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  Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has presented a budget of N294 billion to the state House of Assembly. Makinde made the budget presentation before the lawmakers in Ibadan on Wednesday. The budget is for the 2022 fiscal year. He christened the budget as the budget of growth and opportunities. Makinde, while speaking further, added that his administration will inject N156,000,136,971 into the economy of the state. According to the governor, a sum of N138,516,308,136 would be spent on recurrent expenditure. He maintained that one of the major projects that would be carried out in the year 2022 is the 110km Ibadan Circular Road. Makinde said, “I have the honour of presenting to the House this N294,516,445,107 2022 Budget Proposal. “As stated earlier, this is a budget of growth and opportunities. Growth, as we inject N156,000,136,971 into our economy through investments in infrastructure and ensuring that our people have higher purchasing power. “For the first time, our proposed ca...

  Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomosho Teaching Hospital chapter of the Medical and Dental Consultants’ Association of Nigeria (MDCAN), has condemned persistent assaults on its members, by some members of the host community. A statement signed by its Chairman, Dr. Michael Olamoyegun and Secretary, Dr. Ayobami Alabi, and made available to reporters yesterday, said members of the association were withdrawing their services over an attack on a doctor by a politician, on Sunday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the group withdrew their services, pending the arrest of the politician and the provision of adequate security for its members. The group said that their lives were no longer safe while on duty, calling for the intervention of Governor Seyi Makinde and other stakeholders. “We have withdrawn our services, until the perpetrators are brought to book and when we can be guaranteed of safety and protection of life. “Our life is priceless and worth...

  Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, on Sunday, charged residents of the state and Nigerians in general to keep praying for Oyo State and the country in order to address present challenges. The governor, who stated this during a special thanksgiving service to commemorate Nigeria’s 61st independence anniversary, held at the Cathedral of St Peter, Aremo, Ibadan, added that despite the myriad of challenges facing the country, all hope is not lost. A statement by Mr. Taiwo Adisa, Chief Press Secretary to Governor Makinde, indicated that the governor was represented at the event by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Mrs Olubamiwo Adeosun. The statement quoted him as saying that residents of the state should continue to support and pray for his government to succeed in its avowed determination to uplift the state. He said: “We thank God for the grace to see the 61st year of Nigeria. Many of us were here last year and, by the grace of God, we are here today. “There is a lot we ...

    Oyo state government has charged the people of Oyo State to keep tolerating each other and exercise a little more patience with the government as the state is gradually transiting from poverty to prosperity. The charge was made by the Oyo state Deputy Governor, Engineer Rauf Olaniyan when he addressed pressmen after the Juma'at prayer that commemorates Nigeria's 61st anniversary which was held at the central mosque, Oja'ba, Ibadan.  The deputy governor stated that it is the tolerance of one another that is keeping the country together in peace especially with a lot of happenings in all corners of the country. Engineer Olaniyan said the state government will keep working for the people even in the face of scarce resources, adding that human wants are unlimited but want will be prioritized and met within the scantily available resources.  The state number two citizen added that some war-torn countries have not experienced a fraction of what Nigeria has experienced ...

  Mary Jesulade and Blessing Afolabi are two out of three students that finished with a First Class, for the first time in the Department of Biochemistry in LAUTECH. They share their journey, challenges and ambitions with ENIOLA OYEMOLADE. After Mary Jesulade sat for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) three times, with the hope of securing admission to study Medicine and Surgery, she finally decided to accept her fate after she was offered admission to study Biochemistry at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso. According to Jesulade, the situation was not a coincidence, but “God-incidence”. “As of when I filled my form, I had no idea what it was all about. Mind you, Medicine and Surgery was still my first choice. My aim was that I first secure admission and then I would navigate from there. Fast forward to when admission decisions came, I was given admission only in Biochemistry. “This pushed me to research the course and I loved what ...

  Oyo State government, on Friday, reassured the residents of the state of its preparedness to prevent the outbreak of cholera in the nooks and crannies of the state. Speaking at the press conference held at the Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism, the permanent secretary, Ministry of Health, Dr. Mufutau Ayoola, implored the people to ensure they properly dispose of their faeces and refuse, while improving on their personal hygiene henceforth. He equally maintained that disease surveillance and notification officers in all the 33 Local Government Areas of the state have been put on red alert to institute preventive measures and sensitization of health professionals, with a view to promptly responding to outbreaks of cholera in our areas. “The State Ministry of Health wishes to draw the attention of the members of the public to the need to prevent the outbreak of Cholera among the populace. “Cholera is a water-borne illness which is highly contagious. It is an infection tha...

