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WE WILL GIVE WHAT IT TAKES TO ENSURE THE SECURITY OF OUR PEOPLE- AKEREDOLU

The Chairman of the Southwest Governors’ Forum and Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu,SAN, has said Governors from the Southwest are prepared to give whatever it takes for the security of lives and properties of the people in the region.

Governor Akeredolu reiterated the commitment of the Governors in the Southwest to the provision of efficient security network that will ensure the security of lives and property of the people in the region.

Arakunrin Akeredolu, who spoke on behalf of his colleagues at a Community Policing programme organised by the Inspector General of Police in Lagos for the Southwest, said he and his colleagues have resolved to ensure that the lives of their people are adequately secured to be able to go about their legitimate duties as law abiding citizens.

He said the security situation in the country has undoubtedly gotten to a worrisome point, such that everybody is greatly concerned.

" I doubt if the IG is even sleeping now. Only yesterday, he was in the east. By tomorrow maybe he would be somewhere else. The National Assembly is concerned and I'm sure Mr President is also greatly bothered," he said.

The Governor called for the decentralisation of the command structure of the Police in Nigeria in a manner that would enable the security of the people reflect their peculiar problems.

He noted that as much as the concept of Community Policing as being espoused by the Inspector General of Police may be good, it cannot entirely be the only solution to the myraid of security problems in the country.

Olabode Richard Olatunde
Special Assistant to the Governor (New Media)
February 13, 2020.

Ondo no dey carry last.

**says former governor under Akeredolu’s pay roll

The internal opposition group within the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo state otherwise known as the Unity Forum has rejected the appointment of the pioneer national chairman, Chief Bisi Akande as chairman of the National Reconciliation Commitee set up by President Muhammadu Buhari.

The forum which is led by a former deputy governor of the state, Alhaji Ali Olanusi not only rejected Akande bit accused him of being on the payroll of the Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu.

Aside pummeling the reconciliation committee of the party, the group has condemned the setting up of the Advisory Council set up to guide Ondo State chapter of the party to the path of unity ahead of the 2020 governorship election.

The Olanusi group in a communique at the end of its meeting said:
” The Meeting reviewed the replacement of the Senate President with His Excellency Chief Bisi Akande as the Chairman of APC National Reconciliation Committee and pass vote of no confidence on Baba Akande as the Chairman of the Committee.

“This is because the said Chief Bisi Akande is on the pay roll of Ondo State Governor and Baba was part of the reconciliation committee that met with the party Leadership in Ondo State in July, 2019 at Heritage Hotel Akure”.

“That the Unity Forum condemn the setting up of an Advisory Council in APC Ondo State as the composition of the council did not reflect the real membership spread of the party in Ondo State but the “yes men” and cabinet members of the Governor of Ondo State except in one or two Local Governments.

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THE flyover built by the Ondo State Government across the Benin-Ore Expressway at Ore and the Ondo Linyi Industrial Hub are to be inaugurated by President Muhammadu Buhari, Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu said on Monday.

He was at the State House, Abuja, to invite the President.

Speaking with reporters, the governor said: “I came to Mr. President for a specific issue, which is to invite Mr. President to Ondo State for the inauguration of our intersection.

“As you all know, I’ll be three years in office on the 24th of this month and the activities lined up to mark our third year in office include having to inaugurate a number of our projects that have been completed. That’s why I’ve come to personally invite him to inaugurate our flyover in Ore.”

On the insinuations that he wants to ride on the back of the Operation Amotekun issue to secure a second term, the governor said he has done enough for the people of Ondo State, hence he does not need the Amotekun popularity to be re-elected.

He said: “On the forthcoming election, you need to go to Ondo; I know that we have done more than enough. We are in the heart of the people of Ondo State, we don’t need Amotekun to be in the hearts of the people. You need to go there, by the grace of God, not our calling but for what God has enabled us to do in Ondo State is there for you to see.”

The governor also took the opportunity to renew his earlier calls for the legalisation of the farming of marijuana, which he said has a lot of economic and health values to the society.

“It’s not because I take it; I take CBD, that’s the oil, for medical purposes. I am convinced about the use to which we can put marijuana.

“I know of the fact because we had to bring in experts, who have gone round and believe that the strain of marijuana that we grow in Ogbese in Ondo State is the best in the world. So, if you have that then a government must find a way to put it into good use.

