The Ogun State government has been commended for being the first to create extensions and industrial parks among the 30 States involved in Technology Incubation Programme in the country. The Centre Manager in Abeokuta, Dr. John Oni gave the commendation at the inauguration of the 11-man Technical Advisory Committee set up by the State government to enhance activities of the TIC programme. Dr. Oni said the Centre established in 2001 to nurture the start-up and growth of new businesses engaged in value added and technology related activities had since its inception provided about 500 jobs for youths with…
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Barring unforeseen circumstances, the 107km long Ilara-Ijoun-Eggua-Ilase road which links Yewa South, Yewa North, Imeko Afon and Ipokia Local Government Areas in Ogun West Senatorial District of Ogun State would be completed before the end of next year. The State Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Arc. Olamilekan Adegbite who gave this assurance today during a media chat in Abeokuta stated that contrary to insinuation in some quarters, the Senator Ibikunle Amosun led administration does not intend to abandon the project it considers as one of its most people oriented and economic inspiring infrastructural project. “Like every other road…
Ogun State government has threatened to review its relationship with any bank which henceforth delays payment of monthly salaries to civil and public servants after the government has deposited money meant for that purpose with such bank. In a circular letter to the banks signed by Commissioner for Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, the government expressed its disappointment over what it called “the consistent trend of unprofessional conduct being practiced by some banks in the state.” According to it, “as at the date of writing this letter, March 6, some of our staff and pensioners are yet to…
The Ogun State Government today sealed up Tulip Cocoa Processing Company, Ijebu Imushin in Ijebu East Local Government Area of the State for flagrant disobedience of regulations on waste disposal. The company was dumping and burning used cocoa shells at an unauthorized designation in violation of the State Government’s directive to engage the services of registered waste managers to prevent likely health hazards. The Special Assistant to the Governor on Environment, Mr. Yele Akinyeye, who sealed the company on the order of the Commissioner, Engineer Ayo Olubori said the Ministry had earlier sent a letter to warn the company…
Residents of Abeokuta in Ogun State can now heave a sigh of relief as potable water supply has been restored to the metropolis. The General Manager of Ogun State Water Corporation, Engr Mrs Monsurat Agboola, disclosed this in Abeokuta. She said that water supply to Abeokuta was disrupted in the last few days because of power outage by the Power Holding Company of Nigeria ( PHCN) Mrs. Agboola explained that the power situation caused by a maintenance work at the Lagos end of the PHCN operations hampered the pumping of water from Adiyan Water Works, from where the…
Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun has called on the United States of America to show more interest in the development of Nigeria, particularly as regards the nations fledgling democracy. He made the call while receiving the U.S. Counselor of the Department of State and representative of President Barrack Obama at Nigeria’s Centenary celebration, Ambassador Thomas Shannon Jr. at the government house, Abeokuta over the weekend. “I don’t know of any other nation that is as close to us as a nation as the United States. Then, you must be more active in what we are doing…
The Wife of Ogun State Governor, Mrs. Olufunso Amosun has described as unacceptable the high rate of maternal mortality in the country, calling on stakeholders to put all hands on deck to reverse the trend. Mrs. Amosun made the call at Ode-Omi in Ogun Waterside Local Government Area of the State at the flag-off of the 1st Round of National Immunization plus Days for 2014 and the launch of the Uplifting Safe Motherhood Initiative. Mrs. Amosun said the present maternal mortality rate which stood at 245 in every 1,000 births called for concern by all, emphasising that the time…
The implementation of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by the Ogun State and Malaysian Government for sustainable agricultural development and increased food production has commenced in earnest. This is because arrangements have already been concluded to make the Malaysian Ministry of Agriculture, Research and Development Technology (MARDITECH) start the cultivation of Ofada- specie of paddy rice in Eggua, Yewa North Local Government Area next month. To this end, a two-man delegation headed by the Executive Consultant to MARDITECH, Dato Abdul Rahman has visited the project site, a 250 hectare land already cleared for preliminary work and assessment. …
The giant strides of the present administration in Ogun State on infrastructural development have again been commended, this time around from far away Democratic Republic of Congo. The Depute Provincial Kiasia Oriental from the country, Mr. Lunkamba Ntambue Theophile who gave the commendation described the State as one vital part of the Nigerian nation that was advancing development in all sectors of its economy. Mr.NtambueTheophile was speaking when he led a delegation from his province on an exchange visit on legislative matters to the State House of Assembly. He noted that the massive infrastructural development going on in the…
Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun (4th right) flanked by the state’s delegates to the National Conference, including Chief Olaniwun Ajayi (4th left); Senator Olabiyi Durojaiye (3rd right) Olu of Ilaro and Paramount Ruler of Yewaland, Oba Kehinde Olugbenle (3rd left), Representative of the South West Senator’s Forum, Senator Iyabo Anisulowo (2nd right), Prof. (Mrs.) Titi Filani ( 2nd left), Pastor Tunde Bakare (right) and Barrister Bisi Adegbuyi (left) Ogun State Government Press Release
