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Blinddock:
Your talking trash, he is talking from experience have you been there?

Everyone is entitled to his/her opinion but from what i can see here without being biased, Ogbeni has indeed done well here

Rowlandjude:
See this cankerworm, visit or ask people that have gone there.

I think you're the cankerworm because i'm presently in Osun and i'm wowed. The Governor is doing well. Don't believe all people tell you

EastGold:
Kabiru Aregbesola is the contractor handling the opon imo of a thing

Please who told you that Kabiru is the contractor? We need to get our facts right please. Cos from what i know, Kabiru just helped out in the development stages of Opon-Imo. HE ISNT THE CONTRACTOR. Kabiru Owns his own businesses and doesn't depend on the government before he eats. Thank you

Iamwrath:
God bless you my brother,

Aregbe was paying 13 months salary before the presidential elections started, he didn't borrow a dime, yet works kept going on fast forward to 5 months later GEJ went to campaign in Osun, insulted APC and aregbe called him a rascal, that's the day Jonathan called Obj a useless elder statesman


Aregbe called GEJ a useless liar too in retaliation, next thing was 4.1B allocation was cut to 1.3B and it was not even paid for 8 months, the official story was that prices of crude had fallen in global market but later we realized it was retaliation and covering up for thier loots


8 months without allocation aregbe still continued paying, borrowing to pay at least for 8 months then the propaganda people started shouting aregbe has sold the state to Islamic bank, he wants to islamize , blablabla


So he stopped borrowing and started paying half salaries meanwhile all construction contracts didn't stop

So propaganda people started shouting , is schools, roads or bridges Osun people's daily bread? Another bout of attacks started and all construction works stopped, Slava Yepetide returned to Lagos or remained idle., mind you in laws of contract, breach by client / employer means employer is liable to pay contractor damages for the delay, another set of bills accrued through that , again propaganda people started screaming aregbe owns Slava, that he is delaying the works on purpose




Osun people know the truth, but they are being confused by PDP miscreants


Aregbesola is the best thing that's ever happened to Osun so far, if he had full allocation or more his works will be in the same league as Ambode's works in Lagos


Forget anything any fake PDP Cum wailer cum liePob yoots will say , aregbe is the man of the people

. I only wish he completed the airport project, Osun would have been the next best state to be in

Thanks so much bro. You have just said it all. I couldn't have explained any further. You need a bottle of your best drink on me.

sparrowkid:
The newspaper in question is The Punch. I think they have an issue to grind with Aregbesola because of one of their staff - Semiu Okanlawon. They are in the forefront of demonising the governor. But God pass them.

It's all propaganda... People of Osun know the truth and are happy with what the Governor is doing so far. Lets all appreciate the good in him. As you have rightly said, God pass all of them including Semiu Okanlawon

Iamwrath:
If you don't live in Osun state kindly shut the Fvck up and look for a Buhari is dead thread where you can Cum all you want



I visit Osun frequently and I've seen great things

Maybe, he will say you're a paid writer too... I'm at Osun presently and my mouth hasn't closed since morning. Beautiful things the Governor is doing here. No one is perfect but i must tell you the Governor has indeed tried

naijaGhandi:
Aregbesola has really tried...his infrastructural projects are awesome

Very true... I am very impressed

OVI75:
Paid Writer

Lol, please who is the paid writer? Besides, if he is a paid writer he is busy making money writing which i think is his passion. Whats yours?

There is a partial media blackout in the State of Osun. There is almost no reporting on positive developmental strides taken by Governor Rauf Aregbesola.

Instead, the reports that make it to the media appears to be a huge smear campaign of Aregbesola’s character by paid ‘bloggers’, who use smear headlines like 'Osun Pensioners IDP Camp', 'Islamizing Osun', 'Osun Debt', and others to smear the character of the Governor. A section of Osun media is curiously silent on more than 300 kilometers of roads constructed across various local government areas of the state and the East-West bypass in Osogbo. Interestingly, Osun has one of the longest road construction records in Nigeria, which enhances easy access for residents, but this is never reported by the media in Osun. They have simply refused to report it.

