That indeed was a very proactive measure. Imagine the level of destruction and losses that would have visited the state if His Excellency had not done the needful and the right time. The Governor stated further in his tweet "For accountability, when we started distribution months ago, I ensured to set up a high powered committee that included myself, my deputy, the State PDP Chairman and Chairmen of all political parties in the state, including traditional rulers, and others.
Like a drop in an ocean as we take a case study with the wanton destruction @tvcnewsng headquarters last week, media reports have it that about 44 vehicles including employees' vehicles were burnt by hoodlums as they hijacked the rather peaceful #EndSARS protest.
Allegedly, four of the broadcast vans were set ablaze and to say the dish on each of the vans alone cost about $175,000 you just can't but imagine the cost of the vans and the constituent electronic news gathering apparatus.
What do you think?
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, Nigeria, in the aftermath of the #EndSARS protest tweets "We will continue to protect the rights of every resident of Oyo State as contained in the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 as amended"
He made the statement during his welcome remarks at the post protest meeting with traditional rulers and other stakeholders in Oyo State.
Femi Adesina, Nigeria's President Buhari's Special Adviser on Media and Publicity gets the drill on Channels' "Politics Today" over seemingly vital miss-outs from the President's speech on the #EndSARS protest. See the video below:
In the wake of the now rested #EndSARS protest the staff of office aside other items belonging to the Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Babatunde Osuolale Aremu Akiolu was stolen from his palace by rampaging youths.
I’ve been working for some time now on a book about climate change, and I want to share an update now that we have some details nailed down.
It’s called How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need, and it will be published by Knopf on February 16, 2021.
It’s inspiring to see so much passion these days for dealing with climate change, and to know that the world has set some ambitious goals for solving it. What we need now are practical plans to reach those goals.
