Author: Opeyemi Rasheed
The Oyo State House of Assembly has appealed to the State Government to provide relief materials to the victims of a recent fire incident at Orita-Aperin market in ibadan. The appeal was on made Thursday following a motion moved by the Lawmaker representing Ibadan North East 1, Hon Babalola Abiodun Oluwaseun. This is just as the State House of Assembly also called on the State Government to upgrade Orita-Aperin market to international standard with modern facilities including car parks as a way of generating revenue for the State Government. Presenting the motion titled “The need for the State Government to…
Oyo state Commissioner for Trade, Investment and Cooperatives, Otunba Ademola Ojo, has disclosed that plans by to properly integrate the informal with the formal sector in the state has reached advanced stage. The Commissioner disclosed this during a media chat with newsmen in his office at the Ministry, Agodi Secretariat, Ibadan, on Thursday, February 1. Otunba Ojo stated that the move by the Governor Seyi Makinde led government to integrate traders and artisans outside the taxable net into the formal sector in the state was largely to help businesses grow in line with the Omituntun 2.0 Sustainable Development Agenda. He…
As traders at Orita Aperin market in Ibadan count their losses over the fire outbreak, which razed down their shops, the member of House of Representatives representing Ibadan North East/Ibadan South East Federal Constituency, Hon. Abass Adigun Agboworin, on Thursday, expressed his sympathy for the victims over the unfortunate incident. The inferno, which occured recently, had left behind destruction and despair as goods and valuables worth millions of Naira have been lost. Agboworin, who is also the Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Narcotic Drugs, expressed his sympathy in a statement he personally signed and made available to…
The Oyo State House of Assembly on Thursday called on the State Commissioner of Police to order the immediate arrest of a Fulani Leader in Iwajowa Local Government, popularly called Seriki Chumo for allegedly masterminding the killing of a farmer, two members of Odua People’s Congress, OPC and a personnel of the Amotekun Corp during a crisis that engulfed Iwere-Ile in October, 2023. The call was contained in the report presented by the House Committee on Security and Strategy that investigated the incident which occured on Sunday 15th October, 2023 at Iwere-Ile in Iwajowa Local Government area of Oyo State,…
The Oyo State government has ordered the reopening of 23 schools in Atiba, Afijio, Oyo East and Oyo West local government areas of the state. The Deputy Governor, Barrister Bayo Lawal on Thursday, waded into the boundary crisis that culminated into a 10-year closure of the schools in the local government areas. In a stakeholder’s meeting held at the Western Hall, Secretariat, Ibadan, to fashion out ways of resolving the age-long land dispute, Barr. Bayo Lawal, who doubles as the chairman of the State Boundary Committee, charged the chairmen of Atiba, Afijio, Oyo East and Oyo West LGA to ensure security and…
….Gives fish feeds to 1,000 farmers As part of its Sustainable Action for Economic Recovery (SAfER) initiative to cushion the effect of economic hardship on residents of the state, the Oyo State Government has begun the second phase of distributing agriculture inputs to farmers. The government, at an event organised by the SAfER Committee through the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, kicked off the distribution of 3,000 bags of 15kg fish feeds to 1,000 fish farmers across the state. The government had flagged off the first phase of the exercise with the distribution of inputs to poultry farmers with…
The lawmaker representing Oluyole State constituency in the Oyo State House of Assembly, Hon. Waheed Akintayo has extended his heartfelt birthday wishes to the ace gospel musician and Chairman of Fresh FM radio station, Dr. Joel Olayinka Ayefele (MON) as he marks his birthday anniversary today. In a special birthday statement issued and made available to journalists in Ibadan, Hon. Akintayo popularly known as Ilumoka Presenter who is also the Chairman House Committee on Information, Media, Public Affairs and ICT, said the celebrant has made immense personal sacrifices for the growth of entertainment and media industries in Nigeria and beyond.…
Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC) U-17 team will on Thursday, begin their campaign in the maiden NPFL U-17 League with a clash against their Remo Stars counterparts. The newly introduced cadet league, will commence across the country on a zonal basis with the winner of each zone proceeding to the national playoff. In the south West zone, which is group D, 3SC, will slug it out with the trio of Remo Stars, Sunshine Stars and Sporting Lagos at the Oluyemi Kayode Stadium, Ado-Ekiti. The young Oluyole Warriors, who arrived the Ekiti State capital on Tuesday, have since settled down and…
Oyo State governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, has signed Executive Order 001 of 2024 on the safe handling of harmful substances. While signing the order at the Governor’s Office, Secretariat, Agodi, Ibadan, Makinde said: “We are signing the Executive Order 001 of 2024, and this is on the safe-handling and storage of harmful substances within Oyo State. “We are doing this in light of the unfortunate incident at Bodija, where explosives were stored in a residential area. So, dated today, 31st of January 2024, we have the Executive Order, which is now a law in the state.” The event had in attendance…
The Oyo state Independent Electoral Commission invites applications from eligible candidates to serveas Adhoc staff in the 2024 Local Government Elections in the following categories: How to Apply All interested applicants are to register on the Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission e-recruitment portal https://oysiec.org/adhoc. To be considered for consideration and engagement, all candidate musthave the following documents: Application Dates The 2024 OYSIEC Recruitment portal will open on 1st of February, 2024 and closes on 15th of February, 2024. Educational qualifications for each position . Supervisors (SU)/ward collation officers (WCO)- A Minimum of BA./BSc. /HND