In addition to the roads earlier mentioned:

*The Eastern bypass axis of the intracity ring road in Osogbo is being completed, with work rounding up on the three link bridges connecting the roads;

*A strategic trumpet interchange at the ever busy Gbongan junction of the Ife-Ibadan highway is also nearing completion;

*The Trumpet interchange bridge further connects another dual carriage road construction that links Gbongan town to Osogbo;

*Also, there are a number of intercity and other major road constructions linking Osun to other neighbouring states, including-

*A 74km boundary highway connecting Osun and Lagos through Orile-owu, Ijebu-Igbo;

*A 47km highway connecting Osun and Kwara States; and several other road maintenance and repairs projects across the state are being handled by the Osun Road Maintenance Agency.

Has the media in Osun State collapsed? This question is germane because Osun makes leading headlines for negative reasons, but when there are positive developments in Osun, the media will be silent. Since 2012 when Governor Aregbesola started the Osun school feeding programme, a section of the media has been silent on it. When Governor Aregbesola took sukuk bond, a section of the media said that Aregbesola wanted to Islamize Nigeria. Now that sukuk projects are being commissioned, the media is silent. The media is silent on the six completed High Schools built with sukuk fund: Ilesa High School, Osogbo High School, Ataoja High School Osogbo, Fakunle High School, Osogbo, Wole Soyinka High School Ejigbo and Seventh Day Adventist High, Ede.

Given these evidences, the credibility of the media in Osun has collapsed because the same media who reported that Governor Aregbesola wanted to Islamize Nigeria when he was taking sukuk bond can not tell Nigerians that Governor Aregbesola has used sukuk bond to build 792 classrooms, 66 laboratories, 22 ICT halls for the 11 High Schools across Osun State. The media can not tell Nigerians that Osogbo High School, Ilesa High School and Iwo High School are built with steel, not cement blocks and these are first of their types in Nigeria.

From 2012, the news organizations have suggested over and again that they can never be believed on anything in Osun. They have proven that, if given the chance, they will deliberately withhold important information from their readers while knowingly publishing false, defamatory hit pieces that are engineered solely to misinform the public and subvert the democratic process in Osun.
In essence, the mainstream media in Osun is so desperately biased and unfair in its exasperating effort to destroy Governor Aregbesola that it has obliterated any illusion of credibility it once had. Journalism has utterly collapsed across the entire mainstream media in Osun.

From the inception of his administration in 2010, Aregbesola has been in the eye of the press storm, often for the wrong reasons. His energy and drive; the openness of his government; and his outspokenness attracted the attention of his political detractors and the press. To complicate matters, his enthusiastic embrace of people-oriented policies and programmes generated a lot of debate. This was particularly true of the revolutionary education programme, featuring school reclassification, school mergers, school feeding and uniforms; a social welfare programme for seniors; and an ambitious infrastructure development programme, featuring a ring road around Osogbo and the construction of a modern airport with a hanger.

To be sure, a number of these developments have been reported and discussed in the press. Unfortunately however, it appears that the press can hardly pass off an opportunity to drop a negative line or two about Aregbesola. This was evident in how quickly he was made the scapegoat among the 26 or so governors owing salary arrears for their workers.

The false reports began as soon as Aregbesola assumed office in 2010. He was falsely accused of moving Osun towards secession from the Federal Republic, by styling his state the State of Osun. Later, in an editorial, one newspaper listed Osun as one of the states which purchased exotic cars for their traditional rulers, when not even a bicycle was purchased for any traditional ruler.

In 2014, a newspaper also published a feature article, with a headline which suggested that controversy still surrounded the state’s free school feeding initiative, while in reality, parents, farmers, and caterers were thanking the governor for it. Not done, the newspaper went on, almost a year later, to publish another false story, indicating possible cancellation of the school feeding programme, when no such plan was ever contemplated.

In none of the fabricated school feeding stories were the health benefits of the meal programme highlighted nor was there a mention of the multiplier economic benefits to the farmers, who produce the foodstuffs; the local traders who sell fruits and vegetables; and the caterers, who cook the food, many of whom were simultaneously empowered to service their local communities.

