As part of its commitment to improve the health sector, facilitate modern healthcare in Ondo State and end medical tourism abroad , the administration of Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has signed a memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a Germany-based health institution, Medicus International, to build a USD1.1billion Sunshine medical City in the state.

The Mou was signed by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Hon. Ifedayo Abegunde, while the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Medicus International, Frank Spriewald, signed on behalf of the company at the Ondo State Governor's Lodge, Asokoro, Abuja, on Thursday, October 24, 2019.

Speaking at the event, Governor Akeredolu said he was more than convinced that Medicus International has good intention to develop the medical infrastructure in the state.

He said: "I am more than convinced that Medicus has good intention. As I told them when they came, coincidentally about few weeks ago, I was in Germany myself and I saw their structure.

"When I was in Berlin, I was talking to another medical organisation to bring their facility to Ondo State. I was negotiating with them not knowing that someone else was already waiting for this.

"No doubt, we are interested in this. We have made efforts. We are already working on how to secure a land very close to the airport. It is an interesting thing.

"We are prepared to cooperate and we know that this sort of thing is to be done as a joint venture. The interest of Ondo State is there. We are putting land. The joint venture itself will come up."

Arakunrin Akeredolu also announced that the state government has set up a team led by the Special Adviser on Health to work with the Medicus International.

Earlier, the facilitator for Medicus International, Chief Oludare Bello, said the time for the execution of the project is thirty six months and development will be completed in forty eight months.

According to him, the hospital will deal with all facets of healthcare, adding that the nearness to the airport became imperative because the hospital will have its own helicopter that will transverse other parts of the state for medical purposes.

Chief Bello explained that there will be other facilities in the medical city such as conference Center, Cinema, teaching hospital and nursing school.

He said: "The hospital is a city on its own. The design is premised on the fact that there will be green in the whole hospital. That is to make the patients see the ambience of the hospital when they lean over the window to have a view.

"It will be one of its kind in Nigeria. Over 50% of the doctors are already trained in Germany. The doctors that will be employed here will also be trained in Germany.

The Special Adviser to the Governor on Health, Dr. Jibayo Adeyeye, said Medicus International is charged with the responsibility of looking for fund for the project, adding that the State government is only investing 100 hectares of land and with other routine approvals.

He said the MoU is coming after serial of engagements to have a memorandum signed between the state government and the organization.

Olabode Richard Olatunde
Special Assistant to the Governor (New Media)
October 24, 2019

http://ondostate.gov.ng/Home/NewsItem/ODSG-Signs-MoU-To-Build-1-1Billion-Dollars-Medical-City-In-Ondo

The latest Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) report released by the National Bureau of Statistics showed that all states in Nigeria generated the total sum of N691.11 billion between January and June 2019.

According to the Bureau’s report, the IGR generated by the 36 states and FCT rose by 94.2 billion (15.7%) when compared to the N596.91 billion IGR generated in half 2018.

The report also showed that thirty-one (31) states and the FCT recorded growth in IGR while five (5) states recorded a decline in IGR at the end of H1 2019.

The Breakdown: In half-year 2019, details of the report showed that across the 36 states, Nigeria’s commercial hub, Lagos State, generated the biggest IGR of N205.16 billion. This means Lagos IGR constituted 30% of the IGR generated across states in half-year 2019.


River State ranks the second with the biggest IGR of N75.9 billion
Other states among the top 10 states with the biggest IGR include FCT (N38.5 billion), Delta (N36.3 billion), Ogun (N29.5 billion), Kaduna (N22.4 billion), Akwa Ibom (N20.4 billion), Ondo (N19 billion), Kano (N18.5 billion) and Cross River (N16.7 billion).
Meanwhile, Gombe, Yobe and Taraba states recorded the lowest IGR of N2.08 billion, N2.2 billion and N3.27 billion.


IGR Growth: Meanwhile, while Lagos is top in terms of the amount of IGR generated in half-year 2019, other states recorded the highest growth recorded in terms of IGR generated between half-year 2018 and half year 2019.


Further analysis showed that Zamafara State recorded the biggest growth in the total IGR in half-year 2019. Specifically, Zamafara generated N2.65 billion IGR in half-year 2018, while the state’s IGR rose to N7.21 billion in half-year 2019. This implies that Zamfara recorded a 171% increase in its total IGR between half-year 2018 and 2019.


