Otunba Bosun Oladele, a
constitutional lawyer and a former commissioner for Information and
Orientation in Oyo State won the election to represent the
Irepo/Orelope/Olorunsogo Federal Constituency in the House of
Representatives. Member Federal House of Representatives. He speaks
on issues flowing from the last elections, expectations from the
Muhammadu Buhari administration and the contentions for the office of
speaker. Excerpts:
What was your assessment of the last general elections?
I have seen generally that what our people wanted was change in the way things were done and the mantra change is that you cannot be doing the same thing the same way every time and then you expect a different result. It is only when there is change that you get a different result.
I think people have chosen very well, nationally and they deserve good results this time around.
You once said that Chief Olusegun Obasanjo bequeathed Nigeria with President Jonathan and that he should be the one to take him away from us. Would you say that statement was relevant to the change that occurred?
Yeah! That statement is relevant because it was like something that
I saw coming. You can see, I am not his (Obasanjo’s fan), I have said
it for the umpteenth time. But that is a man that is never afraid of
taking positions. He is never afraid of taking on enemies. He has
done that and we have to give kudos to him. He was all over the
place. He became a full soldier just to ensure that things were no
longer the same negatively in this country. We thank God, people have
been speaking positively and we thank God his own actions have also been
positive. And that my statement was to charge him that he had the
major responsibility and he had led the campaign, he led the war and
that change we wanted has come. He has taken away Jonathan.
People sympathetic to President Jonathan and PDP still find it difficult to come to terms with the reality of the change that has taken place.
Many stakeholders are looking forward to what Buhari and the APC government will do. What are your expectations?
I think the reality has dawned on them. If you look at the media, how the media has been awash with blame game, right now there is confusion in the camp of PDP. What we had always suspected has blown into the open. Everybody has started blaming any available person.
The only thing nobody has done is to blame himself or herself. But if you look at where the accusing fingers have been pointing, none of them is exonerated.
Everybody is involved. Everybody must bear the blame within the PDP. They say, “Oh, the campaign organization blew it off.” The campaign organization would say the presidential team caused it and the presidential team would say the party team blew it off. Now, out of all these segments in PDP, everyone of them must belong to one or two or even all the three at the same time. So, who is free? They are all to blame. I think the reality has dawned on them and it can never be business as usual.
Does Buhari have any reason to worry about the cooperation he will get from the 8th Assembly?
I think he has sounded normal and I think that was exactly what he needed to say at this point in time. You have the role of each segment of the government well spelt out constitutionally. Each arm is to serve as check on the other. Each arm has its own distinct role. So, everybody must play by the rules.
Where do you stand in the jostling for the office of speaker?
The rules are there and are accessible. They have not changed. Any party that does not have majority in any of the chambers cannot dominate the presiding officers. We are not even saying they cannot contest; that party, not in the majority cannot nominate talk less of contesting.
So, APC will still dominate the presiding officers.
I am not ruling out other antics that the PDP wanted to use, which I am not ready to disclose, but I believe sincerely that we are on top of the situation.
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/05/speakership-tussle-apc-reps-ll-checkmate-pdps-antics-oladele-reps-elect/#sthash.0HlcmTRu.dpuf
What was your assessment of the last general elections?
I have seen generally that what our people wanted was change in the way things were done and the mantra change is that you cannot be doing the same thing the same way every time and then you expect a different result. It is only when there is change that you get a different result.
I think people have chosen very well, nationally and they deserve good results this time around.
You once said that Chief Olusegun Obasanjo bequeathed Nigeria with President Jonathan and that he should be the one to take him away from us. Would you say that statement was relevant to the change that occurred?
Otunba Oladele
People sympathetic to President Jonathan and PDP still find it difficult to come to terms with the reality of the change that has taken place.
Many stakeholders are looking forward to what Buhari and the APC government will do. What are your expectations?
I think the reality has dawned on them. If you look at the media, how the media has been awash with blame game, right now there is confusion in the camp of PDP. What we had always suspected has blown into the open. Everybody has started blaming any available person.
The only thing nobody has done is to blame himself or herself. But if you look at where the accusing fingers have been pointing, none of them is exonerated.
Everybody is involved. Everybody must bear the blame within the PDP. They say, “Oh, the campaign organization blew it off.” The campaign organization would say the presidential team caused it and the presidential team would say the party team blew it off. Now, out of all these segments in PDP, everyone of them must belong to one or two or even all the three at the same time. So, who is free? They are all to blame. I think the reality has dawned on them and it can never be business as usual.
