Tag: Olujimi
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Whistleblowing: Sen. Olujimi, Others express optimism over enactment Of law
As civil society groups heighten the campaigns for the enactment of the whistleblowing and whistleblowers protection law in Nigeria, one of the foremost supporters of the bill Senator Abiodun Olujimi has expressed optimism that the law can come before the end of the ninth session of the National Assembly in 2023 Both Senator Olujimi and…
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Why PDP may lose 2022 governorship poll in Ekiti – Senator Olujimi
Senator Biodun Olujimi has called on the national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to reconcile contending groups in Ekiti State or risk losing the 2022 Governorship election. Olujimi, a former Minority Leader in the Senate, gave the warning Sunday in Omuo-Ekiti, Ekiti East Council area while commissioning blocks of classrooms and distributing fertilizers…
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Ignore Fayose’s threat-Olujimi urges Makinde
National Assembly member, Senator Biodun Olujimi, has accused former Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose of moving against Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, over the governor’s perspective on truth in the crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party in Ekiti State. Olujimi, who described Makinde as the party’s leader in the South-West geo-political zone, told the governor…
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Olujimi declares inauguration of Fayose’s Loyalists as Ekiti PDP Ward Excos Illegal
A section of the Ekiti State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party loyal to Senator Biodun Olujimi has faulted the inauguration of the ward executives of the party in the state without following due process. Olujimi said the state leadership of the party has taken definite position on the controversy surrounding the conduct of the…
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Women in Elective Representation: Nigeria’s Missing Link, By ‘Biodun C. Olujimi
By ‘Biodun C. Olujimi On Tuesday March 15th 2016 during Nigeria’s Eighth National Assembly, I presented the Gender and Equal Opportunities Bill(GEOB) on the Floor of the Senate for its Second Reading. The formal title for the Bill is “ A Bill for an to Incorporate and Enforce certain provisions of the United Nations Convention…
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JUST IN: [Ekiti South] Tribunal sacks APC’s Adeyeye, declares PDP’s Olujimi winner
The National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Ado Ekiti, state capital, has nullified the election that produced Chairman Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Senator Dayo Adeyeye. Adeyeye was declared the winner of the Ekiti South Senatorial District poll. Hon. Danladi Adeck, a member of the three-man panel of the tribunal, who read…
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JUST IN: Two PDP senators; Olujimi, Faseyi lose reelection bid to APC candidates
Two Peoples Democratic Party senators in Ekiti State – Biodun Olujimi (North) and Duro Faseyi (South) have lost their reelection bid to the All Progressives Congress candidates. The Returning Officer for Ekiti South Senatorial District, Prof Laide Lawal, returned APC candidate, Prince Adedayo Adeyeye, elected having scored 77,621 votes to defeat his closest rival, Olujimi,…
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Supreme Court Case: Stop Being Mischievous, Olujimi Tells APC Caucus
Senate Minority Leader, Senator Biodun Olujimi, has advised her colleagues in the All Progressives Congress (APC) Caucus to stop spreading misleading information about how Senate decision to file a case in court is taken and who can authorize such a decision. Olujimi, in a reaction to the statement credited to Senate majority leader, Ahmad Lawan,…
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National Assembly not responsible for budget delay – Olujimi
Senate Minority Leader, Senator Biodun Olujimi, has advised the Presidency to desist from playing politics with sensitive issues like the budgeting process. Senator Olujinmi noted that a recent statement credited to President Muhammadu Buhari, blaming the National Assembly for the annual delay in the passage of the Appropriation Act was not only unfortunate but only…
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Ekiti PDP rejects Olujimi, pledges loyalty to Fayose
The State Executive Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ekiti State has reaffirmed former Governor Ayodele Fayose as the leader of the party in the state. The SEC dissociated itself from the purported stakeholders meeting which had earlier declared the Senate Minority Whip, Senator Biodun Olujimi, as the party leader. The SEC is the…