The Rector, Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY), Abeokuta, Prof. Oludele Itiola says the institution is being repositioned to be a reference point in technological, scientific and entrepreneurial education. Prof. Itiola who made this known while defending the institution’s 2014 budget estimates before members of the Ogun State House of Assembly said the polytechnic would also strengthen its programmes to ensure continued production of skilled manpower for self-reliance. Consequently, he said the institution intends to expend a sum of N2.613b for the next fiscal year, saying N1.58b out of this amount was earmarked for recurrent expenditure including payment of…
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L-R The Ogun state Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, former Lagos State Governor and National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and former Osun state Governor and APC National Chairman, Chief Bisi Akande at the installation of Akande as the Baba Oba of Imoru-Ijebu in Ogun state on Saturday. Ogun State Government Press Release
The Ogun State Government in collaboration with a private company, Caterina De Medici Project has concluded arrangements to cultivate a thousand hectare land in different parts of the State for cassava production. Commissioner for Agriculture, Mrs. Ronke Sokefun, who disclosed this while inspecting a 15 hectare part of the land located in Ibara community, Abeokuta North Local Government Area of the State, indicated that the collaboration was another intervention to increase agricultural production and encourage women farmers, said the pilot would be a 100 hectare land. The Commissioner, represented by the Director, Cassava Revolution in the Ministry,…
Road traffic crashes are undesirable happenings in the society and must be tackled with every available means to ensure reduction. Executive Director of a Non Governmental Organisation, Fund for Global Health (FGH), Mr. Ernest Loevinsohn, made this submission in Abeokuta at a road safety meeting with the Senior Special Adviser to the Ogun State Governor on Transportation, Barrister Gbenga Opesanwo and officials of the State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) at Abeokuta. According to him, Ogun State occupied a strategic location as it is a gateway to other States of the Federation and shares international boundary…
Members of the public who display their wares and vehicles on parking slots along major road across Ogun State have been warned by the State Government to desist from the act forthwith. The Senior Special Assistant to the State Governor on Transportation, Bar Gbenga Opesanwo who handed down this warning today in a press statement, indicated that offenders would be penalised in accordance with the State traffic laws. According to Opesanwo, the parking slots were created to make road travel safe and pleasurable and should not be used for displaying of goods and vehicles. The Governor’s…
Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun will on Monday, December 16, 2013 launch the “Home owners’ Charter”, a programme designed to enable property owners in the State to regularise their land documents. A statement by the Commissioner for Urban and Physical Planning, Mr. Gbenga Otenuga indicated that venue of the programme is the Arcade Ground, Governor Office, Abeokuta beginning by 12 noon. Otenuga explained that with the programme, owners of properties who built without government approval would not only have the opportunity to regularise their title documents, but also obtain building plan approval and Certificate of Occupancy…
No fewer than 2000 Ogun State civil servants eligible for promotion into the next rank and those seeking upgrading today participated in a written examination conducted by the State Civil Service Commission for the purposes. The Officers who are on Grade Levels 06 to 16 cut across 65 cadres of the civil service and were tested in General Paper, Public Service Rules, Financial Regulations, Office Manual and Specific Professions. They include Accountants, Engineers, Information Officers, Administrative Officers, Auditors, Tax Inspectors Data Processors and Confidential Secretaries Addressing newsmen shortly after monitoring the exercise held at the Moshood…
As a demonstration of its belief that a healthy populace is a great asset and tool required for driving socio-economic advancement, the Ogun State Government will continue to collaborate with relevant stakeholders to provide meaningful healthcare delivery services to the people. Commissioner for Budget and Planning, Mrs. Oluwande Muoyo gave this assurance in Abeokuta while flagging-off a 2-day training programme on Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) for Village Health Workers drawn from four Local Government Areas of the State. Muoyo, represented by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Mr. Abayomi Sobande noted that the State government had committed…
Ogun State Ministry of Education, Science and Technology will continue to evolve strategies towards actualizing the free and qualitative education programme of the State government through increased funding. In this wise, the Ministry is proposing to spend the sum of N7.6b in the next fiscal year. Commissioner in charge of the Ministry, Barrister Segun Odubela made disclosure in Abeokuta while defending its budget before members of the State House of Assembly in Abeokuta. Giving a breakdown of the figure, Odubela said the sum of N6.5b would be expended on capital projects, while recurrent matters would gulp N1.1b,…
A written examination organised by the Ogun State Civil Service Commission for civil servants eligible for 2013 promotion holds tomorrow, Wednesday 11th December 2013 beginning at 9:00 a.m. A statement by the Chairman of the Commission, Chief Mrs. Aderonke Folarin gave the venue as Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, (MAPOLY) Ojere, Abeokuta. The statement enjoined those qualified for the exercise including officers seeking for upgrading to come to the venue with their writing materials and identity card issued to them during the accreditation exercise.