Does Buhari have any reason to worry about the cooperation he will get from the 8th Assembly?
I think he has sounded normal and I think that was exactly what he needed to say at this point in time. You have the role of each segment of the government well spelt out constitutionally. Each arm is to serve as check on the other. Each arm has its own distinct role. So, everybody must play by the rules.
Where do you stand in the jostling for the office of speaker?
The rules are there and are accessible. They have not changed. Any party that does not have majority in any of the chambers cannot dominate the presiding officers. We are not even saying they cannot contest; that party, not in the majority cannot nominate talk less of contesting.
So, APC will still dominate the presiding officers.
I am not ruling out other antics that the PDP wanted to use, which I am not ready to disclose, but I believe sincerely that we are on top of the situation.
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/05/speakership-tussle-apc-reps-ll-checkmate-pdps-antics-oladele-reps-elect/#sthash.0HlcmTRu.dpuf
By Bashir Adefaka
Otunba Bosun Oladele, a constitutional lawyer and a former commissioner for Information and Orientation in Oyo State won the election to represent the Irepo/Orelope/Olorunsogo Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives. Member Federal House of Representatives. He speaks on issues flowing from the last elections, expectations from the Muhammadu Buhari administration and the contentions for the office of speaker. Excerpts:
What was your assessment of the last general elections?
I have seen generally that what our people wanted was change in the way things were done and the mantra change is that you cannot be doing the same thing the same way every time and then you expect a different result. It is only when there is change that you get a different result.
I think people have chosen very well, nationally and they deserve good results this time around.
You once said that Chief Olusegun Obasanjo bequeathed Nigeria with President Jonathan and that he should be the one to take him away from us. Would you say that statement was relevant to the change that occurred?
Yeah! That statement is relevant because it was like something that
I saw coming. You can see, I am not his (Obasanjo’s fan), I have said
it for the umpteenth time. But that is a man that is never afraid of
taking positions. He is never afraid of taking on enemies. He has
done that and we have to give kudos to him. He was all over the
place. He became a full soldier just to ensure that things were no
longer the same negatively in this country. We thank God, people have
been speaking positively and we thank God his own actions have also been
positive. And that my statement was to charge him that he had the
major responsibility and he had led the campaign, he led the war and
that change we wanted has come. He has taken away Jonathan.
People sympathetic to President Jonathan and PDP still find it difficult to come to terms with the reality of the change that has taken place.
Many stakeholders are looking forward to what Buhari and the APC government will do. What are your expectations?
I think the reality has dawned on them. If you look at the media, how the media has been awash with blame game, right now there is confusion in the camp of PDP. What we had always suspected has blown into the open. Everybody has started blaming any available person.
The only thing nobody has done is to blame himself or herself. But if you look at where the accusing fingers have been pointing, none of them is exonerated.
Everybody is involved. Everybody must bear the blame within the PDP. They say, “Oh, the campaign organization blew it off.” The campaign organization would say the presidential team caused it and the presidential team would say the party team blew it off. Now, out of all these segments in PDP, everyone of them must belong to one or two or even all the three at the same time. So, who is free? They are all to blame. I think the reality has dawned on them and it can never be business as usual.
Does Buhari have any reason to worry about the cooperation he will get from the 8th Assembly?
I think he has sounded normal and I think that was exactly what he needed to say at this point in time. You have the role of each segment of the government well spelt out constitutionally. Each arm is to serve as check on the other. Each arm has its own distinct role. So, everybody must play by the rules.
Where do you stand in the jostling for the office of speaker?
The rules are there and are accessible. They have not changed. Any party that does not have majority in any of the chambers cannot dominate the presiding officers. We are not even saying they cannot contest; that party, not in the majority cannot nominate talk less of contesting.
So, APC will still dominate the presiding officers.
I am not ruling out other antics that the PDP wanted to use, which I am not ready to disclose, but I believe sincerely that we are on top of the situation.
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/05/speakership-tussle-apc-reps-ll-checkmate-pdps-antics-oladele-reps-elect/#sthash.0HlcmTRu.dpuf
Otunba Bosun Oladele, a constitutional lawyer and a former commissioner for Information and Orientation in Oyo State won the election to represent the Irepo/Orelope/Olorunsogo Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives. Member Federal House of Representatives. He speaks on issues flowing from the last elections, expectations from the Muhammadu Buhari administration and the contentions for the office of speaker. Excerpts:
What was your assessment of the last general elections?
