EGHEOMHANRE EYIEYIEN FOR SENATE 2015: UNDERSTANDING MY POLITICS

Many people still wonder what kind of politician I am. The more polite cynics have called me naïve. Others have used very colourful words to describe me.

Those who have been following my writings (available on my Facebook Timeline, Facebook Notes and here, my blog: http://eghes.blogspot.com/) would see that I am trying to push some ideals and values in the hope of elevating the quality of our politics. Politics in Nigeria till date is about patronage, god-fatherism, lucre, greed, power...-mongering, personality cults, and the self. We have come to believe it cannot be different. So educated, enlightened, exposed and value-driven people (maybe like you!) shun politics. They see it as corrupt and corrupting. And, sadly, they are actually right!

Our problem is kakistocracy: the government of the worst of the people! Our best brains and morally upright folks never go into politics. They wait till they are tapped for public office as appointees of the kakistocrats and we call them "technocrats"!! This must change if Omoseona (my son) and your children will have a Nigeria whose passport is worth carrying.

Esan di fure!

Nigeria di fure!!

EGHEOMHANRE EYIEYIEN FOR SENATE 2015: MY MANIFESTO - ISSUE NUMBER ONE: ZERO TOLERANCE FOR CORRUPTION IN NIGERIA

ISSUE NUMBER ONE: ZERO-TOLERANCE FOR CORRUPTION IN NIGERIA.

CORRUPTION IS THE BIGGEST THREAT TO NIGERIA'S POSTERITY. IT IS MUCH DEADLIER THAN EVEN BOKO HARAM!!

Corruption has had a great toll on our economy, our infrastructures, our people and our institutions. The economic and social costs of corruption in the public and private sectors of Nigeria
since attaining political independence in 1960 is possibly well over US$2Trillion!! It is a monstrous cancer that continues to erode our nation, our psyche and our potentials. It is a blight on our nation and a threat to the future of our children and generations yet unborn.

By God's Grace, when the good people of Edo Central Senatorial District (Esanland) choose me to represent them as a Distinguished Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 2015, I shall be a Champion of Zero-Tolerance For Corruption.

Consequently, I hereby declare publicly and before God Almighty, the Father of my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, that:

1. I shall make public all the monies being illegally paid to a Senator. The present pay which is reportedly about N29million per month (no one knows the actual sum because of the opaque manner in which legislators handle their salaries and allowances) is scandalous, obscene and repulsive. It is a shame that public funds are doled out in that profligate manner in the midst of the dirt poverty in which about 70% of our people wallow.

2. I shall only receive the remuneration duly approved by the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission and publish same accordingly.

3. I shall publish my Asset Declaration Form upon being sworn-in as a Senator and do so on the 29th of May in 2016, 2017 and 2018 and 2019 by God's Grace.

4. I shall not use public office to illegally enrich myself, my spouse, my children, my sibling, relatives, friends, associates and allies.


I have made bold to declare my commitment to integrity here in unmistakable terms and I invite all of you to hold me accountable for what I have said here publicly when I am in the Senate by God's Grace.


Esan di fure!

Nigeria di fure!!

EGHEOMHANRE EYIEYIEN FOR SENATE 2015 FINANCE COMMITTEE INAUGURATED

In accord with my commitment to a New Righteous Order in Nigeria's polity and the principles of Righteousness, Equity and Truth which are cardinal components of my political philosophy (CREST), I am pleased to announce that I have constituted THE EGHEOMHANRE EYIEYIEN FOR SENATE 2015 FINANCE COMMITTEE (EESFC). The mandate of the EESFC is to manage my Campaign Funds responsibly and transparently by acting as a body to which I am accountable with regard to all funds raised for my Senatorial bid. All expenditures shall be done only with the prior approval of the EESFC who shall also be the operators of all my Campaign bank accounts:

The members of the EESFC are:

Opeyemi Agbaje (Chairman);
Pastor Mrs Toyin Jaiyeola;
Julius Agenmonmen;
Agu Imo; and
Danjuma Samdi.

Below are the profiles of the committee members: 

Mr. Opeyemi Agbaje holds a first degree in Law from the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University), Ile-Ife and two Masters Degrees in Law and Business from the University of Lagos and IESE Business School, Spain respectively. He is a former Senior Fellow and Head of Department of Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Business Environment at the Lagos Business School. Mr. Agbaje worked for over twenty years in the Nigerian banking industry which he left as an Executive Director in 2004 to set up Resources and Trust Company Ltd. of which he is the CEO. He writes a weekly column "Economy, Polity, Society" in Nigeria's Businessday newspaper. He is the Producer and Presenter of the syndicated television programme, The Policy Council with Opeyemi Agbaje, which airs weekly on Channels TV, Lagos Television, and BEN TV in the United Kingdom.

Pastor Mrs. Toyin Jaiyeola had a distinguished banking career (including being a pioneer staff of Guaranty Trust Bank) before she left the industry to establish the International Christian Business School of which she is the CEO. An ordained Minister of the Gospel of Christ, she served as a Pastor in House On The Rock (HOTR) until when she got married and joined The Redeemed Evangelical Mission (TREM). She is an Executive Life Coach, Business Mentor and a Management and Leadership Trainer of repute.

Mr. Julius Agenmonmen is the Founder and CEO of BrandLife Ltd., a foremost Nigerian company committed to providing world class marketing services in the areas of brand activation, field marketing services and branding. The company was incorporated and started business in 2008 and has since then been working with a number of blue-chip companies. A 1985 graduate of Political Science from the University of Benin, Benin City, Mr. Agenmonmen, was the Clerk of the Students Union Congress of the University. He is a well known and respected marketing and customer service professional with vast experience in brands, brand building, brand activation and field marketing services. He has about 21 years experience working for Unilever across different markets and continents. He resigned as a General Manager in Unilever to establish Brandlife.

Pastor Agu Imo, a lawyer by training, is the Chairman of Cyrus (Woodcrafters) Ltd. Founded in the year 2000, Cyrus is a furniture and joinery company that specialises in the manufacturing of furniture and joinery products in its state of the art, ultra-modern computer-operated production facility situated in the Yaba area of Lagos. A sports enthusiast and sports administrator, Pastor Imo has served in several sports development organisations. He is passionate about Nigeria and its transformation through Kingdom Principles.

Mr. Danjuma Samdi is a 1987 graduate of Law from the University of Maiduguri and he obtained a Masters Degree in International Law and Diplomacy from the University of Lagos in 2002. He is the Principal Partner of Samdi and Associates, a law practice, and serves as a Director on the Boards of several companies which operate in different sectors of the Nigerian economy. 

 

Esan di fure!