THE THRONE IS NO LONGER VACANT

ILE IFE NOW AS A KING

 

 

He became the 51th person to rule the people of Ile-Ife, Osun State, after defeating is brother out of the twenty one contestant, Kabiyesi oooooo!!!!! Ojaja the second, (Ojaja II)

An accountant by profession, a graduate from the Polytechnic of Ibadan.

According to information gathered here are his achievement so far. Prince Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi is from the Giesi ruling house of Ile-Ife. Here are the fact about Prince Ogunwusi. He was responsible for the establishment of the Association for international Business (AIB) in Nigeria.

He led the government delegation team to Canada in 2002 for strategic alliance and partnership with Ondo State Government on solid mineral potentials of the state. This lead to the formation of Amalgamated Mining and Exploration Company Limited, owned by the State government

He facilitated the biggest Lead and Aluminum recycling plant set up in Nigeria by National Steel Company of India in Ota, Ogun State.

He is the founder of Essential Homes, a real Estate project that delivers affordable upscale homes to middle and low income earners

He employs over 300 youths at the Inagbe Cocowood factory and has over 450 direct employees in his various companies.

He is involve in Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) in Nigeria, and internationally for over 12 years. He is directly involved in the development of over 2500 housing units in Nigeria, over the last 8 years.

He’s the board of Imperial Homes Mortgage Bank Limited, formerly (GTHomes), GTBanks Plc and FinaTrust Microfinance Bank Limited.

He has carried out real estate developments for severals monarchs, which include; HRM, Oba Saheed Elegushi, Kusenla III, Elegushi of Ikate Land, The Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuade, HRM, Oba Oyekun, Onilado of Ilado Inagbe Island, Lagos, HRM, Oba Adedapo Tejuoso, The Oranmiyan Osile Oke Ona of Egba Land, Abeokuta (development of the Lord’s Estate, Buckswood College Abeokuta), HRM, Oba Oloruntouin Saliu, the Oloworo of Oworonsoki,Lagos (partners in the proposed Oworonsoki Redevelopment Scheme Lagos), The Olofa of Offa, Oba Mufutau Muhammed Gbadamosi, (partnership during the rice and sugar merchandising for Dangote Group and others)

Prince Ogunwusi, is currently the managing director of Howard Roark Gardens Limited which is undertaking multi-million naira Jacob Mews Estate project in Yaba and the Lakeview real estate development in Lekki.

Indeed, he deserved to be the Ooni of Ife.


Oluwatosin Gbemile.

 

 

 

 

FULL TEXT OF ROTIMI AMAECHI, WHILE ADDRESSING THE SENATE

Good morning. It is a rare pleasure to stand before you distinguished Senators in this hallowed chambers. I am deeply humbled and honoured to have been nominated by President Muhammadu Buhari to serve in the office of a Minister in the Federal Republic of Nigeria. My name is Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, and I am the immediate past governor of Rivers State. Before then, I had served as the Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly for two terms of eight years and as Chairman,

Conference of Speakers, for two tenures. I am perhaps the first Nigerian to have served as Speaker of
a State House of Assembly, for eight years.

I served as Governor of Rivers State for two terms during which period, I had the honour and privilege to serve my colleagues as Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum, for two terms. Taken together, whether as Governor or as Speaker, these two career paths tell a story of public service.

During my tenure as Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, we achieved a lot. Some key bills were passed like the Anti Kidnapping Law and the Rivers States Schools Rights (Parent, Children and Teachers) Law. However, my most fulfilling moment as Speaker was the passage of the Rivers State Schools Rights (Parent, Children and Teachers) law, No. 2 of 2005. This bill clearly enunciated and defined the
responsibilities of parents, teachers and children to guarantee our children access to qualitative education.

As Governor, we inherited a state that was comatose and in the throes of insecurity. Rivers State bore the fault lines of the Niger Delta militancy. Our immediate task was therefore to restore security and improve the social and economic well-being of our people. Ours was a two-pronged approach of fiscal and physical security. Whilst we confronted criminality with aggressive law enforcement measures, we embarked on massive social and infrastructural development.

We declared an emergency in the education sector that guaranteed free and compulsory education up to secondary school level. During my tenure as Governor, we awarded the construction of some 500 primary schools. 314 of these were 100 percent completed while others were virtually completed by the time we left office in May 2015. We undertook the training and recertification of teachers already in the service of the state and employed over 13,000 new teachers. Our efforts and investments in the education sector did not go unnoticed as Port Harcourt won the UNESCO World Book Capital city for 2014, beating cities like Moscow and Oxford.

In the area of healthcare delivery, we built over 140 primary healthcare centres, three secondary healthcare facilities, employed 400 doctors and 200 nurses to improve the manpower in the healthcare sector. Anyone who visited Port Harcourt while we served, will testify to the fact that we worked to bring back the old glory of Port Harcourt as the garden and city as the third leg in the economic tripod of Nigeria.

We built a dualised network of 1500 Kilometres of roads, 23 bridges, 2 major fly-overs and 2 interchanges.

In the area of power, of the 350 Megawatts (MW) total capacity generation assets invested by the government before ours, only 70MW (equivalent to about 20 per cent) was available. With enthusiasm, we ramped up the efficiency to 77 per cent availability including injecting another 360MW Green Field Generation Project at Afam. That massive investment is partly the reason why today, residents in Port Harcourt enjoy almost 24 hours of electricity supply.

