Year: 2022

Gov Sani Bello swears in newly elected Local Govt Chairmen … tasks them on impactful leadership

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Niger State Governor ,Abubakar Sani Bello has sworn in the 25 newly elected local government council chairmen with a call to take leadership seriously and make impact in the lives of the people at the grassroots.   The swearing-in ceremony took place at the Government house, Minna, the state capital and the oath of office was administered by the Chief Judge, who was represented by Justice Zainab Sadat of High Court V. While Congratulating the Chairmen, the Governor said that meeting up with the people’s mandate is sacrosanct.   “As…

Stop Defending Looting: why was your lodge not reported as looted?

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The Spokesperson to the Osun state Governor,Mallam Abdulrasheed Olawale has called on former Chief Press Secretary to former Osun state Governor, Gboyega Oyetola to stop defending documented looting perpetrated in 90 percent of the government quarters occupied by former government officials.   He said there should be a limit to defending a reprehensible conduct of unscrupulous officials. “The public should ask Mr. Omipidan why his official residence was not listed as looted. Also, the public may want to ask why the official lodge of the former Secretary to the State…

Adeleke laments deplorable state of Schools, Roads, Health Centres in Osun,set to launch 100 day infrastructure upgrade

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The Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke has expressed shock at the poor state of public schools, roads, and healthcare centres across the state, promised to launch a 100 day infrastructure upgrade in due course.   The Governor in a statement said;”I have an ambitious programme to upgrade Osun infrastructures across health, education, roads and water supply. This government will prove that good governance is possible with sincere leadership. My inspection is to have a first hand view in addition to the field reports from my team”   The Governor…

Ariwoola’s raw baptism By Festus Adedayo

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Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, got a raw baptism from politicians recently. In a statement attributed to him which went viral and even attracted the excoriation of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) faction of presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, the CJN was credited with having said that he was happy that Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State was among the five governors of the party loyal to Wike. For those rustling the rubble for dynamites with which to destroy their political opponents, the CJN’s alleged statement was a perfect…

Gov Adeleke unveils Revenue And Solid Mineral Sector Reforms

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The Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke on Monday unveiled a comprehensive reforms of the revenue and solid mineral sector of the state government with far-reaching directives affecting mining companies and revenue generating agencies and stakeholders.   Inaugurating two separate committees, namely revenue and solid minerals, Governor Adeleke issued several directives to block revenue leakages; increase internally generated revenues; recover unpaid solid minerals payments from Segilola and other companies; halt illegal mining; review the operation of Osun State Internal Revenue Service; suspend control post licences; orders new terms of engagements…

Charlatanism at Chatham House By Festus Adedayo

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Egba, Ogun State-born indigenous African Sakara music exponent, Sanusi Aka, popularly known as S. Aka Baba Waidi, in two of his vinyls, illustrates my drift today. This he did in the albums recorded in 1959 and 1974 respectively. While the former was highly political, which he entitled Ibo fedira, (Federal election) the other was entitled Awon Orisha. The Awon Orisha track is a fabulous narrative of how some renowned deities in Yorubaland, in an ego clash and desirous of sorting out their supremacy battle, met with and had a conversation…

Constitution Review: Lawan urges Gov El Rufai to prevail on Governors

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The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan on Monday urged the Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El Rufai to prevail on his Governor colleagues to encourage their respective state Houses of Assembly to transmit back to the National Assembly their responses on the Bills sent to them on the Constitution amendment.   The National Assembly in March passed 44 Bills to amend some key provisions of the 1999 constitution and transmitted same to the 36 states for their endorsement or otherwise as part of the constitutional amendment process.   The…

Senate to apply Constitutional provision on NIRSAL if failed to appear Thursday.

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By Michael Agbaji       The Senate Ad-hoc committee on uneven disbursement of loans, grants, interventions in the six-geopolitical regions by Nigeria’s Development banks on Monday has given the last warning to management of Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL) to appear Thursday Unfairly or face arrest.   The Chairman of the committee, Senator Sani Musa (Niger East, APC) gave the warning when the minister of state for Industry, Trade and Investment, Ambassador Mariam Katagum appeared before the committee at the National Assembly in Abuja.  …

Coalition debunks HURIWA claims, says no Breakdown of Law and Order in Osun

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Coalition for Good Governance (C4GG) has accused the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) of executing a baseless hatchet job by falsely claiming fake, non-existing law and order crisis in Osun state.   In a strongly worded reaction to HURIWA, C4GG said the Onwubiko led group is reputed as a blackmail platform which has commercialised advocacy activities in favour of the highest bidder, wondering how Mr Onwubiko who live in Abuja can claim imminent break down of law and order in a peaceful state like Osun.   ” We…

How Oyetola’s Team looted Abuja Governor’s Lodge– Osun Govt

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The Osun State Government is constrained to report yet another discovery of mindless looting of public properties at the Governor’s lodge in Abuja. The unprecedented pillaging of assets in the lodge was uncovered when a physical inspection was conducted on the facility during the weekend.     The statement read in part   On the physical inspection team was the Chairman of State Assets Inventory and Recovery Committee, Dr B.T Salam and other top government functionaries. The lodge was stripped of all valuables acquired with public fund by those officials…