The All Progressives Congress, APC has taken the lead, as collation of results in the Osun West Senatorial District by-election to replace Senator Isiaka Adeleke who died on April 23 begins to trickle in from the polling units.

Election had closed in most polling units as early as 2pm. INEC had announced during a stakeholders meeting organised for political parties contesting the election that accreditation and voting will take place simultaneously.

Most of the polling unit visited by our reporter shows that voting commenced as early as 8am, and its een to be largely peaceful.

It was observed that most people trouped out to vote for the candidates of the two main political parties contesting the election.

Whilst the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP candidate, Otunba Demola Adeleke who casted his vote as early as 8:44am got more votes from Ede axis his main base, the All Progressives Congress, APC Candidate, Sen. Mudashir Husain his leading in at least 7 local governments from the results collated to far.

We would bring you more details as they emerge...

http://www.theparadigmng.com/2017/07/08/liveupdate-apc-leads-results-trickles-10-lgas-osunwestdecides/

Collation of results is presently ongoing in the Osun West Senatorial District by-election to replace Senator Isiaka Adeleke who died on April 23.

OsunDefender notes that the most people trouped out to vote for the candidates of the two main political parties contesting the election.

Whilst the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP candidate, Otunba Demola Adeleke who casted his vote as early as 8:44am got more votes from Ede axis his main base, the All Progressives Congress, APC Candidate, Sen. Mudashir Husain  his leading in at least 7 local governments from the results collated to far.

We would bring you more details as they emerge...

What is the problem of this set of hypocrites?

The governor has assured everyone one that they will all be taken care of. Why is this notorious group allowing the PDP to use them for siniter purposes?

Contrary to claims by this section of NMA, the government has actually invested massively in rehabilitating hospitals in the state. The funding of the health sector has also increased year on year as can be seen in the budgets.

Osun has second highest number of primary healthcare centres in the country and the state continues to work to improve the health sector.

In Osun, they are paid modulated salaries even till April 2017, the governor has not missed one... in some states, they have not earned anything for 12-15 months.

olaezebala:



Point of clarification, only part of the sowing is done in Osogbo and major bunk of the clothing is done in Lagos. The deal no matter how u want to paint it is a loss-loss situation to osun people.

1. Many tailors rely on sewing new uniforms at the beginning of every term to make ends meet which is no more possible.
2. Some schools sell uniforms to students by that generating income which is not possible anymore.
3. Many cloth dealer import varieties of school wears in large quantity cause they are sure of selling at the beginning of season/terms and are now out of job. (Go to Idi Seke now and sample opinion)
4. Osun government gave out free land to a company it doesn't have any stack in for free.
5. If another regime with brain comes in and reverse back to schools having different uniform then the investment of Aregbe as he claimed is a waste.
6. Aregbe claimed to have spent 1.2 billion on OSun Garment industry which too me is a complete waste of scarce money cause why spend so much on a private company?


in the words of the owner of sam and sara "On how they came about the name “Omoluabi”, Mrs Oyemade said: “The name came up because they gave us land. That is the only state equity in the business. Through this project, the government has empowered a lot of women who sell our uniform on retail, and youths who work in our factory. When we won the bid, we brought about 500 youths to our factory in Lagos for training. We got expatriates from China to train them on how to use modern equipment for garment making. The training cost us enormous money and the BoI had to give us a special fund for it. At present, our factory has provided jobs for about 3,000 Osun youths."

"http://thenationonlineng.net/firm-clarifies-ownership-of-omoluabi-garment/"

You are a LIAR! Link says the company has denied that it is owned by the governor's wife.

The state gave the company land for 25% equity in it. The company I gather is now worth over 3bn... 25% of 3bn is what belongs to the state government now, NOT Aregbesola nor any of his family member you liar.

Keneking:
Ok...

OsunLagRice loading

- extreme poor merchandising of the product. Is Osun that poor in marketing?

Apparently, the best brains are developing Lagos starring:

+Tinubu
+Akande
+ others

Where is the sense in this comment? Who told you they have finished processing the product? Cool down, let them start selling to the public first.

Olril18:

the same osun state that finished 32nd in last WAEC?
LOL

Liar! WAEC never ranks states.

That was a liar from the media.

Osun has been doing well and improving on WASSCE performace since Aregbesola came in...

tollyboy5:

abeg don't compare when it comes to lagos I can't imagine ambode displaying primary schools as achievement . they are school better than that but that's not achievement worth can celebraring . you guyz are making it look as if its only lagos and Ogun state that know how to invest money on capital project . smh for you guyz

More photos of roads in Osun o.

