chi4ik:
I don't know why people are doubting COVID-19 existence in Nigeria.

I contracted COVID-19 and it was a painful experience. 5 week of horror in my life. The worst was difficult with my breath for 3 weeks.

Guys just be careful.

You don’t have to warn anyone. Allow them to believe what they want to believe. I’m even tired of informing my friends that Covid-19 is real. Dem go get sense by force when they contract it. That’s if they are lucky to survive this second wave. Dem no Dey beg shit make e no smell

Anyone that tries to cover up the Lekki tollgate massacre, may their generations never know peace

How much did they pay these guys to record this video?

Dailytrust tried to package this, the woman snapped at Deputy Governor telling him no one from Oyo Govt called her. Oyo State Deputy told her how they called but she wouldn’t pick up her phone. She later said they could have texted.

Watch the video below


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IvhMMuI8_Y

The Oyo State Government has strongly denied insinuations that it is responsible for the delay in burying the immediate past governor of the state, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, who died on Thursday.

A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Seyi Makinde, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, indicated that the insinuations amounted to a wicked lie.

The statement read: “In view of the intense enquiries from news media organisations regarding the perceived delay in burying the late former Governor of Oyo State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, the Oyo State Government wishes to place on record that there is no truth in the rumour making the rounds that the burial is being delayed by the state government.

“The rumour, which is being deliberately spread to give the state government a bad name and to play undue politics with the dead, initially came by the way of social media gossip, which gained traction to attract the attention of traditional media outfits.

“Several media outfits reached out to the Media Office of the Governor of Oyo State to make enquiries on this barefaced lie on Saturday.

“Let it be stated clearly that the Governor of Oyo State, Engineer Seyi Makinde, has played no role at all in causing any delay whatsoever regarding the burial of his immediate predecessor, Senator Ajimobi.

“The truth of the matter is that the family, through a proxy, approached the state government and sought approval to bury the late governor on a plot of land at Agodi GRA, which is currently under litigation.

“Incidentally, it was the same former Governor Ajimobi who instituted the legal action.
“Governor Seyi Makinde had no choice than to state the facts as they are to the emissaries and turn down the request.

“Governor Makinde, however, against the established land use rule in Oyo State, gave approval that the family can bury the late governor in his Oluyole Estate residence.

“It is to be noted that the rules guiding land use in Government Reservation Areas (GRA) forbid the burial of bodies in such locations as Oluyole Estate and Agodi GRA.

“Let us also put on record that whereas the family did not follow the laid down protocols in passing information on the sickness and eventual demise of Senator Ajimobi, Governor Makinde overlooked all that and directed the full cooperation of the government with the family on this matter.

“It can only amount to a wicked lie to insinuate that the incumbent government in Oyo State attempted to obstruct the burial of the immediate past governor.”

Source: https://oyoaffairs.net/ajimobis-burial-apc-lies-must-stop-family-responsible-for-the-late-burial-oyo-govt/

Oyo state government is set to return the 1,800 bags of rice it received from the federal government.

The rice donated by the federal government through Nigerian Customs Service were all infected and unhealthy for human consumption.

Executive Adviser to Governor Seyi Makinde, Dr. Debo Akande who confirmed this to newsmen on Friday at the secretariat, Agodi, Ibadan said the committees set up to re-examine the rice have warned that it is not consumable.

While revealing that the rice will be rejected, Dr. Akande added that the rejection will not delay the distribution of palliatives to the vulnerable in the state.

He said the state has received a large number of items that will be distributed in the next couple of days.

You will recall that Mrs. Helen Ngozi, the Area Controller, Oyo and Osun Customs command, had on Monday, 20th of April, 2020, delivered 1,800 bags of rice to the Oyo state government on behalf of the Nigeria Customs Service with the claim that all the 1,800 bags of rice were good for consumption, saying the customs would never mix expired rice with good ones.


Video here >> https://www.instagram.com/p/B_Xj81CDcP2/?igshid=furls2bsuspk

Continue Reading >>> https://oyoaffairs.net/oyo-govt-sets-to-return-1800-bags-of-infected-rice-received-from-fg/

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state has volunteered to donate his blood for research to find cure to the Covid-19 pandemic.

According to him, his blood will be studied by experts for the evaluation of post infection protection against the coronavirus pandemic in Nigeria.

Makinde who is a survivor of the disease made this known on Wednesday in a tweet via his official twitter account.

Recall that the Governor has been advocating for local solutions for the Covid-19 which has killed thousands of people in the world.

He said “We have been advocating for local solutions to the COVID-19 pandemic in Oyo State. So, as a COVID-19 survivor, I volunteered to donate my blood to be studied by our experts researching on the “Evaluation of Post Infection Protection Against SARS-COV-2 (COVID-19) in Nigeria.”

Source: https://oyoaffairs.net/covid-19-governor-seyi-makinde-volunteers-to-donate-blood-for-research/

Oyo state task force on COVID-19 has disclosed that effective from Monday 6th of April 2020, the infectious disease center Olodo would be fully operational.

The acting chairman of the task force, Professor Temitope Alonge who made this known during a press conference at the Olodo center, affirmed that the center had reached 70% completion.

Professor Alonge explained that with necessary equipment and facilities now in place, the state will be more interested in preventive measures rather than a curative approach to the pandemic.

The chairman of the task force also reeled out several facilities installed at the Intensive care unit and other units, noting that upon receipt of 500 million naira worth of testing kit, the state would be able to run about twenty tests per day.


