Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, has congratulated Christians in the state on the occasion of the 2020 Christmas, calling on them to use the opportunity of the season to pray for the state and its leadership. Makinde equally urged Christians across the country to emulate Christ, who, according to him, is the reason for the season, by showing love to others, living in harmony with neighbours and demonstrating the spirit of brotherliness. The governor congratulated those who are alive to witness this year’s Christmas, adding that everyone who made it to this season must remain thankful to the Almighty.…
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The Director General, Oyo State Investments and Public-Private Partnership Agency, Hon Segun Ogunwuyi has once again extended his kind gesture to the residents of Ogbomoso as he distributed staple foods and life chickens for Christmas celebration. The event which was held at his Ogbomoso Country home had more than 2,000 people who received packs of rice and life chickens to celebrate the festive season. One of the joyful recipients, said that the OYSIPA boss had even before the Covid-19 pandemic been in the habit of giving out different welfare items to them, and the clergymen who were present, said ceaseless…
Oyo state Governor, Seyi Makinde in his bid to fulfil his promises to people living with disabilities has approved the appointment of Fadiya Babatunde as a state counsel in the State Ministry of Justice. The recipient who was presented his letter of appointment today at the State Secretariat, Agodi Ibadan by the Executive Assistant to the Governor on People with Disabilities, Barr Ayodele Adekanbi expressed his sincere appreciation to the state Governor for fulfilling his promises after several failed attempts to secure a job as a lawyer. Babatunde who studied law at the University of Lagos said he has been…
A member of the Oyo State House of Assembly, Hon Akeem Obadara representing Ibadan North West State Constituency, in an effort to make life more comfortable to residents of his constituency, on Wednesday commissioned a borehole at two areas in his his Local Government. The House Committee Chairman on Security, who commissioned the borehole at Idi – Ikan area of Olore in Ibadan and another one at Omotosho Benjamin Street Eleyele , Ibadan. In his remark , the lawmaker reiterated that , the purpose of providing boreholes to the various communities is to ease residents the stress of getting water…
Members of staff of The Polytechnic, Ibadan have rejected the Oyo State Tertiary Education Salary Scale published by the Oyo State Government for workers in the state -owned Polytechnics as well as College of Education. The poly workers ’ rejection of the salary scale was contained in a communique made available to our correspondent on Wednesday . It was signed by the Chairman , Senior Staff Association of Polytechnics , Biodun Abegunde ; Chairman , Non – Academic Staff Union , Ibraheem Akande ; and Representative of the teaching staff , T. M Oyebola The workers said the Governing Council…
About one hundred artisans, traders and residents of Akinyele South Local council Development Area have been empowered by the caretaker chairman of the the council, Hon Kazeem Adekunle Ahmed. At an elaborate event on held on Wednesday, the performing chairman said that similar events had taken place this year. The Chairman who is also aspiring to contest the upcoming Local Government election in Akinyele urged public officials to make the empowerment of those who elected them a priority. “About a hundred people are involved in this empowerment and as you can see, they are into different groups. As I have…
Despite revelations of grievances of some party members in the Oyo State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) reconciliation committee report, Publicity Secretary, Oyo state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Akeem Olatunji has ruled out the existence of crisis in the party. According to Olatunji, the grievances enumerated in the report were expectations of members who had been in opposition for about eight years and wanted some relief. Noting that PDP members should be glad that the party was back in power, he urged party men and women to lower their expectations, remain patient and positive that the party…
Oyo State government has said it has the capacity to curtail criminal activities that might be on the rising as a result of influx of businesses into the State. The State government’s efforts to open up the economic potentials of the State by partnering with local and foreign Investors to revamp moribund State investments have been yielding positive results as some of the hitherto abandoned companies like the State Asphalt plant at Akinyele local government, the State Cashew Nut Processing Company and others have been revived. The State Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Dr. Wasiu Olatubosun said this on…
The Oyo state governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde has described it as blackmail on the part of the government for teachers and schools who could not explain how they spent the running grants given to them previously to have used public sentiment to rubbish the image of the government by claiming that they had not received grants for two consecutive terms. Governor Makinde while reacting to the claim of the Oyo State chapter of the Nigerian Union of Teachers, NUT, that examination questions for pupils were written on boards because the state government had yet to give primary schools across the…
THE LIBRARY AND THE UNIVERSITY GOVERNANCE This is the FIFTH EDITION of the account of stewardship of Professor Idowu Olayinka who recently completed his five-year term as the 12th Vice Chancellor of the University Nigeria on the 1st of December, 2020. In this volume is documented the achievements of his administration in the areas of THE LIBRARY STSTEM AND UINVERSITY GOVERNANCE. Publishing these feats, as said in the previous editions means inviting everyone to not only note the achievements but to also attempt to confirm the veracity of the claims of Idowu Olayinka, learn from his actions and place commendations…