The above title
captured my attention on facebook; by the time i went through and also saw Pa
Joseph Fagbola’s comments on it, i then realised that this is a serious matter
that must be exposed to general public to debate.
I will love to make
a reference to a particular book ‘Animal Farm’ by George Orwell , where
Snowball a character in that book, also one of the influential figure in that
animal kingdom announced that; ‘all animals are equal’, within tinkle of an eye
they changed the law into; ‘all animals are equal, but some are more equal than
others’
With these two
laws: ‘all animals are equal’, this particular law is meant to cajoled and
deceive the public ,while ‘all animals are equal, but some are more equal than
others’ is meant for the elites, the cabals, the rouges , the cultists that
rule the majority.
‘’It is for this reason, that I am
shocked to learn how Governor Olusegun Mimiko, who is expected to show good
example for others to follow, because he is ruling by the ticket of Labor Party
where merit should always be given the pride of place, has not only made his
blood brother Prof Femi Mimiko, the full time Vice Chancellor of the Ondo State
University at Akangba, and also doubles as the Acting Deputy Governor at the
same time. As if that is not bad enough, the same Prof. Femi Mimiko is also
selected as one of the representatives of Ondo State in the on-going National
Conference at Abuja. Is he saying all the other people with political
strong-will and intellectual endowment in the State have now been afflicted
with osteoporosis, which has decreased their bone mass with decreased density
and enlargement of bone spaces, thus producing porosity and frigidity in them,
as a result of which they lack the required agility to do those jobs?’’(Joseph
Fagbola)
However, i will love the general
public to read Mr.Maxwell A Adeleye’s write-up bellow:
‘’In the edited
words of Egalitarian Danthi Allegieri, pit of hell is the constituency of those
who sees immorality and chose to go on criminal silence.
Country people, a
never-seen-before immorality were recently perpetrated by a custodian of power
and affluence in the South Western Nigeria. He’s a trained Medical Doctor that
has abandoned his Clinic for Politics since the aborted 3rd republic.
Country men and
women, welcome to the world of Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, the Governor and paramount
ruler of the oil rich Ondo State.
Now the main point:
Governor Mimiko was asked by the federal government to nominate three Delegates
for the ongoing entertainment nick-named National Conference at the National
Judicial Institute, Abuja. The Cinema show will take at least, 12 weeks before
it is concluded.
To the surprise of
all and sundries, His Excellency Nominated His Younger Brother, Femi Mimiko, a
University Don who double as the Acting-Deputy Governor of Ondo State and the full
time Vice-Chancellor of the state owned University situated at Akungba-Akoko.
As If that is not
enough, his Excellency Dr. Mimiko also nominated 3 sitting Commissioners to
complete his three nominees. The Commissioners are to be away in Abuja for the
next three months without a Deputy to act in their absence. They are also to
Miss the State Weekly Executive Meeting for the next three months.
It is on record
that Mimiko, with the support of all his Commissioners, has not Commissioned a
project since he was re-elected as Governor in October 2012.
Before I proceed, I
wish to avow for the sake of clarity that the three nominees of Mimiko, most
especially his immediate Younger brother, Professor Mimiko, are eminently
qualified to represent an entity at any occasion; however, I wish to affirm
without any prejudice or fear of intimidation that the nomination of Mimiko
Jnr. and the two Cabinet members in Mimiko’s government is immoral, Aba-Moronic
(apologies to Victoria Ohaeri) and a great disservice to the good people of
Ondo State.
I wish to ask that
who will perform the roles of the ministries of the two Commissioners while
they will be away doing the biddings of Mimiko at National Conference?
Assuming that the
Septuagenarian Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Alli Olanusi will now have an
ample of opportunity to prove his competence in the absence of Mimiko Jnr.,
please, who perform the constitutional roles of Professor Femi Mimiko at
Adekunle Ajasin University (AAUA) for the next three months? Oh! The Deputy
Vice-Chancellor? I was reliably informed that the theory that the late
President of Nigeria, Umaru Yar’adua applied for Goodluck Jonathan when the
latter was his Deputy has been applied to decimate the Deputy Vice-Chancellor
of AAUA! The poor Varsity Don reports to office daily to read Newspapers!
Nothing else! He’s dutifully incapacitated as I write!
Without much ado,
as a public affairs commentator, I consider Governor Olusegun Mimiko’s action
as the height of insult and assault on the intellectually rooted, grounded and
globally respected minds from Ondo State.
As at the last time
I checked on the National Universities Commission’s Hansard, Ondo State was in
5th position amongst the states with the highest number of professors in
Nigeria!
Now, I wish to ask
with a sense of modesty that must it be Professor Femi Mimiko?
Lastly, let me
state that assuming without conceding that the mainstream media have been oiled
to go on criminal silence over this height of immorality, as a Change Agent, I
refuse to be bought over!
Once again I ask,
Why is it always Mimiko?’ Maxwell A. Adeleye writes from, Magodo, Lagos.
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