Aregbesola, please continue your good work, all doubting Thomases who sit on bedbug infested mattress in their homes can continue to run brainless propaganda or come to Osogbo and all other local governments and confirm the roads listed...

tollyboy5:

abeg don't compare when it comes to lagos I can't imagine ambode displaying primary schools as achievement . they are school better than that but that's not achievement worth can celebraring . you guyz are making it look as if its only lagos and Ogun state that know how to invest money on capital project . smh for you guyz

Please I beg you, come to Osogbo and all the local governments and confirm the roads listed...

tollyboy5:

abeg don't compare when it comes to lagos I can't imagine ambode displaying primary schools as achievement . they are school better than that but that's not achievement worth can celebraring . you guyz are making it look as if its only lagos and Ogun state that know how to invest money on capital project . smh for you guyz

More photos of roads in Osun o.

Come to Osogbo and all the local governments and confirm the roads listed...

tollyboy5:

abeg don't compare when it comes to lagos I can't imagine ambode displaying primary schools as achievement . they are school better than that but that's not achievement worth can celebraring . you guyz are making it look as if its only lagos and Ogun state that know how to invest money on capital project . smh for you guyz

More photos of road in Osun o

tollyboy5:

abeg don't compare when it comes to lagos I can't imagine ambode displaying primary schools as achievement . they are school better than that but that's not achievement worth can celebraring . you guyz are making it look as if its only lagos and Ogun state that know how to invest money on capital project . smh for you guyz

More photos

tollyboy5:

abeg don't compare when it comes to lagos I can't imagine ambode displaying primary schools as achievement . they are school better than that but that's not achievement worth can celebraring . you guyz are making it look as if its only lagos and Ogun state that know how to invest money on capital project . smh for you guyz

You need to be schooled. You need information because your brain is deformed. As an engineer, capital projects tops Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola's priority list. For your information, like many projects that is now being copied by the federal government from Osun, his Excellency, Governor of Lagos Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode also copied his model of doing LG roads from Osun.

Whiles Lagos did 114 roads of less than 60km, Osun did around 290km in 30 local governments, and that's just LG roads. that almost 10km per LG.

Photos of it abounds on the internet, but I know you are too lazy to google, so I have helped you placed them here.

Governor Rauf Aregbesola was pictured yesterday at the Episcopal Ordination of RRM Oyejola as the new Bishop of Osogbo, Osun State.

The representative of the Catholic Church Pope, Papa Nuncio, Most Reverend Augustine Kasujja, has commended Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola for his extreme spirit of solidarity, cordiality and hospitality.

The international religious cleric also applauded the state government for adopting policies that facilitated equity among the members of the existing religions.

Rev. Kasujja who led the delegation of the Catholic Church, made the state during a courtesy call to the state governor, at government house, Osogbo.

The cleric stated that the antecedents of the present administration in the state was a clear manifestation to the fact that, Osun remains one of the states in the country with high level religious tolerance.

Rev. Kasujja who described Governor Aregbesola as a religious peacemaker, said the Governor's reception is very exceptional even in spite the fact that he is a muslim.

The cleric applauded the state for resorting to dialogue whenever there is misunderstanding, saying greater impacts of the state on religious propagation would be forever commended.

He averred that the process of dialogue in solving disputes and related issues had over the years contributed significantly towards the mutually beneficial relationship between and among the various faiths in the state.

Rev. Kasujja who described dialogue as the only mechanism to avert violence, pledged catholic's commitment to continuous spirit of dialogue in resolving issues.

He called on the adherents of all religions to champion dialogue as the only tool capable of restoring peace, love unity and togetherness, saying any attempt to wave this off, the society is doomed and crumbled.

Rev. Kasujja said very individual must as a matter of necessity seeks peace, adding that once it missing, one is demanding for vendetta which according to him can cause unavoidable societal catastrophe.

He said, "the essence of life is love and every human being must brace up this indispensable valuable to ensure peaceful cohabitation.

"By extension, every human being is created to propagate the continuity of the existing peace and as well ascertain and maintain peaceful co-existence among themselves.

"Based on these reasonable reasons, all religious adherents must imbibe the noble spirit of dialogue for better mediation and reconciliation whenever there is natural misunderstanding.

"We must accept and tolerate one another's beliefs as we are created to relate without any form of violence.

Rev. Kasujja lamented over the state of education in Africa, saying there is a need for government at all levels to come up with a modality that would transform the state of education across the continent.

He therefore sought for more cooperation and support from government at various levels, saying once government does the needful, the socioeconomic, religious, political and cultural matters are solved.

According to him, " it is unfortunate that most of the schools now are not in the right positions, but we believe strongly that with sincere change in our attitude, things would get better.

Earlier, the Catholic Bishop of Ibadan Diocese, Reverend Gabriel Leke Abegunrin, described the current government as the great supporter of the Catholic Church.

He attributed the support and collaboration being received from the state government to what he regarded as strong commitment of Governor Aregbesola to religious' propagation.

