The governor of Oyo State, Engr. Seyi Makinde has disclosed that the State government would ensure that pensioners in the State would never be owed their pensions and gratuity. The governor also vowed that his administration would have offset the #56billion accumulated gratuities the past administration owed pensioners before his tenure of office lapses. These promises were made at the Annual Conference of the Nigerian Union of Pensioners (NUP) that was held at Abuja recently, where the governor was honoured by the body as the Pensioners’ Friendly Governor and conferred with an Award of Excellence in Governance. While appreciating the…
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The Special Assistant to Governor Seyi Makinde on Youth and Sports, Hon Kazeem Bolarinwa on Saturday urged residents of Oyo State to keep their environment greener and cleaner. Hon Kazeem gave the advice on Saturday during the monthly environmental sanitation, when he joined some youths and a Non- Governmental Organization at the cleaning up exercise around Labiran community and it environs. According to him, environment determines our wellbeing and our live. “It is one of the visions of His Excellency, Governor Seyi Makinde to ensure that the state capital is kept clean and the initiative being a youth-led organisation makes…
Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, said on Saturday that the late spokesman of the pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, Comrade Yinka Odumakin, remained a shining light even in death. Governor Makinde stated this while paying tribute to the late Afenifere chieftain during a funeral service held at the Origbo Anglican Grammar School, Moro, Osun State. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, quoted Makinde as saying that Odumakin’s works will continue to be a shining star to light the path of generations coming, adding that the late activist always spoke truth to power. The governor,…
The Oyo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been cautioned against demonstrating insensitivity and crass ignorance on matters of the state in the name of trying to play opposition politics. Chief Press Secretary to Governor ‘Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, who gave this warning in a statement on Saturday, described APC’s intervention on the planned conversion of an expanse of land and parts of the Staff Quarters of the BCOS to a Government Residential Area (GRA) as needless, uninformed, half-baked and irresponsible. Adisa wondered why the APC has taken sudden interest in the BCOS…
A former Governor of Oyo State,Senator Rashidi Ladoja has charged the leadership of the Oyo State Housing Corporation to keep alive the dreams of the founding fathers of the Corporation. Senator Ladoja gave the charge in Ibadan during a courtesy call on the chairman of the corporation,Barr.Bayo Lawal at the Bodija headquarters of the corporation. The former Governor hinted that the corporation came into existence to address the issue of decent and safe environment for members of the public. He said the corporation had all it takes to ensure the realization of the objectives. The Osi Olubadan urged the corporation…
The Senior Special Assistant to Oyo State Governor on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Honourable Kunle Yusuff MON, on Friday Inaugurated a feeding centre at Elewuro Junction, Oju- Irin Akobo, along Olohunda, Ibadan. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftcain at Akinyele, Lagelu Federal Constituency maintained that the programme is aimed at assisting people in the constituency, irrespective of political differencies and religious colorations. Hon Yusuff called on corporate organisations and public spirited individuals to support this initiative so that more people could benefit from it at this critical time, especially during the Holy month of Ramadan. He, however, thanked all the…
The 2019 APC gubernatorial candidate and former Deputy Governor of CBN, Chief Bayo Adelabu has inspected police stations that were burnt down during the Endsars protests in Oyo State. Adelabu who later visited the State Commissioner of Police, Mrs Ngozi Onadeko expressed surprise that months after the destruction and vandalization of the stations, nothing meaningful had been done to reconstruct the stations. Speaking at the Ojoo police station on Friday, Chief Adelabu emphasized the importance of security to the social and economic development of any society, adding that this has motivated him to assist the Oyo State Police Command to…
In order to ease their burden during the ongoing Ramadan, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Oyo State, Dr. Yunus Akintunde, has distributed bags of rice as well as cash to Muslims across the state. According to his media office, foodstuffs would also be distributed to over a thousand individuals on Sunday 25th, April, 2021 around 10.00 am at Akintunde’s Team ‘U ‘N’ US‘ office along Abiodun Atiba road, Owode Oyo. Akintunde, who is eyeing the Oyo Central senatorial seat in the 2023 national assembly election, also gave out JAMB forms to the leadership of the National…
Oyo State Government under the able leadership of His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Oyo State, Engr. Seyi Makinde has graciously approved the re-constitution of the 2nd Assembly of Oyo State Youth Parliament. Interested applicants must: i. Be citizen of Nigeria and Oyo State, age between 15 to 29 years. ii. Have minimum of Senior Secondary School Certificate(SSCE) or its equivalent. iii. Have passion for youth issues and leadership. iv. Not have any criminal record. v. Not belong to any secret cult. vi. Have Local Government Identification. vii. Have Birth Certificate not sworn affidavit. Application and resume are to be…
Ahead of the Oyo State local government council election , the People’s Democratic Party in Lagelu local government area has flagged off its campaign . Members of the the party in large numbers converged on the PDP party secretariat at Lalupon for the event. The party Chairman ,lagelu local government chief Michael Adegoke appealed to all aggrieved members of the party to Sheath their sword and rally round the party’s flagbearers in the contest for the success at the polls. Chief Adegoke charged party members and supporters to ensure their votes count even as he implored them to campaign vigorously…