He started his career in PZ and ended his career in PZ. He was the longest service staff at that point.

Paseda attended Baptist Academy for his O'levels at ikorodu, Lagos state. He thereafter travelled abroad for his University education. He attended the University of London, UK where he studied Transport Management and later got his Masters Degree in Tourism and Recreation Management from the same University.

Afterwards, he established his own company in UK which is currently being managed by his wife.

Along the line, he stumbled into a company in Mexico that manufactures heavy duty equipment. He recognized the opportunity, bought into it and it became one of his main businesses. It's a big firm in Mexico and he is one of the three partners in the company. He is also into fire engines construction, which sells mostly in Eastern Europe, and Asia and Latin America. He has successfully established two engineering firms that are into fabrication and building of heavy machinery; they manufacture water tankers, fire engines, garbage /compacting trucks and the likes and they are doing very well.

Otunba Paseda owns four major companies across the world (UK, US, and Latin America). In Nigeria, he owns a couple of hotels spread across different parts of the country, little wonder, he was recently awarded alongside President Olusegun Obasanjo and Chief Olusegun Osoba as Most Influential Industrialist among 100 Most Influential Ogun Indigenes Still Leaving.

Prince Olatunde Rotimi Paseda is the Founder of Paseda Legacy Foundation, an NGO he established as a way of helping the needy /give back to the society.

His immense contributions to the development of Omu earned him the chieftaincy title of the Otunba Adeneye 1 of Omu-Ijebu, he was also installed as the Garkuwan Hausawan (the man of the masses) of Ogun State by the Hausa communities in Ogun state.

The determination to succeed against so many odds encouraged Prince Paseda to forge ahead. He believes that if he can succeed out there in the UK, he should be responsible to his people at home by contributing his quota to the development of his home state, Ogun state and Nigeria at large.

This made him contest, although unsuccessful for the Governor of Ogun state in the 2015 general elections alongside Senator Ibikunle Amosun of ABC and Gboyega Nasir Isiaka . He is the major financier of Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN) in Nigeria and he personally believes in Awolowo's ideology of free education, free health care, cheap housing scheme and rural integration, etc.

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