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My differences with Mimiko political - Aregbesola
OSUN State governor, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, has said his differences with his Ondo State counterpart, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, was not personal but purely political.
The governor said this on Monday, during an interactive programme, tagged “Ogbeni Till Daybreak,” adding that the reason the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) was resolute at taking over Ondo State from the ruling Labour Party (LP) in the October 20 gubernatorial election was that it was not comfortable that out of the six states in the South-West geopolitical zone, only Ondo was not under its control.
According to him, the determination of the ACN to rule Ondo State was born out of the desire of the party to promote regional integration in the South-West, adding that it would be impossible to realise the vision if Ondo was under the control of another political party.
Aregbesola said the South-West zone would set a pace for other zones in the country if all the states in the zone were controlled by the ACN, noting that the only progressive party committed to the course of democracy and good governance in the country was ACN.
The governor, who maintained that the ACN would ensure that it won the October 20 governorship election in Ondo State, said the party had set necessary machineries in motion to deliver the state.
Speaking on the 20,000 youths employed by his administration, he said it could not continue to sustain them, because the burden of retaining them will prevent the engagement and training of other youths who want to be part of the scheme.

written by Mr No Wahala, July 11, 2012
talk" But one can only Aregbesola to either come and lead the project by himself or assign Kabiru his son to come and lead the confrontation.He further goofed during his "Awada Kerikeri" Ogbeni Till Day Break program where he said the PDP in their seven and a half years rule of the state had collected 211billion Naira, whereas his own government had.in only 18 months collected 88billion.Perhaps the Lilliputian- brain governor did not not know the implication of the statement. Please let somebody who is wiser tell him that it means the PDP perform well and better than him or what has he to show for 88billion in 18months?
written by Igoh, July 11, 2012
written by ejoga, July 11, 2012
written by Tony Ade, July 11, 2012
written by Olu Bamgboye, July 11, 2012
written by daVC, July 11, 2012
written by fessy, July 11, 2012
Why are you meddling in the affair that is outside your jurisdiction?leave us alone in Ondo State.Have you met all the needs of the good people of your state,if not, face your state.
Lika godfather, like godson!!
written by Kanye, July 11, 2012
written by Oyemitan, July 11, 2012
It is indeed shameful that people who claimed to be progressives are behaving in the most-unprogressive manners! Concerning Ondo State Governorship's election, ACN will be be defeated 'moonslidely'! Let this garulous governor concentrate on its remaining days tenure, I am sure he will be voted out at the next opportunity by the now WISER-PEOPLE of Osun State . Ondo State indigenes are not robbot-managed voters. We will use our votes wisely. ACN are only dreaming and if dreams are horses, beggars (ACN) might make any impact in the fortcoming election!
written by Gbenga Akinmoyo (GaRo), July 11, 2012
The Leader is not always correct with his view, but he is always the Leader!
I submit that, the whole essence of Nigeria operating as a Federation, for over 4 decades and running the expensive system we have, is to allow each federating unit to develop at its own pace. It's impossible to expect all states to develop at the same pace or indeed, for a region to be able to guarrantee unified and uniform development across the voluntary participants of its region. Nigeria has toyed with the unitary system before, during the First Republic and found it unsuitable for our modern day challenges.
To suggest that Ondo State cannot be part of SW integration unless and until it falls within the net of the ACN and to delay the start of integration until such a time as ACN has a full hand, is preposterous and has always baffled me whenever it rang in my eardrums.
Pray please, identify just one developmental project which will be of benefit to the people of Ondo State that ANY Ondo State governor, let alone Dr Olusegun Mimiko, would refuse to take credit for during his limited tenure of office.
The 9 states that make up the Niger Delta region cuts across 3 geo-political zones, i.e. the SW, SS and SE and they are under the control of 4 different political parties, namely: LP, PDP, APGA and ACN. This has not stopped them from devising a solution to the power problem in the region through the Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) which is engaged in establishing Independent Power Plants (IPP’s) for the region. Progress is being made, none of them waited until one political party controlled all the 9 states, which will probably never happen.
I can only assume that the real reason for the affection towards Ondo State is 'financial' rather than 'political' as stated by Leader, given that Ondo state is the only SW Niger Delta state and it ranks very prominently in the Federation Account pecking order. It would appear that the real drive is to use the status of Ondo State as a cash-cow, to develop the region.
Decisions for Ondo state should lie first within Ondo State and taken by the people of the state.
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My simple advice? Face your State and life and leave us alone in Ondo State. We are not interested in you and your agenda. We have rights to our choice of leaders/leadership.