Sunday, December 3, 2017
Ekiti Vote 100:Profiles in Honour Book & Award 2018
Ekiti Vote 100:Profiles in Honour Book & Award 2018
EkitiVote 100:Profiles in Honour will be an annual award winning project of The Ekiti Summit and The Vignette Newspapers , a member of Herald Edumedia Services to honour individuals who make extraordinary contributions to Ekiti State of Nigeria and making impacts in their professional callings,career,community development and in our world.
The top Ekiti 100 nominated every year will be selected by an independent special committee set up by the board of The Vignette Newspapers set up for transparency and fairness.
The Ekiti 100 men and women of honour singled out will be given Profiles in Honour Award and their Biography will be published in the book and The Vignette Newspaper annually.
Selection of the Nominees begins on Friday,December 1st,2017 while names of the selected nominees will be published online via our website and social media sites(facebook,twitter,Google+) in January 2018.
The Award day ceremony will come up at Ado-Ekiti,Ekiti State at a date to be announced very soon.Please give this information a wider publicity.
HOW TO NOMINATE
Do you know someone who has make impact in Ekiti State or communities and deserves to be honoured in ekitivote100.Nominate him/her now by sending his name and contributions in few lines to our e-mail:ekitivote@gmail.com or vignettenews@gmail.com,Alternatively you can send text/SMS/WhatsApp to Tel:08030475828
For example: CHIEF DEJI FASUAN, Hero of modern Ekiti liberation and creation of Ekiti State.
The names of Ekiti 100:Profiles in Honour will be published in January 2018 in our social media pages(Facebook, Twitter, Google+,Instagram) and proposed website : www.ekitivote.com/ekiti100
Profiles in Honour ... 100 Who' Really Who in Ekiti State.
Femi Alufa
Publisher/CEO
The Vignette NewspapersTel:08030475828 E -mail:Vignettenews@gmail.com
ABOUT THE BOOK
PROFILES in HONOUR : THE VIGNETTE 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE IN EKITI STATE
Now let us praise the famous men and our father that begat us…These 100 People who shaped the Ekiti State history to be the true land of honour in our contemporary times as we inherited it from our forebears deserves our religion of gratitude. In one way or another, they are our Ekiti communities most fascinating heroes and heroines, role models, mentors and inspirers, titans, icons and colossus, crusaders, mystiques or enigmatic figures.
Whether influential as popular or transformative leaders, captains of industry, social reformers, cerebral scholars and academics, custodians of culture, political figures, peacemakers and patriots or in another role, these 100 people of Influence shaped the Ekiti State history and made their lasting contributions on our development in their humble ways because they declined to accept the limits and conventional thinking of our times.
Ekiti today is so much greater and better-off for their immeasurable impacts, they deserve our accolade of honour and we will be eternally grateful to them, their portraits are Profiles in Honour.Our present and future generations of Ekiti people will see these ones as an inspirer in our community and nation building and the memory of what they have done will not doom into extinction.Honour must be given to whom it is due; that is the essence of this book, to inspire, sublime and emulate the values of honour in Ekiti State, the acclaimed land of honour.
ABOUT THE PROJECT EDITOR
Femi Alufa is the founder and CEO of the Herald Edumedia Services, publisher of the Ekiti Summit and Vignette Newspapers and the promoter of the Ekiti Project Vote (www.ekitivote.com) and other social innovation projects. He is a social entrepreneur, publisher, ICT administrator, community organizer and prolific author of numerous books.He can be contacted via:(Tel:+234(0)8030475828 E-mail: femialufapost@gmail.com
Blog:www.femialufa.blogspot.com
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Monday, November 6, 2017
#EkitiProjectVote2018 ....Your Vote Matters
#EkitiProjectVote2018 #YourVoteMatters #YourVoteisYourVoice
Ekiti Project Vote 2018
By Femi Alufa
Hin okun o,Ekitikete! (Hello,my fellow Ekiti compatriots!)
My fellow Ekiti State compatriots here online and offline.Few days ago,The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC),the Nigeria's electoral process umpire has just released the timetable for Ekiti Governorship election to be conducted on Saturday,July 14,2018.
We have approximately nine months to the election day like the conception of a human baby that would grow up to become the father and mother of a family.Ekiti next election is an opportunity for us to reshape Ekiti's new future.Let us register to Vote if you are 18 years old and above.The ills of democracy can be cured by more democracy and election offers us the opportunity and that curative measure every four years according to our nation's constitution.
Let's us remember like the birth of a child that our Vote will ushers the birth of a new democratic Future. Let's make the right decision by register to Vote and make a right decision at the coming poll for peace, progress and prosperity of our dear families ,Ekiti communities and our State. Ekiti,the beautiful State on the hills is what we have and all we have. We cannot afford to allow political parties disagreement to totally divide us.We are Ekiti first before becoming a member of any political party.Let's ensure free,fair and credible election in 2018 and vote wisely.
Ekiti brothers and sisters,let us all work together for the birth of a new Ekiti future with the power of our Vote. I am voting because I believe in democracy,I will never be part of the silent majority,I am an agent of transformation and my vote is my future. Let us support INEC, our Democracy and safeguard our future.Let us shape Tomorrow by Register to Vote Today.
There is power in your thumb.Your Vote matters.Our Vote is Our Future.
Let us pass this message across the social media to all lovers of Ekiti State and Democracy.
Ekiti the Beautiful:This is the New Future we want Now.It begins with your power of Vote.
Let us shape tomorow by Register to Vote today.May God bless us all.
Erinle Ekiti a gbe wa o.Amin.