“Our own is that the pathway to growing marijuana for medical reasons, not for anybody to smoke,” the governor said.

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Ahead of the forthcoming governorship election in Ondo State, the elders of the ruling All Progressives Congress, in the Ondo South Senatorial District have declared that Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, would secure the ticket of the party and win the election for the second term.

The elders, under the auspices of the Ondo South Senatorial District Leaders of the APC, said the governor had no serious opposition either in the party or among the opposition parties in the state.

Speaking on Thursday, on behalf of the group, a party leader, Mr Ola Oguntimehin, said all the leaders in Ondo South had endorsed Akeredolu to go for the second term, saying this was the resolution made at a meeting of all the leaders in the district, held in Ore, Odigbo Local Government Area of the state.


According to him, some of the leaders at the meeting included: the state Deputy Governor, Mr. Agboola Ajayi, the Commissioner for Finance, Mr Wale Akintehinwa, Commissioner for Education, Mr Femi Agagu, Mrs Oladunni Odu among others.

He said, "Akeredolu deserves second term because he had done well in all the sectors in the state, particularly in infrastructures. He has embarked upon many developmental projects many of which have been completed.

"He has performed wonderfully well in the provision of good roads, healthcare, massive restructure in the educational sector and many others too numerous to mention.

" We, all the leaders and statekholeders of the APC in the Ondo South Senatorial District, have unanimously endorsed Governor Akeredolu for the second term. He has nothing to stop him."

He enjoined all the party faithful in the state to work and support the second term aspiration of the governor.

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The Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Mr Bamidele Oloyeloogun and the Chief of the staff to the State governor, Chief Olugbenga Ale, yesterday insisted that the second term of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, is sure, declaring that the giants strides of the present administration have silent the opposition parties in the state.

He cited Akeredolu’s role in the establishment of the South-West security outfit, Operation Amotekun, as one of the things that had endeared him to the people of the state.

Oloyeloogun spoke at the Ondo state NUJ Press Centre during a Press Conference organised by a pro-Akeredolu group, the Democratic Peace Movement for Aketi 2020, in Akure, the Ondo State capital on Monday.

The group, which consists of mostly appointees of the governor, called on Governor Akeredolu to consider running for the second term in office, said: “the second term for Akeredolu is not negotiable.”


Represented by a former Deputy Speaker of the Assembly, Mr Samuel Aderoboye, the Ondo Speaker said Akeredolu had performed well in every sector of the state in the last three years had earned him the love of the people of the state.

The Speaker pointed out that opposition parties such as the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) had lost their voice as a result of unprecedented developmental strides of Akeredolu, urging the people of the state to sustain their support for the governor for second term.

“The role he played in the establishment of Operation Amotekun is a plus for him to secure second term in office. The people of the state love him. He is a man of integrity,” Oloyelogun said.

Addressing newsmen at the NUJ Press Centre, Alagbaka, Akure, the state capital, the Chief of Staff to the governor, Chief Olugbenga Ale, emphasized that the group decided to champion the call for the reelection of the governor due to the need for continuity of all the ongoing developmental projects he initiated.


Ale, said Akeredolu’s achievements had already earned him a second term, saying Akeredolu deserved the party’s tickets to re-contest in order to continue the developmental strides initiated by the governor.

The Chief of Staff who disclosed that the party leadership had been making efforts to resolve the internal wrangling with the state chapter of the APC to ensure victory for the party in the forthcoming governorship election in the state.

Ale said: “Akeredolu has done quite well to deserve a second term in office. There are many reasons why he should be supported for his re-election.

“He has done much to ensure peace, unity and harmony in the state, because, without peace and unity, you cannot achieve anything.

“He has touched virtually all sectors, from health to education, agriculture, road construction, infrastructural development and he has improved the economy of the state.”

The Chief of Staff said, “development of human capital, regular payments of workers salary and he has even agreed to pay the new minimum wage with effect from this January and giving him another term will ensure the completion of projects scattered across the state.”

Also speaking, SUBEB chairman in Ondo state, Princess Oladunni Odu highlighted major achievements of governor Akeredolu in education sector which included massive construction of school and modern laboratories in primary schools in all local government areas.