Rev. Abegunrin who commended the efforts of the present government in maintaining peace and unity amidst diverse religious faithful, said it is on record that Osun remains one of the states in Nigeria that have done justice to the existing religions.

According to him, "I am happy that Osun government under the leadership of Governor Aregbesola has proven the required sincerity and justice to religions as expected from any leader whatsoever.

"Obviously Osun government is a great supporter of our church. The government has already established a very unique, robust and healthy relationship not only to Catholic members or muslims, but by extension, the christian community and other religious faithful.

Rev. Abegunrin who charged residents of the state on the need to promote love, unity and co-existence irrespective of religious differences, advocated religious tolerance as the major instrument to put an end to the current religious challenges.

Rev. Abegunrin who condemned in its entirety the alleged religious crisis that trailed the judgment of the State High Court over the right to wear hijab by the female muslim pupils in the public schools, said if dialogue had been given its best place by the protesting set of the christian community, the matter wouldn't have escalated.

The religious leader who described the court order as valid, said not until a court injunction is being proved otherwise by an higher court, such verdict remains valid.

He noted that the only way out for whoever feels being dissatisfied with the court injunction was to approach a superior court and file an appeal towards the lower court judgment, saying the case of hijab would have put to rest if the aggrieved had taken a legal direction.

Rev. Abegunrin pointed out that the court injunction which had created a lot of disaffection among the members of the populace due to over anticipation, would have been intellectually averted if proper steps had been taken.

He called on the people to always address issues with passion especially issues that bother on religions, saying proper understanding of the constitutional procedure in seeking a redress, would in greater measure helps to avoid unnecessary societal fracas.

The cleric described catholic community as a peace-loving religious body, saying as far as christianity is concerned, there is no room for violence.

Rev. Abegunrin who declared as uncalled for, the wearing of ceremonial garments to schools by the christian pupils, adding that such act amounts to a complete religious aberration.

In his remarks, the Governor of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola who commended the leadership of the Catholic Church, said no efforts would be spared to ensure peace and tranquility in the state.

Governor Aregbesola said peaceful co-existence among the citizenry remains un-negotiable, emphasizing that his government would do all it could to continuously foster desired cordiality, love and peace among the religious faithful.

The Governor reiterated his determination to continuously prioritizing justice and equity among the existing religion, noting that his government had never accorded preference to any religion.

According to him, "We have no ill-feelings to any set of religion as we strongly believe that religion is an instrument of refinement and instrument of developing capacity for human beings.

"Our government also believe that religion is an instrument of testing human beings to restrict provocation towards the development of every human being for higher spiritual attainment.

"Therefore, when religions failed to do these, there is a need to challenge the adherents of such religion.

Governor Aregbesola canvassed love as the only mechanism to entrench peaceful relationship between and among the people of diverse religious philosophy.

He said, "As a matter of fact, all founders of religions today need love to centralize faith into their religions, thus, there is no other means at all as to love and compassion.

"The cardinal focus of all religions is love. Though differences occur in the methodology of attaining goals.

"I am always disturbed when we human beings discriminate, develop hatred and so on against their faiths because to me, I believe strongly that there is no iota of doubt in the sense that religion means love, compassion, unity and accommodation.

Governor Aregbesola who supported his claims with three fundamental religious facts, said faith, hope and love must not be undermined in any of the existing religions.

According to him, "There are three fundamental factors that enshrines religion, such as faith, hope and love and as big as they are, love is most superior because it brings comfortability, peace, unity, togetherness and tranquility.

"Obviously, love is the end of all loss and as a matter of fact, no religion should skip this vital instrument in its orthodoxical doctrines, principles and standards.

Governor Aregbesola therefore promised to continuously build healthy relationship among the religious adherents.

"Catholic church has been particularly supportive to our administration and I want to encourage the church to continue with that.

"We will work extremely with the leadership of your church, and other denominations to bring about a peaceful state where our people can go about their lawful economic activities, social and cultural engagements without molestation.

"Our focus is to ensure that every citizen lives a good life with joy, happiness and prosperity", he added.

Meanwhile, one of the members of Osun Development Association, Professor Olu Aina said the association had reached a common ground with the protesting members of the christian community to put an end to the lingering hijab tussle in the state.

Prof. Aina who assured the people of the state on peaceful relationship vowed that the association would deplore necessary measures to ensure stable peace in all parts of the state.

"We have met with the leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN on the need to over look any form of religious differences among the adherents of the existing religions.

"To this end, we hope that henceforth, nothing as such would replicate in the state", he stated.

Another of a governor accused of trying to Islamize the state of Osun... I laugh at his accusers

more photos of our Christian loving governor

Many have accused the governor of Osun State of trying to Islamize the state of Osun, but recent photos have shown otherwise.