The intensification of the crisis surrounding the delayed payment of salaries was the motive behind another false story by the same newspaper in which a chairman of a pensioners’ forum was cited as calling on the Central Bank of Nigeria to stop the bailout for Osun. The fellow cited in the story claimed that he never spoke with the said newspaper.

These false reports raise a major question. First, why would a reporter habitually publish false stories, and against the same target? There are three possible answers. One, the newspaper has a hidden agenda against the target of the false stories. Two, the reporter is being rewarded for publishing the stories by the sources of the false information. Three, the reporter is ethically challenged.

Today, the media in Osun State could not tell Nigerians that Federal Government school feeding is not different from the operation of the school feeding programme embarked by the Aregbesola administration and now it has been taken over by the Federal Government. Osun State, the first to provide free meals for primary school children, has had marked progress in school enrolment, retention, and performance but the successful programme has been under-reported by the media. From 2012-2016, Osun State was the only state in Nigeria that sustained the Nigerian school feeding programme and the media under reported it.

Today the media in Osun State could not tell Nigerians that the Osun Elementary School Feeding and Health Programme now known as O-MEALS is the only surviving school meal programmes in the country. It was formerly known as the Home Grown School Feeding and Health Programme (HGSFP) . This has now been restructured and enhanced by the administration of the State of Osun, to reach a larger number of students (254,000) and to empower over 3000 community caterers.

The programme was initiated by the Federal Government in 2004 through the Universal Basic Education (UBE) Act but on assumption of office, the Aregbesola administration undertook a comprehensive review of the inherited school feeding arrangement and came up with an overhauled and rebranded programme that was officially launched on the 30th April 2012. Implementation in primary schools is ongoing throughout the State. The key areas of improvement undertaken by the current administration are, inclusion of elementary year 4 , thereby increasing beneficiaries to 254,000, Capacity Development and Empowerment of 3007 Community Caterers , Backwards Integration to Local Markets and Process Improvements.

Till date the media in Osun State has not told Nigerians that this scheme has gained international endorsement as well. In November 2012, Partnership for Child Development (PCD) United Kingdom and the Government of the State of Osun signed the Osun Elementary School Feeding Transition Strategy Plan Document to further strengthen the programme. O-MEALS aims to reverse the very low academic performance of pupils, given that good nutrition is necessary for development of cognitive skills. The daily feeding allowance for each pupil has also been increased from ₦50.00 to ₦250.00.

For effective service, a total number of 3,007 food vendors/cooks were trained and are currently employed to serve midday meals for pupils of classes 1, 2 , 3 and 4 in all primary schools in the State of Osun. For easy identification, each of the food vendors was provided with uniforms free of charge.

Till date the media in Osun State has not told Nigerians that the programme has helped increase school enrolment by a minimum of 25% since the commencement of the revised programme.

When one considers the gross underreporting of developmental strides by the State and the frequent lies published as truth against the current administration, there is only one valid conclusion: Osun is indeed under a media siege.

Olril18:
the same osun state that finished 32nd in last WAEC?
LOL

Did you go to secondary school at all? 'Cos if you did, you would have known that WAEC doesn't rank by States. They just do it alphabetically. You just don't have a clue about how stuff work. Please, go back to school. I don't know why you were not in school when this Opon-Imo initiative came out sef. It's for people like you. You would have turned out great now. Well, it's better late than never

Rowlandjude:
Waste of cash, I served in ife central in Osun state in 2016, sincerely Osun state has the highest of illiterates among the Yoruba states, forget the school buildings this Rauf is building, imagine person will fail and still be promoted.

If you still doubt me Ask or visit Osun state.

You must be suffering from dementia(incase you don't know the meaning, please google it), Please visit National Bureau of Statistics to get all your facts right. 46% of those that wrote WAEC in the State of Osun has at least 5 Credits including Maths and English. So please get your facts straight

obembet:
I still they ask my self... Why I voted for this man?