Also speaking at the press conference, the governor’s Senior Special Assistant on Security matters, Alhaji Jimoh Dojumo, said the southwest governors were working on recruitment modalities and how those employed will be trained by certified security experts.

“We are working round the clock for the commencement of Operation Amotekun. The recruitment exercise will soon commence in the six states and the personnel will commence work soon as well,” Dojumo said.

According to him, consultations were made before the launch of the security outfit.

According to him, the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Adamu was carried along in all stages before the outfit’s launch.

Besides, he said the IGP sent a representative to the Southwest security summit held in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, where the six governors agreed on Operation Amotekun.

The coordinator of the group, Prof Olu Aboluwoye, said Akeredolu was committed to moving the state forward, calling on the people to support him for second term to enable him to deliver more dividends of democracy to the people.

Aboluwoye said ahead of 2020 governorship election in Ondo State, the pressure group within the state chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC), Democratic Peace Movement for Aketi 2020, had thrown their weight behind the re-election of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu for a second term in office.

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JOHNSONSOLAFUNMI:
Stop celebrating mediocrity


I’m from ONDO STATE

Meanwhile, if other states have all been paying and Ondo State is yet to start paying, it's people like you that will be crying up and down. Ondo state is paying now you're calling it mediocrity. Be happy for once.

Lalasticlala, Mynd44

Ondo state government and labour unions on Saturday agreed on payment of N30,000 new minimum wage starting from January this year.

This was after series of negotiations between the government and labour leaders.

The labour unions led by the NLC, JNC and TUC were joined by legislative, judiciary and other top government functionaries.

The labour leaders agreed on full payment of the new wage from level six downwards while level seven above had experienced consequential adjustment.

The state’s Head of Service(HoS)Mr Oluwadare Aragbaye thanked the labour leaders for maintaining religious harmony noting that the state government would continue to prioritize the workers’ welfare.

Aragbaye said government had also approved 33 per cent for those who retired before 2014 and peculiar allowances for some workers Responding to the Joint Council.

Chairman, Oyesanmi Ilesanmi, NLC chairman, Sunday Adeleye and his counterpart from TUC Comrade Helen Odofin appreciated the state’s government for regular payment of salaries and allowances since 2017.

The labour leaders who cautioned against retrenchment or downsizing of workers under any disguise solicited recruitment of more workforce in the state’s civil service.

Aragbaiye signed the agreement on behalf of government, the JNC chairman; the NLC Chairman, and the TUC chairman signed for the organised labour and workers.

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Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has taken on Balarabe Musa, former governor of Old Kaduna State for saying the establishment of Amotekun security outfit by Southwest governors was a ploy to create Oduduwa Republic.

Akeredolu maintained that Musa made the remark against the Southwest out of “ignorance.”

Musa, while making the remark had warned that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government must not allow the operation of such a security network, stressing that it falls out of the established laws of the country.


He warned that it was a ploy to secure Yoruba land and a prelude to the declaration of Oduduwa Republic.

Reacting, Akeredolu, while addressing journalists yesterday in Abuja stressed that the Northern elder-statesman misunderstood the idea behind the launch of Amotekun.

He said: “Balarabe Musa spoke out of ignorance. That is the way I see it because he is a respected leader. We all have respect for him and from his days in NEPU and PRP, till when he was impeached as governor, he was a progressive person, and he is still a progressive person. I am sure maybe he was misquoted. For me, such views from him were unnecessary.


“It is not possible. In my speech at the launch of Amotekun, I was very clear that this is not a regional army or regional paramilitary and that it is collaborative and that all we want to do is to ensure that our forests and other places, we have men who can go in to arrest these bandits and help the Police in their work.

“I remember I said something there that this nation has come to stay, if only for one reason, for my sake it must stay. So, my wife, that is Ibo, if they want to break this country, where would my children go? My wife is Igbo, so where would my own children go? I believe in this country totally.

“However, we are committed to restructuring this country. We are not going to say because of Amotekun, we should not restructure; this country must be restructured. We have said so openly, it is there in the All Progressives Congress (APC) constitution and part of our manifesto. Restructuring was stated clearly that we would do it.


“Why we have not done it, nobody knows, but we have to. But there have been some efforts to restructure. We can give it to the President, at least, let him take the credit, there have been some efforts at restructuring in one way or the other. So, restructuring is not something we can compromise.