I have seen generally that what our people wanted was change in the way things were done and the mantra change is that you cannot be doing the same thing the same way every time and then you expect a different result. It is only when there is change that you get a different result.
I think people have chosen very well, nationally and they deserve good results this time around.
You once said that Chief Olusegun Obasanjo bequeathed Nigeria with President Jonathan and that he should be the one to take him away from us. Would you say that statement was relevant to the change that occurred?
Otunba Oladele
People sympathetic to President Jonathan and PDP still find it difficult to come to terms with the reality of the change that has taken place.
Many stakeholders are looking forward to what Buhari and the APC government will do. What are your expectations?
I think the reality has dawned on them. If you look at the media, how the media has been awash with blame game, right now there is confusion in the camp of PDP. What we had always suspected has blown into the open. Everybody has started blaming any available person.
The only thing nobody has done is to blame himself or herself. But if you look at where the accusing fingers have been pointing, none of them is exonerated.
Everybody is involved. Everybody must bear the blame within the PDP. They say, “Oh, the campaign organization blew it off.” The campaign organization would say the presidential team caused it and the presidential team would say the party team blew it off. Now, out of all these segments in PDP, everyone of them must belong to one or two or even all the three at the same time. So, who is free? They are all to blame. I think the reality has dawned on them and it can never be business as usual.
Does Buhari have any reason to worry about the cooperation he will get from the 8th Assembly?
I think he has sounded normal and I think that was exactly what he needed to say at this point in time. You have the role of each segment of the government well spelt out constitutionally. Each arm is to serve as check on the other. Each arm has its own distinct role. So, everybody must play by the rules.
Where do you stand in the jostling for the office of speaker?
The rules are there and are accessible. They have not changed. Any party that does not have majority in any of the chambers cannot dominate the presiding officers. We are not even saying they cannot contest; that party, not in the majority cannot nominate talk less of contesting.
So, APC will still dominate the presiding officers.
I am not ruling out other antics that the PDP wanted to use, which I am not ready to disclose, but I believe sincerely that we are on top of the situation.
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/05/speakership-tussle-apc-reps-ll-checkmate-pdps-antics-oladele-reps-elect/#sthash.0HlcmTRu.dpuf
By Bashir Adefaka
Otunba Bosun Oladele, a constitutional lawyer and a former commissioner for Information and Orientation in Oyo State won the election to represent the Irepo/Orelope/Olorunsogo Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives. Member Federal House of Representatives. He speaks on issues flowing from the last elections, expectations from the Muhammadu Buhari administration and the contentions for the office of speaker. Excerpts:
What was your assessment of the last general elections?
I have seen generally that what our people wanted was change in the way things were done and the mantra change is that you cannot be doing the same thing the same way every time and then you expect a different result. It is only when there is change that you get a different result.
I think people have chosen very well, nationally and they deserve good results this time around.
You once said that Chief Olusegun Obasanjo bequeathed Nigeria with President Jonathan and that he should be the one to take him away from us. Would you say that statement was relevant to the change that occurred?
Yeah! That statement is relevant because it was like something that
I saw coming. You can see, I am not his (Obasanjo’s fan), I have said
it for the umpteenth time. But that is a man that is never afraid of
taking positions. He is never afraid of taking on enemies. He has
done that and we have to give kudos to him. He was all over the
place. He became a full soldier just to ensure that things were no
longer the same negatively in this country. We thank God, people have
been speaking positively and we thank God his own actions have also been
positive. And that my statement was to charge him that he had the
major responsibility and he had led the campaign, he led the war and
that change we wanted has come. He has taken away Jonathan.
People sympathetic to President Jonathan and PDP still find it difficult to come to terms with the reality of the change that has taken place.
Many stakeholders are looking forward to what Buhari and the APC government will do. What are your expectations?
I think the reality has dawned on them. If you look at the media, how the media has been awash with blame game, right now there is confusion in the camp of PDP. What we had always suspected has blown into the open. Everybody has started blaming any available person.
The only thing nobody has done is to blame himself or herself. But if you look at where the accusing fingers have been pointing, none of them is exonerated.
Everybody is involved. Everybody must bear the blame within the PDP. They say, “Oh, the campaign organization blew it off.” The campaign organization would say the presidential team caused it and the presidential team would say the party team blew it off. Now, out of all these segments in PDP, everyone of them must belong to one or two or even all the three at the same time. So, who is free? They are all to blame. I think the reality has dawned on them and it can never be business as usual.
