Of governor Mimiko’s 100 days government and unstructured answers…

 

So, its 100 days  after Olusegun Mimiko eventually became  governor.

So far, there seems to have  been far more populist output from the regime - not a bad in thing in itself- , that are extremely small steps,  should his administration be expected to live up to the levels of expectation that are on the streets.

There has been a slant towards, offering free-this, free that, it would seem – without a conscious drive, to create a structured government, where every single member sees himself as a team, with an ultimate goal towards ensuring achieving the promised agenda of the labour party.

Why is one not surprised that little  mention has been made of the  12 point agenda, the basis on  which the labour government campaigned in the last 100 days ?

At the very best, there has been little movement – without traction in the last 100 days of this regime. 

It is not incredibly hard to predict that if the government does not strive, to get herself up and running at the organisational level of creating structure , refocusing the phyiscally dead civil service, and defocusing from unitary populist moves as it would appear, its already a moribound one; 

Time is racing by already and one can only hope, the rest of the people are preparing to ask the right questions…

Global Economic Meltdown & Ondo Teachers

 

There is a snippet of  Nigeria Tribune Report here where governor Mimiko appears to predicate  his government’s approval  on the global economic meltdown…

Mimiko said the current global economic recession had affected Nigeria with its attendant effects on the resources available to the state. However, a circular from the office of the state Head of Service, Mr. Ajose Ikudehinbu, following the negotiation, said those with professional qualifications would be entitled to 27.5 per cent of basic salary while those without it would get 12.5 per cent.

One can only be a cynic for too long.  To say, how are teachers due connected in substance to the global economic issue ?

Let’s hope  the Teachers enjoy the marginal increases this may mean to them…

Damning report. Damned University ?

"official corruption, administrative incompetence, maladministration, arbitrariness, complete academic decay, immoral dealings, sexual harassment, admission and examination racketeering, extortion and other vices" were rampant in the institution.

There goes a quote from the recommendations of a panel that apparently looked into the state of things at Adekunle Ajasin University, (OSUA) as reported here

The underlined emphasis (mine) sums it up for me. It not terribly hard to see that the state of Nigerian Universities are dire.

Still, for a ‘new-generation’ university that AAU is supposed to be, the weight of those words, in terms of describing  a university is simply scary.

AAU, was always known as a glorious secondary school;

Apparently not much changed…

Cocoa Talks.

 

Commerce and Industry commissioner, Akin Akingbestote doing cocoa talks here

‘If the equipments need re changing, we will look for new ones. If it is repairs that are needed, we will look towards it. But I will surely bring experts. Within the next one week, we are going to bring in cocoa experts that have worked in various cocoa processing industries like Stanmark in Ile Oluji….”

What strikes one immediately ?

1. The apparent  lack of research:

He went on and on, predicating the very first step on solving any problem, let alone one of such huge importance -  problem identification – on plenty of “if” and “Ifs” ?

Huuuuuuuugh ?

2. And why is it predominant with our administrator to always think along the line of we-are-bringing-in-the-experts as if that in itself is the magic wand that identifies the problem, fixes it, and delivers it to full functionality…just like that ?

He could do with better exposition of his ideas if you asked me but let’s see if there will be follow-ups in the weeks ahead….

Give and Take Mastery…

 

Just ran into this where the Ondo state governor – Olusegun Mimiko in one breath n recognition of the overall financial implication of running the government seeks to:

slash the emoluments of all political office holders in the executive arm by about 25 per cent.

whilst, in another ‘huff-puff’ creates 21 ministries, as against the pre-exisiting 13.

Whichever way you appraise it, speaking +  acting out 2 –in-1 is the least way I could describe that.

What do you think ?

Newspapers: Ondo faults lawyer, others on court verdict

Ondo faults lawyer, others on court verdict
From Julius Alabi, Akure

GOVERNOR Olusegun Mimiko did not flout any court order purportedly restraining him from taking over the state-owned Ondo State Asphalt Company (OSAC) as claimed by a Lagos-based lawyer, Festus Keyamo, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Kolawole Olabisi, has said.

In a statement at the weekend, Olabisi described Keyamo's claims as "blatant lie" in the matter.

Keyamo alleged that Mimiko had, despite a May 4, 2009, Akure High Court order restraining the state government from taking over OSAC pending the determination of the substantive suit before it, gone ahead to appoint a board for the company as well as deploying policemen on the firm's premises.

The OSAC, which was established in 1991, was wholly owned by Ondo State until its controversial sale by former Governor Olusegun Agagu to GSQ Construction Limited, an Akure-based construction firm, in January 2007 amid protests from several quarters.

Olabisi said that at no time did the governor flout any court order as alleged by Keyamo and his clients because the state government took action on the matter in February and early March this year "long before the so-called court order on May 4".

According to the governor's aide, Mimiko took action on the matter following several complaints he received shortly after he took over office, especially in security reports, stating that OSAC property worth millions of naira were illegally removed from the company to unknown destinations by officials of the ousted regime.

His words: "Indeed, some of these state-of-the-art equipment were recovered by the police in Ibafo Town, Ogun State, while several earth-moving machines and trucks were recovered from a secret hide-out in Irele Local Council of the state.

"Left with no option, the governor immediately arranged for security to be provided at the company to arrest the spate of looting going on there. This was immediately followed with the putting in place of an interim committee to oversee the affairs of the company in early March.

"From this, one is amazed that Keyamo could resort to cheap blackmail for his clients. As far as we are concerned, there was no injunction. What the court granted was an order of enforcement of fundamental human rights and not an injunction annulling what the governor had already done long before the May 4, 2009, ruling as Keyamo and his clients would want the whole world to believe.

"And, in any case, it is elementary principle of law that an injunction will not restrain a completed act. If Keyamo is sure that an order of court has been violated, he knows what to do - simply to go to court rather than resorting to cheap blackmail on the pages of newspapers.

Olabisi stressed that Mimiko "is a firm believer in the rule of law, due process and would do everything to reverse the abuse of the immediate past."