In the wake of recent hijab crisis in the state, many Christians accused of being against their religion, but photos have surfaced showing he many actually like Christians more than they know.

In one of the photos, he Pastor Aregbesola was seen preaching the Victory Chapel Parish of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG and in many others, he was greeting Christian leaders with signs of respects or holding one meeting or consultations.

The likes of Bishop David Oyedepo, Pastor EA Adeboye, Pastor Williams Kumuyi among many others have declared the Osun governor A GOVERNOR ANOINTED BY GOD... How will God not honour a man who honours His servants. I recall Pastor Aregbesola organising a state burial for Evangelist Obadare at the WOSEM headquarters in Ilesa...what more do we want as Christians?

Now I wonder, can Aregbesola's accusers be more holier than this great men of God?

Even an idiot knows without a doubt that the accusation thrown here are lies. I will take my time to empirically refute all the lies who have conjured here.

Your intention is to kill the legacy of a man and his family, for the crime of having the gut to take Osun out of the 13th century.

Truth be told, Osun now stand tall in the comity of states despite the current challenges it is facing. The Over 300km of rural and urban roads constructed during the tenure of Ogbeni, the over 150 modern schools, and several other projects embarked upon by his administration will disagree with the lies who conjured just to discredit him

The Punch Newspaper has over time acted like an irresponsible organisation with no regard for the truth or facts.

On its stance on happenings in the state of Osun, the paper has gone out of its way to deliberately distort facts, turning logic on its head in order to vilify the state governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola.

If the paper had researched very well before writing its latest editorial article, it would have found out that many of the things Gov. Aregbesola is being accused of is wrong and based on a faulty premise.

1. At no time did the governor recommend or approve the use of hijab nor the colour female students ought to use. In fact, it was as a result of his stand against it that the Muslim Students' Association sued him to court.

2. Ogbeni I gather, is totally against leading students in any religious direction. He said recently, "it is not the business of any government, through the schools, to lead a child in a particular religious direction. That will be for parents and religious institutions, in private capacity, until the child is grown enough to make a decision on religion."

He said, “The government therefore cannot support or be seen to be supporting a particular religion. The government is a democracy, not a theocracy."

3. His reason for creating the Muslim New Year and the Isese Day for traditional religious worshipers in addition to the already known Christian holiday is to give everyone a sense of belonging. You can't blame a government for this.

4. I would expected this paper to have before now call on CAN to act responsibly like their Muslim counterparts who appealed the judgment in Lagos rather than resort ti self help. By the way, it the paper had researched well, you would have reported that OSUN CAN has actually appealed the judgment.

Lastly, the paper most always thrive to present facts and not conjured bunkum in order to nail a governor who has done nothing wrong than advance the course of his people.

May wisdom always prevail at your editorial board meetings.

Speaking on the mega school which he opened in Ibokun, Aregbesola said his administration is not just building schools across the state because it wants to show off or has too much money and looking for grandiose projects to spend it on.

He assured at the opening of the N164million project that none of the ongoing projects in the state will be abandoned.

He chided the Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) in the state for ascribing the project of school buildings to funds from Federal Government describing it as misleading and mischievous.

The Governor noted that the opposition in their character went about slandering his administration when it dawned on them that they have failed the people of Osun when they were in Government.

He added that, assuming without conceding that the money is from federal Government, questions should be asked on what did the PDP do with such fund when they were in power.

‎Aregbesola stressed that the commitment of his government on education stems from the belief that the purpose of education is for the
development of the new man intellectually, socially and morally.

He said that the new man government is building in students across the state is placed in the centre of society, who views his own development as part of and for the development of society.

The Governor held that the middle school being commissioned, like the others in the state, has the maximum capacity for 1000 pupils, 28 classrooms, an ICT room equipped with 30 computers, 24 toilets for pupils and teachers, three head teachers/principals’ office, one staff room.
He listed others as one facility manager’s office, a multi-purpose hall, food court, library, sick bay, security/reception gatehouse and recreation zone.

According to him, "We are building a total of 170 state of the art schools with 100 of them at Elementary, 50 Middle Schools and 20 High Schools. Out of these, 14 Elementary Schools, 15 Middle Schools and 11 High Schools, including the one we are commissioning today, have been completed, to the glory of God.

"Some are already commissioned while others are receiving finishing touches and waiting to be commissioned too. We are going to complete them before the expiration of our tenure. None of our projects will be abandoned.

"The school being commissioned today cost the government a sum of N164 million. This includes the cost of the structure, furnishing and landscape development. In spite of the lean resources of the state, expending this sum on a school is a mark of our commitment to basic education".

