The Senior Special Assistant to Governor Seyi Makinde on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Hon. Kunle Yusuff MON, has stated that the state government is strongly aligning with the Global Goal 7 of SDGs in the state. Yusuff made this known on Thursday while speaking with journalists in Ibadan shortly after the commissioning of the 663.6 kilowatts peak solar power plant by Governor Seyi Makinde at the premises of the Nigerian Breweries, Ibadan, Oyo State capital. According to Yusuff, UN- SDGs projected that by year 2030, developing nations could have gotten access to clean energy search and technology, including Global renewable…
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The Chief Press Secretary to Governor Seyi Makinde, Mr Taiwo Adisa has reacted to a false report alleging his principal’s convoy to have crushed a child on a journey to Ogbomoso for campaign ahead of the May 22, 2021 local government elections. While seaking with GOALPOACHER NEWS correspondent on the matter, Adisa stated that the governor’s car did not overrun, let alone kill any child, saying the car involved was an unregistered Toyota Matrix is way lower than a car which should be in the Governor’s convoy. “The governor’s convoy had already settled before the said incident happened. Yes, it…
Ahead of the forthcoming Local Government election across the state, Oyo State Governor Engineer Seyi Makinde has assured that no live will be lost to the poll. Makinde stated this in Ogbomoso on Thursday during the presentation of flags to the PDP chairmanship candidates in the five local government areas in Ogbomoso zone. GOALPOCHER News quoted the Governor as saying that all the campaigns held cross the state have been peaceful. He urged the electorates to conduct themselves in peaceful manner when the poll is taking place on Saturday. His words: “all the campaigns you held lately have been peaceful.…
The Government of Oyo State has announced Friday, May 21, 2021, as public holiday. A statement by Mr. Taiwo Adisa, Chief Press Secretary to Governor ‘Seyi Makinde, confirmed that the governor approved the holiday to enable the state conduct a hitch free local government election holding on Saturday, May 22, 2021. The statement urged every resident of Oyo State to go about their duties peacefully, while coming out en masse to their respective voting areas and participate in the election. The statement read: “His Excellency, Governor ‘Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, has authorised the declaration of Friday, May 21, 2021,…
Governor Seyi Makinde has approved the establishment of a modern healthcare center for the elderly in Oyo State, to complement the present administration efforts at providing healthcare to the people from pregnancy to the old age stage. The Commissioner for Health, Dr. Bashir Bello stated this on Thursday in Ibadan while answering questions from newsmen on the success of the present administration in the health sector within the first two years of the incumbent administration. Bello hinted that the Geriatric center, with the focus to promote the health of the elderly by preventing and treating diseases and disabilities would commence…
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde is set to commission a 663.6 kwp solar plant in Ibadan. GOALPOACHER NEWS learnt that the project which will be commissioned this Thursday is sited at Nigerian Brewery along New Ife-Ibadan Expressway. Top government functionaries are expected to accompany the governor to the venue. Details later…..
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has said he pays N30,500 as minimum wage for over 101,000 workers on its payroll. This was disclosed on Wednesday by a former State Chairman of the Nigerian Labour Congress in the state, Comrade Bayo Titilola-Sodo while speaking with newsmen at the State Secretariat of the Correspondents’chapel, Mokola, Ibadan. If compared with the other five other states in the South West, the administration of Governor Makinde is the second to Lagos State in the payment of the minimum wage. Describing Governor Makinde as the most Workers’ friendly when compared with previous administrations in the…
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State on Wednesday said the Supreme Court verdict has validated the sacking of the 68 local government and local government development areas and the poll taking place on Saturday. It would be recalled that the apex court had, May 7 2021, said Makinde was wrong to have sacked the council chairmen elected on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC) during the reign of the former Governor Abiola Ajimobi. However, Makinde claimed that God gave Oyo State government and PDP victory at the court because He is greater than the sacked chairmen who caused a…
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has charged secondary school students to imbibe healthy competition in their academic endeavors in order to succeed in life and take active part in repositioning Oyo State and the country. He stated that quality debate is the staple of democracy in the modern world, stressing that without quality debate, electorates would never be able to engage politicians with whom the collective destiny of the people are entrusted for a period of time. The governor who spoke through the State Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Barrister Olasunkanmi Olaleye, while addressing secondary school students participants…
Governor ‘Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has promised to compensate the families of those who lost their lives during a gun duel that ensued during a shootout between men men of the Nigeria Customs Service and smugglers in Iseyin on Eid-el-Fitri day with N1m each. The governor made the promise on Tuesday, at the Palace of Aseyin of Iseyin, Oba Abdulganiyy Adekunle Salau, while on a campaign tour to the town, ahead of Saturday’s local government elections in the state. Governor Makinde, who commiserated with families of the deceased, stated that part of the reasons something like that could have…