Opon Imo wey all those students use to watch mojo


APC..... I lose 1- 0 in first leg, pls don't expect away goal or draw in second leg.. 2019

Please, speak with evidence... because from what i know its impossible to download from the internet with the use Opon-Imo and even when you connect the device to your laptop it just charges the Opon-Imo, it doesn't see it as a drive.

So please where do you get your facts from? Cos i don't understand where you are getting this from

SmartMugu:
What the heck is Opon Imo? A tablet or some type of educational toy? Not sure, what is it about and why is he being honored on it. Was something invented?

Please google is your friend, go to google.com and type "Opon Imo". Thank you

EastGold:
I tell you, Kamoru Aregbesola is a rich boy

How is he a rich boy and how does he benefit in all these?

Governor Aregbesola has been honoured by WAEC for taking the lead in digital education in Nigeria. This truly is a tremendous opportunity for Aregbesola to help more Osun students get access to quality education. In the new global economy, digital education is an increasingly important part of education, and Aregbesola looks forward to guiding efforts to further expand the reach and breadth of digital education and its courses throughout Nigeria.

No country can develop where merit and excellence are not sufficiently recognized. 2012 t0 2017 provided a period to assess Governor Aregbesola. WAEC’s endorsement of Aregbesola Opon Imo is an award for excellence and good governance which is a sober effort to recognize and fete merit and excellence in education in Nigeria. Today, Governor Aregbesola lays no claim to sainthood or any special Solomon wisdom but it could hardly be denied that his passion for educational excellence, commitment for human development singled him out for recognition of merit and make him a model for emulation by many because he laid the foundation for digital education in Nigeria.

Governor Aregbesola has proven that when there is palpable decline of faith in Nigeria, his sheer energy and imagination represent beacons of hope. WAEC endorsement of Opon Imo is a veritable reward for excellence and recognition of integrity in governance. The endorsement is a celebration of AREGBESOLA’S innovation and creativity in Nigeria.

Last week, West African Examination Council, WAEC, endorsed Governor Rauf Aregbesola’s policies, especially in the education sector. Delivering a frame of endorsement to the governor on Friday, 3rd February, 2017, Head of the Nigeria National Office of the council, Mr. Olutise Isaac Adenipekun, who led a delegation of the national management of WAEC to the Governor’s office in Osogbo, said Governor Rauf Aregbesola’s interventions in education is “second to none” in Nigeria.

Adenipekun said, "The ongoing revolution in the infrastructural re-engineering of the school complexes in the state of Osun has also caught the attention of all stakeholders in the education sector in Nigeria and beyond.

"The immense contribution of the state government in the development of infrastructural facilities in schools, in particular, the "Mega Schools Project" is remarkable. It is in fact second to none in Nigeria", he stressed.

Adenipekun said Osun has contributed significantly towards enhancing Information and Communication Technology, ICT required in education sector which according to him remains the prerequisite to development of quality education in the country. Adenipekun, who recommended the Tablet of Knowledge to other states of the federation said the initiative had contributed towards educational development.

He described the innovation as a tool of educational revolution, breakthrough aimed at enhancing and encouraging the process of teaching and learning through the use of innovative technology.

"We are particularly proud of the landmark achievement and the major breakthrough of the current administration in Osun most significantly in education sector by the introduction of the ground breaking 'Tablet of Knowledge' also known as "Opon Imo" to students of the state at secondary level.

"As we commend the efforts of Mr. Governor on the landmark achievement and major breakthrough of his administration in education most importantly on the widely applauded 'Tablet of Knowledge' which had improved and encouraged teaching and learning, we equally recommend other states to key into this initiative so as to improve the education sector," he added.

Governor Aregbesola who described "the Tablet of Knowledge" as a panacea to education revolution, said the state had recorded national and international awards on the initiative. Commending WAEC for maintaining education standards in the country, Governor Aregbesola said the examination body had contributed tremendously in raising the standards of education in the West African sub-region.

Whether critics like it or not, Governor Aregbesola has laid foundation and remain the pioneer of digital education in Nigeria and he represents agent of change as far as digital education is concerned in Nigeria.

