His associates see him as the Governor-Elect of Kogi State. Party officials see him as the Deputy-Governor Elect. Meanwhile, the people of Ikeja Federal Constituency, Lagos State see him as their representative in the House of Representatives. Now Rep. James Faleke two-term chairman of Ikeja local government area, two-term member representing Ikeja Federal Constituency must make a choice between now and next Wednesday when the inauguration of the new governor of Kogi State takes place on the hat he must continue to wear.

The motion for his impeachment was moved while he was still on seat and he told the mover of the motion to reel out the names of the signatories to the impeachment notice. Seventeen lawmakers signed up to impeach him and he stands impeached. A new Speaker in my humble self was elected to lead the House. I am the authentic Speaker of the Kogi State House of Assembly.

I do not subscribe to the fact that we have two speakers. The House is under one leadership and I remain the Speaker of the House. The putsch by some members of the House against the leadership of the House was unfortunate and we will soon get over it. We are one big family and will come out stronger. We had been enjoying peace in the House until some external forces infiltrated our ranks.

So many people have been frustrated in life, marriages, families, business and careers because of a mistake they made in the past. Thus, they say to themselves that they can never make it in life. They do not see themselves any better than the mistake they have made. The truth of it all is that the mistake is nothing compared to who you really are and can be tomorrow. Though your now may be small yet your latter end shall greatly increase.

POWER, Works and Housing Minister, Mr Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN), yesterday, decried the age-long lip service Nigerian governments had paid to diversification of the country’s economy from crude oil, noting that the mistake has caught up with Nigeria following the prevailing slump in crude oil prices. As much as the government would like to diversify, Fashola saw a challenge in paucity of funds, regretting that little or nothing was done during the various cycles of oil boom in the last four decades.