Fayemi, Fayose and the Challenges of Nigeria's Ekiti State by Akindele Daniel Oluwaleke
Oluwatoyin Adeopoju
Fayemi, Fayose and the Challenges of Nigeria's Ekiti State by Akindele Daniel Oluwaleke
Akindele Daniel Oluwaleke
HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT is abysmal in my homeland in spite of the academic-saturation of Ekitis in higher educational achievement.
If FAYEMI loses, it won't be because FAYOSE was a better candidate. It will be because FAYEMI neglected the critical segments of the society:THE YOUTH. Graduate unemployment is soaring in EKITI and with the STREET CREDIBILITY FAYOSE oozes out he appears popular. Is it not PARADOXICAL that a FAYOSE will be given an INTELLECTUAL EGGHEAD like FAYEMI a run for his money just because FAYEMI failed to connect with the critical segment.
INDUSTRIALIZATION is the key to improve graduate employment.
Unarguably, EKITI is an agrarian and civil service state hence FAYEMI has his work well cut out for him from the blast of the whistle.
He rode on the crest of popularity and famed campaign promises that he was going to use his wide travels and international connections to open up the state thereby put the state on the INDUSTRIAL MAP.
Besides, FAYEMI and his APC governor-colleague came to town with the gospel of REGIONAL INTEGRATION to be anchored on JOINT TRANSPORTATION, AGRICULTURAL SETTLEMENTS, with INDUSTRIALISATION forming the backbone of this effort.
What has happened to the ambitious plan?
If he had pursued these noble objectives of industrializing the state by attracting investors through friendly economic policies (tax holidays, subsidy, attractive fiscal policies and all that), that would have gone a long way to empower the sky-rocketing graduate unemployment.
For EKITI to enjoy it‘s pride of place among comity of states and for the FEEDING BOTTLE FEDERALISM to stop, there is need to industrialize and the diversify the economic base. The concomitant effect would have generated jobs.
Giving out contracts to Lagos-based contractors for PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE and neglecting STOMACH INFRASTRUCTURE and HUMAN DIGNITY is counter-productive.
It encourages CAPITAL FLIGHT.
There are no TWO WAYS about it.
Source:
Comment on Facebook status update of Kazeem Honourable Badru on 21 June 2014
URL : https://www.facebook.com/lecturerbadru/posts/746557968720475?comment_id=746574172052188¬if_t=like
Accessed 21 June 2014
Compiled by Oluwatoyin Vincent Adepoju
Compcros
Comparative Cognitive Processes and Systems