MIMIKO MOST 'PIOUS' godSON- DR OSUNYINKANI

UNVEILING

DR OLAKUNLE  OSUNYINKANMI:

Mimiko most PIUS godson

 Barely a year on the saddle as the substantive Commissioner for Education,Dr Pius Olakunle Osunyinkanmi name reverberated across the political landscape as the ministerial nominee of the Labour Party[LP] by the governor of Ondo State,Dr Olusegun Mimiko to represent the interest of  Ondo State at Aso Rock.

He was picked by the governor based on their long term relations as a tested and trusted ally.

Their godfather and godson relationship could be traced to have started between 1999 and  2005 , when young Pius  was introduced to Mr Governor then as the Commissioner for Health  by  the latter’s younger brother,Femi  Mimiko who was then Osunyinkanmi’s  mentor and lecturer to serve  as Special   Assistant to the Commissioner  for Health, Special  Assistant to Dr Mimiko as  the Secretary to State Government and  later Special Assistant to Dr Mimiko as the Minister of Housing & Urban Development.

When Dr.Mimiko  reclaimed his mandate and became the Governor of Ondo State in 2009, he appointed Osunyikanmi as his Special Adviser on Intergovernmental Affairs and Multilateral Relations, where he performed to the satisfaction of Mr Governor.

In June, 2010, Dr Osunyikanmi was appointed as the Commissioner for Education in Ondo State and has won accolades from education stakeholders in the State through his radical and highly productive commitment to the transformation of the education sector.

As an academician, he has written several research and academic articles published in journals around the world. He has also attended several seminars within Nigeria and in countries like the United kingdom.

He has also visited African counties like Ghana ,Togo,and Benin Republic.He is member, mid –South Sociological Association, United States.

Dr . Pius Olakunle Osunyikanmi  hails  from Ile –Oluji  / Okeigbo   L.G.A  He was born in 1971 and attended St. Francis  Catholic School , Ile-Oluji ,  Ondo State between 1983 -1986 . From there he Proceeded to Holy  Saviours  High School , Ile-Oluji  , for his secondary school  education , which he completed at Orere Grammar School , Ile-oluji .between 1992 – 1997 for his B.Sc. degree in Political Science .After  this he went  further , to the University of Ibadan to  obtain his Masters degree also in Political Science in 2001.

 In further  quest for knowledge, he  proceeded to the Adekunle Ajasin  University , Akungba – Akoko to obtain his  PhD in People  Management  Training Centre Worthing , United Kingdom .This  political Scientist worked  as a class teacher in 1997 during his Youth  Service  where he served his father land in Delta State.

From there,he started his career  in banking as the Business Development  Officer, Owena Bank  PIC, Lagos  in 1998 before veering to full ime poiticking through his alliance and tutelage under Dr.Femi Mimiko and Iroko.

OLAIYA ONI,MIMIKO FALL APART OVER MINISTERIAL LIST

Political Tsunami Hits Ondo LP

Olaiya oni,LP Chairman  finally resigns

…Osemawe,Mimiko loyalist panics

Just as the crisis generated by the ministerial list within the Ondo State  Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party [PDP] is dying down the list has also wrecked havoc in Labour Party[LP] which made the party Chairman, Dr Olaiya Oni to resign his position.

Impeccable source within the party told Sunshine Voice that the ministerial list crisis last week took it’s toll on LP as there was an unresolved disagreement between the party,Chairman,Dr Oni and governor of Ondo State,Dr Olusegun Mimiko.

The source who said he saw the copy of the resignation letter told Sunshine Voice that Dr Olaiya Oni  last week sent his resignation letter to the governor, Dr Olusegu Mimiko informing him of his decision to quit the party.

The source said,Dr Olaiya Oni in his  letter stated that he is quitting the party to save his name as he alleged that  Dr Mimiko has hijacked the running of the party from the state executives.

Dr Oni the source revealed became bitter when he learnt that Dr Mimiko  unilaterally sent  the name of one Mrs Remi Duyile,who is a Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Diaspora Matters.

The Ise Akoko born party Chairman was said to have got wind of the ministerial list from a very close confidant of the governor who said that Dr Pius Osunyinkanmi,the incumbent Commissioner for Education was grumbling why his name was substituted by  Mr.Governor with that of one Mrs Remi  Duyile as LP ministerial nominee without recourse to the state excos.

This infuriated Dr Oni who went wild making frantic calls to his Aso Rock contacts to confirm the authenticity  of ministerial list sent by Dr Mimiko.

But he was even more bitter and devastated when he was told that Mrs Duyile was Dr Mimiko’s ministerial nominee for LP Ondo State.

There and then Dr Olaiya Oni immediately drafted and sent his resignation letter to the governor copying the Osemawe of Ondo kingdom,Oba Kiladejo alerting the king of his decision to quit LP because of what he called Dr Mimiko’s overbearing nature on the party.

This sent a lot of jitters down the spines of the paramount ruler of Ondo Kingdom who called on some of Dr Mimiko’s confidants and inner caucus members including the First Lady to start putting  pressure on Dr Oni not to make his decision public until they will resolve the crisis amicably between the two of them. .

Finally,after three days the Osemawe was lucky to convince  the embattled Chairman,Dr Oni to reverse his decision not to quit the party but Dr Oni Sunshine Voice learnt said he would accept not to quit only on the condition that the governor must also accept his new terms of preference.

 A six paragraph truce condition was therefore drawn by Dr Oni through  Osemawe to the governor with a warning that any attempt to reject a single line among the conditions he will make public his decision to quit LP.

Further investigation within LP at the time of filing this report revealed that  Dr Oni promised to make his official announcement to the public through the media on Monday.