Source: https://oyoaffairs.net/olodo-infectious-disease-centre-to-be-operational-from-monday-oyo-covid-19-task-force/

Sammy07:


All

EDUCATION

1. N60 Million BURSARY paid to the Oyo State indigenous at the Nigeria Law School.

2. 10% SCHOOL FEES REDUCTION at Emmanuel Alayande College of Education Oyo, to level up the school fees with other institution in Oyo State.

3. 10% SCHOOL FEES REDUCTION at Oyo State College of Agriculture and Technology, Igboora, to level up the school fees with other institution in Oyo State

4. N300 Million for the Polytechnic of Ibadan to secure ACCREDITATION & CAPITAL PROJECTS.

5. N500 Million SUBVENTION to LAUTECH & the inauguration of negotiation committee on the ownership.

6. CANCELLATION of N3,000 School Levies and internal exam fees in Oyo State.

7. N526 Million GRANTS to 2,500 Primary & 640 Secondary Schools in Oyo State as running costs.

8. FREE textbooks & Exercise books to Students.

9. FREE COMPENDIUM to SS3 Students in Oyo State.
10.WAEC & JAMB EXTRAMURAL Classes for SS3 Students in Oyo State.

11. Ongoing RENOVATION of Schools and PROCUREMENT of furniture.

SECURITY / HEALTH / FIRE SERVICES

1. (100) SECURITY PATROL VEHICLES donated to the Police.

2. N178.7 million for the procurement of DIGITAL COMMUNICATION equipment for security agencies.

3. Oyo State launched the State's SECURITY CODE 615 toll-free.

4. Purchase of RADIOGRAPHY & LABORATORY equipment, including the RENOVATION of operating theatre at Adeoyo State Hospital.

5. Acquisition of FIRE ENGINE for Oyo State Fire Services.


INFRASTRUCTURE: Completed & Ongoing Projects.

1. N9 billion approved by the Oyo State government towards the construction of MONIYA - ISEYIN ROAD.

2. Operation LIGHT UP IBADAN (Oyo State).

3. Repairs of all the INNER CITY ROAD by OYSROMA.



WORKERS & PENSIONERS WELFARE

1. N280 million as payment of GRATUITY to 100 retired civil servants in Oyo State.

2. N1.1 billion as payment of GRATUITY to 700 retired primary teachers and local government.

3. 10% personnel cost down due to the WORKERS VERIFICATION conducted under this administration.

4. Up to date workers SALARY.

5. N30,000 MINIMUM WAGE approved.

6. (13 MONTH) SALARY paid in December 2019.


EMPLOYMENT

Over 11,000 permanent jobs created within 9 months of the administration of His Excellency, Governor Seyi Makinde (TESCOM, HEALTH & ENVIRONMENT), and there are also seasonal jobs created as a result of the ongoing road constructions, school projects etc.


AGRICULTURE - Completed & Ongoing Projects.

1. N7.6billion approved towards ERUWA & AKUFO Farm settlements.

2. (10,000) TOMATO SACHETS SEEDS distributed to farmers.

3. PEST CONTROL equipment acquired.

Sammy07:



Remind me the project Seyi has embark on

Which of the sectors do you want me to list?

NGpatriot:
Ordinary gutter the useless social media governor neva commission, but Lagos is the biggest issue on his table..

Oyo people sure deserve this bad market they purchased with their votes.,.

He said social media governor lol. Seyi Makinde, the only name that sends cold chill down the spine of APC minions.

His transparency and manner of approach to governance has earned him the love and people won't stop praising him, something your bourdillion thief lacks.

The Oyo state government, on Wednesday, reached an agreement with the labour Union to pay the N30,000 new minimum wage.

The state government, through its Secretary, Mrs Olubanwo Adeosun, disclosed this to newsmen shortly after a closed door meeting with the labour leaders at Agodi, Secretariat, Ibadan.

Mrs Adeosun who chaired the committee to oversee the negotiation and implementation of the new minimum wage, said the least paid worker in Oyo state will earn over N30,000 monthly in agreement with the minimum wage signed at the federal level.

In a chat with Oyo Affairs correspondent, the chairman, Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Oyo state chapter, Comrade Titilola Sodo, said the implementation is immediate as government has agreed to start payment from January, 2020.

Continue Reading >>> https://oyoaffairs.net/governor-seyi-makinde-approves-n30000-as-new-minimum-wage/

As local government crisis lingers on, Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde on Wednesday met with the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, in Abuja.
The Governor, who spoke to newsmen at the premises of the Force Headquarters, stated that he had briefed the IGP on the security situation in the state.

A statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, noted that Governor Makinde declared that his administration “does not want chaos in Oyo State.”

He added that he would obey the judgment of the court once the pending appeals on the local government dissolution in the state are decided.

The Governor, who stated that as a law-abiding individual, he was ready to work with others to build a new country where the rule of law is supreme, urged everyone to be law-abiding and to ensure that they don’t do anything that would create lawlessness.

According to the Governor, he was in Abuja to meet Abubakar to discuss the issue of local government dissolution crisis in Oyo State and the Western Nigerian Security Network, codenamed Amotekun.

Governor Makinde maintained that the security network was work in progress and that the South-West governors were already operationalizing it, adding that the governors would further meet with the IG to review the situation on the intervention.

The Governor said: “We are here basically to discuss two things. You all must have heard about the issue of local government administration in Oyo State. “There is a court order yesterday restraining the IG, the CP, the AIG from giving unilateral order regarding the issue of local government administration in Oyo State.

“I came to brief the Inspector General that this is the situation. We do not want chaos in Oyo State. I personally, am law-abiding; if there is a court judgement, I would obey it and he has given me the assurance that once he gets the copy of the court order, he would do the needful.