History of Digital Education will remember Governor Aregbesola as the first Nigerian to implement UNESCO 2011 recommendation on digital education. Nigerians need to visit Osun Sukuk Schools, Middle Schools and Elementary Schools. Governor Aregbesola has undertaken to build and equip schools with computer classrooms and training teachers to use digital media in education.

In this line, Opon Imo “local content’’ in digital education has allowed teachers to use tablets to teach students. In the history of Nigeria, Governor Aregbesola will be remembered to be first leader to introduce digital education. Like India, Osun State is working to improve on Opon Imo. Truth is, years to come Governor Aregbesola will be remembered as part of digital education in Nigeria.

About 33 states in Nigeria are presently working on how to introduce digital education by using Osun model of Opon Imo. Through Opon-Imo, all books, laboratories and study materials needed by students have been catered for.

Governor Aregbesola promised that there would be no need of students buying books and other study materials. The tablet of knowledge, indeed, serves this purpose.

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Tragedy was yesterday averted at Sekona, Osogbo Road when Governor of the State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola reached out to the state's revamped fire service to put out a fire that had engulfed the area.

Acting on his promise not to leave behind any unfinished project in the state, the Governor was on an evening tour of several projects under construction in the state, when he stumbled on the wild fire that threatened a nearby community.

He swiftly put a call through to the fire service team who moved into action to put out the fire and restore calm to the community. In images seen by our reporter, the governor and his entourage can be seen putting out the fire and helping members of the community.

Recall that the Aregbesola-led administration has invested in rebuilding and equipping emergency response services in the state, including the fire service, ambulance unit and other related units.

The governor who showed empathy with the people, promised his administration will continue to secure lives and properties across the state.

Pensioners under the aegis of Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP), in the state of Osun, have reiterated support for Governor Rauf Aregbesola’s administration.

Speaking over the weekend, some of the pensioners drawn from various part of the state, revealed that the government of Ousn under Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has paid them all their pension arrears till December 2016, according to the agreement signed by with the government.

Recall some few pensioners who received at least N120,000 each in pension arrears as at December 2016, had in January 2017 in conjunction with a retired judge and members of the opposition party in a state organized an ‘Internally Displaced Pensioners’ camp for two hours at the newly renovated Freedom Park in Osogbo, the state capital.

Days later, another set of pensioners numbering about 3,000 held a rally in support of Governor Aregbesola for paying the sum of N9bn in pensions from 2015-2016.

Gov. Aregbesola who was a special guest of honour at the event, said his administration gives priority attention to retired workers and multiply money for payment of pensions by five times and pay as at when due until November 2014 when recession set in.

He noted that his government borrowed as much as N25billion from banks to pay workers’ salaries and pension and stop it when it could no longer cope with the huge wage and pension.

The Governor who justified his love to workers and retired ones explained that the State of Osun is the only state in the federation that implemented 142% pension increment approved by Abacha Military Regime adding that between 2015 and 2016, his administration had paid N9.6billion to retired workers alone.

He expressed his commitment to the welfare of workers and pensioners and gave assurance that he would not relent in ensuring that they are accorded deserved attention.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzhNCzDHEH8

The West African Examination Council, WAEC, has endorsed Governor Rauf Aregbesola’s policies, especially in the education sector.

Delivering a frame of endorsement to the governor on Friday, 3rd February, 2017, Head of the Nigeria National Office of the council, Mr. Olutise Isaac Adenipekun, who led a delegation of the national management of WAEC to the Governor’s office in Osogbo, said Governor Rauf Aregbesola’s interventions in education is “second to none” in Nigeria.

Adenipekun said, "The ongoing revolution in the infrastructural re-engineering of the school complexes in the state of Osun has also caught the attention of all stakeholders in the education sector in Nigeria and beyond.

"The immense contribution of the state government in the development of infrastructural facilities in schools, in particular, the "Mega Schools Project" is remarkable. It is in fact second to none in Nigeria", he stressed.

Adenipekun said Osun has contributed significantly towards enhancing Information and Communication Technology, ICT required in education sector which according to him remains the prerequisite to development of quality education in the country.

