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Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, on Friday, approved a minor cabinet reshuffle, which affected two Ministries. The Governor, in a statement made available to newsmen in Ibadan and signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Taiwo Adisa, confirmed the swapping of the portfolios of Commissioners for Education and Establishments. The statement confirmed that the Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Professor Daud Kehinde Sangodoyin has been moved from the Ministry to that of Establishment and Training, while his counterpart in the Ministry of Establishment and Training, Barr. Olasunkanmi Aremu Olaleye, will replace Sangodoyin at the Ministry of Education. The statement also indicated that the change takes immediate effect. According to the statement, a letter dated 31 January, 2020, which was signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Mrs. Olubamiwo Adeosun, communicated the decision of Governor Makinde to effect the minor cabinet reshuffle. The two co...

Oyo State government under the watch of Governor Seyi Makinde has disclose its readiness to partner a firm towards delivering low cost housing scheme that would cater for the housing needs of workers and ordinary people of the State. This was said by the State Commissioner for Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Barr. Abiodun Abdul-Raheem when he visited Lagos State on a facility tour to Peridot Parkland Housing Estate, constructed by Echostone Development Nig. Limited at Topo, in Badagry on Thursday. The 252 units’ estate at Topo has two bedroom each, with water, electricity, paved roads and other modern infrastructures at affordable cost. Abiodun went on the tour with the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Tpl. Ademola Ajibola and Directors from the Ministry as well as other Ministries from the State like Ministry of Justice, Bureau of Physical Planning and Development Control and officials of the office of the Surveyor General of Oy...

Babagana Zulum, governor of Borno state, has appointed Alhaji Yusuf Alao from Oyo state as a special adviser. Alao is from Ogbomoso area of Oyo State. He is one of the 26 appointees sworn in by the governor on Wednesday. According to the governor, Alao and one other none indigene were appointed as professionals who have lived in the state for many years and have been active in supporting the All Progressives Congress (APC). The governor was represented by Umar Kadafur, his deputy, who administered oath of office and allegiance for the appointees.

Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, on Thursday announced the approval of the sum of N500 million as counterpart funding for the World Bank-supported Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP) in the State. The project is to enhance the control and prevention of flood, erosion and natural disasters across the nooks and crannies of Oyo State. Governor Makinde, who made the disclosure while inaugurating the steering committee on the NEWMAP, said that the Federal Government will also release $5million as counterpart fund. A statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Makinde, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, quoted the Governor as charging the committee to judiciously utilise the funds within the time frame of the project. He stated that the target was to end flooding, erosion and other natural disasters in the State within the duration of the Project, which is expected to last for 18 months. He said: “The NEWMAP programme, even though it started in 2013, Oyo...

Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has made good his administration’s promise to recall civil servants unjustly sacked by the immediate past administration of Senator Abiola Ajimobi. The fact emerged on Thursday as civil servants found to have been unjustly sacked four years ago at the Broadcasting Corporation of Oyo State (because) have been recalled. Ajimobi’s administration was said to have in February 2016, terminated the appointments of the recalled officers for unjustified reasons. The recalled civil servants were officially received by the corporation’s executive chairman, Prince Dotun Oyelade, who described Governor Makinde as a promise-keeper. Our correspondent gathered that the governor had last year set up a committee that looked into the cases of sacked civil servants during the tenure of Ajimobi. The committee, in its report, stated that some workers deserved the punishment, while a number of them had their appointments unjustly terminated. The committee recommen...

Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, on Thursday told the 33 Caretaker Chairmen of local governments and 35 chairmen of Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) that the people of the state expect massive development of the councils under his watch. The Governor, who spoke at the Executive Council chambers of his office told the chairmen that residents of the state expect the council helmsmen to remain focused and diligent as according to him, the people expect great improvements under their tenure. A statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, also confirmed that the meeting reviewed the ongoing crisis rocking the local government system in the state. According to the Governor, the new chairmen should see their appointments as opportunities to serve, noting that despite the distractions of parts of the councils by the sacked illegal chairmen, the caretaker chairmen must remain strong, steadfast and dedicated to delivering the dividends o...