“Secondly, everybody is aware of the issue with Amotekun; we deliberated on it and we had an agreement in principle to have the governors of the South-West meet with him to review the situation. Amotekun is work in progress, we are trying to operationalise it and in doing that, all the relevant stakeholders would have to align.

“We are trying to build a new country where the rule of law is supreme, so everybody should be law-abiding, ensure that they don’t do anything that would create lawlessness.”

Source >> https://oyoaffairs.net/governor-makinde-meets-police-ig-over-oyo-lg-crisis-amotekun/

An Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan, the State capital, on Tuesday restrained the 68 sacked council chairmen and chairmen of Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) from the forceful and illegal takeover of the council offices across the state.

The Court, presided over by Honourable Justice Moshud A.A. Abass, granted the four reliefs sought by the lead counsel to the Oyo State Government, Dr. Akin Onigbinde, SAN, including an order of interim injunction restraining the sacked chairmen from forcefully taking over the Local Government Councils or taking steps capable of causing breach of peace in the State.

The orders of interim injunction, which were granted by the Oyo State High Court followed an ex-parte motion filed by the State Government in Suit No: I/78/2020.

Also restrained were the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN; Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar; Commissioner of Police, Oyo State Command, Mr. Shina Olukolu, and the Oyo State APC chairman, Mr. Akin Oke.

The parties and their agents were restrained from taking any step that could tamper with the pending the hearing and determination of the Motion on Notice.

According to the Court, the sacked chairmen, as well as the four other defendants, their officers, agents, privies or otherwise, were restrained from taking steps that would cause a breach of peace by embarking on self-help to give effect to a letter dated 14th January 2020 with reference number HAGF/OYO/2020/VOL.I/1 issued by the Attorney General of the Federation to the sacked chairmen and the Inspector General of Police pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice.

Source: https://oyoaffairs.net/breaking-court-restrains-sacked-oyo-lg-chairmen-agf-igp-from-forceful-takeover-of-lg-offices/

The Oyo State Government, said on Sunday, that it would not allow any group of persons to throw the state into crisis as a result of the ongoing debate on the management of local governments in the state.


The State also insisted in a statement that it was insisting on the full observance of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) in relation to the ongoing controversy surrounding the dissolution of the 68 illegal local council chairmen in the State.


The State warned some individuals who have been threatening to derail the peace of the State to desist from such ruinous path or face the full wrath of the law.


The Government, in a statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Seyi Makinde, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, maintained that the Government’s position became imperative following the threats of violence by the sacked illegal chairmen and the stay-at-home order issued to all local government workers in the State by the National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE).


The statement maintained that though Government would not begrudge the NULGE for directing its members to stay away from work in response to persistent threats emanating from the sacked chairmen of local councils and LCDA, it urged all workers in the state to reject any act of brigandage by persons or groups seeking to derail the peace and progressive governance in the State.

The statement read: “The attention of the Government of Oyo State has been drawn to a sit-at-home order announced by the State Chapter of the National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE).


“The Government understands that the sit-at-home order was a response to persistent threats emanating from the sacked chairmen of local councils and Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs).


“Whereas the administration of Governor Seyi Makinde will not begrudge NULGE for seeking to preserve its members from a perceived Armageddon as promised by the sacked council chairmen, the Government would like to put it on record that it will continue to stand by the dictates of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, as amended.


“As earlier stated in a position by the State’s Attorney-General and Commissioner of Justice, Professor Oyelowo Oyewo, issues concerning the tussle over local government administration in Oyo State are before the Court of Appeal and that the two cases are scheduled for hearing on February 19, 2020.


“Any lover of peace, progress and democracy would have no problems waiting to hear from the Court on the day stated.


“We, however, urge all workers in the state to reject any act of brigandage by any persons or groups who are merely seeking to derail the peace and progressive governance that have been the lot of the State since May 29, 2019.


“We call on the workers and the teeming people of Oyo State to please ignore the threat of violence and brigandage from the sacked chairmen and rest assured that the train of unmatched groundbreaking good governance in Oyo State started by His Excellency, Governor Seyi Makinde, cannot be stopped.

Source: https://oyoaffairs.net/lg-crisis-we-wont-allow-breakdown-of-law-and-order-makinde/

The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III, has suspended the installation of Alhaji Wasiu Ayinde, Kwam 1 as Mayegun of Yorubaland.
Prince Akeem Adeyemi, the son of the monarch and the lawmaker representing Oyo federal constituency announced this in a statement on Friday, January 10th.

Prince Adeyemi said, Oyo is in a sober mood, and in the spirit of common empathy and solidarity with the Akesan market fire victims, the installation of the ace fuji musician as Mayegun has been suspended.

The installation was earlier scheduled for Monday, January 13, 2020.

“May I inform you that, in the spirit of common empathy and solidarity with the Akesan Market Fire victims, the installation of Wasiu Ayinde K1 as the Mayegun of Yorubaland, which was earlier scheduled to hold on Monday, 13th January 2020, has been summarily suspended.


‘What befell the people of Oyo, in terms of loss and ruins, is heart-wrenching.

“The institution of the Alaafin of Oyo respects the mood of the masses. We cannot be celebrating while our people are groaning in pains and utter agonies,” he said.

He said on his part, he will ensure that life comes back to Akesan market and that victims have caused to smile again.

Source >>> https://oyoaffairs.net/alaafin-of-oyo-postpones-installation-of-kwam-1-as-mayegun/

The Government of Oyo State said on Sunday that it was set to acquire 10 modern fire-fighting equipment through a competitive bidding process.


The State’s Commissioner for Infrastructure, Transportation and Public Works, Professor Raphael Afonja, who made the disclosure while undertaking an on-the-spot assessment of the fire-ravaged Akesan Market, (Oja Akesan) in Oyo town, said that the process that would lead to the acquisition of the equipment would start on Monday (today).


