A recent media report saying the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) in Oyo state has been collapsed into the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been described as untrue and misleading. At a well attended meeting in Ibadan, Oyo state capital, on Wednesday, leadership of the now moribund ZLP insisted that majority members of the party have joined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). They therefore pledged their loyalty to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The meeting presided by Comrade Wole Abisoye, former state chairman of ZLP also had in attendance former local government chairmen, stalwarts and other party faithfuls across the thirty-three…
Author: Goalpoacher
Oyo State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party, (PDP), has postponed its local government primary elections earlier scheduled to hold this Thursday, 4th March, 2021. According to a brief statement issued by the Publicity Secretary of the party, Akeem Olatunji this morning, the exercise has be postponed by 72 hours. The reason for the postponement was not stated in the release. Olatunji said the leadership of the party will meet stakeholders for further consultation. The statement read: “Oyo State PDP LG Primary election postponed for 72 hours, PDP leadership to meet stakeholders for further consultation.” Goalpoacher News Correspondent, Funmilayo Oke…
The Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde , has said the state will not provide land for ranching as it believes it is a private business. Makinde said this to clarify a tweet in which he revealed that Oyo State will adopt the National Livestock Transformation Plan which is already being implemented in Kwara State. The Governor , after a meeting with his Kwara State counterpart, Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, had said on Twitter, “ We also agreed that the National Livestock Transformation Plan which is already being implemented in Kwara State would be implemented in Oyo State leading to further…
The Chief Press Secretary to Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, said on Wednesday that claims that the state was about to lose a World Bank loan to the tune of $200 million were unfounded and a misrepresentation. The spokesman to the governor, who was reacting to media reports to that effect, said that those peddling the rumour just to keep their names afloat in the media were mischievous and clearly behind the news. In a statement on Wednesday, the governor’s media aide said that Governor Makinde had in a detailed explanation on a recently held state…
The death of veteran public relations practitioner and author, Mr. Olu Ademulegun (who I fondly called Egbon Olu), on Sunday, the 14th of February, 2021, a day short of his 75th birthday, must come as a shock to family and friends, including professional colleagues who shared fellowship with him in public relations circles in the 70’s and 80’s. He succumbed to Covid 19 in Lagos. I first met Mr. Ademulegun around 2002 at Fastac Town, Lagos, at the home of my Great Uncle, Surveyor Fehintola Olumide, and that marked the beginning of our relationship. Born on the 15th of February,…
Makinde approves alternative funding for reconstruction of 299 health facilities Oyo State Government on Tuesday said it has approved the renovation and reconstruction of 229 health facilities to enhance healthcare delivery in the state. The state’s Commissioner for Health, Dr. Bashir Bello, disclosed this while addressing journalists at the Governor’s Office, Ibadan. Flanked by the state’s Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Dr. Wasiu Olatunbosun, his counterpart in the Ministry of Energy, Seun Asamu and Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Taiwo Adisa, Bello said the facilities would cover all the local government areas. The commissioner said:”We are here to…
The Deputy Speaker, Oyo State House of Assembly, Honourable Mohammed Fadeyi has eulogised the state governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde for considering primaries for the forth coming local government elections in the state. The primaries is scheduled to hold tomorrow March 4, 2021 across the 33 council areas in the state. Hon. Fadeyi said the development will no doubt strengthen and depeen Democratic rule and system in the state, as against the back drop of some people calling for hand picking of aspirant or consensus candidacy which is against the tenets and dictates of Democratic system. He noted that all eyes…
The Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission (OYSIEC), has engaged the leadership of political parties in the state as part of efforts to achieve an all inclusive local government council elections scheduled for May 15, 2021. The meeting held on Tuesday at the conference room of the Commission, Agodi Quarters, Ibadan , provided opportunity for representatives of political parties that have its presence in Oyo state including the main opposition party, APC at the meeting to discuss how to ensure the electoral empire becomes model for others through the conduct of free, fair, transparent and credible elections. The Chairman, Inter Party…
Farmers in Oyo State have been assured that all measures are in place to secure their lives as the State government would not allow individuals masquerading as herders to halt the pace of development in the agricultural sector of the State economy. The Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Hon Ojemuyiwa Ojekunle, gave this assurance while addressing farmers from Ijaye Farm Settlement, at the Ministry’s conference room after a peaceful demonstration conducted within the State secretariat complex by the aggrieved farmers. The farmers have protested the destruction of their farms by cattle herders which has led to loss of their…
The Senate Minority Leader, Enyinnaya Abaribe , said he was taken to a shrine to swear an oath of loyalty 24 hours before inauguration as deputy governor in 1999. Abaribe was deputy governor to Senator Orji Uzor Kalu from May 29 , 1999 till March 2003 before he resigned and defected to the defunct All Nigerian People ’s Party . Abaribe stated this in his new book , ‘ Made in Aba ’ which was launched in Abuja on Monday. He explained that the former Aba North Local Government Area Chairman, one Chief Duru, and Kalu’ s younger brother ,…