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Speech of
Her Excellency Mrs. ‘Funmi OLAYINKA
Deputy Governor of Ekiti State, Nigeria,
At the Official Presentation of Instrument of Office to His Royal Highness,
Oba Michael Folarin Fabunmi, the new Onifisin of Ifisin-Ekiti, on Friday
October 7, 2011.
PROTOCOLS
It’s a great pleasure for me to be here on this epoch making occasion of the
presentation of Instrument of Appointment and staff of Office to the Kabiyesi,
the Onifisin of Ifisin, Oba Michael Folarin Fabunmi.
The appointment of Kabiyesi, the new Onifisin is not by accident as you will
recall that the stool of Onifisin became vacant on August 2, 2000 following the
demise of Oba Michael Adejugbe who hailed from Adejugbe Ruling House. The
stool was however filled on 1st October, 2007 when the State Executive
Council approved the appointment of the Kabiyesi to whom instrument of
office is being presented today.
While giving all glories to Almighty God for making this auspicious
occasion a reality, I want to also appreciate the good people of Ifinsin
Ekiti who had patiently waited for this long and made several efforts to
ensure that their Kabiyesi-designate return from the United States of
America to answer this clarion call to serve his people.
There is no doubt therefore, that today’s occasion marks the beginning of
a new era in the history of the Ifisin people.
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Kabiyesi, the unanimous decision of the kingmakers to appoint your
Royal Highness placed an arduous task on your shoulder, and indeed all
the stakeholders in this Community to work harmoniously with all and
sundry.
May I therefore admonish you to embrace honesty, truth, humility and
dignity and as well prove yourself to be a role model whose exemplary life
is worthy of emulation. As the leader of your Community, you must be
decisive; most especially when it comes to denouncing what you believe
would not promote amity among your people.
I pray that your reign will witness unrivaled achievements in the area of
socio-economic development of Ifisin-Ekiti. Nonetheless, I wish to urge
you to exercise utmost restraint in the use of power bestowed on you.
In advising your Highness to carry your people along when making
decisions on issues affecting your community, I want to call on the
people of Ifisin-Ekiti to cooperate with the new Kabiyesi and ensure that
his reign is blessed with remarkable success.
The kabiyesi cannot go it alone because a tree does not make a forest.
His tenure and the attendant achievements would depend largely on the
amount of cooperation he receives from the generality of the people of
this community. You should therefore, join hands with Kabiyesi to
accelerate the development of your home. The Kabiyesi needs your
advice, assistance, cooperation and prayers for a successful reign.
As regards the requests contained in the address presented by the
Chairman of Ido-Osi Local Government and that of the Kabiyesi, I wish to
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assure you that this administration, being a lover of the people, is
determined to utilize the little resources at its disposal to better the lot of
the generality of citizenry. We will be fair and even minded in dealing
with all the good people of Ekiti.
The Dr. Kayode Fayemi led administration is committed to the growth
and transformation of Ekiti State through its 8-point agenda which is the
road map to economic recovery of the State. I also want to place it on
record that the monumental achievements and progress made so far
could not have been possible without the support and cooperation of our
Royal Fathers who have demonstrated high sense of responsibilities in
maintaining peace in their various domains. We would continue to rely
on the Traditional Institutions in the area of conflict resolution and
sustenance of peace.
Our government would continue to promote fairness and transparency in
the choices of candidates for the various vacant stools as we have no
vested interest any particular candidate for the Obaship of any
community.
Once more, I congratulate you, Kabiyesi, on this historic occasion. I
wish you a peaceful reign to the glory of God and the benefit of the people
of Ifisin Ekiti.
PRESENTATION
At this juncture, I have the distinguish honour and pleasure to formally
present to you Kabiyesi, Oba Michael Folarin Fabunmi, the Instrument of
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Ifisin-Ekiti, Oba Michael Folarin Fabunmi on Friday October 7,
2011.

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Appointment and Staff of Office as the Onifisin of Ifisin-Ekiti today the
7th day of October, 2011.
May you reign longer than your fore-fathers. Kade pe lori, Ki bata pe
lese, Irukere a di abere. Igba odun, odun kan
Congratulations.
H.E. MRS. ‘FUNMI OLAYINKA
DEPUTY GOVERNOR OF EKITI STATE, NIGERIA
Kaduna,
Kaduna State, NIGERIA
September 12, 2011
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