“That is the only way for this country. We can’t continue this way. The country is hydra-headed and everybody must feel a sense of belonging and the only way is for us to carry out this restructuring.”

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Popular human rights activist, Deji Adeyanju has hailed the governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu on his commitment in ensuring the Amotekun security outfit becomes functional.

Recall that the governor of Ondo State has expressed his undying support for the Amotekun outfit as he pointed out that he doesn’t mind losing his second term bid.

His statement came after the minister of justice, Malami Abubakar proscribed the security outfit.

Reacting to the governor’s statement, the popular activist hailed him as the new hero of the South-Western region.


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The Governor of Ondo State, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, on Tuesday, alleged that some Yoruba leaders in the South-West were behind the Miyetti Allah in opposing the newly launched Operation Amotekun in the region.

The Secretary of the Miyetti Allah, Saleh Alhassan, had on Channels Television, on Tuesday, criticised the South-West governors on the creation of Operation Amotekun.

Akeredolu, who is the Chairman of the South-West Governors’ Forum, said he would not blame the Miyetti Allah’s secretary but the people in the region, who were allegedly colluding with the Miyetti Allah to fight against the South-West security outfit.


The governor spoke through his Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr Ojo Oyewamide.

He said, “Rather than throwing same stones the arrogant miscreant threw at the governors, we will rather put the blame on those internal collaborators whose parochial political pursuits have beclouded their sense of tomorrow.

“Yes, the possibility of an outburst as such can only be seen when a serving senator (from South West), because of his political ambition, would rather demonize Amotekun than support the scheme.


“Is it not curious that it was shortly after a supposed senator whose immediate environment is the most affected by insecurity pummeled Amotekun that the federal Attorney-General came out that same evening to issue a statement?

“These are the internal collaborators whose vested interest is to sell the South-West out. However, we must emphasise that our unity and cohesion as a nation are two cherished features that we can’t afford to undermine.”

Akeredolu reiterated that Operation Amotekun had come to stay and “all legal means will be deployed to achieve same without necessarily affecting our oneness as a nation. Like others elsewhere, Amotekun remains complimentary, it is not a regional force”.

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Diverse yoruba interest groups including the Yoruba World Congress (YWC), Yoruba People’s Congress and Federation of Yoruba Consciousness and Culture on Wednesday held a peaceful rally in Akure, the Ondo State capital in support of the newly introduced South West regional security outfit, Operation Amotekun.

The rally kicked off at the MKO Abiola democracy park, Akure around 11am.

Participants at the rally wore clothes with the inscription of Amotekun.

It was staged by youths from various tertiary institutions in the state, traders and artisans.

The procession later moved to the palace of the Deji of Akure, Oba Ogunlade Aladetoyinbo and the office of the Governor, Alagbaka, Akure.

At Deji of Akure’palace, the monarch who spoke through his Chief of Staff, Toyin Aladetoyinbo urged those participating in the rally to maintain peace and carried out their activities lawfully.

The monarch said the people of Akure are in support of any process that would bring peace and cohesion to the South West region.

Cooordinator of the groups, Mr Oluyi Akintade said the rally was to express support for the South West Governors on Operation Amotekun.

He urged the Governors not to bow to pressure from Federal Government.

According to him,Operation Amotekun has come to stay in the South West, stressing that no force could stop it.

His words” The people of Yoruba land are solidly behind the Governor and we shall continue to stand by them.

” Yoruba people have spoken with one voice and we are determined to ensure that Operation Amotekun stays. We are appealing to the six Governors of the South West to stand by their people on this project.

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The Chairman of the South West Governors’ Forum and Ondo State Governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, SAN, on Sunday, stressed that the region’s newly launched security outfit codenamed, ‘Operation Amotekun’ was to complement the efforts of the conventional internal security agencies in the region.

Akeredolu said that the Operation Amotekun was neither a regional army nor one established to carry out unwholesome ethnic objectives which may undermine national cohesion.

The governor stated this in a statement issued by the state Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Mr Donald Ojogo.


Akeredolu warned people against making divisive statements that were capable of rubbishing the genuine intentions of South-West governors.