Aregbesola added that government has attached performance index to continuity and promotion for all public workers, stating that every teacher will now be assessed based on performance on teaching and grooming of their pupils and being a role model to them.
He averred that It will be absurd to retain and keep promoting teachers whose pupils continue to fail both in learning and character, noting that those who do well will be rewarded.

Earlier in her speech, the Deputy Governor, who also doubles as the Commissioner for Education, Mrs Grace Titi Laoye-Tomori, said the commissioning of the school was yet another glaring testimony of government's resolve to turn education around in the state.

She stated that the mission statement of the Aregbesola administration is to provide a conducive atmosphere in all the three structural categories of elementary, middle and high schools across the state.

She noted that the vision of the government in Osun is to make education sector the best in Nigeria.

Adding that by the time all the schools were completed and put into use, the state will take its rightful position in the comity of states in the federation, she said "The mission state of our government on the education sector is to provide a conducive learning environment across the three structural categories of schools.

"The vision of this government is to be the undisputable leading light in education in Nigeria,” she stated

The Principal of the school, Pastor Titus Olawoyin, commended the governor for his achievement in education.

Olawoyin said through the erection of his school's magnificent building, stakeholders in education in the state will forever remember Aregbesola's administration.

He noted that teachers in the school will also be grateful to the Governor for the magnificent edifice he turned their school into.

Governor Rauf Aregbesola while commissioning the ultra-modern St Michael’s RCM Government Middle School, Ibokun, also said all aggrieved parties in the recent court judgement over Hijab should channel their grievances according to the rule of law and not result to self help.

He distanced his administration from the court judgement that allowed female Muslim students to wear Hijab to school, saying the Judiciary is an independent arm of government, the decisions of which are not subject to any influence by other arms of government.

Aregbesola stated that there are other legal options opened to any party who feels strongly about the judgement, adding that appeal is the best option in this situation.

He said, "It is funny for some people to insinuate that government has a hand in the judgement. The government is a democracy, not a theocracy.‎ Any student found disobeying school rule and regulation risk expulsion from our schools.”

The Governor said it is not the business of any government, through the schools, to lead a child in a particular religious direction. That will be for parents and religious institutions, in private capacity, until the child is grown enough to make a decision on religion.

He said, “The government therefore cannot support or be seen to be supporting a particular religion. The government is a democracy, not a theocracy. I believe also that parents and society should complement the government in shaping the minds of the pupils to be receptive to knowledge and godly character formation; to be sensitive to the need of others, the plurality of our society and the imperative of mutual toleration. They should also be brought up to be team players, even when in a competitive environment. It amounts to subversion of the educational needs of a child for them to be drawn into and used for political purposes.”

dFroshie:
Let's clarify things here please,Aregbe is indeed a good governor who has vision for the state of Osun but due to ignorance and stonehearted he was glory was put down the drain.Aregbesola start out to have things in place for this state from road construction projects,to school construction and other infrastructure project which he did in the state.I dispute the point that he didn't work because he actually did but was not carefully enough to see the future and what the 2ndterm tenure had in store for the people.

BABA kabiru first flop was when the lies game started,the civil servants of the state love this great leader they think he has come to save them from the agony and stretch marks the past government caused them but he was turned against when their monthly dues was not given to them in the appropriate time...Aregbe first lie was that he didn't borrow any money from any bank while doing projects which were mainly assisted by the federal government e.g the schools he constructed were assisted projects by SUBEB and UBE,he told the citizens of this state during his re-election campaigns that all project were financed by purse of the state government that he didn't borrow to do any project.
Another lie I could pin down was that of the opon imo which was produced by his son,Kabiru Aregbesola,BABA Kabiru said his son didn't collect a dime on the project that it was the foreign collaborators he worked with that got paid,is that possible cause last time I checked their was no free launch in Paris.Kabiru been the mastermind of the project was revealed by one of their party state man Hammed Bola Tinubu,who made the announcement during the launching of the project.

Aregbe government begins to crumble from the starts of 2014 when he was unable to pay the workers salaries though the 2014 salary was rush and workers received alerts of their payment when it is close to the 2nd term 're election,the workers got paid and the day to day activities also continue though the workers didn't come out en mass to vote for him again but the local indigenes cast their vote for him and he was re-elected.
Aregbe wasted the allocations on some things that were not relevant and important that's why he is in the mess he is,osun don't need a surveillance helicopter,I still can't fathom why he got one for the state,the airport at Ido Osun is also on called for when we have airport at ibadan an hour thirty mins drive to the state,if he had done the project in an orderly manner to he would have accomplishments but instead he rushed all projects,merging of schools just carved in problems for the state cause when you join to rival cults in a place the rest is history.

Aregbesola I repeat he is a good leader if he was transparent enough with the people he govern and didn't meddle into some affairs that he was not called to (Ekiti). A citizen of Osun State who resides in Osogbo,I pray and hope my states gonna be great and things gonna ease for the workers and natives of my state and Nigeria at large.

