Ondo State Vs. Ekiti State -- Cat Fight!
Jude Uzonwanne
Why are politicians so silly sometimes? How about making the institution an
independent one, so that all of this political "my mercedes is bigger than
yours" nonsense will end? Are they gonna blame the Maximum Leader for this
one also? The man created the state, but failed to share the educational
institutions. Dr. Aluko, what say you on this grave matter? Remember, I
don't have locus standi in Ondo nor Ekiti, hence, over to you!
Jude
>From: Adey Oyenuga <oye...@chapman.edu>
>To: yorub...@onelist.com, <naij...@esosoft.com>,
>igbo...@mcfeeley.cc.utexas.edu, RIV...@siue.edu,
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>Subject: Ondo State Vs. Ekiti State -- Cat Fight!
>Date: Fri, 05 Nov 1999 12:42:51 -0800
>
>Friday, 05 November 1999
>
>Ekiti renames OSUA, Ondo Assembly approves relocation bill
>
>From Ifedayo Sayo (Ado-Ekiti) and Niyi Bello (Akure)
>
>T`HE ownership crisis over the Ondo State University Ado
>Ekiti (OSUA) deepened yesterday as the claimants gave
>separate legislative backings to its possession.
>
>While the Ekiti Assembly approved an executive-initiated bill
>for its renaming within hours after which the Governor,
>Adeniyi Adebayo, immediately signed it into law, the Ondo
>State counterpart also passed a bill relocating the
>institution to Akungba Akoko, home town of its Governor,
>Adebayo Adefarati.
>
>Signing the bill to reflect the takeover, Adebayo cited a
>September 20, 1999 pact with Ondo which ceded all jointly
>owned tertiary institutions to their states of location.
>Hence, according to him, OSUA and Ondo State College of
>Education, Ikere-Ekiti, now belong to Ekiti, while Ondo State
>Polytechnic, Owo, is retained by Ondo.
>
>Adebayo said the action was as a result of the withdrawal by
>the sister state in the continued funding of OSUA.
>
>The bill also approved the renaming of the Ondo State College
>of Education, Ikere-Ekiti to College of Education,
>Ikere-Ekiti.
>
>The two states have been at loggerheads over the institutions
>since the creation of Ekiti out of the old Ondo by the late
>Gen. Sani Abacha administration while Ekiti claims that the
>other state had ceded the university to it, Ondo resolutely
>denied this, saying that any decision on them should have the
>blessing of the two states.
>
>Adebayo accused Ekiti of attempting to foment trouble with
>the refusal to forward Ondo's representatives to a proposed
>committee which would ensure the smooth handing over of the
>institutions.
>
>Reacting to the decision of the Ondo State government to
>relocate the university, Adebayo said: "I don't know the
>magic they want to perform because I don't see how they can
>remove structures from here.
>
>"Frankly speaking, I don't know what they meant by relocating
>the university. Maybe they want to relocate the name of the
>university. They are free to do so. We have rejected the name
>and it is left for them to take over the name," he said.
>
>Stressing that the state government had no problem funding
>the university, he said the Ondo Assembly could not sit in
>Akure and pass laws over institutions located outside their
>domain.
>
>Already, the law changing the name of the university has been
>forwarded to National Universities Commission (NUC).
>
>Governor Adebayo warned that any member of staff of the
>institution that conducted himself in a manner inimical to
>the progress and peace of the university would be sacked.
>
>On why the leadership of their party, the Alliance for
>Democracy (AD), had refused to intervene in the matter,
>Adebayo said the issue had nothing to do with the party as it
>was only a matter of differences between two states which
>would be resolved amicably in due course.
>
>The Ondo bill sought to amend the Obafemi Awolowo University
>law of 1982 and the Ondo State (Certain Tertiary Institutions
>Change of Names) Edict of 1985, which changed the name of the
>institution to Ondo State University.
>
>It stated: "For the avoidance of doubt, wherever the name
>Ondo State University, Ado-Ekiti, occurs on any of the laws
>referred to in section 1, it shall hereafter be read as Ondo
>State University, Akungba-Akoko."
>
>The bill, which was passed after the third reading held
>behind closed-doors, was immediately taken to the governor by
>the Speaker of the House, Mr. Ayo Agbenmuserin, for
>signature.
>
>But the leadership of Ondo South Senatorial District, at a
>press conference yesterday in Akure, accused the House of
>Assembly of impropriety in passing the bill.
>
>They were piqued by the relocation of the institution to the
>home town of the governor, saying the late Chief Obafemi
>Awolowo, Sir Ahmadu Bello and Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, as
>statesmen who when at the helm of affairs, did not site
>universities in their home towns.
>
>In an address read on their behalf by Dr. Abiodun Ijose, they
>argued that it was wrong for Adebayo to have sited the
>university in his home town.
>
>Specifically, they wanted the university to be relocated to
>Okitipupa because, according to them, the senatorial could
>not boast of any higher educational institutions, either
>federal-owned or state-owned, unlike other districts.
>
>Also, the Owo Consultative Forum, speaking on behalf of Owo
>community last week demanded that the university be relocated
>to its town on the existing infrastructure of the state
>polytechnic.