Also, Kebbi and Osun States both rank second and third respectively with the biggest growth in IGR. Specifically, Kebbi generated N2.03 billion IGR in half-year 2018, while the state’s IGR hit N4.71 billion in half-year 2019. This means the state’s IGR rose by 132%.

On the other hand, Osun State’s IGR rose from N4.7 billion in half-year 2018 to N4.72 billion in half-year 2019, representing 131% in its IGR increase.


In the meantime, while the decline in the federal allocation has been a critical concern to most states, the rise in IGR recorded in most of these states is indeed a welcome development, as this is expected to ease off pressures from the fiscal constraint currently witnessed in the economy.


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The National Leader of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has commended the achievement of Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN in infrastructural development of the state.

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Who was in Ondo State for the traditional wedding ceremony of Governor Akeredolu's daughter, Teniola Akeredolu, made this known to the press.

Watch Video Below


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkyZEVe5UXE

It is with a deep sense of responsibility that the Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin OLUWAROTIMI O. AKEREDOLU, SAN joins numerous other Nigerians to congratulate our great party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and indeed, our dear President Muhammedu Buhari over this historic judicial victory. It is undoubtedly, a national victory for all Nigerians.

According to Governor Akeredolu, the verdict exuded a combination of very enthralling components which have contributed in no small measure, to the Nation's jurisprudence. The analytical precisions as well as the near-faultless conclusions have deepened judiciality. The enviable industry collectively deployed by the reverred Lordships also depicts great hope for Nigeria's electoral process.

Mr Governor believes that, notwithstanding the right of the main opposition and its Presidential Candidate to test the verdict at the Apex Court, the right time for less distractions in our polity is now. This is more so that, the current security challenges require a mere passing attention but a dexterous unanimity of purpose and national amity devoid of political colourations.

Signed:

Donald Ojogo,
Commissioner for Information & Orientation

http://ondostate.gov.ng/Home/NewsItem/Akeredolu-Congratulates-APC--Buhari-Over-Presidential-Election-Tribunal-Verdict

...Expends about N4bn in the process . Trips not jamboree, but for nation’s good, says Shehu

…Nigeria yet to benefit from incessant President’s travels – PDP

President Muhammadu Buhari has embarked on at least 52 foreign trips since May 2015 when he was sworn-in for his first term as President till date, expending approximately N4 billion in the process.

Investigations showed that Buhari has so far visited 30 countries cutting across four continents, including Africa.

According to analysis carried out by The Daily Times, Buhari has so far visited 16 African countries, seven Asian countries, five European countries and one country in North America.

Among the 30 countries visited by the President, further analysis shows that the United States of America and the United Kingdom topped the list with a record five visits each followed by France, Chad and Saudi Arabia with three visits each.

Countries visited twice include Niger, China, Germany, South Africa, Benin, Ghana, United Arab Emirates, Kenya, Senegal and Gambia.

The countries President Buhari visited once include Cameroon, India, Sudan, Iran, Malta, Ethiopia, Qatar, Equatorial Guinea, Morocco, Mali, Poland, Jordan, Liberia and Japan.

Similarly, checks on the President’s local trips revealed that there are some states in the country that Buhari is yet to visit aside for campaign or electioneering purposes.

Checks by The Daily Times revealed that the North East and North West are the only zones where Buhari has visited all the states with Katsina his home state enjoying the pleasure to host him the most.

His visits to Anambra, Ondo, Kogi, Bayelsa and Akwa Ibom states, were all campaign stops to rally support for his party in either the presidential or governorship elections. Others include Delta, Ekiti, Oyo and Abia states.

Further checks showed that while Buhari visited 30 countries in four years and three months, former President Goodluck Jonathan visited at least 30 countries between 2010 and 2015, while former President Olusegun Obasanjo had a record of 97 countries he visited from 1999 -2007.

It could be recalled that former Presidents Jonathan and Obasanjo received criticism for their numerous foreign trips while in office.

After ex-President Jonathan travelled out of the country at least 20 times in 2012, political pundits likened his many trips to that of Obasanjo, who was at a time adjudged by many as one of the world’s most travelled President with a record of 93 foreign trips within his first three years in office.

According to reports, he was said to have spent at least 340 days outside the country during his Presidency and travelled 400 times between 1999 and 2007.