#EkitiProjectVote2018 #YourVotematters #YourVoteisYourVoiYourVoteisYourVoice
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Friday, October 6, 2017
INEC TimeTable for Ekiti Governorship Election 2018
*INEC Time Table for Ekiti 2018 Governorship Election*
1. Notice of election - 4th April, 2018
2. Commencement of campaign by Political Parties in public - 15th April, 2018
3. Collection of Forms for the election by Political Parties at INEC Headquarters - 16th April, 2018
4. *Conduct of Party Primaries including resolution of disputes arising from the primaries - 15th April, 2018 - 14th May, 2018*
5. Last day for submission of Forms CF001 and CF002 at the INEC Headquarters - 15th May, 2018
6. Publications of Personal Particulars of candidates (CF001) and list of candidates - 22nd May, 2018
7. Last day for withdrawal by candidate(s)/replacement of withdrawn candidate(s) by Political Parties - 30th May, 2018
8. Last day for the submission of Nomination forms by Political Parties - 13th June, 2018
9. Publication of official Register of Voters for the election - 14th June, 2018
10. Publication of final list of nominated candidates - 14th June, 2018
11. Publication of Notice of Poll - 30th June, 2018
12. Submission of names of Party Agents for the Election to the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) - 30th June, 2018
13. Last day for campaigns - 12th July, 2018
14. Date of election - 14th July, 2018
Saturday, September 30, 2017
Happy Independence Day :Nigeria at 57
Happy Independence Day : Nigeria
True Freedom is Possible!
By Femi Alufa
Our nation's independence day was saturday,October 1st,1960 when Nigeria gained her independence from the British colonialist. In the words of our first and only Prime Minister,Sir Tafawa Balewa in his speech on the first Independence day anniversary :
"When this day in October 1960 was chosen for our Independence it seemed that we were destined to move with quiet dignity to place on the world stage. Recent events have changed the scene beyond recognition, so that we find ourselves today being tested to the utmost .We are called upon immediately to show that our claims to responsible government are well-founded, and having been accepted as an indepedent state we must at once play an active part in maintaining the peace of the world and in preserving civilisation. I promise you, we shall not fail for want of determination."
Today, Nigeria remains the giant of Africa and the most populous black nation in the world. Almost six decades after indpendence and the lifting down of the Union Jack,Nigerians have many cause to celebrate this political freedom.Nigeria is a symbol of democracy and freedom today, enjoying as it does freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and freedom of the press and other fundamental human rights as it is enshrined in our constitution.
Great tributes to our founding fathers;Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa,Dr.Nnamdi Azikiwe,Alhaji Sir Ahmadu Bello and Chief Obafemi Awolowo and other heroes of our nation's independence who fought for our political independence so that we might pride ourselves as a sovereign nation in the comity of nations. They fought for these political freedoms so much that many of them were willing to die defending them. And many of us appreciated their zeal and patriotic efforts and we should not take our independence for granted, and not in the lip-service to our national anthem: "...The labour of our heroes past shall never be in vain".
As citizens,patriotism teaches us country first,that is the love and care of the country and her people irrespective of ethnic, religion, social or political inclination, as brothers and sisters. We should have a massive hope that the God of all creations that put us here have a purpose for our coexistence and togetherness as a people and nation,and we should embrace our diversity to continue to promote national unity,peace and progress rooted in democratic development and good governance for the betterment of our citizens.
As citizens, we must exhibit the real essence of freedom to live in happiness, always happy and making others happy. We must never have anger, never fight with others, never struggle with others, and we must love others completely. We must attain this standard to be really free. Freedom is from your goodness to fellow citizens and not from your abuse of power.
Freedom is well described by James Russell in his work "Stanzas on Freedom":
True freedom is to share,
All the chains our brothers wear,
And with heart and hand to be
Earnest to make others free!
Our political leaders must listen to the humble cries of the common man who are the silent majority. The dividends of democracy must be felt not by the political office holders with their jumbo packages but by the electorates who voted them into power.They should bear it in mind that the glory of any democratic governance is the welfare and happiness of the greatest number of citizens the state and nation.
As citizens,Let us continue to give our unflinching support and co-operation to the present administration of President Muhammadu Buhari and the cause of nationhood towards evolving a greater Nigeria of the dream of our founding fathers and modern patriots of Nigeria.
As good citizens,We must contribute to the nation building in our stations in life,This is how " the labour of our heroes past shall never be in vain".The path to our true freedom is possible and lies in our faith in God of all creations to direct our noble cause,and guide our leaders right and help our youth to know the truth as it is enshrined in the second stanza of our national anthem.
Wishing all Nigerians a Happy 57th Independence Anniversary day.
N.B:
True Freedom is in Jesus!
Please permit me to share my belief on true freedom according to the Christian faith,God the creator in His agape love sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to come to earth and willingly die in the place of sinful humans like us to save and redeem us from all our sin, rebellion, and wrongdoings. Therefore, all who believe in Lord have spiritual rebirth and freedom.
This true freedom is in Jesus Christ who forgiveness sins as the Messiah and saviour of the world.Jesus saved us from the bondage of sin,corruption and social vices; "He gave us life so that we might have it more abundantly ",He crowned it all with eternal life in Him so that we might enjoy an intimate and personal connection and relationship with him and God forever.
This is true freedom. And true freedom only exists in Jesus Christ through changes in our heart by His Holy Spirit. God makes us spiritually alive by giving us a new heart to pursue new purpose,new cause and new life.
This is true freedom. This is grace.Happy Independence Day.
Femi Alufa is the publisher of The Vignette Newspapers.
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