This position is coming on the heels of fire incidents that led to loss of lives and destruction of goods and properties worth multi-million Naira in Ibadan and Oyo, with the Governor of Oyo State, Engineer Seyi Makinde, expressing sympathy to all victims of the incident.
Earlier in a post on his Facebook and Twitter handles, Governor Makinde sympathised with the victims of the Akesan Market and promised to get to the roots of the incident.


A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Makinde, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, quoted the Governor and the Commissioner for Works as speaking on the unfortunate fire incident that ravaged Akesan market in Oyo Town in the early hours of Sunday.


The Commissioner for Works, who visited the scene of the incident with the Commissioner for Environment, Hon. Kehinde Ayoola and the Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Health, spoke at the Akesan Market and the Palace of the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III.


He stated that the Government of Engineer Makinde inherited a Fire Service Department with weakened capacity as a result of obsolete equipment.


According to him, the incumbent Government in Oyo State had flagged off a process of rehabilitating the serviceable fire-fighting trucks so as to provide immediate service to the people.
He also stated that the process of rehabilitating the inherited trucks was still ongoing when the outbreak of fire incidents occurred repeatedly.
The Commissioner said: “The last time fire-fighting equipment was procured in the state was in 2006. The present government has, however, kick-started the rehabilitation of the few serviceable fire-fighting trucks. The one that was vandalised in Oyo was just repaired the day before when it developed gear problems after returning from an assignment.



“Last month we engaged a company that will help us refurbish and salvage some of our existing trucks including the one that was vandalized in Oyo.


“We are also publishing by tomorrow (Monday) the tender request that will allow companies to bid for and supply the State with 10 modern fire-fighting trucks through an open and competitive process.”


In a post on his social media handles, Governor Makinde had commiserated with the victims of the fire incident, assuring them of his Government’s determination to end such disasters.


The Governor wrote: “I received with shock, the news of the fire outbreak at Oja Akesan in Oyo Town, in the early hours of this morning (Sunday morning). Words cannot convey my deep sadness at this incident and I sympathise with the victims. I appeal for calm as we investigate the circumstances around the unfortunate incident.”

Source: https://oyoaffairs.net/fire-incidents-oyo-to-buy-10-fire-fighting-trucks/

Popular Fuji star, King Wasiu Ayinde Marshall, on Friday visited the Alaafin Of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III over Mayegun Chieftaincy title.


Accompanied by Osolo of Isolo land in Lagos, Kwam 1 thanked the revered monarch and the Oyo people for the chieftaincy title, Mayegun Of Yorubaland.

Information seen on the official Facebook page of Alaafin of Oyo, the installation date has been slated for January 13th 2020.

A source said Kwam 1 will be the first person to get the Mayegun title in Yorubaland.

King Marshall, the Ijebu-born fuji star and Talaso crooner, is a choice musician among peers in Nigeria.

Source: https://oyoaffairs.net/kwam-1-visits-alaafin-thanks-oyo-people-over-chieftaincy-title/

Oyo State Governor, Engr Seyi Makinde, on Monday, signed the 2020 appropriation bill into law, the first budget under the PDP-led government after the 2019 general elections.


The signing ceremony held at Executive chamber, Governor’s Office Secretariat, Ibadan.

The governor was flocked by Commissioner for Budget and Planning, Hon. Adeniyi Farinto, deputy governor, Engr Rauf Olaniyan; Speaker Oyo State House of Assembly, Hon Debo Ogundoyin; Secretary to the State Government, Mrs Olubamiwo Adeosun and Commissioner for Finance, Mr Akiola Ojo held at Executive chamber, Governor’s Office Secretariat, Ibadan.

Last month, Governor Makinde presented a N208.8 billion Appropriation Bill for the 2020 fiscal year to the State House of Assembly.

The Oyo House of Assembly, jerked it up to the sum of N213,788,033,002.97, an increase of about N5 billion.

As presented by Chairman, House Committee on Public Accounts, Finance and Appropriation, Honourable Kehinde Olatunde, at plenary, the budget is composed of a recurrent expenditure of N110.427,855,990 billion and capital expenditure of N103.360,177,083.97 billion.

Presenting the report, Olatunde said the budget will be better implemented if the board of internal revenue blocks leakages in collection of taxes, incorporates the informal sector and automates tax collection.

As drafted by the executive, the approved budget sees the highest sums allocated to public infrastructure and public works, education, health and agriculture.

Continue Reading >>> https://oyoaffairs.net/governor-seyi-makinde-signs-2020-budget-into-law/

Oyo State House of Assembly today reads out the names of the Local Government and Local Community Development Areas caretaker committee today, 16th of December, 2019.

The names of the caretaker committee which is 68 in numbers where contained in a message sent by the executive arm of government led by Engr. Seyi Makinde.

Governor Makinde sent 33 names of the caretakers and 35 names for the newly created LCDAs.

Shortlisted names for local government and Local Council Development Areas includes :

Olorunsogo Igbeti- Chief ayandeyi ayantunji

Saki West – Dabiri Sarafadeen

Oluyole – Akorede Wahab kazeem.