The British Council has announced the winners of funding for the inaugural Innovation for African Universities programme (IAU), 2021. Team LAUTECH is a member of one of the 24 Network Partners who were program through a rigorous selection process from over 50 Applications. The team to which LAUTECH belongs consists of Durban University of Technology, South Africa, Sheffield Hallam University, UK, Innovate Durban, South Africa, LAUTECH, Nigeria and Kisii University, Kenya. Two lecturers of LAUTECH are members of this team. They are Prof. Justice O. Emuoyibofarhe; the Dean of Faculty of Computing and Informatics and Dr. John B. Oladosu; Ag. HOD, Department of Computer Engineering. Details of this announcement and the list of organisations can be found at https://www.britishcouncil.org/sites/default/files/20210920_iauorganizationsle.pdf Each Network Partner will receive funding of up to £60,000 to respond to an identified problem around their project. In the first phase is the investigati...

  As part of activities lined up for the commemoration of this year’s independence day celebration, Oyo State Government has concluded all arrangements to organise Match Past for the primary and secondary school students, voluntary organizations, military and para-military agencies and various unions at the Lekan Salami Sports Complex, Adamasingba on Friday, 1st October, 2021 at 9.00am. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Youths and Sports, Mr. Oludele Oyadeyi made this disclosure today in Ibadan. He stated further that the theme of this year celebration is “Impact of Insecurity on the economic development of our nation”. Mr. Oyadeyi remarked that the celebration is an ideal platform for national integration, hence the day is celebrated in all 36 States of the Federation, including the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. He said further that the celebration will commence today, Friday 24th September, 2021 with the Jumat Service at the Central Mosque, Oja Oba, adding that all Muslims...

  About Nineteen Thousand, One Hundred and Thirty-five people (19,135) have reportedly completed their registration in Oyo State as part of the nationwide continuous voter registration exercise which is in its first phase in the State. This was made known by Barr. Mutiu Agboke, the Resident Electoral Commissioner in Oyo State, as he said that the exercise has been suspended temporarily and is to resume on October 3. Agboke said the suspension became necessary to give time for complaints and other corrections that may come as a result of the registration exercise which cuts across the 33 Local Government Areas of the State. Also, within the period, INEC will publish the register of voters for public scrutiny. Explaining further, Agboke said that publishing the register of voters is to allow citizens to assist the commission in identifying ineligible registrants as well as clean up the register and add fresh registrants to the register before printing their Permanent Voters Cards (PV...

  The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that Oyo State had the highest number of applicants in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) for 2021. According to data published by Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Oyo State had 82,521 applicants followed by Osun and Ogun states. It was gathered that three states together also had more candidates than the combined figure of the 10 states that had the least candidates. Applicants from the three states totalled 227,706 of the country’s 1,351,215 applicants that sat for this year’s UTME, one of the prerequisites for any Nigerian student seeking higher education. Following Oyo, Osun was behind with 74,214; and Ogun, 70,971 with the three states making up for an equivalent of 16 per cent of this year’s UTME applicants. Placed in fourth place is Imo with 66,348 applicants; Delta, 64,104; Kogi, 60,115; Kaduna, 58,122; Benue, 55,617; and Ondo, 54,026. Behind these states is Edo, which had ...

  P rofessor Oyeronke Oyewumi Professor Oyeronke Oyewumi, a Nigerian gender scholar, has been selected by the African Studies Association as the winner of its 2021 Distinguished Africanist Award.  Prof. Oyewumi, daughter of the Soun of Ogbomoso, a paramount ruler in Oyo State, is the first African woman to win the award since its inception. She is a professor of sociology at Stony Brook University, New York. In a letter, Stony Brook congratulated Prof. Oyewumi on her achievement.  “It is a great pleasure to inform you that the African Studies Association has selected you as the winner of the 2021 Distinguished Africanist Award,” the letter said.  The award includes a cash gift of $500, a plaque, and a lifetime membership to the ASA. Prof. Oyewumi will also receive a complimentary Annual Meeting registration. The Award was created to honour individuals who have contributed a lifetime of outstanding scholarship in African studies combined with service to the Africanist...

                    Governor Seyi Makinde The Oyo State Governor, Engr Seyi Makinde has returned five more Commissioners whose appointments were terminated during his last cabinet reshuffle. Their names are contained in a letter containing ten Commissioner nominees forwarded to the Oyo State House of Assembly by the Governor for consideration and approval. The five returning former Commissioners are Mr Seun Fakorede, Mr Adeniyi Adebisi, Mr Olasunkanmi Olaleye, Mr Wasiu Olatunbosun and Mr Abdulrahman Abdulrahim. The names of the five new Commissioner designates forwarded by Governor Seyi Makinde to the House are Mr Abiodun Oni, Prof Misbau Babatunde, Mr Segun Olayiwola, Dr Bode Ladipo and Alhaja Kafilat Omolabake Olayiwola. With this development, there is a strong indication that the Oyo State House of Assembly will hold a special plenary session anytime soon to consider and approve the list of the Commissioner nominees. Recall that the O...