Adenipekun, who recommended the Tablet of Knowledge to other states of the federation said the initiative had contributed towards educational development.

He described the innovation as a tool of educational revolution, breakthrough aimed at enhancing and encouraging the process of teaching and learning through the use of innovative technology.

"We are particularly proud of the landmark achievement and the major breakthrough of the current administration in Osun most significantly in education sector by the introduction of the ground breaking 'Tablet of Knowledge' also known as "Opon Imo" to students of the state at secondary level.

"As we commend the efforts of Mr. Governor on the landmark achievement and major breakthrough of his administration in education most importantly on the widely applauded 'Tablet of Knowledge' which had improved and encouraged teaching and learning, we equally recommend other states to key into this initiative so as to improve the education sector," he added.

Governor Aregbesola who described "the Tablet of Knowledge" as a panacea to education revolution, said the state had recorded national and international awards on the initiative.

Commending WAEC for maintaining education standards in the country, Governor Aregbesola said the examination body had contributed tremendously in raising the standards of education in the West African sub-region.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEfHQyj6abA

knostbrown01:
I work and Based in Osun, all those projects cost nothing less than 1.3billion naira for mould block classroom. Na Subeb project which was contracted at rate of 350million, Aregbe revalue it to 1.3billion naira. That is why FG never pay him for some of the projects.

Just no talk if you come to osun because you can be lynch the way people dey hungry for this administration ooo

Dude, You're just a LIAR. L I A R. Please where did you get all this info from? Cos i also work and live in Osun and im surprised youre saying something else.

You're just a LIAR and i guess you're not appreciative of His efforts. That's all

knostbrown01:
Only keep this to yourself, never talk of that man (Aregbe) for public places in Osun oo,

Why shouldn't or can't i talk to about Him in Osun? Are you in Osun? Or what gives you this thinking?

Please, Everyone should note that i dont have any relationship with Aregbesola. I only liked what he has done in His state and i love the MASSIVE improvements.

Thank you

First Picture
Governor State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola receiving a Plague of Honour from the newly posted Commander of Engineering Construction Command (ECC), Ede, Brig. Gen. Emico Eruwa,during the familiarization visit to the Governor by the new Commander, at the Government House, Osogbo, on Thursday 02-02-2017.

Second Picture
Governor State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola. (Middle); newly posted Commander of Engineering Construction Command (ECC), Ede, Brig. Gen. Emico Eruwa (left) and Colonel O.S Obot, during the familiarization visit to the Governor by the new Commander, at the Government House, Osogbo, on Thursday 02-02-2017.

Third Picture
Governor State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola (right) and the newly posted Commander, Engineering Construction Command (ECC), Ede, Brig. Gen. Emico Eruwa, during the familiarization visit to the Governor by the new Commander, at the Government House, Osogbo, on Thursday 02-02-2017.

tollyboy5:
you are blind so you call this achievement. that all what governor could do. its what street chairman can also do

@tollyboy5, If you don't regard this has an achievement then i'm pretty sure you have no brains because even Lagos State hasn't built schools of this standard. In Lagos, you find this kind of pictures in Private Schools and not Public Schools. These are all Public Schools that have been built from start to finish.

Please tell me the "street chairman" that has done something like this.

We should learn to appreciate what someone is doing and not just disregard blindly(without any facts). I had to put that in the bracket because i think you're not so intelligent to see the changes.

Thank you

This is really great. The governor Mr. Aregbesola is indeed doing well.

Here are some pictures of some of the schools that have been done in the state.

The people you see in this picture are osun state citizens who are so happy with their governor. I dont think the people will come out to support Him

fuckingAyaya:
and civil servants re been owed issorite

Oga, are you being owed? Or do you know anyone being owed? Please, cos no one is complaining of non-payment of salaries or anything partaining to that... Please verify your facts before posting

Thanks

His Excellency dances after his speech at the new LCDA Office Opening at Ife South West

mykeljosef:
ogbeni aregbe


idgaf

Apparently, you give a f**k because you wouldn't have bothered commenting or even clicking this post in the first place.

