Oyo State Head of Service Mrs Ololade Agboola has said that the Mobile Training Clinic organized by the government, through her office was targeted at promoting efficiency among civil servants in the State. She said the present administration in the State has been putting all welfare packages in place for the workforce of the State to alleviate the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. Agboola made this known during the second edition of the Mobile Training programme held at the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology Secretariat Ibadan, the State capital. She disclosed that the training programme was expected to re-orientate…
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Oyo State Governor, Engr Seyi Makinde lauded the Director-General of Oyo State Investment and Public Private Partnership, Hon Segun Ogunwuyi. Governor Makinde gave the commendation in Ogbomoso this Thursday. His words: “If I’m to mention those who are performing in my government Ogunwuyi will rank one of the best because he delivered in all expected area, not because I’m seeing him or because he’s a native of Ogbomoso, he has been performing like this all over the state.” The governor made this statement today during the official handing over of the food processing factory at Oko, Surulere local government of…
The Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the 2019 election in Oyo state, Oloye Bayo Adelabu has expressed confidence that his party will defeat the incumbent, Govermor Seyi Makinde and the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, in the 2023 governorship election in the state. Adelabu stated this at a press conference in commemoration of his 50th birthday in Ibadan on Thursday. Adelabu said his lost in the 2019 polls has enabled him to prepare for the political challenges that lie ahead noting that the defeat has further entrenched him to the people and the party structure in all the…
Oyo state Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, has assured Indigenes and residents of Oyo state that they will benefit from any abandoned or moribund projects in the state. He gave the assurance during the official handing – over of the Pace – setter Fruit Juice Company limited located at Oko in Ogbomoso, to AGVEST limited amidst top Government officials which include the Oyo state deputy Governor, Engineer Rauf Olaniyan, the Secretary to the State Government, Olubanwo Adeosun, the Chief of Staff, Bisi Ilaka, and some others. While speaking during the ceremony which also recorded the attendance of Monarchs, Chiefs, Religious and…
Ahead of the upcoming local government elections in Oyo state, the state governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde has inaugurated a 5-man Performance Audit Committee for Local Government Administration to assess and evaluate the deeds of the state 33 local government caretaker chairmen for the past eight months. The brief event held at the government house, Agodi, Ibadan, had in attendance top government officials and political stakeholders. According to the governor, the newly inaugurated committee will be saddled with the responsibility of assessing and evaluating the performance of the 33 local government caretaker chairmen and filed a robust report on those that…
The House of Representatives Committee on Diaspora has revealed that the 9th Assembly would commence second reading on Diaspora Voting Bill for the enfranchisement of Nigerians living in the Diaspora. Chairman, House Committee on Diaspora Affairs, Hon. Tolulope Akande-Sadipe K revealed this today in a statement signed by her Special Assistant on Media, Olamilekan Olusada. Olusada said Hon. Akande-Sadipe made the revelation during a meeting with Nigerians living in the United States, saying this is part of the 9th Assembly’s commitment to the Diaspora community. Akande-Sadipe opined that Nigerians living outside the country have as much stake in the present…
GRAND COUNCIL OF YORUBA YOUTHS WISHES YORUBA HOME AND ABROAD HAPPY CELEBRATION OF YORUBA NATIONAL DAY OR 134TH KIRIJI WAR ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION. Today, September 23rd, 2020, marks exactly 134th year Anniversary of Kiriji War in Yorubaland. The Kiriji War or Ekiti – Parapo War lasted for 16 years between the 2 warring Yoruba People in which the sub- ethnic groups pitched their tents either with Ibadan or the Ekiti. The War broke out of interest of Ibadan to replace the Oyo Empire as the dominant region in Yorubaland or achieve a unified Yoruba Nation similar to that of the Oyo…
Oyo State Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde has called on Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise in the State to access the Federal Government Survival Fund in good time. The Director General Oyo State Investment and Public Private Partnership Agency (OYSIPA) and the focal person for the implementation of the programme in Oyo State, Hon. Segun Ogunwuyi stated this on Wednesday at his office in Ibadan. Governor Seyi Makinde had launched a 1BN Oyo State MSME fund in June through the Oyo State Investment and Public Private Partnership Agency (OYSIPA) as a post- covid-19 recovery effort for Small businesses in the State.…
Oyo State Governor, Engr Seyi Makinde on Wednesday flags-off the remodelling and renovation of new Agbowo Shopping Complex which had become moribund over the years. Speaking at the event, Governor Makinde noted that the mall which was the biggest shopping mall in Oyo State which not only generated income for the government but also provided thousands of direct jobs for the citizenry. The Governor however revealed that the State Government will be working with Messrs Whitestone Global Ltd with a long lease of concession with a capital injection of N4.9b into the State economy. His words: Shortly after our inauguration…
Forteen Communities across Oyo State have benefitted from water projects, sponsored by the Federal Ministry of Water Resources and Oyo State Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency (RUWASSA) as new solar-powered boreholes were provided to some while others have faulty boreholes rehabilitated and upgraded. Among the Communities that benefitted from the project, which was a Covid-19 Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) response project include Oke Ipin Community in Ibarapa East Local Government, Sango Community in Ibarapa East Local Government, Lanlate area in Ibarapa East Local Government and Ipapo in Itesiwaju Local Government. Other are Ijio Community in Iwajowa Local Government,…