“What I see is fantastic, rapid development in Abeokuta. The roads, the bridges, the flyovers are very, very impressive. I have just told the Governor that we need his expertise to come help develop us in the United States”. United States Ambassador to Nigeria, James Entwistle describing the infrastructural development under the Senator Ibikunle Amosun government in Ogun State as rapid and fantastic. Entwistle, who said this during his official visit to Abeokuta, the state capital yesterday expressed satisfaction at the quality of infrastructures being put in place to transform the Gateway State. He noted that the…
United States Ambassador to Nigeria, James Entwistle has described the infrastructural development under the Senator Ibikunle Amosun government in Ogun State as rapid and fantastic. Entwistle, who said this during his official visit to Abeokuta, the state capital yesterday expressed satisfaction at the quality of infrastructures being put in place to transform the Gateway State. He noted that the expertise used by Amosun in achieving so much in less than three years could be needed in helping the United States develop better. “What I see is fantastic, rapid development in Abeokuta. The roads, the bridges, the flyovers…
After considering the requests made by residents to Governor Ibikunle Amosun during his tour of the designated centres for collection and submission of forms for the Homeowners Charter Initiative, the Ogun State government has extended the deadline till March 31. This is to enable people benefit from the opportunity which allows property owners in the state to get Building Plan Approval and Certificate of Occupancy at discounted rate.Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Alhaji Yusuph Olaniyonu said in a statement that the people now have additional one month to collect forms and submit them. The initial deadline was February…
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Aminu Tambuwal has described the on-going urban renewal programme in Ogun State as a display of politics of development. Tambuwal, who made this assertion during his visit to Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital yesterday, commended the state government for its successes so far in terms of infrastructural development, noting that it has re-defined the landscape of the state. “I was even asking myself where the governor has gotten the money for these laudable road projects. This is my first official visit to Abeokuta and I can tell you that…
The Ogun State governor,Senator Ibikunle Amosun has assured that the Tongeji Island in Ipokia local government area will not go the way of Bakassi Peninsular due to government neglect. Governor Amosun gave the assurance while receiving the new flag officer,Western Naval Command,Rear Admiral Samuel Alade in his office. The governor said he has written the presidency twice on the challenges facing the Island with a view to ensuring that the island is properly guarded.’we will ensure on our part as a government that Tongeji Island does not go the way of Bakassi .We shall continue to ensure the…
The Ogun State Government has set aside about N11 billion for large-scale farming and improved agricultural production this year, with planned expansion of state-owned cocoa, oil palm, cotton, kolanut and cashew plantations located across the state. The state government intends to install a 15,000-capacity hatchery and engage in massive production of point-of-cage pullets. Speaking on the state’s agricultural development at the 2014 Ogun State budget breakdown held in Abeokuta, Oluwande Muoyo, commissioner for budget and planning, said the budgetary allocation was made for agricultural sector to consolidate on the success achieved last year on agricultural production. …
The Ogun State government was not surprised to see yet another mischievous press statement issued by Mr. Sina Kawonise, a member of the Labour Party, in which he tried to foist the mischievous figures he had earlier peddled about the state’s debt profile on members of the public. To achieve his purpose, Kawonise took figures from the planning schedule prepared by the state Ministry of Works and Infrastructure, among other documents given to members of the State House of Assembly during the Wednesday, 13 February , 2014 hearing. The document from which he took the figures he is now…
The unity among members of the Ogun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was reaffirmed today in Abeokuta as party faithful led by the state governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun and National Assembly members from the state attended the stakeholders’ meeting on the party registration exercise due to commence on Wednesday. The event gave the lie to the rumours of polarisation within the party and irreconcilable differences among its chieftains. Speaking at the event, the Ogun State APC Membership Registration Chairman, Hon Adeniyi Fabikun, called on supporters of the party in all the nooks and crannies…
No fewer than 24,000 Ogun State women are to benefit from the N400m micro-credit revolving loan scheme which the State Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development in conjunction with ECObank Plc is disbursing. Commissioner in charge of the Ministry, Mrs. Elizabeth Sonubi who made this known in a chat with newsmen in Abeokuta indicated that beneficiaries are to be given funds ranging between N20, 000 and N200, 000 According to her, the N400m loan is the third phase of the revolving scheme given to women involved in petty trading and small scale businesses to boost their…
**As Amosun Receives World Bank Officials The United Kingdom Trade and Investment Office and German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) have reiterated their determination to partner with Ogun so that the gateway state can become the economic hub of Nigeria and West Africa. Officials of the foreign firms expressed the view today at Ota, during the Ogun 2014 Retreat for senior government officials, held at the Temperance Hotel and Conference Centre. Participants, who also included four officials of the World Bank, were of the opinion that the current climate in the state offered tremendous opportunity for…