Ogun State - Amosun Seeks Legislative Backing on Establishment of College of Nursing & Others

[OgunState]

 Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun has sent three letters to the House of Assembly seeking bills on Emergency Management, establishment of the College of Nursing and the State Lotteries Board.

Announcing the receipts of the letters after resuming from a three-week recess, the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Suraj Ishola Adekunbi acknowledged the receipt of the Governor’s letter to the Assembly dated 24th July, 2013, seeking for a bill for a law to provide for the establishment of the Ogun State Emergency Management Agency and for other matters incidental there to or connected therewith.

He added that the second letter was seeking a bill for a law to provide for the establishment functions and powers of the Ogun State College of Nursing and for other matters incidental thereto or connected therewith.

The third letter dated August 2, 2013 Adekunbi said was to seek a bill for a law for the establishment of the Ogun State Lotteries Board, 2013.

Meanwhile, the current developmental efforts of Senator Ibikunle Amosun- led administration in Ogun State are geared towards ensuring that dividends of democracy are evenly distributed to all the nooks and crannies of the State.

Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Suraj Ishola Adekunbi, gave the assurance while playing host to the management team of the Federal College of Education, Osiele, Abeokuta, led by its Provost, Dr Ayodele Adebayo Ajayi.

Rt. Hon. Adekunbi said that as far as provision of basic social infrastructure was concerned, the current government would not discriminate against any section or group in the choice of project execution, assuring that all parts of the State would be taken care of in the on- going developmental efforts.

He added that more of the people oriented projects would be carried out in all parts of the State, commending the management team of the College for the sustenance of standards set by previous authorities.

In his address, the Provost of the College, Dr Ajayi, said that the college ranked first among institutions in the State which had always maintained standards in educational advancement of the State in particular and Nigeria in General.

Via: Ogun State Government - Official Press Release

[Folami David]

Establishment of colleges right about now would mean a lot to the indigens of the state right now..That's what they really need!