KIRIKIRI TOWN TODAY – FROM THE EDITORS DESK

• ·         CDA1 YOUTH TEMPORAL PRESIDENTIAL HANDOVER
• ·         CDA2 YOUTH PRESIDENT’S IMPEACHMENT CRISIS MAY BE POLITICALLY INCLINED
• ·         HON. AKEEM BELLO – INAUGURATION PARTY AND HOW HE WILL SERVE HIS CONSTITUENCY
• ·         CHIEF BABALOLA SHABI AND THE MAGBESA CONSTRUCTION
• ·         FUEL SCARCITY, DEPOT FIRE AND ECONOMY OF KIRIKIRI TOWN
• POLITICAL JUNCTION OF KIRIKRI TOWN

The home of many and origin of greatness, Kirikiri town as we would have it currently undergoes a seismic crusade as it tries to place itself in the forefront of development activities.

Many would term the stretchy island small but mighty, meaning an island that is small but activities beyond imagination occur and reoccur therein.

Let’s shed more light on some of the many activities that have happened over the past weeks and also lay emphasis based on the possible speculation on the future of the town in general which is important of every one.

We begin with the

successful temporary presidential handover of one the Kirikiri CDA Youth Presidents, Comrade Sani Abari. Reports have it that the youth presidents proposed trip to the North American continent is personally motivated and only a little atom of technical benefit to the development of the community. To elaborate further, the youth presidents trip to North America will broaden his horizon on the basic running of an administration as wells as enhancing a resilient status for the CDA youths.

Comrade Sani Abari last week handed over to Comrade Kareem who won the consensus of more than half of the CDA1 YOUTH members. Comrade Kareem was the CDA’s treasurer before being elevated as acting president.

The handover remains temporary until the return of Comrade Sani Abari from oversees.

However, observers of the activities of the CDA youth express their thoughts about the handover saying that for an elected official to hand over temporarily a seat of administration to someone other than his deputy or vice shows that the CDA youth has no constitution that they follow.

Moving over to a quite unfortunate crisis going on among the CDA2 youth where the Youth President Comrade Sunday Ijaogbomo faces impeachment.  Hilarious as it may sound but that is an incorrect word to be used for a president who was only appointed and not elected into office.

The crisis among the CDA2 youth has been under scrutiny which has brought about several forms of authorities to preside over it.

Peeping into the origin of the crisis, a close source who is a member of the Kirikiri town CDA2 youth disclosed that the ongoing crisis which left the office locked and the traffic surveillance unattended to for over seven days is only a political set off and the minds of the CDA2 youth members became the playing group of party men.

“I am not a politician, I preach peace everywhere I go and even in my CDA but I was surprised to witness what’s before me. They said they don’t want me again as their president because of politics. I voted for PDP during the last election and that’s what made them angry because majority of the CDA youth members are APC members.  My vote is my personal franchise and I vote for who is credible, I am shocked that is the reason for this crisis.”

“There was no agreement by my CDA whatsoever that all the youths must vote a particular party. The elders intervened with a letter. I met with their chairman, Chief Yakubu who questioned my leadership responsibilities. When I explained to him, he felt something was really up the sleeves of my comrades and not what all allegations pointed as” explained the CDA Youth President Comrade Sunday Ijaogbomo as he spoke to Kirikiri News on the crisis.

Another member of the CDA2 sighted that the youth president relieved his Chief Task force Comrade Femi from his position. The reasons yet unknown to them raised eyebrows as they are both relatives. They also claimed that the presidents move to relocate outside Kirikiri town after the death of his wife, son and a most loyal comrade who happened to be the Chief Security Officer of CDA2 Mr. Eboh made him far beyond their reach.

The impeachment notice given to the CDA2 president has not been verified as about three fractions have emerged under the embryonic crisis. Two of these fractions clamor for an election to be conducted among the CDA aspirants for youth presidents and not to remove the president from office but the other fraction maintain the president must leave his office immediately.