God bless Osun State
God bless Nigeria


@donfroshie

1. You claimed Aregbesola Lied on loans to finance the projects? Have you been living in Mars? You never heard about the Sukuk bond? Lying is not one of the things you can accuse Aregbesola of doing. He has been forthright with the people of his state since he began his tenure.

By the way, how did you expect him to finance ALL the projects without borrowing? Or you preferred him to have used the average of about N3bn monthly allocations to pay salaries throughout his tenure for eight years? That way, I know the 50,000 workers will be happy while the over 4million citizens will be left to suffer and be without infrastruture.

2. On Opon-imo projects, do you have any evidence Kabir collected funds from the state government and pocketed same? You just don't come to a public fora to accuse an innocent young man trying to help his dad and the state he governs.

3. Contrary to your position, Aregbesola did NOT waste allocations on irrelevant and unimportant projects. You see, information is key, see the truth and it will set you free. Comparing the Ido Osun Airport to the Ibadan airport shows you lack basic information of about the true situation of things.

The Airport in Osun is not a passenger airport. It is an Aircraft maintenance hub and a cargo airport. ALL aircrafts in Nigeria you usually fly out to South Africa, Ethopia, Egypt or other countries outside Africa for their routine maintenance. The Ido Osun airport will be the first maintenance hub in West Africa. Imagine what that will do to the entire economy of Osun if all Aircraft in Nigeria and West Africa comes down to Osun to service their aircraft.

DHL has their sorting centre for Nigeria in Yaounde, Cameroon, meanwhile, Nigeria is their largest market, but they had to move to a neighbouring country because there is no space for them in Nigeria. Osun will bring that back into Nigeria, the Nigerian Airforce will operate its hover crafts from the airport etc. The airport has the longest runway in Nigeria and the first landing strip in West Africa. The colonial masters used the strip to airlift soldiers during the first world war. The historical value alone is enough to open a musuem....So please, gets your facts right before speaking on things you don't know.

Aregbesola foresaw this trying times, that is why he created the Omoluabi Conservation funds to save for the rainy day.

Do your best to ignore the FAAC revenue.

Osun is doing better than a lot of states. Monthly financial obligations are being met, several massive projects are ongoing thanks to the sagacity of the governor Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola.

Compared to other states, do you know that Osun owes onlt one month in Salaries.

As at April 25, it was owing One month. With the recent payment of March salaries, it now owes only April as of today.

The facts speaks for themselves. Osun's total loan has been restructured by the FG, hence the reason you seen billions accruing to the state. States like Ekiti, Ebonyi, Osun, Imo and several others who didn't restructure there loans still receiving billions in FAAC allocations, but t hey get deducted by the various banks.

Aregbesola is wise by managing the state in such a responsible manner, yet some people want him to inaugurate the state executive council that will be draining the state millions of naira in salaries, bonus and entitlements every months.

You shouldn’t judge based on just one photo that is being circulated.

He was presented with a whole lot of other things.

By the way, he got automatic employment too, so find something doing, rather than complaining about a talented young graduate from Osun who is doing very well with his life.

danieloy4:
Initially saw it on Twitter last night and i thought it was a joke until i later saw the picture that it was for real.
A UNIOSUN best graduating student who bagged a first class was given a MUG by the state Governor Aregbesola of Osun state in company of the VC. You spend around 4-5yrs in the university studying pretty hard then you graduate as the best graduating student and they give you a stupid mug. Tell me what cannot happen in this Nigeria we are in?

This is the only photo you saw.

He was presented with a whole lot of other things.

Employment etc.

hotspec:
OF ALL THE SCHOOLS THAT U mentioned, only salvation army school that is currently being used. Others are either under construction or lock and keys. Always get ur facts right before feeding us with rubbish. All d pictures u showed u are exterior, mostly commissioning. Besides, what is d number of d new schools compared to d existing ones? D previous OP was right

Think!

The government is working on resuscitating the collapsed education infrastructure in Osun with is minimal resources.

So you expect govt to only build ALL the schools without doing any other thing? Ogbeni is building 38 modern senior schools, 50 middle schools and 28 elementary schools. That is fair enough considering there is civil servants salaries to pay, run government, build roads, feed 250,000 school children every school day etc.

I give kudo to the state government for the work done so far.

If former governors had built schools like this, maybe Ogbeni would have focused on some other projects, but none did. You should praise Aregbe for doing the right thing, not villify him for what others refused to do.

Ghydyon:
THE APPALLING STATE OF SCHOOLS IN OSUN STATE

As one of the TP sudents' teacher at Oduduwa college in Ile Ife, my experiences so far instigated me to put up this heartfelt piece.