The Executive Governor of Oyo state, Engineer Seyi Makinde on Thursday afternoon met with  Local Government and Local Community  Development Areas Caretaker Chairpersons despite the crisis rocking the councils.  The governor urged them to remain focus on the task at hands and decide on projects for each local areas. A tweet on Governor’s verified twitter account reads: “This afternoon, we met with Local Government and Local Community Development Areas Caretaker Chairpersons. I urged them to remain focused on the task at hand; to decide on projects for each of our LGAs and LCDAs and execute them for the benefit of our people “.

Founder of Breast Cancer Association of Nigeria, BRECAN, wife of Ondo state governor, Chief Mrs Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu  The war against cancer, especially breast and cervical, championed by the wife of Ondo State Governor, Arabinrin Betty Anyanwu Akeredolu through Breast Cancer Association of Nigeria, BRECAN, and Coalition Against Cancer in Nigeria, CACIN, is gaining momentum as 24 concerned civil societies are set to jointly mark 20120 World Cancer Day in Ondo, and Oyo States . In Ondo State, 11 organisations are collaborating to organise two days activities to mark World  Cancer  Day, starting from February 4th with a walk against cancer and free cervical screening. This would be followed by a town hall meeting at the Federal Medical center, Owo on February 11th, with the theme ” I am and I will”. In Oyo State,  13 organizations have concluded plans to mark the day with a school outreach on Friday, 31st of January, while on...

The Sarkin Fulani of Oyo State, Alhaji Salihu Kadiri, has declared that the Fulani people in the South West are not in support of the composition of the South West joint security outfit, ‘Operation Amotekun’. Kadiri, who stated this during a chat with journalists at the new year party/ inauguration of the newly elected Oyo State NUJ Exco held at the Jogor Centre, Ibadan, said with its present composition, Amotekun looked sectional and against Fulani herders. The Seriki Fulani declared that as it was presently constituted, Amotekun was one-sided and set up against the Fulani herders, adding that the security outfit needed to be put in place properly. Kadiri stressed that there was the need for the South West governors to, without wasting time, ensure the inclusion of the Fulani and other ethnic militia in the region among those to be recruited for Amotekun. He maintained that if truly ‘Operation Amotekun’ was for the security of people in the South West, the composition must ...

Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, visited the Inspector General of Police, IGP Adamu Mohammed in Abuja on Wednesday, declaring that his administration would not condone violence in Oyo. The Governor, who spoke to newsmen at the premises of the Force Headquarters, stated that he had briefed the IGP on the security situation in the state. A statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, noted that Governor Makinde declared that his administration “does not want chaos in Oyo State.” He added that he would obey the judgment of the court once the pending appeals on the local government dissolution in the state are decided. The Governor, who stated that as a law-abiding individual, he was ready to work with others to build a new country where the rule of law is supreme, urged everyone to be law-abiding and to ensure that they don’t do anything that would create lawlessness. According to the Governor, he was in Abuja to meet Abubakar to dis...

The Pan-Yoruba Socio-Political Organisation, Afenifere, on Tuesday, condemned the Inspector General of Police, (IGP) for sponsoring lawlessness in Oyo State over the dissolution of the local government chairmen in the state. The group who stated this in Akure, Ondo State capital, after its monthly meeting specifically alleged Adamu of foisting anarchy on Oyo State by directing the state Commissioner of Police, Mr Shina Olukolu, to take actions to implement the legal opinion of the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) on the sacked local government chairmen in the state. Afenifere, in a communique made available and read by its Publicity Secretary, Mr Yinka Odumakin, said the development was a deliberate attempt to cause crisis in the state. Odumakin, while reading the communique said: “Meeting condemned in the strongest terms the lawlessness going on in Oyo State over local government dissolution following the call to self-help by the IGP. “We are miffed that the A...