How good and fine does it mean to the people of Kirikiri town knowing that the person representing the Amuwo Odofin Constituency II, Hon. Akeem Bello of PDP has already began his representation practically and aims to be minority leader for effective representation.

Areas opposite the Lagos- Badagry expressway ending at satellite town where Kirikiri town falls under have felt his presence unofficially as he secured one of the best houses on Johnson street, acquired a brand new SUV and also organized an inauguration party for all who voted him into office. It is believed that Hon. Akeem Bello wants to reside among those he truly loves the most. His family, friends, the Kirikiri town people even with the dilapidated roads, the Dillion killer road, dirty environment, blocked gutters and all the good things Kirikiri town has to offer.

Also, in order to abolish the famous notion among young minds that when one attains a new height in life, whether financially or otherwise, to forget everyone and crave for a new life may be preposterous and trivial.

Doesn’t Akeem Bello rep his hood?

Taking a leap further, we poke the Elders Foundation Patron Chief Babalola Shabi (Awujale) on the ongoing drainage construction at Magbesa Street. Resident say they find it hard to connect with their cars to another street or to the end of the same street but other resident s questions asking;

“Before the construction, could cars connect from Magbesa Street without bringing down the bumper totally?”

Could cars even connect to the end of Magbesa Street to Tariah Street? Impossible!

However, plead for the speed up of the construction as they appreciate the fact that it is a single handed project which has gulped millions.

Speaking to a resident on Magbesa Street, Joy expressed reigning praises on Chief Awujale.

“We love Awujale and we love what he is doing for the people of Kirikiri town. We say thank you for your effort to make Kirikiri town a better place” Joy spoke to Kirikiri news.

Let’s drive and halt at the political junction of Kirikiri town but before we halt, let’s purchase some Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) from the Kirikiri town Oil Depots.

The oil product scarcity which rocked the nation for almost 10 days left members of the public with no choice than to buy a liter of fuel for NGN600. The masses knew how powerful fuel means to the nation Nigeria. It became the alternative of good life. However, resident of Kirikiri town who live close to the oil depots believed that they could get the product at a lesser prize but they got a fire panic from Techno Oil Depot as its discharge nozzle went up in flames in the heat of the fuel scarcity.

Reports and feedback on the causes of the fire have not been disclosed to the press but repair has been done on the affected areas.

Apparently, the hike which affected the economy of Kirikiri town benefited them too in the area of the traffic congestion of the Kirikiri Link Bridge as a standing order was given by the LASG to evacuate all tankers from the highway and bridges across Lagos State within 24 hours.

The in flock of tankers / oil sales and marketing make up about 65% of the Kirikiri towns income while manufacturing 20%, housing 10% and agriculture 5%.

Back to the political junction of Kirikiri town, weeks after the inauguration of the president, governors, senators, federal and state house of representatives’ members of the public still await elections for the Chairmen of Local Government and their ward Councilors.

APC’s Hon. Moshood who has interest in the chairmanship seat is making sure he is not leaving any stone unturned in his aspiration. Meanwhile the primaries for both APC and PDP councilor race have not been conducted by the party but the aspirants of PDP have single handedly taken over the streets with their campaign posters.

Reports have it that there are up to 7 councilor aspirants for Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and about 6 for All Progressives Party (APC).

The councilor seat is the lowest seat in the government body but the closest to the masses. It is not a position of popularity but a position to serve the public.

These and many more have happened in Kirikiri town over the past weeks such as about 8 deaths of youths in a span of 2 months which has made residents and churches in the area embark on a proposed plan for a general prayer and praise night vigil and the KIRIKIRI TOWN FAMILY group of Facebook set to change its name to KIRIKIRI ONLINE COMMUNITY on the 13^th of July 2015.

Taking a brave step to goggle on the prospective developmental progress of the town, these past activities have a potential reflection of how the future may resemble. But until then, Kirikiri News  Media will continue to bring to light the many positive activities of Kirikiri town and its environs.

Written by the editor

Uchechukwu Daniel Okechukwu

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