Sorry, mykeljosef You REALLY GIVE A F**K

juman:
Another clueless yoruba "leader".

Why we dont have any more, leaders like sophisticated obafemi awolowo, like Abraham adesanya, like bola ige, like jakande, etc.

I always wonder.

Todays "leaders" are just doing politics for politics purpose. A lot of noise making without achieving anything tangible.

Hello Juman,

Have you been to Osun recently? Have you seen the projects he has started and finished? Have you seen the heights he has achieved? No other "Yoruba Leader" has done all he has achieved?

If i may ask, why do you call him a clueless yoruba leader?

He has done more than enough in the Educational Sector, Infrastructures, Job Creation, Agriculture. These are the few i can remember right now. I'm not from Osun State and i don't have any personal interest in this. I just stand for what is right and the man has been very good.

Governor of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, on Wednesday said that his government decided to establish new Local Council Development Areas in order to consolidate on the efforts of the late sage Chief Obafemi Awolowo and Chief Bola Ige.

Governor Aregbesola made the statement while addressing people at the official commissioning of the newly constructed office building of the newly created Ife Southwest Local Council Development Area, in Awolowo town.

The governor said the establishment of new LCDAs was to build on the legacy laid by the late sage described Chief Obafemi Awolowo, who he described as a father of modern government in Nigeria. He said Chief Awolowo had in 1981, introduced the establishment of LCDAs with cardinal objective of making government closer to the people at community levels.

He said: "Besides, the fact that LCDA contributes to the development of the state, its creation also helps foster communal peace and progress among the people at grassroots. The creation of LCDAs is not for fun but rather, a noble intent to make government more nearer to the masses and enhance all-round growth and development."

In his welcome address, the Council Manager of Ife South West Local Council Development Area, Alhaji Yinusa Olalekan Akande, commended Governor Aregbesola for the dedication of his government to the general well-being of the people in the state.

He said the commissioning of the new LCDA's Secretariat complex in the town was a clear manifestation of the vision and mission of the Aregbesola government to make life more abundant and meaningful to the residents of the community

In his remarks, the Chairman House Committee on Education in the State House of Assembly, Hon. Folorunsho Bamisayemi, commended the state government for being supportive of the people of the constituency. He said the impacts of the creation of the council is being positively felt in the constituency, saying the constituency had benefited immensely from various government intervention programmes.

Earlier, the Olu of Awolowo town, Oba David Omisore, expressed profound gratitude to the state government for citing the new LCDA headquartres in the town.

In line with the Six Point Integral Action Plan of Governor Rauf Aregbesola, the Osun State government has secured the commitment of a notable German institute to assist the state on improved health care delivery.

A team of seasoned German oncologists from the Institute for Operative Medicine of the Otto-yon Guericke-University, Magdeburg, Germany, will be in the Osun state between Feb 1 to Feb 4 2017 to perfect plans on collaborative effort on control, treatment and management of various class of cancer in the state.

The programme will include cancer screening right from Primary Health Centre to Secondary and Tertiary health care system. Cancer is known to be third leading cause of death in this part of the world.

The Institute for Operative Medizine of the Otto-yon Guericke-University had acceded to the request of the state government to tackle headlong health challenges posed by cancer related diseases and as well render services on general surgery operation

According to a letter of acknowledgment signed by the Head of the institute, Prof. Hans Lippert, the institute will also support the state Government fully in cancer preventive awareness

The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health in Osun State, Dr Adeyinka Eso, said the four-day visit of the German oncologist team will afford the medical experts in the state health ministry some high level technical interaction on control and management of cancer disease at all tiers of the state health system.

From left- The Akinrun of Ikirun, Oba Abdul Rauf Olayiwola Adedeji, Celebrant and Balogun Musulumi of Ikirunland, Hon. Gbadamosi Okunlola Lawal and Governor State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, during the 90th Birthday Ceremony of Hon. Gbadamosi Lawal, at Akinorun High School, Ikirun on Saturday 28/1/2017.