>
>
> - THE GUARDIAN --
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Omo Ekoile
No wonder! Please translate "Ode" to English. Does it
mean a "fool" (no pun intended)? I will however argue
to death that you don't appear as an "Ode." But if you
are truly "Ode" Ekiti who am I to go into disputation
with you?
Thanks for denying coming from Tinubu's Lilliput.
--- "Mobolaji E. Aluko" <mal...@cldc.howard.edu>
wrote:
>
>
> Jude:
>
> You don't have the complete story:
>
> QUOTE
> ---
>
> Vanguard: National Newsreel
>
> Ondo lawmakers trade accusations over planned
> relocation of state varsity
>
> Return to Vanguard front page
>
> CONTROVERSY errupted in Ondo State House yesterday
> over the passing of a
> bill relocating the state university to Akungba in
> Akoko Akungba, town of
> the governor, Chief Adebayo Adefarati.
>
> The lawmakers have been pointing accusing fingers at
> each other. a faction
> said the other faction was induced with money.
>
> The bill sent to the lawmakers on Tuesday scaled
> through the first and
> second reading sameday and was subsequently passed
> in camera yesterday by
> the lawmakers sparking off controversies. Leadership
> of the consultative
> forum in Ondo south senatorial district triggered
> off the protest at a
> press briefing, describing the sudden presentation
> of the bill without
> waiting for the recommendation of the 32-man
> committee on the relocation
> headed by the deputy governor.
>
> Their spokesman, Dr. Abiodun Ijose described the
> action as unfortunate and
> a day-light robbery.
>
> Governor Adefarati presented a bill to the lawmakers
> on Tuesday indicating
> that the university be sited at Akungba.
>
> The bill had scaled through the first and second
> reading while the third
> reading which is the final took place yesterday
> after which it was passed
> in camera by the lawmakers.
>
> Dr. Ijose said that the Ondo south senatorial
> district which produces 70
> per cent of the states resources had been
> marginalised in the distribution
> of tertiary institutions.
>
> "It is, therefore, the resolve of the entire people
> of Ondo south
> senatorial district of Ondo state to humbly demand
> the proposed Ondo state
> university be sited at Okitipupa in Ondo South
> senatorial district.
>
> "We confirm that there are existing infrastructural
> facilities for the
> successful take-off of the university in the
> abandoned batcher barracks at
> Okitipupa which covers an area of 2,000 hectares.
> there are more than 100
> housing units and offices within the site. All these
> will facilitate the
> smooth take-off of the proposed university.
>
> "We appeal to the governor, our honourable
> parliamentarians to bow to
> reason that government cannot afford to neglect Ondo
> South in this matter
> and except to draw our resources with impunity to
> develop other parts of
> the state while we remain largely undeveloped."
>
> Also yesterday, the Ikare descendants union in a
> statement condemned the
> conspirational roles of the lawmakers.
>
> The statement signed by Messrs. Jaiyeola and Samuel
> Isaac, the chairman
> and secretary respectively, said the governors
> action was a day-light
> robbery.
>
> In an interview with newsmen later, the speaker, Mr.
> Ayo Agbomuserin
> dismissed any foul-play in the passing of the bill.
>
> Mr. Agbomuserin added that there was no electricity
> in the chambers when
> the house reconvened after the third reading.
>
> However, allegation of financial inducement to the
> tune of half a million
> naira to each of the legislators spread yesterday,
> but they swore that
> nobody bribed them.
>
> The state governor had on Tuesday presented the bill
> for the relocation to
> Akungba, his home town, to the house only for it to
> be passed yesterday
> despite protest by other senatorial districts in the
> state under 20
> minutes.
>
> Chief Whip of the house, Hon. Aderemi Olatubora
> threatened to challenge
> the action in court.
>
> He told newsmen after the bill was passed that "it
> was procedurally and
> legally wrong for a bill of that magnitude to be
> pushed without going
> through the rule of the house.
>
> Vanguard Transmitted Friday, 5 November, 1999
>
> Return to Vanguard front page
>
>
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> UNQUOTE
>
> Even in a silly argument - the university should be
> controlled by both
> states and renamed Owena University, or better yet
> Oduduwa University, for
> example - someone has got to be right. And the Ekiti
> Governor is right on
> this one.
>
> 1. You cannot really "relocate" a university,
> except of course you are
> meaning you will remove buildings, etc. That ain't
> going to happen. We
> in Ekiti will "fight and quench" if need be! :-) As
> you can see, the
> Ekiti governor has full support of his legislature.
>
> 2. It is impolitic to "relocate" it, if at all, TO
> YOUR HOME TOWN. I am
> surprised at such boldness by Governor Adefarati,
> and his own legislature
> is giving him hell over it.
>
> So, don't worry about, Jude, it will be resolved -
> in Ekiti's favor. Young
> Governor Adebayo will just go and "dobale" to elder
> Govern Adefarati, and
> say "E ma b'ara je, now!"
>
> They are both gentlemen.
>
>
> Bolaji Aluko
> From Ode-Ekiti
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Jude:
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>From Ode-Ekiti
Adey Oyenuga
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