The Secretary, Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP),Oyo State Chapter, Comrade Olusegun Abatan has ranked the Makinde led government highest in payment of pensions and gratuities with its payment of about N6billion to retired primary school teachers and local government workers and another N6billion to retired workers at the state level. Abatan stated this on Monday during the presentation of cheques to about 400 retired primary schools teachers of year 2012 and retired local government staff of year 2015 to the tune of N1.05billion at state Secretariat, Ibadan. said no administration in the state since 1999 paid as much in pensions…
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On Saturday, 5th of December 2020, dignitaries from various walks of life stormed Jogor Centre, Ibadan for the Annual Convention of JCI Ibadan. The event, which doubled as the investiture of JCIN Ambassador Adeola Adelabu Ibadan as President, had in attendance The Chairman of Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC), Prof Adeolu Akande; The Speaker of Oyo State House of Assembly, Rt (Hon) Adebo Ogundoyin; Senior Partner at KPMG, Engr Joseph Tegbe who was represented by Mr Femi Adeleke, the ED of Tegbe Foundation, Sen Soji Akanbi, Hon Musiliu Akinremi who also sent in representatives; JCI Senators Muyiwa Bamgbose, Ayo Abolusodun, Olabisi…
Oyo State Signage and Advertisement Agency (OYSAA) has embarked on removal of unauthorized and debtors’ billboards across the State. The Director General of the Agency Hon. Temilola Segun Adibi, disclosed this while addressing the journalists in his Office at the State Secretariat, Ibadan. Hon.Temilola Adibi stated that prior to this time, the Agency has warned the Advertising Practitioners and others Stakeholders to regularise their unapproved billboards and pay their debts or forfeit them to the Agency. He said OYSAA would clamp down on any advertising practitioners who fail to comply with the rules and regulations of the agency. He maintained…
A former Secretary to the Oyo state government, Akogun Sharafadeen Alli on Sunday described the late Ibadan billionaire and former presidential aspirant, Chief Harry Akande as a great philanthropist. He also described him as a national icon who had attracted many investments to Oyo state and Nigeria at large. Alli who stated this in a statement he personally signed in Ibadan, said the whole of Ibadanland would miss the late billionaire. He said: “As a younger brother to chief Harry Akande, I received the news of his demise with a sense of great personal loss. It is hard to imagine…
Professo Idowu Olayinka recently completed his five-year term as the 12th Vice Chancellor of the University Nigeria on the 1st of December, 2020. His humongous achievements are contained in a 326-page electronic document which he has made publicly available: My Stewardship as Vice Chancellor, 2015-2020. This availability means that the Vice Chancellor has a feeling that he acted in office as a public servant, and should provide the public with his stewardship as a servant. This is a way of inviting everyone to not only note his achievements but to also attempt to confirm the veracity of his claims, learn…
A group of physically challenged persons, under the auspices of Physically Challenged people on Monday, held a protest at the state secretariat, Agodi, Ibadan. The group lamented that the recruitment exercise contradicted the decision of Governor Seyi Makinde which promised that persons with disability would make 5% of the total recruitment. The group said the list released by TESCOM did not accommodate physically challenged people. They alleged that 350 of their members ought to be employed but TESCOM employed 149. Addressing the protesters, the Permanent Secretary, TESCOM, Mrs Grace Oderinde, expressed dismay that people with disabilities were protesting having shortlisted…
Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, has said he is not in support of zoning. Fayemi stated this while speaking on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics yesterday. The governor was reacting to various calls for Nigeria to have a president from the Southern part of the country in 2023. Fayemi said he understands why those who feel marginalized are clamoring for the presidency, but insisted that “in a country that is multicultural, multireligious and multiethnic, one of the equilibrating mechanisms is to ensure that those in leadership represent the mosaic that the country is”. According to him, “there are excellent Nigerians from…
The candidates of the All Progressives Congress and the People Democratic Party on Sunday displaced candidates of other parties and won the 15 by -elections in held on Saturday in their stronghold states . In Lagos , the candidate of the All Progressives Congress , Tokunbo Abiru , won the Lagos East senatorial bye -election. The Independent National Electoral Commission Returning Officer for the bye – election, Prof . Ademola Oremosu , on Sunday announced that Abiru polled a total of 89 , 204 votes to defeat his closest rival , Babatunde Gbadamosi of the Peoples Democratic Party , who…
A church thanksgiving service that ended the burial ceremony of Late Abigail Makinde – the mother of Gov Seyi Makinde of Oyo state, was held on Sunday, at the St Paul’s Anglican Church, Yemetu, Ibadan. The late Makinde, who died on Oct. 15, at the age of 81, was interred on Friday, Dec 4, after a burial service at St Peters Anglican Cathedral, Aremo, Ibadan. In his remark during the thanksgiving service, Makinde noted that death is inevitable for all creatures. The governor who said his mother spent a total of 26, 509 days on Earth, declared that death is…
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has approved the lump sum payment of leave allowance to all staff in the Local Governments and Local Council Development Areas (LCDA). This new directive is expected to take effect immediately. Segun Ayekiigbe who is the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters made this known in a circular he issued on 3rd December, 2020 reads: “His Excellency, the Governor has been gracious enough to approve the payment of Year 2019 and 2020 leave bonuses and pension arrears across the Local Governments and Local Council Development Areas in the state.” “To this…