I was so saddened about the negative paradigm shift and polices of the State government which is prevailing in Government secondary schools of Osun state which in one way or the other bedeviled and served as a step back to the educational sector of the state and the nation at large.

I'm sure most of my readers here quietly Applauded the present Incumbent Governor when he came into power owing to some laudable projects he embarked upon and the drastic changes the governor intends to effect in the State.
Having tested power the second time we get to really know who this Man is, fulfilling the quote which says "all men can face adversities, but if you want to know who a man is give him power".

It was quite so worrisome that the Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has expunged the social gathering of students known as "Assembly" in all government schools in the State, making the students start their daily academic activities on a casual note.
The assembly of Students which is seen as an avenue to checkmate and moderate the illicit characters of the Student have been swept by the Governor under the carpet with no justifiable reasons.
Whether the Assembly whatsoever is promoting one religion or the other isn't enough justifiable reasons why the gathering of students should be expunged. At least laws ought to have been extended towards making sure that Assembly of students wouldn't promote one religion to the other.

As if that isn't enough, the governor has shown a lackadaisical attitude towards revamping and resuscitating the sector, as most of the buildings in public secondary schools which were built for donkey years now haven't been rehabilitated or rebuilt, rather students learn under porous and "underconducive" environment.

The syllabus of the Schools have been in disarray, due to the incessant industrial action that is rampant in the state. Schools no longer have time table as they are now taught by chance and not as planned; no motivation by the teachers to teach, teachers are threatened to be sacked, Salaries of the Teachers are half paid or not paid at all, among others.

Then I begin to pounder in my mind on what kind of products will these schools faced with these avalanche of problems produce by its government;the answer is quite obvious.

If possible I think a state of emergency should be declared on all public secondary schools in Osun State and a very urgent and responsible steps should be taken towards rejuvenating the educational sector in the state.

Lives of the youngsters are at stake. We can't afford to let things continue this way and if we're not cautious, these Youngsters will in the long run constitute join the leagues of causing nuisance to our very community.

Education should be a powerful weapon we can use in changing the world and not an institution to constitute nuisance to the world.

God Bless OAU
God Bless Osun state.
God Bless Nigeria!

Adetoba Oluwaseyi M.
A.Marx
(A student of Obafemi Awolowo University,Ile Ife)

Source:
http://oaupigeonpost.mywapblog.com/the-appalling-state-of-schools-in-osun-s.xhtml

This is irresponsible to say the least. It is a known maxim that you don't report a stort or event by presenting one side of the story. The proper thing you should have done is present the side of government.

What you presented is what Ogbeni met on ground when he got to Osun. He sat and decided to revamp the entire education system in the state.

You can see images here https://www.nairaland.com/3093905/rejoinder-state-public-secondary-schools.

He is building 38 modern secondary schools, 50 middle schools and 28 elementary schools.

He is doing his possible best sanitize the state and prioritize infrastructure for the over 4 million residence in the state of Osun.

This is interesting!

So Mr. Governor paid their counterpart and did not pay them? Nigerians

and our lawlessness sha!

The thing is the government has compensated those with the right papers,

C-o- O etc. But he also promised to pay those without documents too, but

they have to be patient.

Or does he use the money meant for the road construction to pay

compensation and leave the road being used by the general public to rot?

…Men of the Nigerian Navy now standing guard in company premises

…Prohibits workers interaction and unionism

By Kikiowo Ileowo

Men of the Nigerian Navy were on Wednesday unleashed on protesting workers of BUA Flour Mills Limited, a subsidiary of BUA Group – a manufacturing, trading and commodities group of companies – owned by billionaire business mogul, Alhaji Abdulsamad Rabiu.

The Paradigm correspondent learnt that BUA Group over six month ago, decided to sell BUA Flour and BUA Pasta to Olam Group, another trading and commodities company in Nigeria. A very reliable source in the company, accused the management of selling the company and abandoning the staff to fate.

BUA Flour Mills Limited, a subsidiary of BUA Group was incorporated in March 2005 as a Private Limited Liability Company. The flour arm started around August 2005 in Lagos, while that of Kano started three years later in 2008. However, the Kano plant has stopped production; though few workers are still maintained for upkeep of the company.

The reason for the sale of the company is still unknown, but representative of BUA Group have denied any such claim.

Speaking to The Paradigm’s correspondent, Group Head, Corporate Communications, BUA Group, Mr. O’tega Ogra said “as at 27th November , BUA Flour and Pasta are still fully owned subsidiaries of the BUA Group; the management has not changed, neither has it been sold.”

The recent crisis stem from disagreement between the staff, who wants their severance package and gratuity paid before the handover, but The Paradigm learnt that BUA Group intention, is to transfer all liabilities to the new owners, Olam Group, a scenario which the staff are uncomfortable with.

