In a bid to reduce unemployment especially among youths in Akinyele local government, a member representing Akinyele constituency 1 in the Oyo state House of Assembly, Hon Ayounde Fatokun has trained and empowered Hundreds of youth in the council area. The Programme which was carried out through Ayo Fatokun foundation was part of the legislators contributions to reduce poverty in the state. Items presented to graduands include Sewing Machines, Photography Cameras,Hair Dryers and other empowerment materials The presentation of the materials to some selected trained youths of Akinyele local govt came at a time there was no constituency allowance for…
Author: Goalpoacher
The recently announced approval of the intention of the Oyo state government to issue a N10Obn bond to finance certain medium/long term infrastructural projects calls for concern and swift action from well meaning citizens and residents of Oyo state to prevent GSM led government from plunging the state into eternal bankruptcy. Ordinarily, i would have remained silent on this as usual, as this may be misconstrued by PDP apologists as another expected blind criticism from the opposition. However, the implications of this step by the government do not deserve silence as they could be far reaching, highly destructive and create…
Oyo State Road Traffic Management Authority (OYRTMA)(Omi_ Adio) Command represent the CEO to pay a courtesy visit to Command Secondary school, Bode – Igbo, Apata, IBADAN on Tuesday, 22nd July, 2020. The event started by 1300 when the Administrative Officer (A. O) Captain Amodu welcome us to Commandant office where we discussed on traffic and security of the public in the community. The Commandant ( Colonel Echediwe) make his statement in supporting the Agency with officers during traffic control exercise at Omi/ Apata Routes to Bakatari borderline of Oyo/ Ogun State. He also emphasis on the bike riders the way…
Oyo State Governor, Engr Seyi Makinde has asked for more youths involvement in Agribusiness. Makinde stated this while inaugurating START THEM EARLY PROGRAMME (STEP) at Fashola Grammar School in Oyo West Local Government. “This project is a product of the type of innovative thinking that ensures that young people learn agribusiness in theory and practice right from secondary school. In the 80s to early 90s, we had the Young Farmer’s Club in schools. There was also the School to Land Programme in Rivers State. These programmes helped to steer the interest of some youths towards agriculture, and I must say…
Oyo State government has said it has called for data and statistical input as well as collaboration with United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) for necessary technical support towards facilitating the 2018/2019 Annual School Census (ASC) process. The State Governor, Eng. Seyi Makinde made this statement through the Honourable Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Barrister Olasunkanmi Olaleye, while delivering his speech at the presentation and dissemination of 2018/2019 (ASC) which held on Wednesday at the Emmanuel Alayande Resource Centre in Ibadan. Olaleye explained that the stakeholders meeting was another landmark in the efforts of the present administration at generating accurate,…
The Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board, SUBEB, is ready to partner and collaborate with education organisations on quality and quantitative education in the primary sector. The Chairman, Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board, SUBEB, Dr. Nureni Adeniran made this known on Thursday in Ibadan during a presentation on Basic Education Mitigation and Recovery Strategy for Oyo State, which was held at the boardroom of the agency. According to him, the board was ready to partner and collaborate with education organisations, bodies agencies towards ensuring quality and quantitative education that will promote the basic education policy of Governor Seyi Makinde-led…
The chairman Oyo State Teaching Service Commission, Akin Alamu on Thursday said 90,000 applicants have been captured and would be invited for the Computer Based Test which comes up in August. He stated this while speaking on Fresh FM COVID-19 SITUATION ROOM”, about 90,000 out of the applicants that initially submitted their application has been captured and will be call for the Computer Based Test (CBT) which will take place next month. Out of these applicants, only 7,000 will be employed for teaching jobs while about 2,000 would be employed as non-teaching staff. The TESCOM chairman also revealed that Oyo…
The All Progressives Congress in Oyo State has lampooned the Seyi Makinde led administration on the N100bn bond which was approved by the State Executive Council on Tuesday. The opposition party in the state made it position known in a release signed by the Publicity Secretary, Dr Olatunde Abdulaziz ”the reason behind our surprise was because, here was a Governor who promised to take Oyo State Finances away from relying on Federal Government monthly allocation within 6-12 months of assumption of office”. ” This is the Governor who bragged in his inauguration Address of exporting Maize to Botswana to attract…
Private universities in Nigeria under the aegis of the Committee of Vice Chancellors of Private Universities (CVCPU) have appealed to the National Universities Commission (NUC) to make a strong case to the government to allow private universities reopen for on-campus learning and teaching. According to the letter made available to The Guardian in Ibadan by the Vice-Chancellor,Lead City University, Ibadan, Prof. Kabiru Adeyemo, the Chairman, Committee of Vice Chancellors and Registrars of Private Universities in Nigeria, Prof. Professor Timothy Olagbemiro, was quoted to have made this call in the letter written to the National Universities Commission (NUC). The private universities…
Oyo State Government on Wednesday gave COVID-19 palliatives to about two thousand students who are stranded at their various institutions of learning. The Special Assistant to Governor Makinde on Students Affairs, Victor Olojede who coordinated the distribution of the palliatives told GOALPOACHER NEWS that ” the students will get the food palliatives through the Students Union Government of various tertiary institutions in Oyo State, students can also get it through the various Oyo State Indigenous students association.” When asked if the palliatives would get across to the stranded students on campuses, Hon Victor said, “I can assure you that it…