Ogbomoso central seun adeyinka

Omi Adio LCDA- Sheriff adeoojo

Ibadan North Akintayo

Ibadan East LCDA Hon Babalola

South east – Alhajo Kehinde eboda

Ibnw ramon adepoju

Saki West Dabiri. Sarafadeen

Surelere Maruff Gbadamosi

Orile igbon – Sarafadeen olatunde muhammed

Afijio west – Akinyele sunday ojo

Akinyele West, Adedeji Akinbo

Orire North Wahab Kareem

Orire Centre Bankole Diya

Oyo west Akeem Olukitibi

Surulere – Moroof gbadamosi

Oko – Sharafadeen Babatunde Muhammed

Surelere 2 – Akingbite Isiah

Oyo South East – Yunusa Alaka

Oriire south – luckman majekobaje

Irepo Kisi – Akindiran Sulaimon

Ibadan south east – Alh Kehinde Ayoola

Kajola – Alah Salmon Afolabi

Omi Adio Sherif Abiodun

Saki East – Adetunwa Rahamat

Orire south – lukmon

Ido – Saka Fasola

Ogbomoso South west Amusa Damilare Gideo

Ogbomoso central Seun Adeyinka

Ogo Oluwa – Akala Adam

Igbeti – Chief Ayodeyi

Igbeti – Chief Ayodeyi Ayotunji

Alahji Sanusi Musibau Adesina

Oluyole Idiayunre – Olaide Popoola

Ona Ara – Alh Sanusi musibau Adesina

READ Oyo Govt Ask Transporters, Traders to Leave Ojoo, Move to Akinyele
Inukan – Adekunle Balogun

Orelope Igboho – Yakuub Adesola

Saki East – Soliu Johnson Busayo

Saki West – Rev. Adeleke Tajudeen
Atisbo Tede – Dr. Mudasiru Adepoju

Atisbo South Mokanjuola Joel Ayoola

Atiba – Ibrahim Sulaimon Akinkunmi

Egbeda – Sanda Sikiru

Egbeda – Sanda Sikiru
Egbeda Ajorosun Dr. Amos Olawoyin
Ibadan north Are Latosa – Kazeem Osaniyi
Ibadan North – Alahji Waheed Akani

Irepodun – Yinka Oladimeji

Ibadan East – Abiodun BabalolaThe executive arm further request the Honorable house to screen and approve the name of the above listed nominees. Speaker of the Oyo state House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Adebo Ogundoyin said 6 names are expected which are names of the secretary and other 5 members.

Source: https://oyoaffairs.net/names-of-oyo-lg-lcda-caretaker-chairmen-nominees-full-list/

…welfare of security officers ‘ll be top priority-Makinde

The Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, on Tuesday, launched the 100 security patrol vehicles his government earlier purchased to enhance security operations in the State.

Governor Makinde, who equally launched the State’s Security Code 615, declared that the welfare of security officials would be the top priority of his administration.

A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, quoted the Governor as making the declaration at a brief event to mark the distribution of the 100 Kia Rio units to security agencies in the state.

According to the Governor, with the launch of the sophisticated gadgets and communication tools in the vehicles, criminals would have no place to hide in the state.


The statement further added that the government of Oyo State was bent on keeping the State safe, so as to ensure that those who come to do business in the state can sleep with two eyes closed.

The Governor described the launching of the vehicles as a milestone in the State, adding that the welfare of security officers will be given top priority.

The Governor maintained that criminal elements in the State were in for a tough time, because the security agencies now have Oyo State covered in terms of communication equipment and other gadgets.

He equally tasked security officers to be ready and up to the task to combat crimes in the State.

He said: “This administration is resting on four pillars and one of the pillars is security. We want people to come into Oyo State and feel secure. We want them to come in here, sleep with their two eyes closed.

“In furtherance of our administration’s vision for a safe Oyo State, we are here to launch these security patrol vehicles. The men are ready. They are no-nonsense officers and men. So, criminals are now in for it in Oyo State, if they ever try to come in here, I believe we are up to the task.

“I thank our service commanders for their cooperation for contributing the officers and men that will carry out this task to secure Oyo State for us. We have Oyo State covered in terms of communication, which is a new one. It means that no matter where in Oyo State, we will get criminals. I can’t wait to see officers chase criminals down the streets with the siren blaring because they now have everything that is required of them to do their job.

“I can assure the officers that their welfare will be the top priority for us. So, on this note, we will give the vehicles out and start looking at how the criminal elements will ‘pick race’ from Oyo State.”

Earlier, the Special Adviser on Security to the Governor and Executive Secretary, Oyo State Security Trust Fund (OYSSTF), Commissioner of Police Fatai Owoseni (rtd), maintained that security patrol vehicles being launched had been equipped with state-of-the-art security equipment.

He added that Governor Makinde had also approved the upgrade of communication equipment of the police to be able to reach the hinterlands of the State.

Owoseni said: “One of the cardinal pillars of Governor Makinde’s administration is security and, in furtherance, it is your commitment that the security operation of Oyo State will be improved. Consequently, when you marked your 100 days in office, 100 motor vehicles were procured, among other things, to bridge the security infrastructure gap of the security agencies in Oyo State. In addition to that, some security equipment were procured, because, without the equipment, the vehicles won’t be useful.


“Also, the Governor has kindly approved that communication gadgets should be installed in those vehicles including the upgrading of the communication infrastructure of the Nigerian Police in the State to enable us to reach as far as Saki and our border areas, which the State did not have before. We are here today, Your Excellency, with all the enablement you have provided, including the light-up project that the State has kick-started, which also has an impact on security.

“The vehicles are ready for the operatives who will man them to be deployed to identify key areas in the whole of Oyo State.”

Source: https://oyoaffairs.net/oyo-govt-launches-distributes-100-security-vehicles/

…..Assures Inmates of Total Freedom.

The Oyo state governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, this Tuesday, paid on the spot assessment visit to An Illegal correctional centre discovered by the state police command at Ojoo, Ibadan, on Monday.


The governor visited the scene of the incident at Ojoo, Ibadan amongst top government officials.