The Paradigm notes that staffs are usually laid off when such hostile takeover take place by a new management.

Using threats akin to the repression experienced during of the military era, management of BUA Group ordered the staff back to work last Wednesday or they will apply the ‘no work, no rule’, should the staff fail to return to their duty post.

“Our chairman, Alhaji Abdulsamad is being unfair to us, he wants to use and dump us. I have served for over 6 years in this company and he just wants to abandon us, it is unfair,” one of the staff told The Paradigm.



“We have been asked to sign a letter of undertaken, but none of us accepted. The terms were just unreasonable and unnecessarily harsh,” another staff told The Paradigm.

A copy of the letter of undertaken sighted by The Paradigm reads inter alia that the staff will, “irrevocably and unconditionally undertake not to be seen loitering or discussing in groups of two or more persons.” A clear undertaken against the letter and spirit of the Nigerian law under which the company operates.

The letter of undertaken further reads, “I understand the company may terminate my employment if I am found guilty of inciting, fueling or participating in any effort to disrupt production operations or any other business activities or transactions of the company.”



Section 40 of the Nigerian Constitution guarantees Right to peaceful assembly and association. It states, “Every person shall be entitled to assembly freely and associate with other persons, and in particular he may form or belong to any political party, trade union or any association for the protection of his interests.”

The International Labour Organization (ILO) likewise recognizes freedom of association as a fundamental principle in several major documents, the most important ones being the Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention 1948 (No. 87).

Nigeria is a member of the Governing Body of the ILO and has ratified ILO Conventions 87 and 98.

When asked on the restriction of workers right to freedom of association within the company, Mr. Otega Ogra stated that it is an internal communications and who rather prefer to know the source of the document with The Paradigm.

“The undertaken you said you have is an internal document, how did you get it? Send it to me by email, so I can give you my reaction to it,” Mr. Ogra told this correspondent.

The Paradigm learnt that although, Chairman of BUA Group, Alhaji Abdulsamad Rabiu will make millions of dollars from this deal, many wonder why he his refusing to consider the payment severance package and gratuity to members of his staff, who have laboured to grow the company to its present stage.

Though our source had informed us that the new management from Olam Group will likely take over the company on Monday or Tuesday, The Paradigm cannot verify this claim as Olam group refused to reply The Paradigm’s query on the progress and completion of the acquisition of BUA Flour Mills Limited.

The Paradigm had over the weekend sent an email to Olam Group for details of the transaction, control and management takeover of BUA Flour Mills Limited, but as at the time of publication, the company is yet to reply our messages.

A combined team of armed Naval and Police personnel continue to stand guard at the gate of the company, though the protests have so far been peaceful.

The Paradigm will bring you updates on how the company resolves the current impasse.

http://www.theparadigmng.com/2015/11/29/workers-protest-shuts-bua-flour-mills-over-alleged-sale-of-company/

Interesting something

By Bankole Omisore
Social media is an integral part of governance and leaders worldwide have accepted the need to maintain a social presence in one or more of the media platform to engage the electorate and further increase the conversations about governance.

Bukola Saraki in the House of Representatives
Bukola Saraki in the House of Representatives
Few weeks ago, Head of Public Policy for Facebook in Africa reached out to Senate President, Senator ABubakar Bukola Saraki A New Media Savvy individual to offer to help train Nigerian Senators and their aides on the effective use of the platform to build the communication gap between Nigerians and their legislators.
lt is interesting to note that since the inauguration of the 8th Assembly, Nigerian Senate has actively maintained social media platforms majorly, Facebook and Twitter. (www.facebook.com/Nigeriansenate) and (@NGRSENATE) on twitter in order to bring leģislature closer to Nigerians.

As a step in joining the global community in using the Social media platforms the right way, Head of Public Policy for facebook in Africa will be coming to Nigeria with some of her collagues to Train Nigerians Senators and their aides on EFFECTIVE use of the platform to engage Nigerians on formation of POLICIES and to get undiluted feedback from their constituents.
Recall that over the past few years, Senator Saraki as a Senator was able to get direct unfiltered feedback from his constituents and Nigerians at large on issues that directly affect their lives. I remember vividly a few instances such as the Save Bagega Campaign, which was the issue of lead poisoning in Zamfara and also #SaveAlice in Lagos who was attacked by her foreign employers, just to name a few occasions where people on social media have been able to get in touch directly with him as a Senator to get him to champion issu


http://www.theparadigmng.com/2015/11/13/facebook-to-train-nigerian-senators-on-how-to-use-the-platform/

editor123: Pls friends, for those who wrote the test in apapa on sunday 9th of dec. Have you started receiving invite for the 1st interview? What's is happening?

aS anyone received invite for first interview today?