Does Buhari have any reason to worry about the cooperation he will get from the 8th Assembly?
I think he has sounded normal and I think that was exactly what he needed to say at this point in time. You have the role of each segment of the government well spelt out constitutionally. Each arm is to serve as check on the other. Each arm has its own distinct role. So, everybody must play by the rules.
Where do you stand in the jostling for the office of speaker?
The rules are there and are accessible. They have not changed. Any party that does not have majority in any of the chambers cannot dominate the presiding officers. We are not even saying they cannot contest; that party, not in the majority cannot nominate talk less of contesting.
So, APC will still dominate the presiding officers.
I am not ruling out other antics that the PDP wanted to use, which I am not ready to disclose, but I believe sincerely that we are on top of the situation.
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/05/speakership-tussle-apc-reps-ll-checkmate-pdps-antics-oladele-reps-elect/#sthash.0HlcmTRu.dpuf
Otunba Bosun Oladele, a constitutional lawyer and a former commissioner for Information and Orientation in Oyo State won the election to represent the Irepo/Orelope/Olorunsogo Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives. Member Federal House of Representatives. He speaks on issues flowing from the last elections, expectations from the Muhammadu Buhari administration and the contentions for the office of speaker. Excerpts:
What was your assessment of the last general elections?
I have seen generally that what our people wanted was change in the way things were done and the mantra change is that you cannot be doing the same thing the same way every time and then you expect a different result. It is only when there is change that you get a different result.
I think people have chosen very well, nationally and they deserve good results this time around.
You once said that Chief Olusegun Obasanjo bequeathed Nigeria with President Jonathan and that he should be the one to take him away from us. Would you say that statement was relevant to the change that occurred?
Otunba Oladele
People sympathetic to President Jonathan and PDP still find it difficult to come to terms with the reality of the change that has taken place.
Many stakeholders are looking forward to what Buhari and the APC government will do. What are your expectations?
I think the reality has dawned on them. If you look at the media, how the media has been awash with blame game, right now there is confusion in the camp of PDP. What we had always suspected has blown into the open. Everybody has started blaming any available person.
The only thing nobody has done is to blame himself or herself. But if you look at where the accusing fingers have been pointing, none of them is exonerated.
Everybody is involved. Everybody must bear the blame within the PDP. They say, “Oh, the campaign organization blew it off.” The campaign organization would say the presidential team caused it and the presidential team would say the party team blew it off. Now, out of all these segments in PDP, everyone of them must belong to one or two or even all the three at the same time. So, who is free? They are all to blame. I think the reality has dawned on them and it can never be business as usual.
Does Buhari have any reason to worry about the cooperation he will get from the 8th Assembly?
I think he has sounded normal and I think that was exactly what he needed to say at this point in time. You have the role of each segment of the government well spelt out constitutionally. Each arm is to serve as check on the other. Each arm has its own distinct role. So, everybody must play by the rules.
Where do you stand in the jostling for the office of speaker?
The rules are there and are accessible. They have not changed. Any party that does not have majority in any of the chambers cannot dominate the presiding officers. We are not even saying they cannot contest; that party, not in the majority cannot nominate talk less of contesting.
So, APC will still dominate the presiding officers.
I am not ruling out other antics that the PDP wanted to use, which I am not ready to disclose, but I believe sincerely that we are on top of the situation.
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/05/speakership-tussle-apc-reps-ll-checkmate-pdps-antics-oladele-reps-elect/#sthash.0HlcmTRu.dpuf
Otunba Bosun
Oladele, a constitutional lawyer and a former commissioner for
Information and Orientation in Oyo State won the election to represent
the Irepo/Orelope/Olorunsogo Federal Constituency in the House of
Representatives. Member Federal House of Representatives. He speaks
on issues flowing from the last elections, expectations from the
Muhammadu Buhari administration and the contentions for the office of
speaker. Excerpts:
What was your assessment of the last general elections?
I have seen generally that what our people wanted was change in the way things were done and the mantra change is that you cannot be doing the same thing the same way every time and then you expect a different result. It is only when there is change that you get a different result.
I think people have chosen very well, nationally and they deserve good results this time around.
You once said that Chief Olusegun Obasanjo bequeathed Nigeria with President Jonathan and that he should be the one to take him away from us. Would you say that statement was relevant to the change that occurred?
