A delegation from the Federal Government’s Social Investment Programme, N-POWER today paid a commendation visit to volunteers who organized remedial summer classes for pupils in SSS1 to SSS3 in Ilesa East Local Government area of the state of Osun. Speaking during the visit, Mr. Afolabi Imoukhuede, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Job Creation and Youth Employment, who was represented by N-POWER Project Adviser, Mr. Kabir Aregbesola commended the volunteers for carrying out the community service, which is outside their primary assignment. “You are fulfilling the very essence for which N-POWER was created, that is, adding value to the…
Author: Wale Adebayo
The Governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayodele Fayose at this year’s edition of the Udiroko festival held at the palace of Ewi of Ado has assured Ekiti people that all the on going projects in the state would be completed before the end of his tenure. According to him, his developmental works in Ekiti State especially in Ado would stand the test of time. He solicited the support of Ado people as the governorship election draws near saying he would bring his successor to the palace for the next year udiroko festival. Addressing the crowd, the Ewi Oba Rufus Adejugbe…
Lagos State Government (LASG) has renew its commitment to ensuring even development across the State last week with the flag-off of the reconstruction and upgrade of the Igbo-Bola Ahmed Tinubu-Igbe road in Igbogbo-Bayeku Local Council Development Area of Lagos. The project is also a fulfilment of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode’s promise to rehabilitate the age long road as part of efforts to develop the area and open it up for more economic development and prosperity thereby reducing the rural-urban migration in the State. Speaking at a Stakeholders’ meeting to seek the support and cooperation of the various segments of the society…
Oyo State Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Mr. Toye Arulogun on Thursday disclosed that the state government has approved 13.579 Hectares of land for the establishment of Aso-Ofi International Tourism Market in Iseyin area of the state, saying that the foundation will be laid during the 2017 Aso Ofi Festival coming up on September 16, 2017. He made this disclosure during a Ministerial briefing on the 2nd edition of Aso Ofi Festival and PaceSetter Entertainment and Recognition Award (PERA) of the Ministry held at Film Theatre Unit, Ibadan. Arulogun stated that Aso-Ofi International Tourism Market will contain 500 weaving sheds/workshops,…
Osun State Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola who said effective judicial system will aid economic growth, was on August 23 commissioned a Justice Research Center in Osogbo, the capital of the state. This is a bid to enhance speedy administration of justice in the state. The center situated in the premises of the State high court of justice complex, is equipped with state of the art facilities for research and speedy judicial service delivery. Facilities at the center include: a server room, 30 computer sets, internet facilities, printers, scanners, 20KVA inverter that can run for twenty four hours among others. Speaking…
The Pro-chancellor and Chairman of Governing Council of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) in Ogbomoso of Oyo State, Prof Oladapo Afolabi, has disclosed that the crisis which led to the closure of the institution will soon be resolved. Afolabi made the disclosure while speaking to reporters in Osogbo, the Osun State capital. Other council members, the Vice-Chancellor (VC), Prof Adeniyi Gbadegesin, and his fellow principal officers were at the briefing. The school was shut five months ago, following the management’s inability to pay workers for 10 months. Afolabi, a former Head of Service of the Federation, said he was optimistic about…
Lagos State’s Local Government Service Commission Chairman, Mr. Babatunde Rotinwa, has suggested that open administration across all tiers of government, private, corporate organizations and institutions is the only panacea to curbing corruption in Nigeria. Rotinwa, who stated this at Ikeja, while receiving the Prestigious Leadership Award for Excellent Work from Fight Against Corruption, FAC, a Non-Governmental Organization, added that if there is open administration and the people believed in it, then corruption would be a thing of the past in Nigeria. The Chairman said that Nigerians have to go back to the olden days where everything was done on merit,…
The Oyo State Government on Monday, 21st August, 2017 disclosed that 120,573 people from the State have benefitted from the Federal Government Social Investment programme just as the Federal Government through the Minster of Women Affairs and Social Development announced the setting aside a special exclusive fund of N1.6billion for women across the country in a scheme known as the National Women Empowerment Fund (NAWEF). The Governor of the State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi made this disclosure during the advocacy and sensitization visit on Government Enterprises and Empowerment Programme (GEEP) and National Women Empowerment Fund (NAWEF) programmes by the Honourable Minister for…
The Turkish government has over the weekend indicated its interest to collaborate with Osun State government on the completion of Moshood Kashimawo Abiola (MKO) International Airport, located in Ido Osun. The Turkish government also expressed its readiness to partner Osun on trade, commerce and industrial revolution so as to aid the state in its effort to improve on the socio-economic wellbeing of its people. Speaking during a courtesy visit to Governor Rauf Aregbesola at Obafemi Awolowo Osun Governor’s Lodge, in Abuja, theTurkish Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Hakan Cakil disclosed that efforts had reached the climax to support the state at completing…
Lagos State’s Public Procurement Agency has called on the Medical Directors to support the State’s procurement process as part of efforts to help in developing the domestic economy and encourage young entrepreneurs by patronizing them for their various local needs. The General Manager of the Agency, Mr. Onafowote Fatai Idowu stated this at the monthly Meeting of Medical Directors of all the 26 General Hospitals in Lagos State held at the Lagos Island Maternity, Onikan, Lagos. He explained that procurement is all about the acquisition of goods and services which must be carried out in a transparent manner; hence the…