On the whole, Mr. President of Senate, I say with pride that during our stewardship of eight years we consistently maintained our pledge to our people to render transparent and accountable stewardship.” To guarantee that we did not deviate from that pledge, we were the first state to pass a Fiscal Responsibility law and the Rivers State Bureau of Public Procurement law. Both laws stemmed from executive bills, and we are pleased that we maintained our stance of surrendering the power of the governor to award contracts until the end of our tenure.

Mr. President of Senate, Distinguished Senators, it is therefore fair to say that under my leadership as governor of Rivers State we redefined governance and repositioned Rivers State as a destination choice to live, work and do business. Accordingly Mr. President of Senate, Distinguished Senators, I give you my word that if I am confirmed as minister by this distinguished Senate, I will bring to bear my vast experience as a Legislator, Speaker and Governor in the execution of my duties.

EMMANUEL EMENIKE QUITS SUPER EAGLES

Emmanuel Emenike has announced that he is no longer available to play for Nigeria.

The 28-year-old made it known he was quitting the Super Eagles on his Instagram page.

He wrote: “For everybody that thinks I am the problem of Super Eagles, I am using this opportunity to give you a breaking and interesting news that I am no longer a Super Eagles player. It has always being my pleasure to play and win for the team.

“I am always proud of my successful years in the team and I am pleased to call it off at this point in order to avoid insults.”

The striker, who is currently on loan at Al Ain in Dubai, made this decision after it emerged Sunday Oliseh was considering dropping him from next month’s World Cup qualifier against Swaziland.

Emenike made his debut five years ago for Nigeria and was top scorer at the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, which the Eagles won.

However, he has gone two years without scoring for the national team and Oliseh is beginning to lose confidence in him.

A top source close to the team told AfricanFootball: “Oliseh is disappointed Emenike has not justified the confidence he has in him.

“He has been given his chance by the coach, who is now seriously considering Odion Ighalo to lead his attack against Swaziland next month.”

The striker scored 16 goals in his 35 appearances while on international duty.

GOV. AMBODE SWEAR IN COMISSIONERS

Gbemile Oluwatosin

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode today swears in his 37 Executive Council members.

The ceremony started around 11: 45 am at Adeyemi Bero Hall, state Secretariat, Alausa, Ikeja.Ambode inaugurated 23 Commissioners-designate and 14 Special Advisers-designate.

The Commissioners appointed and their portfolios include, Gbolahan Lawal, Commissioner for Housing
1. Dr. Jide Idris, Commissioner for Health.
2. Folarin Coker, Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Culture.

3. Seye Oladejo; Commissioner for Special Duties and Intergovernmental Relations.
4. Engr. Ganiyu Johnson, Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure.
5. Mr. Oluwatoyin Suarau, Commissioner for Agriculture.

6. Mr. Rotimi Ogunleye, Commissioner for Commerce, Industry and Cooperatives.

7. Mr. Akinyemi Ashade, Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget.
8. Dr. Babatunde Adejare, Commissioner for Environment.

9. Mr. Olawale Oluwo, Commissioner for Energy and Mineral Resources.
10. Dr. Benson Akintola, Commissioner for Establishment, Training and Pensions.
11. Dr. Mustapha Akinkunmi, Commissioner for Finance.
12. Dr. Abdul-Hakeem Abdul-Lateef, Commissioner for Home Affairs.
13. Mr. Steve Ayorinde, Commissioner for Information and Strategy.

14. Mr. Adeniji Kazeem, Commissioner for Justice

15. Alhaji Musiliu Folami, Commissioner for Local Government, Community Affairs; Townplanner

16. Wasiu Anifowoshe, Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development;
17. Mr. Olufemi Odubiyi, Commissioner for Science and Technology;
18. Dr. Ekundayo Mobereola, Commissioner for Transportation;
19. Engineer Adebowale Akinsanya, Commissioner for Waterfront Infrastructure Development;
20. Mr. Babatunde Durosinmi-Etti, Commissioner for Wealth Creation and Employment;
21. Hon. Lola Akande, Commissioner for Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation;
22. Mrs. Uzamat Akinbile-Yusuf, Commissioner for Youth and Social Development.

The Special Advisers and their portfolios include,
1. Mr. Ayodeji Tinubu, Special Adviser Sports and Chairman Lagos State Sports Council;
2. Mr. Ganiu Okanlomo Sanni, Special Adviser, Food Security;
3. Mrs. Yetunde Onabolu, Special Adviser, Urban Development;
4. Mr. Kehinde Joseph, Special Adviser, Civic Engagement;
5. Hon. Adebimpe Akinsola, Special Adviser, Arts and Culture;
6. Dr. Olufemi Onanuga, Special Adviser, Primary Healthcare;
7. Mr. Obafela Bank-Olemoh, Special Adviser, Education;
8. Hon. Adeyemi Olabinjo, Special Adviser, Commerce;
9. Prince Anofi Elegushi, Special Adviser, Transport;
10. Mr. Babatunde Hunpe, Special Adviser, Environment;
11. Professor Ademola Abass, Special Adviser, Overseas Affairs and Investment;
12. Mrs. Aramide Giwanson, Special Adviser, Housing;

13. Mr. Kehinde Bamigbetan, Community and Communications;
14. Mr. Agboola Dabiri, Special Adviser, Central Business District.

16. The Deputy Governor, Dr. Mrs. Oluranti Adebule was also assigned to oversee the Ministry of Education.