The  Association of Local government of Nigeria (ALGON) , Oyo State has vowed to continue in office despite an injunction purportedly procured by the State government. In a statement issued by the Chairman of ALGON in Oyo State, Prince Ayodeji Abass – Aleshinloye said it is a fact that there cannot be a restrain order for an action that had already been completed while the purported order had not been served on any member of ALGON. “It is unfortunate that the State continues to embark on an exercise in futility. Our people have resumed office since Friday 24 and Monday 27, January, 2020 and they (State Government) claimed to have an order of restrain procured today, Tuesday January 28, 2020. Meanwhile that order has not been served on anyone and if eventually served on anyone, it is of no legal effect. Is it possible to restrain an action that has already been completed?” The full statement reads: “Our attention has been drawn to an unconfirmed order purportedly issued b...

The All Progressives Congress in Oyo State has described the reinstatement of the elected local government council officials as a manifestation of the reality of constitutional democracy which must be accepted by all stakeholders including Governor Seyi Makinde and the ruling Peoples Democratic Party in the state. Against the backdrop of an alleged illegal dissolution of all chairmen and councillors elected during the administration of his predecessor, the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, and the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Muhammad Adamu, have had to intervene in the matter with respect to the verdict of the nation’s Apex Court which negated the action taken by Gov. Makinde. In a statement issued on Tuesday and made available to journalists in Ibadan by its Assistant Publicity Secretary, Prince Ayobami Adejumo, Oyo APC decried what it called “unprovoked and needless disruption of smooth running of democracy at the local gove...

The Oyo State House of Assembly has passed into law a bill to establish agribusiness development agency. The bill which report of the committee on agriculture and rural development was delivered during Tuesday plenary in Ibadan, is intended to develop strategies to coordinate and implement Agribusiness investment in the State through public, private partnership development. Speaking after the third reading of the bill, the Oyo State Speaker, Rt. Hon. Adebo Ogundoyin noted that the agency will be saddled with the duties of providing intensive agricultural extension services to facilitate the rapid development of the State’s agriculture. He said, “The overall goal of this agency is to attract both local and foreign agro-investment, which will encourage efficient agricultural production and improve the income and standard of living of rural families in the State. “The agency will also be responsible for formation and registration of farmers into agribusiness cooperative gro...

The Executive Governor of Oyo State, Engineer Seyi Makinde on Tuesday said that the elected local government chairmen who were sacked by his administration are after the money of the local government areas in the state.  He made this declaration while speaking at the foundation laying ceremony of construction of traditional council building in Ibadan South West Local Government area.  The building was initiated by the former governor of Oyo State, High Chief Rashidi Ladoja who is also the Osi Olubadan of Ibadanland.  Makinde while speaking, said that the sacked chairmen are only after the money of the councils.  "Those who are fighting that they want to come back and take over the councils are all after the money of the local government areas.  "They are gone forever. They are after the money of the local government areas. You know that some local government areas have money, that is why they said that they wanted to come back. ...

An Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan, the State capital, on Tuesday restrained the 68 sacked council chairmen and chairmen of Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) from the forceful and illegal takeover of the council offices across the state. The Court, presided over by Honourable Justice Moshud A.A. Abass, granted the four reliefs sought by the lead counsel to the Oyo State Government, Dr. Akin Onigbinde, SAN, including an order of interim injunction restraining the sacked chairmen from forcefully taking over the Local Government Councils or taking steps capable of causing breach of peace in the State. The orders of interim injunction, which were granted by the Oyo State High Court followed an ex-parte motion filed by the State Government in Suit No: I/78/2020. Also restrained were the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN; Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar; Commissioner of Police, Oyo State Command, Mr. Shina O...

The sacked elected local government chairmen and councillors in Oyo State on Monday insisted that they had resumed in their various offices. Mr Ayodeji Abass-Aleshinloye, the Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON) Chairman in the state, made the claim in Ibadan amidst conflicting reports from the Local Government Councils and Local Council Development Areas. While there were reported cases of forced resumption in some council areas the sit-at-home directive of NULGE to its members had prevented others from accessing their offices. But Abass-Aleshinloye insisted that the resumption in office of the council executives after an eight-month protracted faceoff with the state government was in compliance with a Supreme Court judgment. He said: “The same thing happened in Ekiti. The governor of Ekiti reinstated these people and allowed them to complete their tenure and they finished. “The same thing happened in Ogun. In Ogun State, they finished their tenure in De...