  A former member of Oyo state House of Assembly, Hon Amos Ayoola is dead. Ayoola died this morning during a brief illness at the University College Hospital (UCH)Ibadan. Hon Ayoola represented Ogbomoso North state constituency in the 7th Oyo State House of Assembly between 2011 and 2015 on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. His son Benedict Ayoola, a Nollywood actor  broke the news on his social media page. Ayoola was a close political ally of former Oyo state Governor, Otunba Adebayo Alao-Akala.

    About Six Hundred and Ninety-two (692) newly recruited Education Officers have resumed duties on Monday, September 20, 2021, across different Unity Schools and Technical Colleges in Oyo State.  This was contained in a statement on Monday by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Mrs. Aminat Atere, in Ibadan.  In the statement, she reiterated the commitment of the Ministry towards enhancing qualitative education in the state. The statement explained that the new employees assumed duty today, beginning of a new session, after successful completion of all necessary documentation at the Ministry’s headquarters in the Secretariat.  “Their assumption of duty marks the successful completion of their documentation as Education Officers in the Oyo State civil service”.  Mrs Atere congratulated the successful employees being brought onboard the State teaching system, adding that much was expected of them.  The Permanent Secre...

  Dr Ayobami Lam-Adesina, the first son of late Alhaji Lamidi Adesina, one-time governor of Oyo State has expressed doubt over the sustainability of the proposed Yoruba Nation hinging his argument on the inability of two states in the geopolitical zone to efficiently manage the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) together. Lam-Adesina said it was a shameful thing for the two Yoruba-speaking states of Oyo and Osun not to be able to manage the institution together adding that he felt embarrassed when he saw his compatriots jubilating when the two states stopped managing the affairs of LAUTECH together. “It was a development that made me sad,” said the soft-spoken son of the late educationist. Continuing, he submitted “when my late dad was the governor of Oyo State and Papa Bisi Akande was in the same position in Osun, nobody heard of any fight or uproar over how the university was being run or funded. These were two great statemen, these were two great sons of Yorubala...

  Lagos State Government has warned quacks and unqualified applicants to steer clear of the on-going health workers recruitment exercise being conducted by the Health Service Commission or risk arrest and possible jail term. The Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Health Service Commission, Dr. Muyiwa Eniayewun, made this known in a statement by Director, Public Affairs, Ministry of Health, Tunbosun Ogunbanwo, on Thursday. He gave the warning after meeting with some shortlisted candidates ahead of their Computer Based Test at a CBT centre in Maryland, Lagos. Eniayewun said due diligence and investigation would be conducted on the application and credentials of all applicants at every stage of the exercise stressing that only qualified candidates would be employed. He said, “The health sector is a sensitive sector where we cater for lives, as such, we have no tolerance for quackery and malpractices where human lives are involved. “Any candidates who applied for any of the advertised po...

A professor at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Abass Olajire is dead. It was gathered that the don died few minutes after he slumped. Our correspondent gathered that Olajire slumped during a Jummat service at a mosque in Ogbomoso. It was gathered that the don slumped at Ansarudeen Mosque at Oke Ado area of Ogbomoso while observing Jummat prayer on Friday. He was confirmed dead at the LAUTECH Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso. OGBOMOSOINFO learnt that the don is one of the best professors in the university. Olajire who joined Ladoke Akintola University of Technology in 1990 as an assistant lecturer is an alumnus of Obafemi Awolowo University and University of Ibadan. Public Relations Officer of the institution, Lekan Fadeyi confirmed the death of the don. Fadeyi noted that the professor was confirmed dead at LAUTECH teaching hospital. He said, “He slumped at the Ansarul Deen Mosque, Stadium Road and was confirmed dead at the LAUTECH Teaching Hospital”. He was 59 years ...

  Traders, farmers and other commuters plying the Ogbomoso-Igbeti road were on Saturday stranded as the road was submerged by flood. This was as a result of heavy rain witnessed on Friday. OGBOMOSOINFO reports that the road is the only link road between Igbeti in Oke Ogun geo-political zone of the state and Ogbomoso in Ogbomoso geo-political zone of the state. This has prevented traders, farmers and other commuters who are going to Oke Ogun geo-political zone from Ogbomoso or those who are going to Ogbomoso from Oke Ogun geo-political zone from continuing thier journey. Some of the passengers noted that they left their houses early in the morning and were disappointed that the road is no more passable. “No vehicle, or motorcycles can enter from Oke Ogun and none of the ones coming from Ogbomoso can cross to the other side,” he said. Another resident, Olubukola Olatunji hinted that some residential apartments have also been affected around Iluju and other communities along the road....

