A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Oyo State Joseph Olasunkanmi Tegbe has expressed disappointment on the Appeal Court verdict which upheld dissolution of all the elected chairmen by Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde. Tegbe stated this in a release signed by him reads: “My dear compatriots, “I received, with disappointment, the news of today’s judgement which was against ALGON and by extension the APC.” “I was expectant of a positive response from the courts today, like every party faithful. While the party’s legal department will expectedly challenge this at the Supreme Court, I want to encourage us not…
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The Oyo state chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that the Nigerian judiciary has again proven to be the last hope of the masses against undue political influence and manipulations of people will with the resounding judgement of the appellate court yesterday which upheld the dissolution of the sacked Oyo Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON) by the Oyo government. Oyo state PDP in a press statement jointly signed by the state chairman, Alhaji Kunmi Mustapha, the state Secretary, Alhaji Wasiu Adeleke, and the State Publicity secretary, Engr Akeem Olatunji, said that the judgement by the appellate…
The Caretaker Chairman of Ogbomoso South Local Government, Hon. Oyeniyi Oyedokun Timothy popularly known as OOT has hailed the verdict of Appeal Court on the power tussle between the Oyo State Government and the erstwhile ALGON, he called the judgement a triumph over impunity. In a statement made available to the newsmen through his Aide, Oyeniyi said that “the verdict is truly a victory over the reign of impunity, the court has shown its impartial arbitration capacity, and the victory is for the Oyo State people who are sincerely yearning for development of the State.” “I sincerely congratulate His, Excellency,…
No fewer than 200 youths have completed their training on some vocational skills organised through the office of the Special Assistant to Governor Makinde on Youth and Sports, Kazeem Bolarinwa in conjunction with the National Youths Council, Oyo State chapter. Hon Kazeem made this known on Wednesday in commemoration of the World Youths Skill Day in Ibadan where certificates were presented to participants at the vocational skills. He said, ” 200 youths were trained in different vocational skills in line with Governor Makinde’s vision for the teeming youths of the state.” “Our commitment to skills acquisition is based on the…
A private owned investment company, Tonso Elite Enterprise has enjoined citizens to take precautions and safety during this pandemic in order to help curtail the spread of Corona virus in the state. The company, through its team, gave the advice while presenting an intelligently engineered Hand Wash facility donated by the company to Oyo State Government at the Governor’s office, Ibadan. According to the team, The ultramodern hand washer was donated as part of a corporate social responsibility to the community and the Oyo State Government to help curb physical spread of the virus. On his part, the Deputy Chief…
The Oyo State Oyo of Assembly has commenced bill for a law to establish Oyo State Contingency Trust Fund Management and other matters connected. The bill which was read for the first time on the floor of the house on Wednesday is to setup an agency to manage some urgent or unforeseen expenditure of the government. While reading the message from the Executive, Rt. Hon. Adebo Ogundoyin noted that the proposed law is in response to the recent crowd funding and donations made towards the COVID-19 pandemic for the State. He said, “this administration considered the need to enact a…
Akinyele local government chairman Hon. Taoreed Adedigba Jimoh on Wednesday the 15th of July, 2020 was on inspection tour around various schools in his local government to observe level of compliance on Covid- 19 preventive guidelines. The Chairman who went along with the caretaker committee members, HLGA and other principal officers of the local government appreciated the level of compliance by some schools visited with available washing materials, sanitizers and the usage of face masks by the pupils and students. He also used the opportunity to donate materials like washing buckets, face masks and sanitizers to all schools visited to…
Three months after Oyo State government announced 50percent and 30percent salary slash of all senior political appointees and lawmakers respectively to ensure the effect of COVID-19 pandemic on the global economy does not affect the welfare and payment of workers salary, the Oyo State House of Assembly has moved to review the 2020 appropriation budget. The bill titled Reviewed Appropriation Bill, 2020 was read for the first time during the Wednesday Plenary. According to the message from the executive read by the Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Adebo Ogundoyin the downward review of the budget is to accommodate the…
ALL PROGRESSIVE CONGRESS OYO STATE CHAPTER PRESS RELEASE :OYSG vs Aleshinloye led OYO ALGON APPEAL COURT VERDICT The judgement of the court of Appeal in the unconstitutional and illegal dissolution of the Elected Local Government Administration in Oyo State of Wednesday 15th July 2020 would be given to Oyo State APC Legal Team for scrutiny when received. Thereafter, the Oyo State APC would await the Legal advice on the next step and way forward. APC Oyo State has been known for peace and as such would counsel all APC members in Oyo State to go about their endeavours peacefully and…
Oyo state government on Tuesday distributed video CD in sign language interpretation to residents of Oyo State with hearing impediment, in order to have access to adequate information on the dreaded coronavirus. This was disclosed by the Executive Assistant to governor Makinde on disability, Barrister Ayodele Adekanbi during the distribution of the information disc to the beneficiaries at the state secretariat Agodi, Ibadan. Adekanbi said that the government discovered that Covid-19 has been a virus bordering the whole world and there is no vaccine discovered to cure the virus including person living with disability to protect themselves. He advised persons…