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He said, “Amotekun, when fully operational, would serve the purposes of local information and intelligence gathering for processing and usage by the conventional security agencies. Amotekun is, therefore, supportive and not a replacement for the nation’s security agencies.

“The concerns expressed by individuals, agencies of government and several stakeholders are noted without bias. Where possible, the inexorable efforts of the Southwest governors will be deepened through a relentless interface.


“As such, as interface and engagements continue, it is pertinent to say that the on-going discourse on the issue of Amotekun must not be misguided or used to ventilate personal or group views aimed at oiling primordial sentiments and grievances. Ethnicing the current situation is even more unhelpful. There should be no reason for such.

“This is more so that the Amotekun scheme is not targeted at any non-Southwest ethnic group just as its benefits are to be reaped by all Nigerians irrespective of ethnic or religious placements.”


The governor expressed confidence that the South West governors will not capitulate to blackmail either from within or outside the region, insisting that the governors were ready “to pursue the Amotekun security scheme through all permissible political and legal means”.

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Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State on Friday told the Niger Delta Development Commission to complete its abandoned projects in the state and forget about starting new ones.

Akeredolu stated this in Akure when the Minister of State for Niger Delta, Senator Tayo Alasoadura, paid him a courtesy visit as part of the commission’s tour to inspect its projects in the region.

Akeredolu said, “We don’t need new projects; the abandoned ones on ground should be completed,” adding that the “state is ready to cooperate fully with” the NDDC to complete the abandoned projects.

“There are so many abandoned projects in Ondo and also projects that overlapped. It cannot continue like this,” he said.

The governor, however, lauded the forensic audit embraced by the commission, saying it was very important for it to complete its many abandoned projects in the region.
The minister had lamented that things were done with impunity in the ministry in the past.

According to Alasoadura, in the past, nobody was reporting to anybody in the commission and while huge amounts had been disbursed by the commission on projects, there was nothing to show for it.

Alasoadura said, “It cannot continue to be business as usual. As of today, NDDC has close to 12,000 abandoned projects, so if we decide to start awarding contracts again, we will be adding to the problem on ground.

“So, we decided (to complete the ongoing ones) and the president agreed that we should go for what we call legacy projects, and the first one is the Ilaje-Lagos link road.”

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Bad journalism will burn Nigeria to the ground. The Governor only said Ondo State is poor compared to Lagos and Ogun.

The inauguration of the much-talked about South West security outfit, Operation Amotekun, is about to begin at the Oyo State Governor’s Office, State Secretariat in Agodi, Ibadan.


The Governor of Ondo State and the Chairman Western Nigeria Governors (WNGF), Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, SAN, has said the Amotekun will not participate in any political activities.

He made this statement in his keynote speech at the official launch of the Western Nigerian Security Network, Amotekun, which took place at the Oyo State Secretariat, Agodi, Ibadan, Oyo State on Thursday.

He explained that the development of Amotekun is to curb insecurity in the SouthWest.


“It has become embarrassing that insecurities are happening in the south-west state. Amotekun will save us from ritual killing, cybercrime, kidnapping among others. We shall not relent until the entire place is secured.


“We the South-West governors believe in the unity of Nigeria and we can’t afford to break this country. I married an Igbo woman and we believe in Nigeria. We are committed in the idea to make Nigeria great and united,” he said.

He further disclosed that the activities of Amotekun will be known to the Nigerian police.

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Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu,SAN, has reiterated his vow never to play politics with the destiny of the state.

The Governor said he would instead continue to render purposeful and selfless leadership that engender all-round development.

Governor Akeredolu said his belief is that government and development should be about the people and for the benefit of the good people of the State.

Arakunrin Akeredolu made this known while delivering his address at the 2019 State Carols and Lessons, held at the International Center for Culture and Event (DOME), Igbatoro road, Akure, the state capital on Wednesday.

He said opening up of rural roads to facilitate easy evacuation of agricultural produce from the farms will be the top priority of his administration as the dry season starts.

The Governor emphasised that the efforts of his government in the industrialisation of the State is already yielding fruits, adding that the state will be better for it by the time all the efforts crystalise.

Speaking on the reason for the season, Governor Akeredolu urged the people to reflect on the major essence and reason for the birth of Jesus Christ, which he described as redemption from judgment to salvation, healing and happiness.

He said the people must embrace and promote humanity, common good, love, peace, care and concern for one another, and most importantly, the pathway to the salvation of others.

Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana joined the Governor at the 2019 state carols and lessson.

Members of the state executive council, members of the state House of Assembly, led by the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Bamidele Oleyelogun, Royal fathers, religious leaders and other eminent personalities also attended the event.

Olabode Richard Olatunde
Special Assistant to the Governor (New Media)
December 18, 2019.

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Every goodwill of a man earns him the support and love of the people.

The former Governor of Ondo State, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko Iroko of Zenith Labour Party ZLP, and past senatorial aspirant has endorsed Aketi's 4+4 mandate which implies continuity.

Mimiko, no doubt believes in the vision and mission of Governor Akeredolu legendary contributions towards the development of Ondo State and thus has declared his support for Akeredolu’s continuity.

His intention was made public during the Adekunle Ajasin University's 9th Convocation, at the opening of the University's Senate building which was renamed after him by Governor Akeredolu.

Mimiko's decision was seen clearly when he raised his palm using his fingers to show the 4+4 sign as usually used by Akeredolu's supporters.

Iroko described the governor as a man void of political bigotry and the right man to pilot the affairs of Ondo State for the next eight years, following his numerous giant strides in the state for the past three years. He therfore noted that his mandate is for Akeredolu and as well encouraged the people of Ondo State to do the same.

The Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin OluwaRotimi Akeredolu, SAN has ordered the reabsorption of 59 sacked workers of the Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, into the state’s civil service.

The workers were teaching at the Rufus Giwa Polytechnic Staff Primary and Secondary Schools, before their sacking following the authorities’ inability to financially run the schools.

The disengagement of the teachers sparked crisis between the school management and the institution’s chapter of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Polytechnics.


Speaking at a meeting with the representatives of SSANIP held on the campus, the Chairman of the polytechnic’s Governing Council, Mr Banji Alabi, said the governor ordered that the sacked workers should be reabsorbed into the mainstream state teaching service.

Alabi said, “The polytechnic in collaboration with the state government has offered to reabsorb the disengaged workers into the mainstream state teaching service and deployed in primary and secondary schools within Owo Local Government Area.”

In a statement jointly issued at the end of the meeting by the SSANIP Chairman, Mr Chris Olowolade and Secretary, Mr Samuel Olorunnusi, the union commended the management for the development.


The association also appealed to the polytechnic’s authorities to give the workers an option of being transferred to the mainstream of the polytechnic instead of the state teaching service alone.

The statement read in part, “The governing council representative appealed to the union to see the magnanimous gesture of the state governor in directing that the disengaged staff school members be absorbed into the (state) primary and secondary schools as an opportunity for them as they can rise to the position of principal and head teacher in no time because they will be replaced where their contemporaries in the teaching service are.”

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Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu,SAN, has offered the overall best graduating student of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko (AAUA), Ajakaiye Daniel Oluwatobi an immediate employment.

Daniel Oluwatobi graduated with a CGPA of 4.76 from the Accounting department, Faculty of Social And Management Sciences of the University.

Governor Akeredolu, who announced the immediate employment while delivering his address on the occasion of the 9th Convocation ceremony of the AAUA on Friday, said the best graduating student deserves to work in the institution to enable him contribute his knowledge to the growth of the school.

Arakunrin Akeredolu, who noted that the state manages three Universities and a Polytechnic, assures that his administration will continue to exert necessary efforts to sustain the tempo of development in all the State-owned citadels of learning.

He said despite stiff competing demands, his administration has ensured prompt release of subventions in order not to jeopardise the delicate balance of running a modern university.

The Governor also disclosed that his administration has also done its best to grow the physical infrastructure in all the state-owned institutions.

He said: ”As part of our administration’s understanding of the running of a 21st century-compliant university, we have continued to give the management of all state-institutions the free hand needed to run their affairs.

“Plans are on to ensure that we leverage the research efforts of academics across our institutions while also not failing to tap from their wealth of experience and research when occasions demand.


“Our educational policy thrust is clear, to make our institutions of higher learning independent and well-funded with a view of making tools of positive changes in the society.”

The Governor noted that with the 20th year of the existence of the university, it has continued to do exceptionally well nationally and globally despite its young age.