  The National Executive Committee of the Peoples Democratic PDP, has announced the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde as their Secretary of the National Convention Planning Committee. The committee is charged with the responsibility of ensuring that the National Convention of the party is hitch free. Adamawa State Governor was appointed as the chairman of the committee, Bayelsa State Governor as the Deputy Chairman, while other serving governors were also given some roles as captioned on the list attached below. The people’s democratic party also named members of the zoning committee. The list has serving and former governors, Senators, members of the House of Reps, serving and former as well as serving and former party leaders were given the opportunity to serve.

                                Seyi Makinde                                                                Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, on Wednesday, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) towards promoting the employment of youths and women in the state. The governor, who was represented by his Executive Assistant on Administration, Rev. Idowu Ogedengbe, said the Oyo State Government considered the NDE as a critical partner towards creating opportunities for self-employment and employability of the teeming unemployed persons. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, quoted Ogedengbe as saying that the state has worked with the NDE on some projects to provid...

   Oyo State Commissioner of Police, Ngozi Onadeko The Oyo State Police Command has arraigned seven men before a Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting in Ogbomoso for offences bordering on conspiracy, forgery, publication of false documents and threats to murder a traditional chieftain. The accused, Chief  Wojuade Ademola (92); Wojuade Gbeniga (52); Wojuade Philip (45); Bello Opeyemi (33); Eyolade Adewumi (26); Adeniyi Idowu (39) and Dr  Folaranmi Oyebamiji (55) were arraigned on Tuesday before Chief Magistrate Muideen Salami. The charges read in part, “That you, Chief Mathew Wojuade Ademola, and others at large, in January 2020 at Oko area of Ogbomoso, conspired and unlawfully forged signatures on letters and other documents written with the letterhead of Oba Oladunmoye Adaramola Oyenubi, dated May 29, 2011, purportedly confirming the title of Elejumo of Oko Land on Wojuade Mathew Ademola and knowing it to be false and with intent that it may be used or in any way acted ...

                                File photo  The Oyo State Government has directed all public and private primary and secondary schools in the state to resume for the 2021/2022 academic year on Monday, September 20th, 2021. This was contained in a circular dated 7th September 2021, showing details of the academic calendar of the year and signed by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Mrs. A. B. Atere. The first term of the 2021/2022 academic session is billed to start on 20th September 2021, with a mid-term break of two days between 4th and 5th November, 2021 and will last for 13 weeks. Schools will be expected to close for Christmas break on Friday 17th December 2021 and reopen for the second term of the academic year on Monday 10th January 2022. The second term is expected to have the same number of weeks as the first term with a two-day mid-term break in betwee...

  Oyo State Governor, 'Seyi Makinde, on Sunday, said that his administration will continue to balance political appointments between Christians and Muslims in the state. The governor, who stated this at the 1443/2021 Hijrah Luncheon held at the Government House, Agodi, Ibadan, added that Muslims and the people of Oyo State know that his administration is doing the right things. He said: "I want to use the opportunity of today's event to address the issues some people brought up. Every time I go through social media and read what people are saying, those who know how we did campaign in 2019 will admit that we did not abuse anyone. "As a matter of fact, the people of Oyo State know we are doing the right thing. We released the Roadmap for Accelerated Development of Oyo State (2019-2023) document and told the people to hold us accountable by the document. I am saying today again, go and look at the document. All the things we are doing now have been documented and we are...

  Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of Osun has explained why the state opted out of the joint ownership of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso. Oyetola spoke in Abuja while fielding questions at NAN Forum, a special interview programme of the News Agency of Nigeria. He said the decision was reached after his government weighed the options and discovered that it was more profitable to invest in its own new university than continue with the joint ownership with Oyo State. The governor also cited the huge financial commitment and lopsidedness of faculties of the university as some of the reasons why it exited the joint ownership. NAN reports that the institution founded as Oyo State University of Technology in April 1990 was jointly owned by Osun and Oyo States after the creation of the former on August 27, 1991. NAN further reports that the National Universities Commission on November 20, 2020, announced the end of the joint ownership with the university ceded to Oyo State,...

The Speaker Oyo State House of Assembly, Hon Adebo Ogundoyin has described open defecation as an uncivilized practice which must stop in our community. Hon Ogundoyin stated this shortly after the passage of the Oyo State Open Defecation Prohibition Bill into Law by the Oyo State House of Assembly on Tuesday. The passage followed the presentation of the report of the Ad-hoc Committee headed by Hon Akintunde Olajide (Lagelu). The bill was sponsored by the Speaker, Hon Adebo Ogundoyin, deputy Speaker, Hon Muhammad Fadeyi and Hon Olusola Owolabi (Ibadan North East 1) A public hearing to harmonize the inputs of all stakeholders on the bill was conducted by the House on the 4th of August, 2021. Hon Adebo Ogundoyin said he was happy that the bill was passed which makes it almost eighty bills that have been passed by the House in a little over two years. ” This is a new development in our dear State. The idea of our people throwing their faeces about must stop. This habit spreads some diseases...