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…
Author: Ogun News
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