Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele
Fayose, has appointed a 72-year-old illiterate, Pa Olatunde Afolayan, as
the caretaker chairman of Moba Local Government Area.
He also urged President Muhammadu Buhari
to remove Mrs. Amina Zakari as the Acting Chairman of the Independent
National Electoral Commission.
The governor, who stated this during the
inauguration of Boards, Commissions and Governing Councils in the
state, said it was only God that saved him from the failed impeachment
plot.
Mrs. Omolara Ayeni and Mr. Owolabi
Ajewole were also sworn in as chairmen of Ikole and Ijero local
government areas, following the resignation of those earlier appointed
by the governor.
Stating that illiterates were important
members of the society, Fayose said many of the champions of democracy
in Nigeria depended on them to survive during electioneering.
He said, “Some of us used them to get to
positions and forget these people. In my government, whether you are
educated or not, you will get something. The vote of a professor and an
illiterate is the same. So, under my administration, those who are not
educated can rise to any level they want.”
Afolayan, who said he would have been
grateful if the governor had made him a ward chairman, commended him for
the gesture, promising to surpass the records left behind by his
predecessors.
He said, “I had never gone to school for
a day, but that does not diminish my intelligence. I may not be
educated or certificated, but I have brain and experience to pilot the
affairs of the council.”
Source: The
punch
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