How Ezekwesili, Banky W reacted to Seun Onigbinde’s resignation

Former minister of education, Oby Ezekwesili has reacted to
resignation of Seun Onigbinde as Technical Adviser at the Ministry
of Budget and National Planning.

Onigbinde, a critic of President Muhammadu Buhari-led All
Progressives Congress (APC) government who was recently appointed
Technical Adviser at the Ministry of Budget and National Planning
by the same government resigned his appointment on Monday.

The Co-founder of BudgIT joined the Buhari administration as the
Technical Adviser at the Ministry of Budget and National Planning
and confirmed the development through his Medium’s account after
deactivating his Twitter account.

His appointment by the same government he had criticized in the
past four years generated controversies as the development did not
go down well with some Nigerians.

Ezekwesili, reacting, commended Onigbinde for his resignation
from Buhari’s government.

On her Twitter page, she wrote: “Kudos, my dear one. Kudos
Onigbinde.”

??Kudos, my dear one. Kudos. https://t.co/NBt3DbZFTV^[1]

— Oby Ezekwesili (@obyezeks) September 16, 2019^[2]

Also, popular Nigerian Actor/singer, Banky Wellington condemned
Onigbinde’s resignation.

Lamenting, Banky W in a post on his Twitter page said Nigeria
has lost a “great opportunity to have someone to hold accountable
in office.”

On his Twitter page, he wrote: “This makes me sad. Our country
would be better off if our brightest minds are serving in
government, not just criticizing from the outside.

“Onigbinde has been a voice for accountability and transparency,
we’ve lost a golden opportunity to have someone we can actually
hold accountable in office.”

Security, top priority in Yahaya Bello’s administration
– CPS

Kogi State government has implemented deliberate reforms and
policy actions introduced by Governor Yahaya Bello to arrest the
tide of insecurity in the state, Onogwu Muhammed, the Chief Press
Secretary to the governor, disclosed.

The CPS, recalled that last year the governor recruited about
6,000 vigilante security personnel in the state.

According to the CPS, each of the vigilante members received a
motorcycle, and have been mandated to interact with people in rural
communities, so as to gather vital information for analysis and
prompt response by mainstream security agencies.

“Securing lives and properties is the most fundamental
responsibility of any government. And that, exactly, is what the
Governor Yahaya Bello-led administration is doing in Kogi
State.

Mr Muhammed added: “The streams of successes recorded in the
area of security have attracted accolades and commendations for the
State Government, from prominent persons and institutions across
the country.

“The State Government has spent a lot on security in the last
three years.

We procured and distributed over 155 patrol vans, together with
motorcycles to various security outfits.

“Governor Yahaya Bello has also enhanced the allowances of
various security personnel serving in the State.

“These are strategies that have helped to boost Intelligence
gathering,” he said.

“Before the advent of this government, Kogi State was the hotbed
for all sort of crises, and crimes.

“There were incidences of kidnapping in the State. It even
became so worse that a serving commissioner, under the then PDP-led
administration, was kidnapped.

“The kidnappers did not also spare our traditional rulers. They
were responsible for the murder of a prominent Igala traditional
leader in 2014.

“But, presently, residents of the state now sleep without being
apprehensive of criminal elements attacking them or invading their
homes, either in broad daylight or at night.”

PRNigeria^[1]