Yeah! That statement is relevant because it was like something that
I saw coming. You can see, I am not his (Obasanjo’s fan), I have said
it for the umpteenth time. But that is a man that is never afraid of
taking positions. He is never afraid of taking on enemies. He has
done that and we have to give kudos to him. He was all over the
place. He became a full soldier just to ensure that things were no
longer the same negatively in this country. We thank God, people have
been speaking positively and we thank God his own actions have also been
positive. And that my statement was to charge him that he had the
major responsibility and he had led the campaign, he led the war and
that change we wanted has come. He has taken away Jonathan.
People sympathetic to President Jonathan and PDP still find it difficult to come to terms with the reality of the change that has taken place.
Many stakeholders are looking forward to what Buhari and the APC government will do. What are your expectations?
I think the reality has dawned on them. If you look at the media, how the media has been awash with blame game, right now there is confusion in the camp of PDP. What we had always suspected has blown into the open. Everybody has started blaming any available person.
The only thing nobody has done is to blame himself or herself. But if you look at where the accusing fingers have been pointing, none of them is exonerated.
Everybody is involved. Everybody must bear the blame within the PDP. They say, “Oh, the campaign organization blew it off.” The campaign organization would say the presidential team caused it and the presidential team would say the party team blew it off. Now, out of all these segments in PDP, everyone of them must belong to one or two or even all the three at the same time. So, who is free? They are all to blame. I think the reality has dawned on them and it can never be business as usual.
Does Buhari have any reason to worry about the cooperation he will get from the 8th Assembly?
I think he has sounded normal and I think that was exactly what he needed to say at this point in time. You have the role of each segment of the government well spelt out constitutionally. Each arm is to serve as check on the other. Each arm has its own distinct role. So, everybody must play by the rules.
Where do you stand in the jostling for the office of speaker?
The rules are there and are accessible. They have not changed. Any party that does not have majority in any of the chambers cannot dominate the presiding officers. We are not even saying they cannot contest; that party, not in the majority cannot nominate talk less of contesting.
So, APC will still dominate the presiding officers.
I am not ruling out other antics that the PDP wanted to use, which I am not ready to disclose, but I believe sincerely that we are on top of the situation.
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/05/speakership-tussle-apc-reps-ll-checkmate-pdps-antics-oladele-reps-elect/#sthash.0HlcmTRu.dpuf
What was your assessment of the last general elections?
I have seen generally that what our people wanted was change in the way things were done and the mantra change is that you cannot be doing the same thing the same way every time and then you expect a different result. It is only when there is change that you get a different result.
I think people have chosen very well, nationally and they deserve good results this time around.
You once said that Chief Olusegun Obasanjo bequeathed Nigeria with President Jonathan and that he should be the one to take him away from us. Would you say that statement was relevant to the change that occurred?
Otunba Oladele
People sympathetic to President Jonathan and PDP still find it difficult to come to terms with the reality of the change that has taken place.
Many stakeholders are looking forward to what Buhari and the APC government will do. What are your expectations?
I think the reality has dawned on them. If you look at the media, how the media has been awash with blame game, right now there is confusion in the camp of PDP. What we had always suspected has blown into the open. Everybody has started blaming any available person.
The only thing nobody has done is to blame himself or herself. But if you look at where the accusing fingers have been pointing, none of them is exonerated.
Everybody is involved. Everybody must bear the blame within the PDP. They say, “Oh, the campaign organization blew it off.” The campaign organization would say the presidential team caused it and the presidential team would say the party team blew it off. Now, out of all these segments in PDP, everyone of them must belong to one or two or even all the three at the same time. So, who is free? They are all to blame. I think the reality has dawned on them and it can never be business as usual.
Does Buhari have any reason to worry about the cooperation he will get from the 8th Assembly?
I think he has sounded normal and I think that was exactly what he needed to say at this point in time. You have the role of each segment of the government well spelt out constitutionally. Each arm is to serve as check on the other. Each arm has its own distinct role. So, everybody must play by the rules.
Where do you stand in the jostling for the office of speaker?
The rules are there and are accessible. They have not changed. Any party that does not have majority in any of the chambers cannot dominate the presiding officers. We are not even saying they cannot contest; that party, not in the majority cannot nominate talk less of contesting.
So, APC will still dominate the presiding officers.
I am not ruling out other antics that the PDP wanted to use, which I am not ready to disclose, but I believe sincerely that we are on top of the situation.
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/05/speakership-tussle-apc-reps-ll-checkmate-pdps-antics-oladele-reps-elect/#sthash.0HlcmTRu.dpuf
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