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The Director-General of Oyo State Public Works Department, Engineer Taiwo Akintola has attributed the free flow of traffic in Ibadan and other parts of the State to the massive road rehabilitation, construction of bridges and the Urban Renewal Programme of the Governor Abiola Ajimobi’s administration. Akintola, while speaking on the NTA, Ibadan personality interview programme […]

The Oyo State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, has announced the portfolios of commissioners recently sworn in into the state executive council. According to a statement signed by the Special Assistant on Media to the governor, Mr. Wale Sadeeq, four of the commissioners who were reappointed into the cabinet, Messrs Adebayo Ojo, Muyiwa Gbadegesin, Zacheus Adedeji […]

Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State, at the week-end, claimed full responsibility for the appointment of the children of some traditional rulers as commissioners in the State, saying that none of their fathers solicited for their appointment. Rather, he said that he picked them out of his own volition, based on their individual competence, qualification […]

Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has appointed 15 Special Advisers to join the newly-appointed commissioners as members of the State Executive Council. A statement issued in Ibadan on Wednesday by the Special Assistant to the Governor on Media, Mr. Wale Sadeeq, gave the names of the new Special Advisers as Dr. Festus Adedayo, Mr. […]

A SPEECH DELIVERED BY HIS EXCELLENCY SENATOR ABIOLA AJIMOBI, EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR OF OYO STATE AT THE OFFICIAL COMMISSIONING OF THE HERITAGE AND COCOA MALLS AT THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT OF DUGBE, IBADAN, OYO STATE ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2013 AT THE MALL PARKING SPACE, DUGBE, IBADAN. Protocols. It is a pleasure for me to be […]

Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has said that his administration would establish a symbiotic relationship with The Gambia in the areas of Tourism and Agriculture. He stated this in Ibadan on Monday while receiving The Gambia High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mrs. Angela Colley, who paid him a courtesy call in his office. Governor Ajimobi […]

Protocols. I am very delighted to be at this occasion today, which is the official handover ceremony of the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company Plc (IBEDC) to the Integrated Energy Distribution and Marketing Limited. This is a major demonstration that the Nigerian government is in tune with the current trend of global economics which advocates the […]

Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has extolled the virtues of the late mother of a former governor of the State, Dr. Omololu Olunloyo, Madam Tejumola Bintu Olunloyo, describing her as an epitome of womanhood. The Governor spoke at the 8th day fidau for Madam Olunloyo held at the Molete, Ibadan residence of the former governor. […]

The Oyo State Government has explained the rationale behind the directive to all the 20,000 cadets of the Youth Empowerment Scheme of Oyo State (YES-O) to re-apply. The Government, in a statement issued in Ibadan on Tuesday by the Special Assistant to the Governor on Media, Mr. ` Wale Sadeeq, said that the development was […]

Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has called on the Federal Government to revisit the agreement it entered into with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) while also urging the union to go back to class in the interest of Nigerian youths. The Governor, while speaking at a forum in Lagos, stressed the need […]