Speaking with the over 200 inmates relocated to the proposed OYTMA headquaters at Sanyo, Ibadan, Governor Makinde assured the inmates of total freedom.


Oyo Affairs correspondent, report that – the one storey building and two other building facilities including Olore Central Mosque where over 259 inmates were chained and maltreated have been sealed by the state Bureau of Physical and Development Control.

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The Chairman of the Oyo State Internal Revenue Service (OYSIRS), John Adeleke, has disclosed that the state’s monthly internally-generated revenue (IGR) has moved from N1.3 billion to N2.7 billion.


Mr Adeleke made the disclosure on Monday at a press briefing organised by a group known as ‘Friends of Seyi Makinde’, held at the Ministry of Information, Secretariat, Agodi, Ibadan.

He said OYSIRS would build on the progress already recorded, adding “we intend to keep on with this trajectory and follow the steady growth until we are able to double the IGR from where we met it, within our first year in office.

“We have to rise up to the occasion to ensure that the administration of Gov. Seyi Makinde has all the resources required to prosecute its various programmes,” he said.

Mr Adeleke said a lot of resources was required for government to actualise its programmes, noting that the governor was firmly focused in moving the people of the state from poverty to prosperity.

“Because of this; the internally revenue service of the state is fully committed to, not just enhancing revenue but also, ensuring a revolution in revenue generation activities of the state.

“We have played the ground work, and we believe our efforts so far are bearing fruits.

“We are going to be very creative in the way we collect IGR in the state, blocking all leakages and ensuring that we move with modern technology in order to collect our revenue more effectively and efficiently,” he said.

The chairman further stated that OYSIRS would be engaging those in the informal sector so as to bring them into the tax net.

Mr Adeleke reiterated the determination and commitment of the present administration to improving the living standard of the people.

Source: https://oyoaffairs.net/oyo-govt-raises-monthly-igr-to-n2-7-billion-from-n1-3-billion/

The government of Oyo state approved a bill of N11billion by a contractor for clearing of the bush on the pathway of a 32km circular road, the total cost of which appears equally scandalous.

The contract with ENL Consortium for the road was signed in 2017 during the administration of Abiola Ajimobi and the N67billion cost has upset the incumbent Governor Seyi Makinde, who believes it is grossly inflated.

The governor in a fit of anger about the snail-speed work on the road, initially issued a stop-work order, but has rescinded the decision and asked the contractor to deliver the road as scheduled in 2020.

The new order was made even after the governor found that the contractor claimed N5billion as the cost of four or five culverts, an average of N1 billion per culvert.

The road itself will cost an average of N2billion per kilometre, according to PMNewsNigeria.

Makinde believed the entire road contract was a rip off on the Oyo treasury and that the job was overestimated by N53billion.


When he visited the road project last week, Makinde initially ordered a stop work order, after he found that the contractor has only done 5.5 % of the job, after two years.

He changed his mind after a review meeting held between officials of the state government and the ENL Consortium.

Taiwo Adisa, the governor’s spokesman said the road is being done on Build, Operate And Transfer Basis.

Adisa’s statement further read: “The Ibadan Circular Project is a 32-kilometre road contract awarded by the immediate past administration under a Build Operate and Transfer concessionaire arrangement at the cost of N67 billion.

“However, discoveries by the incumbent administration in Oyo State have confirmed that besides the extremely slow pace of work on the contract which meant that only 5.5 percent of work had been done in two and a half years, sections of the cost quoted may be apparently unjustifiable.


“For instance, documents at the disposal of Oyo State Government indicate that the ENL Consortium originally quoted N14 billion as the contract sum, whereas the former government went ahead to sign the contract at N67 billion.

“Again, the sum of 11 billion is being quoted for clearance of the bush on the 32-kilometre stretch of the road, while the same consortium is claiming to have spent the sum of N5 billion on some four or five culverts.

Source: https://oyoaffairs.net/how-ajimobi-approved-n11billion-for-bush-clearing-for-32km-circular-road/

The Governor of Oyo State, Engineer Seyi Makinde, has rescinded a stop-work order he earlier issued on the Ibadan Circular Road project.


The Governor, in issuing the fresh order, said that the decision came after a review meeting held between officials of the state government and the ENL Consortium.


He has, therefore, given a May 2020 deadline to the company to deliver the project in line with the original three-year contract.


A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Makinde, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, quoted the Governor as saying that despite the fact that the first instinct would have been to revoke the contract based on the inexplicable slow pace of work and a number of identifiable irregularities, he would want the company to deliver the contract in line with the original contract they signed in 2017.


The statement cautioned political interests who are jumping into the fray of arguments on the 32-kilometre road contract to desist from playing to the gallery just in an attempt to get counted as ‘opposition voices.’


“Opposition in a democracy is meant to be constructive and reasonable and not a set of characters that defend underhand dealings and shady activities.


“A number of issues don’t look straight on the Ibadan Circular Road Project, ranging from the cost of the contract to the capacity of the consortium and eventual value for money realities.


“It is preposterous for any political party or group to jump at such a critical issue without being abreast of the facts of the matter and by merely trying to play to the card of unbridled opposition.


“Governor Seyi Makinde has, therefore, given the ENL Consortium, the go-ahead to complete the project by May 2020 as specified in the contractual agreement it signed with Oyo State Government,” the statement read.


The decision to rescind the stop work order came on the heels of a follow-up meeting at the State Secretariat, Agodi, Ibadan shortly after the Governor conducted an inspection tour of the project.


The statement further read: “The Ibadan Circular Project is a 32-kilometre road contract awarded by the immediate past administration under a Build Operate and Transfer concessionaire arrangement at the cost of N67 billion.


