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Senate to Establish Bitumen Training Institute in Ondo
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By Henry Umoru – Abuja
The Senate on Wednesday began the process of establishing a bitumen training institute in Ode Aye in Ondo State.
The Bitumen Training Institute Ode Aye, Ondo State (Establishment) Bill, 2021 ( SB.663) sponsored by Senator Nicholas Tofowomo, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Ondo South was introduced yesterday and read the first time.
Speaking on the bill, Tofowomo who noted that Ondo South has the largest bitumen deposit in Nigeria and the second largest in the whole world, stressed that there was an urgent need to establish such a very meaningful institute that would lead to the massive exploration of the mineral resources.
Why South-West PDP is divided into Fayose, Makinde camps Senator Tofowomo
Published 21 February 2021
Senator Nicholas Tofowomo is a member of the National Assembly representing the Ondo South Senatorial District under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party. He tells PETER DADA about the leadership crisis rocking the South-West PDP, among other issues
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recent times, your party has been engulfed in crisis with factions already existing in some states within the South-West. Some members are for Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State while others are for former governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State. Where do you belong?
I don’t belong anywhere, I belong to the PDP. But the issue is this: the South-West PDP wants to hold an election. And in Ondo State where I come from, some people are showing interest in the National Vice Chairmanship position. The person from my state is Chief Eddy Olafeso and he is even from my senatorial district, so I’m supporting him for that office
Dayo Johnson – Akure
A governorship aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ondo State, Chief Olusola Ebiseni has appealed to party leaders and stakeholders in the state to pursue peace and unity among themselves.
Ebiseni in a statement in Akure said this is “the only route to the realisation of their individual and collective aspirations.
According to him, the party should remain indivisible.
He however denied collecting money from Eyitayo Jegede during the 2019 National Assembly primary in which he was an aspirant.
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Recall that a Senator representing Ondo South in the state, Nicholas Tofowomo had in an interview recently in Akure said that he, Ebiseni, and Engr Ademulegun were given N250,000 each by Eyitayo Jegede during the primary election.
By Chuks Okocha
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has waded into the power tussle in the South-west chapter of the party that has pitted former Ekiti State, Mr. Ayodele Fayose against Oyo State Governor, Mr. Seyi Makinde.
The NWC has, therefore, mandated its Peace, Reconciliation and Strategy Committee to resolve the feud between the two zonal party chieftains, as part of efforts at repositioning the PDP in the South-west. The committee is headed by a former Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, with former Gombe State Governor, Hassan Dankwambo; former House of Representatives Minority Leader, Hon. Mulikat Akande; former Cross River State Governor, Liyel Imoke; a former Katsina State Governor, Ibrahim Shema and former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, as members.
Makinde, Fayose feud tears South-West PDP chairmen, top chieftains apart
Our Correspondents
The feud between Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, and a former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, over the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party in the South-West has caused division among the state chairmen and other top party chieftains in the region.
Fayose and Makinde have reportedly been at loggerheads over the latter’s role in the Ekiti PDP crisis as well as the leadership of the party in the South-West.
The strife, which has lingered for some months, had even recently seen the aides of the two engaging in a war of words on social media.