"Within such a relatively young age, the university has consistently emerged as the Best State-owned University in Nigeria, and it is currently ranked the ninth best out of the about 160 universities in the country,” the Governor said.


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Ondo PDP finally found something to say after all this while. Don't blame them not when the party’s strength has been decimated and deflated in Ondo State through the outstanding performance of Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu in the last two years and a half years in Ondo State.

How can you accuse a government that has improved on healthcare delivery; employed hundreds of workers; pays salaries and pensions; constructed and rehabilitated roads and schools across the three senatorial districts as an anti-people?

Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu,SAN, has commissioned the newly-built Critical Care Unit (CCU) Building at the University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital Complex (UNIMEDTHC), Akure, the state capital.

The Governor also laid the foundation of a new main teaching hospital complex, as part of his determination to make the teaching hospital in the state a world-class modern tertiary facility.

According to Arakunrin Akeredolu, Ondo State was hitherto the only State without a tertiary health care facility among the South western states in Nigeria.

He noted that the state has not only surpassed the other States in terms of improvement in health delivery indices, but has also gotten accreditation in all its clinical service departments in a record time of one year.

”We have equally reversed the trend of Ondo State indigenes and residents of the State seeking tertiary health care outside the State.” the Governor said.

Arakunrin Akeredolu explained that his administration passed into law the establishment of the University of Medical Sciences Teaching Complex (UNIMEDTHC, adding that the Law amalgamated existing specialist hospitals to form a Multi-Complex Teaching Hospital, named University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital Complex for the already existing University of Medical Sciences.

He said:” We ingeniously sourced medical equipment at a reduced cost to cover identified infrastructural gaps in all our hospitals. This has improved diagnostic and therapeutic capabilities of all our public hospitals.

”We passed into Law the Primary Health Care Bill to empower the Primary Health Care Board to carry out its work more effectively and efficiently. This will also position us to benefit from the National Basic Health Fund which will, in turn, improve the health wellbeing of our citizens at the community level.

”The State Government, in order to improve the capacity of our primary training Health Institution in the State has also upgraded the School of Health Technology, Akure into a degree-awarding College of Health Technology. The college is now better positioned to train health personnel. We intend to improve the infrastructural facilities at the College.

”We passed into law the bill incorporating the School of Nursing and Midwifery into the University of Medical Sciences. This singular act has enriched the training of our nurses in compliance with the aspirations of the Nursing Councils.”Following the amalgamation of the facilities, we have reorganized, restructured and embarked upon building new structures to have a modern and standard teaching hospital.

”We have also recruited highly qualified personnel to match the upgrade in the facility. We have recruited over 750 personnel across board.

”We are also providing more ambulances, buses and services vehicles to ease movement of staff and patients across the three complexes of the Teaching Hospital.

”We have also decided to acquire some neighbouring buildings to allow for further expansion of the Akure Complex of the Teaching Hospital. These buildings are too close to the hospitals and the occupants are in possible health jeopardy.”

Olabode Richard Olatunde
Special Assistant to the Governor (New Media)
December 3, 2019

helinues:
What are you justifying?

Is it your stomachs that is not making you too see beyond your nose?

Or perhaps it could be you that's reasoning with your anus.

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They said Governor Akeredolu reportedly took money from the state purse to celebrate his daughter's wedding but what they are ignorant of is that, the husband of the Governor’s daughter, Olatunde is a successful dude and a business partner of Peter Psquare from a very long time coming. Long Arakunrin Akeredolu became Governor.

For a man who happens to be a business partner & close pal to some of the top Artistes in Nigeria, what is Mauritius, a country in the East Africa that he cannot go to celebrate his wedding.

How many normal families have weddings in Barbados, London etc without a word said?

On Governor Akeredolu's part, this is a successful legal luminary who Co-founded a law firm. A former President of the NBA. A former Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice.

And people now think someone of this calibre cannot afford to celebrate his daughter's wedding at Mauritius? A country half the population of Ondo State.

Besides, a destination wedding for 150 guests is always wayyyyy cheaper than a Nigerian wedding where you have to plan for 3000 people because if the Governor doesn't invite at least 100 people from each ward, they will fight him

Nigerians, start checking yourselves abeg. You may be broken, unreasonable, unfair, negative, frustrated and abnormal yet not know it.

All these poverty mentality must end in 2019.

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