“However, discoveries by the incumbent administration in Oyo State have confirmed that besides the extremely slow pace of work on the contract which meant that only 5.5 percent of work had been done in two and a half years, sections of the cost quoted may be apparently unjustifiable.


“For instance, documents at the disposal of Oyo State Government indicate that the ENL Consortium originally quoted N14 billion as the contract sum, whereas the former government went ahead to sign the contract at N67 billion.


“Again, the sum of 11 billion is being quoted for clearance of the bush on the 32-kilometre stretch of the road, while the same consortium is claiming to have spent the sum of N5 billion on some four or five culverts


“Governor Makinde considers the project to be very strategic to the economic expansion agenda of his Government, and therefore ordered that since the consortium now claims to now have the required funding, they could as well deliver the project by May 2020, in line with the contract they signed in 2017.


“The decision to allow the consortium run out its contract through was informed by the need not to plunge the State into needless legal battles and thereby cause encumbrances that can hinder the development of the State.


“The State government is ready to hold ENL Consortium to its words and the dictates of the contractual agreement on the road. It is expected that the Consortium would put in place all things necessary to ensure it delivers on the terms of the all-important contract.”

Source: https://oyoaffairs.net/ibadan-circular-roadmakinde-rescinds-stop-work-order/

Governor Seyi Makinde has ordered the contractor handling over N65 billion Naira Construction of Ibadan Circular road to stop work at the site with immediate effect.

The Governor gave the order this Thursday after paying on-the-spot inspection to the ongoing construction of the Ibadan Circular road.

Makinde Orders Contractor Handling Over N65Billion Ibadan Circular Road To Stop
Governor Makinde expressed his displeasure over the level of work done at the site despite the huge amount vested into the project by the last administration.


He stressed that the road was approved to the contractor two years ago by the immediate administration but no tangible construction has been carried since awarded

According to him, Government under his watch will not tolerate any forms of contract delay and that Road construction work given to contractor must done within the stipulated time.

Source: https://oyoaffairs.net/makinde-orders-contractor-handling-over-n65billion-ibadan-circular-road-to-stop/

The Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU), Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) branch, has given reasons for preventing movement into the institution’s premises in the early hours of Wednesday.

The Nigeria News Agency reports that the union had, on Wednesday morning, locked all the institution’s gates, thus preventing students, lecturers and other members of staff from gaining access.

Speaking in a telephone interview within Iseyin, the institution’s NASU Chairman, Mr Joel Oyewande, said the action was provoked by non-payment of two months’ salary, promotion arrears and leave bonus, among others.

“We have several reasons to go on strike, but we just staged a protest today. Although we have allowed some people to enter the university premises, the gate will still be locked until they pay us our two months’ salary.

“The students have been allowed to write their examinations because we don’t want them to suffer unduly; but, this is just a protest for now; it may take a new dimension if they don’t pay us now.

“We urge all well-meaning Nigerians to help appeal to Osun State government to pay our two months’ salary. The arrangement is that Oyo will pay from January to June and Osun from July to December.

“Oyo state has always fulfilled its own obligations but Osun will always come up with excuses. This is not fair; we too have families and dependants to cater for,” he said.

Source: https://oyoaffairs.net/lautech-help-us-beg-osun-state-to-pay-our-salary-nasu-begs-nigerians/

Government has declared the sale of 38 semi-detached units of bungalow and abandoned land situated at Carlton Gate Estate, Akobo, Ibadan, to members of the public, including Civil Servants at the rate of 7.5 Million Naira.
The declaration was made by the State’s Commissioner for Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Abiodun Abdu-Raheem, while briefing Oyo Affairs correspondent, after the 5th state executive meeting at the Secretariat in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital.

The Commissioner said further that the modalities for the sale of the property will be laid out emphasizing that the forms for the sale would be obtained at the Ministry of Land, Housing and Urban development.

Abiodun Abdu-Raheem, however, noted that he would visit other Government Reserved Areas on Thursday in line with the current Administration’s efforts for possible land settlement in Oyo state.

Source: https://oyoaffairs.net/oyo-government-declares-sale-of-38-semi-detached-houses/

The French government has reiterated its readiness to partner with the Oyo state government to boost its economy with Agric value chain.

This was disclosed by the France Ambassador to Nigeria, Jerome Pasquier, this Tuesday.

Governor Seyi Makinde with delegation from France
Pasquier who led members of the French delegation to the governor’s office, Agodi, secretariat, Ibadan said plans are already underway to partner with the state government in executing its Agric blueprint.

In his remark, Governor Seyi Makinde appreciated the French delegation for their timely visit. And promised the delegates a mutual business relationship.

Source: https://oyoaffairs.net/agriculture-france-government-sets-to-help-oyo-state-boost-its-economy/

The Oyo state governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde has ordered the refund of 28million naira levies said to have been extorted from indigent pupils and students in the state by the immediate past administration back to their parents and guardians.

The governor stated this through the state Commissioner for Education, Professor Daud Sangodoyin, this Tuesday, while briefing newsmen at the end of 2nd executive council meeting. He revealed that plans are already underway to ensure that all parents and guardians get back the N3,000 naira refund which was imposed by the last administration.

He added that the distribution of the customized exercise books prepared for the pupils and students in government own citadel of learning would commence on Monday, September 16, 2019.

He, however, noted that any teacher who sacrifices his/her time in the newly established coaching hours for the senior secondary school students in government own schools would be entitled to the honorarium.

Also speaking to the press, was the state commissioner for information and natural resources, Hon. Kehinde Ayoola who stated that the 26 thousand hectares of prime forest resources illegally acquired by some individuals of the immediate past government of Oyo state be revoked.

