Ogun State Government has released N1.5 billion for the payment of gratuities to pensioners and severance package of former political office holders. The money will be paid to 561 ex-civil servants and former political office holders who had served the State in different capacities. In a statement signed by Alhaji Yusuph Olaniyonu, Commissioner for Information and Strategy, the gratuities will cover the civil servants who retired between May 2011 and November 2012 who have filed their papers with the State Bureau of Pensions while ex- political office holders who served between 2007 and 2011 but were not paid their severance…
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The Ogun State Civil Service Commission has announced dates for the final phase of the interview for successful candidates who sat for the Administrative Staff College in Nigeria (ASCON) examination. In a Statement today in Abeokuta, Chairman of the Commission, Chief Mrs. Aderonke Folarin indicated that the interview will hold between Tuesday 1st April 2014 and Friday 11th April 2014. Venue is the Commission’s office, Block A at the State Secretariat, Oke Mosan, Abeokuta beginning at 8 a.m. each day According to the statement, applicants in the Administrative Officers Cadre will be interviewed on the 1st and…
The flyover bridge and road construction embarked upon by the Ogun State Government in Sabo, Sagamu Local Government Area of the State will be completed by May 2014. This was disclosed by the Project Manager, Personal Works Nigeria Ltd,[PW], Engineer Kazeem Olabode while speaking with journalists at site affirming that it was PW that was handling the construction of the road and the flyover bridge. According to Engineer Olabode, “construction works s on the flyover and the road has reached 70% completion meaning that the project will be ready by May 2014. The flyover bridge which is already in…
Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun has given out Certificates of Occupancy (C of O) and other title documents to the first set of beneficiaries under the Homeowner’s Charter, an initiative of the state government introduced last December to enable homeowners regularise their legal status at a discounted rate. The governor, while presenting the documents to ten beneficiaries at the Conference room of the Governor’s Office, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, expressed satisfaction with the interest so far shown by indigenes in the scheme and charged those who are yet to take advantage of the program to do so. Amosun explained…
Farmers planting cocoa in the Ogun State government-owned forest reserves and the State Ministry of Forestry have entered into a new agreement on how to regenerate the reserves. Under the agreement, the Ministry would supply free tree seedlings to the farmers who in turn will plant them in the farms. The farmers are also to stop payment of regeneration fees forthwith. All these were made known today in Abeokuta by the State Commissioner for Forestry, Adebayo Fari while addressing newsmen on the outcome of a meeting between officials of the ministry, those of the Ministry of Agriculture and…
The Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun will tomorrow Wednesday, 26th March 2014 present Certificate of Occupancy and other title documents to the first batch of applicants in the on-going Home-Owners’ Charter programme. A statement by the State Commissioner for Information & Strategy, Alhaji Yusuph Olaniyonu indicated that the event will take place at the Governor’s office conference room beginning from 12 noon. “This event is in fulfillment of the promise by His Excellency in December 2013, when the programme was launched as part of his Mission to Rebuild” the statement noted. The Homeowners’ Charter programme, an…
National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former Lagos State Governor, Senator Bola Tinubu has described the various on-going developmental projects in Ogun State as multi-pronged, noting that the Ibikunle Amosun administration is focused. Tinubu made this submission in Abeokuta after visiting some project which included roads, flyovers and modern shopping malls across the state. He also described the Amosun-led government as visionary and people-oriented and noted that it has impacted positively on the lives of the people in the state in no small measure. The APC leader said he was more delighted with the…
The Ogun State Government has ordered the management of the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago iwoye, to effect the immediate payment of the outstanding one month salary arrears owed lecturers of the institution. The State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun who gave the directive also promised that all other outstanding arrears would be paid without delay. In a statement today in Abeokuta, Secretary to the State Government Barrister Taiwo Adeoluwa noted that the Senator Ibikunle Amosun-led administration inherited a backlog of arrears from the immediate past administration, adding however that it had prioritized payment of wages, cleared the backlog and…
The Ogun State Government will not hesitate to collaborate with relevant stakeholders, particularly those in the private sector as it moves to attract investors and improve industrial presence in the State, Commissioner for Commerce and industries, Otunba Bimbo Ashiru has declared. Otunba Ashiru made this declaration in Abeokuta while briefing newsmen shortly after a tripartite meeting held between the Ministry, Ogun State Property and Investment Corporation (OPIC) and Agbara Estate Limited on a Memorandum of Understanding on the provision of infrastructure. His words “the purpose of this meeting was to bring the industrialists closer to the State Government…
Ogun State Government is leaving no stone unturned in providing adequate health care delivery to the citizenry especially in the fight against malaria. Speaker of the State House of Assembly Rt. Hon. Suraj Ishola Adekunbi emphasized this when he hosted a Non-Governmental Organization, Health Reform Foundation that paid a courtesy visit to the Assembly complex. The Speaker disclosed that since inception, the current administration has devoted more attention to the fight against malaria and other health related issues, assuring that the legislature would not rest on its oars at supporting the executive towards providing better health delivery service…
Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun has approved the immediate reinstatement of the Executive and Legislative arms of Abeokuta South Local Government Area. They were suspended on Wednesday, February 12 following a fracas that broke out in the hallowed Chamber of the Council. Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Barrister Taiwo Adeoluwa, who disclosed this in a statement gave the names of the affected political office holders as Engr. Lanre Edun (Chairman), Hon. Olusola A. Ekundayo (Vice-Chairman), Ibrahim Adegunle (Secretary), Hon. Wale Azeez (Supervisor, Water Supply/Environment), Hon. Titus Akinwunmi (Supervisor, Works), Hon. Omolaja Bamgboye (Supervisor, Youths, Sports &…
Few days after the disaster which plagued the Immigration Department’s recruitment exercise across the country, commissioners in charge of Budget and Planning in 16 states being governed by Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) have moved towards formulating policies that would tackle unemployment in their states. The commissioners, who converged on Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital for PGF Policy Design Session on Unemployment identified lack of accurate data and viable plans among others as causes of rising rate of unemployment in Nigeria and agreed on the urgent need to deal with the scourge. Speaking on the causes identified by participants…
President Goodluck Jonathan has described Ogun State as the most Industrially developed state in the country and attributed the state’s new status to the economic plan of the Senator Ibikunle Amosun-led administration. The President further expressed the readiness of the Federal Government to partner with the state government in its rebuilding mission. Speaking at the commissioning of the Procter and Gamble multi million dollar plant in Agbara, Ogun State, Jonathan, who was represented by Vice President Namadi Sambo, affirmed that the Amosun-led administration is creating a conducive environment for business to thrive in the state. “I believe Ogun…
The Ogun State Government today made good its promise of paying compensations to farmers whose crops had to give way to some of its infrastructural developments as about N20m was paid to 151 farmers in Itoku Elewe Irepodun Community in Kobape, Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of the State. The farmland of the beneficiaries was affected by a new housing scheme to be located in the area. Presenting the cheques to farmers in the first 50 hectare land acquired, Commissioner for Agriculture, Mrs. Ronke Sokefun reaffirmed that the Senator Ibikunle Amosun led administration was passionate about agricultural…
As the Ogun State government continues with the process of verifying claims made by applicants of the homeowners’ charter programme, others who are yet to submit their forms have been reminded of the need to provide accurate information and data to enable the assessors carry out the job without stress. Director of Land Ratification in the State Bureau of Lands and Survey, Mr Fatai Adeboyejo gave this reminder when he led a team of professionals to Ado-Odo Ota, Akute, Agbado and Alagbole-Ifo in continuation of the verification exercise. He reiterated that government meant well by introducing the…
The Ogun State government says making potable water available for residents of the State is one of its priorities, but that lack of constant power supply has been a challenge for achieving this dream. The government is therefore fine tuning arrangements with the Management of Ibadan Distribution Company on ways of increasing power supply needed to pump out water for consumption. Commissioner for Special Duties, Chief Olu Odeyemi who made this revelation while addressing newsmen during an assessment tour of water facilities across the three Senatorial districts of the State, added that government was equally moving to…
Efforts of the Ogun State Government to increase cassava production has received yet another boost as it has secured a 50 hectare land at Imasai in Yewa North Local Government Area for the cultivation of hybrid cassava in partnership with a Kenyan based organisation, the African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) It would be recalled that last October, the pilot stage of the State government/ AATF scheme partnership took off in Odogbolu Local Government Area where the hybrid was cultivated on a 20 hectare land and allocated to 50 farmers. Speaking while conducting newsmen round the large expanse…
Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun has forwarded two executive bills on Urban and Regional Planning and the State Council on Public Procurement and the Bureau of Public Procurement to the State House of Assembly for its consideration and passage. The Speaker, Rt. Hon. Suraj Ishola Adekunbi made this public at Tuesday’s plenary while reading two letters from the Governor. According to Hon. Adekumbi, the first letter was seeking for “a bill for a law to make provision for Urban and Regional Planning in Ogun State and for other matters incidental thereto or connected therewith”. The…
The Ogun State Government has issued guidelines for property inspections which have commenced under its ongoing Homeowners’ Charter Programme to minimize inconvenience for residents and maximize efficiency in the process. Under the guideline, the State Government will work through Community Development Associations (CDAs), Residents Associations and other groups to organize group inspections of properties. The government, according to a statement issued by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Alhaji Yusuph Olaniyonu in Abeokuta yesterday explained that it would utilize its network of over 6740 registered CDAs which represent no fewer than 600,000 individual members, to schedule the…
Any worker employed into the Ogun State Civil Service in whatever form between 2008 and now but has failed to comply with regulations on certificate verification has till the end of this month to do so. Failure on the part of such officer to do this may lead to the termination of his appointment from the service. This warning was contained in a circular issued in Abeokuta by the Permanent Secretary of the State Civil Service Commission, Mr. Sola Adeyemi. In the circular, Adeyemi reminded the concerned officers of the regulation which makes it mandatory for them to…