Kazeem Ugbodaga
L-R: Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, in a warm handshake with Chairman, Committee for Lagos @ 50, Prof. Wole Soyinka, during the inauguration of Committee for Lagos @ 50, at the Banquet Hall, Lagos House, Ikeja, on Wednesday, February 10, 2016. With them are members of the Committee; Dr. Michael Olawole-Cole and Mrs. Bolanle Austin Peters.
A group, the Coalition of Ibile Professionals on Tuesday came out strongly to defend the choice of Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka as co-chair of the Lagos at 50 Celebration Committee.
According to a statement released by its General Secretary, Alhaji Wasiu Hassan, the group described members of Eko Foundation as rabble-rousers and noise makers seeking cheap publicity and attention for relevance.
Hassan stated that Lagos State is made up of five divisions, namely Ikeja, Badagry, Ikorodu, Lagos Island and Epe, adding that all the divisions were relevant for the progress of the state.
He condemned insinuation that indigenes had been marginalized just because some Eko Foundation members, who were exclusively from the Lagos Island Division, had lost out in the search for appointment.
He said that the Lagos Island Division enjoyed the seat of power in Lagos for the last eight years as against other divisions, and that the Coalition of Ibile Professionals would resist any campaign of calumny against Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, who he said had been successfully balancing the state affairs and appointments to the excitement of all divisions of the state.
Hassan vowed that members of Coalition of Ibile Professionals shall not fold their arms and allow the so-called indigenes with foreign names to usurp stable and peaceful co-existence in the state.
“How else can one describe the President of Eko Foundation, Professor Oluwole Smith, who failed to qualify on the short list for Lagos State University (LASU) Vice Chancellorship in the last selection process …Read More
Source:: PM Newspaper
