As Covid-19 continues to destabilize the world, affecting our standard of living in the process, the use of protective gears have since become imperative, and in line with this, Prince Akinremi Foundation (PAF) has taken steps to assist the people of Ibadan North with free nose masks. Following a proper decontamination process of the Foundation building after several weeks of activities suspended. fashion designing students of Prince Akinremi Foundation (PAF) and their tutors were charged with the production of over 15,000 Nose Masks, set to be distributed to Ibadan North Constituents. This move is in addition to the earlier…
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Past govt paid lip service to Free Trade Zone,says Oyo Govt …Vows to use trade zones to revamp state economy …Says N1bn matching funds to support SMEs The Oyo State Government has said the past admintration paid lip service to the building of free trade zone in the state. The Chairman, Oyo State Investment and Public Private Partnership Agency, Mr. Segun Ogunwuyi disclosed this while speaking with journalists in Ibadan. Hon Ogunwuyi reiterated the committment of the Seyi Makinde-led admintration to revive free trade zones to revamp the economy of the state. While pointing out that free trade zones…
The Executive Chairman/CEO, Oyo State Road Transport Management Authority (OYRTMA), Mogaji (Dr.) Akin Fagbemi yesterday paid courtesy visit to Retired Col. Oladipo Ajibola who was recently appointed Director General of the State owned Security outfit, Operation Burst by Governor Seyi Makinde. Discussions centered on how the two government security agencies could further consolidate the existing working relationship in order to compliment efforts of the Governor Makinde’s administration in improving the Security architecture of the State. They equally explored areas of possible collaborations as regards training and retraining of personnel. The OYRTMA boss, according to the DG would be the…
The Federal lawmaker representing Oluyole Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives, Honourable Tolu Akande Sadipe has resolved the lingering crisis between the contractor handling a road project in Oluyole Local Government and the Community Forum. Hon. Sadipe who doubles as the Chair Person House Committee on Diaspora Matters stated this in a release sent to GOALPOACHER NEWS by his aide, Lekan Olusada. It reads, “Earlier today, I spearheaded a meeting between between the contractor handling Olomi-Olodo-Ijebu Igbo-Ita Egba-Owonowen road, D.C Engineering Ltd. and the Joint community forum, in Ibadan.” “Recall that I submitted a petition on the floor of…
The chairmen of local governments and Local Council Development Areas in Ibadan have elected the chairman of Ibadan South-West Local Government, Hon. Kehinde Akande as the chairman of the Ibadan Local Governments Properties Company. Akande emerged winner with 16 votes to defeat his co-contender and chairman of Akinyele South LCDA, Hon. Hameed Kazeem Adekunle in an election held at the meeting of the caretaker chairmen of all local governments and LCDA in Ibadan, on Thursday. Speaking shortly after the meeting, the chairman of Ibadan North-East Local Government, Hon. Ibrahim Akintayo, maintained that 16 of the 17 chairmen present at…
President Muhammadu Buhari abruptly lost connection on Thursday while addressing a United Nations event. The virtual meeting tagged “High-Level Event on Financing for Development in the Era of COVID-19 and Beyond”, was at the instance of the United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres. Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau and his Jamaican counterpart, Andrew Holness, co-hosted the high-level discussions, with over 50 world leaders participating. Buhari’s connection from Abuja had hitches right from the start, as he went on and off for seconds before the video connection went off completely. The organisers quickly called on the Prime Minister of Thailand, Prayut…
The Conference Pastor of the New Covenant Church, Odo-Ona, Ibadan, Reverend Kunle Balogun said on Thursday that human beings need to make God their dwelling place in order to successfully soldier through life’s challenges. The clergy, who was speaking at the burial service for the late Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources, Hon. Kehinde Ayoola, said that human beings must always reverence God Almighty because He alone is the determinant of how far anyone goes in life. Revd. Balogun read Psalm 90 and asked the congregation to learn from the experiences of Moses and the Israelites while in the…
The Chief Press Secretary to Governor Seyi Makinde, Taiwo Adisa has declared that residents of Oyo State should anticipate consolidation on the things the Seyi Makinde’s administration had already done. Adisa stated this on Thursday in Ibadan as a guest on Fresh FM. He said, “all the things we are working on will be completed.” “I can tell you that we will continue to do the right things for the people and the state, the people should also continue to support the Governor.” The Governor’s media aide added that his principal was more interested in results and he (Makinde),…
A Reconciliation Committee of the Oyo State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday held her inaugural meeting at Oke-Ado State Secretariat of the party. The State Chairman of the party, Chief Akin Oke, after inaugurating the 16-member Committee, issued letter of nomination for reconciliation committee to each member. It will be recalled that the party’s Deputy National Chairman (South), Senator Abiola Ajimobi, inaugurated a peace committee to reconcile aggrieved members of the party in Oyo State on 25th of March 2020. The Committee was setup to reconcile aggrieved members of the party in the state. Former…
The President of Speech Pathologists and Audiologists Association in Nigeria (SPAAN), Prof Julius Ademokoya, yesterday raised the alarm that 8.5 million Nigerians have hearing impairments and studies have shown that the number is increasing. Prof. Ademokoya also noted that Nigeria has less than 300 audiologists to attend to people with hearing issues, hence, he said, the need for government to encourage more people to become audiologists. The don disclosed this while addressing some journalists at the Press Centre, Iyaganku, Ibadan, to commemorate the international month of hearing and speech for 2020, with the tagline: ‘Promoting Better Hearing and Speech…