The Chairman, Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON) in Oyo State, Prince Ayodeji Abass- Aleshinloye, on Monday, raised the alarm over alleged threat to his life. By Clever Advertising This is in the wake of the assumption of office of Local Government Chairmen across the 33 Local Governments and 35 Local Council Development Areas in the State. Abass-Aleshinloye made this declaration via a statement made available to newsmen Monday evening. OGBOMOSOINFO recalls that majority of local government chairmen who were sacked by Governor Seyi Makinde last year resumed their various offices on monday, though, there were reports of violence in some councils. Abass-Aleshinloye, who doubles as Chairman, Oluyole Local Government Area, said that some people believed to be members of the opposition had called his telephone line threatening that they would foment trouble across the Council areas and deal with him over his role in the ...

The deputy governor of Oyo State, Engineer Rauf Olaniyan, has charged journalists to continue to defend the masses. He said this during the New Year party/inauguration of the newly-elected executive of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Oyo State Council held on Sunday at Jogor Center Ibadan. Engineer Olaniyan urged the journalists to continue being the defender of the masses and a promoter of democracy. He also urged the journalists to continue to uphold the ethics and tenets of the profession. Olaniyan also reiterated Governor Seyi Makinde government’s resolve to ensure a friendly relationship with the press. He also declared the support of the government to journalists in the state. “We are press-friendly, we believe in democracy. We believe in friendship and intimacy with the press and we are ready to support the press,” he said. The chairman of the council, Mr Ademola Babalola, in his remarks explained that the democratic process of the union enables the l...

The government of Oyo State declared on Monday that it will bring the full weight of the law to bear on the criminal and violent takeover of some Local Governments and Local Council Development Areas' secretariats by the dissolved illegal chairmen loyal to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Reports from different parts of Oyo State confirmed on Monday that the sacked chairmen resorted to break-ins and vandalisation of government properties, leading some imposters to seize offices of council Chairmen. The State Government, in a statement by Honourable Babatunde Oduyoye, the Special Adviser on Strategy and Political Matters to Governor Seyi Makinde, maintained that the action of the sacked chairmen amounted to criminality and unwarranted provocation. It condemned what it called unwarranted lawlessness and motor-park-like brigandage perpetrated by the sacked chairmen on Monday. According to the State Government, the imposters broke into council offices, vandalising gates,...

The Oyo state police commissioner, CP. Shina Olukolu has warned criminal minded individuals, social miscreants, groups to stay clear from the premises of the local governments and LCDAs in pacesetter state. The state police commissioner CP Shina T. Olukolu gave this warning in a press statement issued on the  reinstatement of erstwhile local government/LCDA’s chairmen in Oyo state  signed by the command’s PRO Gbenga Fadeyi  Olukolu said, the role of the Police in the current issues surrounding the administration of Local Governments in Oyo State should not be seen as a face-off but as part of the professional Police efforts geared towards the performance of its constitutional responsibilities Read the full letter bellow POLICE PRESS RELEASE THE RE-INSTATEMENT OF ERSTWHILE LOCAL GOVERNMEMTs/LCDAs CHAIRMEN IN OYO STATE The Commissioner of Police Oyo State Command, CP Shina T. Olukolu psc(+), wishes to remind for the umpteenth time all the people and Stake...

The Executive Governor of Oyo State,  Engineer Seyi Makinde and the Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Saliu Adetunji (Aje Oguguluso 1) would lead stakeholders in the State revenue sector to declare open a summit to dialogue on tax in the State on Tuesday. This is as the Executive Chairman, Oyo State Internal Revenue Service (OYSIRS), Aremo John Adeleke has described sufficiency in Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) as a sure way to move the State from poverty to prosperity. Adeleke made this known during an interview with journalists in his office toward a programme organized by the body and the State Ministry of Finance, tagged 'Tax Stakeholders POVERTY TO PROSPERITY Summit' at Theophilus Ogunlesi Hall, UCH, Ibadan. The event was slated to start by 10am as the State governor was expected to declare it open while the Olubadan of Ibadan has been billed to give a goodwill message. According to the Executive Chairman, OYSIRS, the lead paper at the summit will be presented by Pr...