Ayoola said the decision became necessary to prevent ecological disasters already predicted by the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA). Saying, it is ungodly for anyone to reduce the size of the forest and acquire it for his or her personal use.

He further said, the 26thousand hectares of land in the hands of some individuals almost caused the state to lose a whooping sum of grant wanted to be given to it by the United Nations to expand its forestry reserve. And to protect the interest of Oyo residents, it is paramount to put a stop to some individuals who are interested in looting the common patrimony of the state.

Source: https://oyoaffairs.net/governor-makinde-orders-return-of-n28million-education-levies-extorted-from-parents/

The edifice housing this foundation is located very close to and in fact shares common borders with Adeoyo State Hospital.

The first thing that strikes you is the intendment of the sponsors of the foundation. The Foundation is actually expected to take advantage of the inadequacies of the State Hospital, from where it gets referrals.

The sad thing is that the very sponsor of the foundation, taking advantage of the poor state of the Adeoyo State Hospital, for personal gains, is the very man whose responsibility it was as governor, to ensure a functional hospital for the people of Oyo State.

Some have said the Foundation belongs to Ajimobi’s wife, who is not a medical doctor. But, in Nigeria, that excuse is understandable under the circumstance.

In other words, Ajimobi was elected as governor by the people and entrusted the duty of developing the State including the provision of affordable health care delivery services. It will be unconscionable and indeed reprehensible if that trust was abused as the instant case portends.

For the eight years Ajimobi misruled Oyo State, Oyo State hospitals were in a sorry state and sight. In Adeoyo Hospital, for instance, health care delivery was a mirage. Going to the hospital for medical care was tantamount to committing suicide.

The hospital, under Ajimobi’s watch, became a shadow of its former self, being even less than a mere dispensing centre.

To make up for the loss of State Hospitals, Ajimobi and/or his wife established “Ajimobi BASIC Medical Care Foundation”; the failure of Adeoyo State Hospital became their gain, while they held sway as governor and First Lady.

The Adeoyo State Hospital was so pitiable that it was rumoured that Doctors and other paramedics of the State Hospital resorted to farming to survive. Patients too had to bring their beddings and candles to provide illumination. But, AJIMOBI BASIC MEDICAL CARE Foundation was bustling; business was good!

The questions begging for answers are:

1. How could a governor earning N650,000 per month build such edifices and equipped with state of the art equipment, while still serving as governor?
2. If it was built by the Ajimobi and/or his wife, who is not a medical doctor, where did the funding come from?
3. Is it permissible under extant laws for a governor and/or his wife to engage in such a business venture while still serving?
4. Does it not amount to an abuse of privilege for the governor and/or his wife, while serving and not earning any outside income, to establish such a business venture?
5. By establishing Ajimobi Basic Medical Care Foundation either by himself or by proxy, has Ajimobi not thereby allowed his personal interest to influence his official conduct and/or decisions in contravention of his oath of office?
It is common knowledge that Ajimobi’s election in 2011 in his bid for Agodi was sponsored by well-wishers. Indeed a friend of mine, Late Captain Bolaji, contributed a million naira to his campaign fund. If his salary was N650,000 per month, where did the funding for Ajimobi Basic Medical Care Foundation come from? The answer may not be far fetched, thanks to his goons in their effort to discredit the new governor.

I read a post by some of these goons of N4.6b that was appropriated by the Ajimobi led administration for the purchase of equipment for Oyo State Hospitals in 2017, just about the time Ajimobi Basic Medical Care Foundation was established. Isn’t it rather suspicious the Foundation’s birth coincided with the release of this fund by the Ajimobi led administration?

If Obasanjo’s library was, according to him, funded by his friends after he left office, I think it is only appropriate that AJIMOBI BASIC MEDICAL CARE FOUNDATION, which was established while Ajimobi was still governor of Oyo State, requires some explanation too!

The EFCC and/ICPC MUST as a matter of priority take inventory of the N4.6b hospital equipment supposedly purchased by Ajimobi’s administration in 2017, to ensure that the people have not been shortchanged.

Where it is found that the money meant for the upgrading of State Hospitals was misappropriated, the carpetbagger must be made to pay by forfeiting Ajimobi Basic Medical Care Foundation to the Oyo State Government.

Source: https://oyoaffairs.net/why-ajimobi-must-forfeit-medical-center-to-oyo-government/

Oyo State Government on Sunday evening said the ban on the state chapter of the National Union of Road Transport Workers is still effective

The government spoke against the backdrop of alleged invasion of the state Secretariat of the NURTW at Agbowo area in Ibadan, along Lagos-Ibadan expressway.

They however urge the union members not to dare the police and other security agencies in their effort to restore peace and sanity in the state

Reacting to a question on the invasion of the union’s Secretariat and forceful takeover of motor parks by some faction, the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr. Taiwo Adisa said, “the union activities remain banned.”

Adisa who spoke to reporters at the Iyaganku Secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Journalists said, “yes, we got the information of the invasion of NURTW office by a faction.

“The police had assured the state government of adequate provision of protection to the lives and property of our people.

“When government placed ban on NURTW, it remains in force and they should not take government for granted.

“The police are on ground and whoever breaches law will face the wrath of the law,” he added.

Makinde had in June proscribed NURTW in the state

Speaking on the achievemets of Governor Makinde in 100 daya Adisa said the government has set an unprecedented record in the history of the state and would ensure people of the state have a better taste of government .

Adisa said in couple of weeks the government will flagged of the revoked ibadan -Iseyin road and other projects across the state.

Source: https://oyoaffairs.net/nurtw-activities-still-remain-banned-in-oyo-makinde/