Following the recent crisis between the Yorubas and Hausa community in Shasha, Ibadan, President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management Social Development to activate the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) for immediate response in the provision of humanitarian supports to the affected persons. On arriving, The Director General of NEMA, Air vice Marshall, Mohammed Mohammed (retired) represented by the Director Relief and Rehabilitation, Onimode Bandele and his crew accompanied by the Oyo State Emergency Management Agency SEMA paid a courtesy visit to Deputy Governor of the state, Engineer Rauf Olaniyan on behalf of Governor…
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The Oyo State Government has approved the appointment of a member of the Nigeria Union of Teachers who would serve on the board of Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board. Adeniran, who was speaking while playing host to members of the state Executive Council of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) led by the Chairman of the union, Comrade Samson Adedoyin, also assured teachers that Governor Seyi Makinde’s administration is ensuring they receive their reward here on earth and not only in heaven. The new appointee, Comrade Oladimeji Raji who has served in the Oyo State teaching service for 30…
As part of effort by the Seyi Makinde led administration to ensure that Pupils and Students with Special Needs have equal educational opportunities and operate on the same page with their counterparts in regular schools. The Oyo State Government on Wednesday, distributed educational equipment to public special schools across the state. He appreciated the effort of Governor Seyi Makinde for stretching out hands of kindness and love to pupils and students with special needs in the state. He equally assured that the current government will not relent in its efforts to ensure that special needs pupils have equal educational opportunities…
The Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF), on Tuesday, pledged to help rebuild the Sasa Market, Ibadan, which was burnt down in the wake of the crisis that engulfed the market last week. A delegation of the NGF led by the governor of Kebbi State, Senator Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, which visited Ibadan, delivered the promise after a tour of the trouble spot. Bagudu, who was joined by his colleagues from Zamfara, Kano, and Niger States, said that the city of Ibadan was calm, contrary to the pictures being circulated on the social media. He commended the Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde for…
Oyo State Governor , Seyi Makinde, on Tuesday , listed conditions to reopen the crisis – torn Shasha market in Ibadan , the state capital . Makinde made this known when he led some northern governors to the leaders of the Yoruba and Hausa communities in the market today . The governors are Kebbi State Governor , Abubakar Atiku Bagudu ; Kano State Governor , Abdulahi Ganduje ; Zamfara State Governor , Bello Matawalle; and Niger State Governor , Abubakar Sanni . The Shasha market has been shut since last Friday when Yoruba and Hausa communities clashed reportedly resulting in…
Oyo State’s Commissioner for Finance, Mr. Akinola Ojo, has declared that Governor Seyi Makinde has never interfered with the contract award process of the Ibadan Urban Flood Management Project (IUMFP), contrary to reports in a section of the media. The commissioner said that contrary to the said media report, the state government has been following due process in the award of the World Bank-sponsored IUMFP. The commissioner, who also oversees the project, stated that Governor Makinde is a man with eyes for details, who will always insist on due process and value for money in all instances. “It is an…
The Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission, OYSIEC, on Monday, said elections into the 33 Local Government Councils of Oyo State will hold on Saturday, 15th May, 2021. The chairman, State Independent Electoral Commission, Aare Isiaka Olagunju, disclosed this during a press conference held at the OYSIEC headquarters, Agodi GRA, Ibadan. According to the OYSIEC boss, the nomination form for the position of chairman will cost Two hundred and fifty thousand naira, while hundred thousand naira will be paid to the obtain councilor nomination form. He, however, enjoined stakeholders concerned to give their support and cooperation to the commission in a bid…
It’s a new dawn, new era and new hope for the entirety of ‘Oyo state residence’ as many laudable projects are being rolled out by our ever dynamic Engr. Seyi Makinde. Now we can bid goodbye to the old dilapidated situations of education in the State. It is a move that gladdens the heart as we witnessed the handing over of 200 modern and standard desks and chairs to schools in Akinyele South LCDA on the 11th of February, 2021, It is without an iota of doubt that Hon. Kazeem Adekunle who is the Caretaker Chairman of the LCDA is…
Staff of the Oyo State Water Corporation on Monday, protested non availability of chemical to process water for the general use of residents of the state. The protest was organised under the umbrella of Amalgamated Union of Public Corporations, Civil Service Technical and Recreational Services Employees(AUPCTRE) The staff who also began an indefinite strike, were seen blocking the two major entrance of the state secretariat, Agodi, thereby obstructing free flow of vehicular movement along Bodija – Total Garden road in the state capital. Some of the staff carried placards bearing different inscriptions; such as ‘provide chemical so that we can…
Elections into the 33 Local Government Councils in Oyo State will hold on 17th May, 2021, according to Aare Isiaka Olagunju , Chairman of the state’s Independent Electoral Commission. Olagunju who released the notification for the conduct of the election this Monday, promised that the elections would be free fair credible and transparent. “NOTICE AND TIME TABLE OF 2021 ELECTIONS INTO THIRTY THREE (33) LOCAL GOVERNMENT COUNCILS IN OYO STATE ON SATURDAY, 15th MAY, 2021 BETWEEN 8:00a.m. AND 3.00pm DATE & ACTIVITY 1. Monday, 15th February, 2021 (a) Publication of notice of Election (b) Release of Election Time Table (c)…