African Horizon News Magazine

We the undersigned, as members of the Osun Caretaker Committee appointed by the National Working Committee (NWC) of our party, PDP, at the meeting of Wednesday, 6th April, 2022, are writing to communicate with members of our great party,in Osun state, to take note of the following: First, there was a National Working Committee meeting last Wednesday, 13th April, 2022, that deliberated and decided to replace the Chairman and Secretary of the Caretaker Committee as selected. While we were informed of that, we are waiting for the replacements and the subsequent date of inauguration of the Committee by the National Working Committee (NWC) in Abuja or in the Southwest Zone of our party this week.We are aware that a new Chairman is expected to be appointed this week. It is important to note that there was no inauguration of the Osun State PDP Caretaker Committee approved by the National Working Committee and we did not take part in any activity to that effect. It is also important for member...

WHO OWNS OSOGBO-IWO ROAD, OSUN STATE OR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT?  Published by New Dawn Magazine AN OPINION AND EXPOSITION ON THE TRUE OWNERSHIP OF THE IWO-OSOGBO ROAD BETWEEN OSUN AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. Omooba Dotun Babayemi, the Osun State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial candidate, while featuring on Rave FM’s Yoruba audience participatory programme tagged ‘Oro Oselu’, on Monday, 11th April,2022, innocuously ignited a debate on whether the Osogbo-Iwo Road belongs to the Federal or Osun State Government. For sure, it was a most unintended poser. It was just a casual question which requires a definite and precise answer to pin an action of owner’s responsibility of maintaining the road for the use and benefits of her people. Responding to a question, Babayemi had listed a number of woes betiding the people of the state in the hands of the APC administration, especially the neglect of the Iwo-Osogbo Road and the accompanying sufferings being born...

Omooba Dotun Babayemi,the governorship candidate of the Osun State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has insisted of not being disturbed by the list released by the Independent National Electoral Commission for the state July 16 gubernatorial polls. Babayemi maintained that he has unshakable faith in the ongoing legal process, assuring that the will of the people would prevail and he would be vindicated at the end of the day., Reacting to the INEC list through a statement issued by his Media Office,he stressed that the list released was a product of a calendar of a defined process which could not be termed final, pointing out that by INEC’s timetable,”16th June,2022, is the last day for publication of the final list of nominated candidates by the Commission” “There’s nothing final about the list and I’m sure that somebody somewhere knows that.It’s only the uninformed that can think it’s the end of the process,because it’s on INEC’s timetable; the list published is...