The Chairman of Oyo State Housing Corporation Barr. Bayo Lawal has commended the Oyo State Governor Engr. Seyi Makinde for his resilience and wisdom which brought about the peaceful ceding of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomosho to Oyo State. Barr. Lawal in a Statement in Ibadan noted that, the take over of the University by Oyo State after years of crisis surrounding the ownership of the thirty year old Institution has again underscored the commitment of Engr. Makinde to the provision of qualitative education to the people of Oyo State. He noted that past attempts at resolving the…
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Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State on Monday presented a sum of N266.6 billion to the Oyo State House of Assembly for the 2021 fiscal year. Presenting the budget, tagged:” Budget Continued Consolidation” , a sum of N56 billion representing 21 per cent is allocated to education while a sum of N46 billion is proposed for infrastructure representing 17.2 per cent of the total proposal. For the establishment of primary health centres across of 351 wards in the state, a sum of N13.2 billion representing 4.9 per cent for health. While declaring that 50.2 per cent was achieved in the…
The Muslim Ummah of Southwest Nigeria (MUSWEN) has identified literacy and skill acquisition as veritable instruments in liberating the poor and the less-privileged from poverty urging Muslim organisations to take these as their responsibilities. The is contained in a communique issued by Executive Secretary, MUSWEN, Professor Muslih Yahya after the organisation’s Extraordinary General Assembly held at the Islamic Centre University of Ibadan Mosque Complex, Ibadan. The General Assembly which was attended by leaders of various Muslim organisations across the six states in the southwest was chaired by the Chairman Board of Trustees of the Ummah Prince Bola Abdul Jabbar Ajibola…
The All Progressives Congress in Oyo state has faulted state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party over an alleged shameless attempt to mislead the public on the decision of the National University Commission (NUC) to cede the full control of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso to Oyo state government. The NUC, on Friday, announced that the joint ownership of the 30 year-old Ivory Tower had ceased to be following a mutual agreement between the two states who were hitherto responsible for its funding and management. It is recalled that the University was founded by the military government of…
Please permit me to make this a rejoinder to the official press statement by Oyo APC on the ceding of LAUTECH to Oyo State. It was about mid-day on Friday when the news of ceding Ladoke Akintola University of Technology to Oyo State by the National University Commission broke out. The predominantly youthful population of the State broke out in spontaneous ectasy to celebrate the delivery of the much desired divorce of the union of the two states of the ownership of the institution. As laudable and worthy of celebration this giant stride is, it is preposterous and very immature…
Oyo State Police Command on Saturday confirmed the arrest of two suspects allegedly linked with the roasting and eating of the flesh of police officers burnt in Ibadan during violent #EndSARS protest. The command’s spokesman, Olugbenga Fadeyi, a Superintendent of Police, who confirmed the arrest of the suspects in an interview, said the suspects, a 34-year-old expectant mother and a 43-year-old man have been transferred to the Force Intelligence Bureau at the Force Headquarters in Abuja for further investigation. The 34-year-old woman was alleged to have eaten some body parts of one of the police victims, an allegation which she…
The lawmaker representing Akinyele Constituency 1 at the Oyo State House of Assembly, Ayotunde Fatokun in collaboration with other rights based Civil Society Organisation; Better Men Initiative on Sunday embarked on a one-day sensitization program against rape and other Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in Iseyin NYSC Orientation Camp. The Chairman Parliamentary Council, told GOALPOACHER News that the sensitization was aimed at educating the public on the implications of rape and other GBV. Fatokun said that proper awareness and information on rape and GBV were part of key steps to addressing the monster currently plaguing the society and called for extra support…
Residents and community leaders across Oluyole Local Government Area of Ibadan, were thrown into jubilation when the caretaker chairman, Honourable Olaide Settle Popoola, amidst fanfare commissioned several projects spread across various wards in Oluyole local government. The project commissioning event which took place within two days (Thursday and Friday) last week started on 19th and lapsed into 20th of November, 2020. The caretaker chairman, Hon Settle, while speaking during the commissioning explained that all completed and ongoing projects across the council have been tagged “Omitutun Projects” to depict full alignment with what the governor of Oyo state is currently doing…
Pan-Arewa socio-political organization, Coalition of Northern Elders for Peace and Development, has drummed support for the South-East to produce the next president in 2023. The group, which contended that its support was borne out of the need for every zone to have a taste of the presidency, further flayed the marginalization of the South-East zone in the scheme of things in the country, since 1999. Its National Coordinator, Engr. Zana Goni and National Women Leader, Mario Bichi, in a statement, at the weekend, further implored the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to zone their…
Hon Segun Ogunwuyi, the director-general of Oyo State Investment, Public and Private Partnership Agency (OYSIPA) has congratulated the state Governor on the verdict of National University Commission (NUC) ceding ownership of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, LAUTECH, Ogbomoso, to Oyo state. Ogunwuyi who described the decision as a welcome development and land mark achievement of Makinde-led administration said the final resolution would put an end to the long aged crisis that has ragged the institution. He commended the NUC for its role in the final settlement and eventual take over of the institution, adding that the decision would stabilize the…