A gubernatorial aspirant in Oyo State, Professor Adeolu Akande, has called on Governor Abiola Ajimobi to have a rethink on his posture on the demolition of Music House owned by popular musician, Mr. Yinka Ayefele.
He said the governor should carry out amendments that would restore public confidence in his government and in his person.
“Ayefele means many things to many people. His rise to grace in spite of a major life challenge makes him a model for a good percentage of our people. As a musician, he has been the purveyor of joy and happiness to many of us because of his melodious and philosophical music. As a philanthropist, he is a great shield for hundreds of thousands of people. As the promoter of Fresh FM, he is a trustee of public trust as the station has become the Voice of the Voiceless,” Akande said.
He said his call became necessary because Ajimobi was on the homestretch of his administration and there would not be such auspicious opportunity for him to etch his name in the positive side of history.
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According to him, those who encouraged the governor to embrace hard-line positions in his last months in government were not his friends and did not mean well for him and Oyo State.
Similarly, Akande appealed to Governor Abiola Ajimobi to restore the virtue of compassion in his government, noting that that recent actions of the government suggested that some elements in the Ajimobi government had forgotten that the government won the election in 2011 with the promise to cater for the security and welfare of the people of the state.
Akande, who teaches Political Science at Igbinedion University, Okada, Edo State explained that “no government without the element of compassion could go down in history as a successful government.”
“The primary responsibility of any government is to protect lives and property. The sacredness of private property is second in importance only to that of the preservation of life.
“A government has a duty to make all necessary measures to protect the property of private citizens just as it has a duty to protect their lives,” he stated.
