OYO STATE TRANSPORTATION SECTOR: A COMPENDIUM OF GREAT ACHIEVEMENTS BY GOVERNOR MAKINDE IN ONE YEAR By: Mogaji (Dr.) Akin Fagbemi 27th May, 2020. Naturally, in all my live endeavors, I have taken great caution against appearing sycophantic or playing the eye-service cards nor do I enjoy the luxury of praise-singing. As an individual, it is not in my habit to paint black, that which is white. I even rarely air my opinion in the public domain for very personal reasons. Should you term me introvert, I won’t debate! However, my very recent sojourn into partisan politics cum my privileged…
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As part of activities lined up by Engr Seyi Makinde’s administration to mark his first year anniversary as the Executive Governor of Oyo State, below are the list of projects to be commissioned by the Governor on Wednesday 27 2020 as his convoy arrives Ago Aare, Atisbo Local Government. 1) Commissioning of new classroom blocks at Anwar Ul Islam Basic School, Ipapo, in Itesiwaju Local Government. 2) Distribution of Cassava Cuttings and other Seedlings to farmers in Iseyin. 4) Commissioning of the Mobile Squadron Unit and Donation of Vehicles to the Squadron at Ago-Aare 5) Symbolic handover of…
Oyo State governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, has congratulated the Soun of Ogbomosoland, Oba Oladunni Oyewumi Ajagungbade III on the occasion of his 94th birthday, describing him as a leader and royal father with an exemplary life. Makinde, in a congratulatory message to the royal father, felicitated him, noting that his life as a leader and father to all “has always been something we are proud of.” The governor prayed to God to grant the Oba Oyewumi good health so that he continues to lead the people and bring greater prosperity to Ogbomosoland. The statement read: “On behalf of the…
Human right lawyer, Femi Aborisade has said the non-observation of section 315(2) of the Constitution which necessitated the signing of the Executive Order 10 by President Muhammadu to enhance section 121(3) should attract impeachment of President and Governors. Aborisade,who stated this while speaking with The Guardian in Ibadan,pointed out that punishing them with impeachment would discourage habitual violation of the Constitution. The Ibadan-based activist said:”By virtue of section 315(2) of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, as amended by the 4th Alteration Act granting financial autonomy to the State Houses of Assembly and the State legislature,…
The Speaker, Oyo State House of Assembly,Right. Hon. Adebo Ogundoyin yesterday lauded the signing of the Executive Order No. 10 of 2020 for the implementation of financial autonomy of state legislatures and state judiciaries by President Muhammadu Buhari. In a statement made available to The Guardian by the Media Adviser to the Speaker, Alhaji Oyetunji Oyekunle, Ogundoyin said the development would enhance the efficiency of legislative business and ultimately strengthen the nation’s democracy with the people as the ultimate benefiaries. The speaker said:”The implementation of the financial autonomy in line with section 121(3) of the country’s constitution as amended…
THESE EMERGENCY POLITICIAN’S IN APC SHOULD SPARE THEIR LEADER FURTHER EMBARRASSMENT BY KEEPING THEIR MOUTHS SHUT AND STAY AWAY FROM THE PUBLIC FOR NOW. WE HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN THE HORRORS VISITED ON THE STATE BY THEIR GOVERNMENT* It was quite interesting this afternoon as we listened to the debate between Madam Bolanle Aliyu Sarumi the Snr Special Assistant to GSM on the Diaspora and a former aide of ex Governor Ajimobi as moderated by Isaac Brown. The debate threw up many issues from both sides. Mr Ambali tried to tell us that the Ajimobi regime was a paradise for…
Management of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Teaching Hospital(LAUTECH), Osogbo, Osun State has issued a two-week removal ultimatum of corpses to families and relatives from their morgue. According to a public announcement made on radio stations in Osogbo on Tuesday by the management of the hospital warned that corpses which are not claimed by relatives within the period of two weeks maybe package for mass burial. It also noted that the hospital morgue is now filled to the brim thereby making it very difficult to accommodate fresh bodies. “The management of LAUTECH teaching hospital Osogbo hereby call on the…
…says APC’s criticism incoherent double speak An Oyo State-based socio-political organisation, Oyo Kajola Group (OKG) has described the approval of N22.5billion loan by the State House of Assembly as a thoughtful and people-centred decision. The group said that the approval of the loan application for the government of Oyo State to uplift infrastructure and refurbish the health sector across the state was equally timely. The OKG in a statement by its Media Coordinator, Adebayo Ayandele, commended Governor Seyi Makinde for the courage to do the right thing by seeking funding alternatives for the state’s infrastructure drive following dwindling resources…
Mr Olu Olatuja, acting factional Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State, has said the faction has not withdrawn the case it instituted against the Ade Adetimehin-led state party executive committee. Olatuja, while briefing newsmen on Tuesday in Akure, said that the suit against the Adetimehin-led exco was instituted by 13 people, stressing that the withdrawal by one person would not stop the case. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the former Chairman of the faction, Mr Idowu Otetubi, had, on Sunday, expressed support for the Adetimehin-led executive, saying that he had withdrawn the…
AZ: 5250/OY/PPRO/ VOL. 5/145 26th May, 2020. …………………………… …………………………… ……………………………. Press Release RE: ROBBERS RAID IBADAN COMMUNITY, INJURED MANY The attention of the Commissioner of Police, Oyo State Police Command, CP. Shina T. Olukolu psc(+) have been drawn to a sensational panic inducing story captioned “ Robbers raid Ibadan community, injure many” which was published in some of the widely read and respected Nigerian Newspapers precisely on the 22nd May, 2020. 2. But contrary to the contents of the story and its narratives, the publications was an apparent deliberate twist of the account of events to create sensation and…