Obasanjo like Buhari while delivering a speech at Oxford University said the frequent foreign trips were targeted at restoring the country’s “bad image before the comity of nations following years of brutal military regimes.

“I was elected as President of Nigeria in February of 1999 and was inaugurated as President in May 1999, when Nigeria was a pariah nation.

“Everywhere people had poor opinion about us. We were scorned at and viewed as a liability in the comity of nations.

“The situation demanded that I worked to stave off that perception. As a country under political transformation, I applied myself scrupulously to the task at hand.

“For the eight years that I served, I reached out to world leaders and continue to do so beyond my presidency. That was termed shuttle diplomacy in governance.

“I travelled extensively, canvassing global understanding and our mainstreaming into the new world order, not only for Nigeria, but for the whole of Africa. By the time I finished my two-terms, I had travelled to 97 countries,” he added.

Meanwhile, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has criticised the President for globe-trotting despite mounting economic distress and grave security situation in the country.

The party said it is unfortunate that rather than be of economic value, most of Buhari’s foreign travels have been junketing.

National Publicity Secretary of the party, Kola Ologbondiyan, told the Daily Times that the PDP had many times in the past taken up the President for his wasteful travels which has cost the nation several billions of naira.

He said these are apart from taxpayers’ money expended on Buhari’s medical tourism in the United Kingdom, describing as “untrue claims by Buhari’s handlers that his trips have been of economic benefits to the country.”

Rather, the party said his travels have not resulted in increased direct foreign investments into the country, but the loss of businesses and jobs.

But, rising in defence of the President, aides and associates of President Buhari said Nigeria under the APC administration has reaped the benefits of trips made by him since assuming office.

Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu is quoted to have replied to critics of the President’s frequent trips, defending the need for the trips by saying that “those trips by the President are not jamborees, but for the good of the country.”

He added that the President embarked on the trips to negotiate with foreign countries on how to repatriate stolen funds stashed in foreign accounts abroad, to seek assistance from world leaders in his administration’s fight against corruption, promote trade and investment as well in the quest to revitalise the country’s dilapidated infrastructure in the areas of rail, power and roads and other critical sectors.

Also, Chairman of the Buhari Media Organisation (BMO), Niyi Akinsuji, has slammed Buhari’s antagonists, especially the opposition PDP, for criticising the President’s foreign trips.

He alleged that the PDP has always engaged in unnecessary controversies, arguing that each of the President’s trips have been purposeful and rewarding to the country.


https://dailytimes.ng/buhari-makes-52-foreign-trips-in-51-months

Tiwa savage, who couldn't hide his joy, took to twitter to share a picture of the Billboard for her new single, 49-99 in London.


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The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Adamu is visiting police commands in Ondo and Ekiti States.

Mr Adamu’s visit is sequel to a recent security meeting held with stakeholders in the South West.

He says the visit aims at creating avenues to relate with officers and stakeholders to have a better idea of security challenges in the Ekiti axis and modalities to tackle them.

According to the IGP, the welfare of officers will be prioritised and protective facilities are being provided for officers to ensure they are shielded while fighting crime.




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PRINCESS EIGBOKHAN ORIH TCC NEWS

Education has been said to be the most powerful weapon which can be used to change the world and the function of education helps humans to think intensively and critically.

Education is also the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today. With these facts as a tool the Ondo State Government under the leadership of Arakunrin Rotimi Odunayo Akeredolu has over time repositioned the education sector of the state.

Governor Rotimi Akeredolu has ensured that no Government owned school will be neglected under his watch and his administration is working tirelessly to ensure that his vision as the leader of the State is felt in all sectors and sub-sectors of Education in Ondo state.

Akeredolu is concerned about building and improving the educational sector, creating better classrooms for the students across the State.

In Ondo State most of the primary schools, has installments of modern toilets, good water, sanitation and hygiene are taught in schools, provision of solar to provide lights for classrooms, fencing of primary schools, have been made available.

Governor Akeredolu belive that there is no investment greater than education so whatever was invested in the youths was done for the future.

Akeredolu has always assured the people of Ondo State that the next stage of development in education will be in the areas of employment.

The rebirth of Ondo State Education Endowment Fund, OSEEF, was targeted at bridging the funding gap in the education sector.

The Governor believes it is imperative that his administration re-engineer the economy and place it on a trajectory of sustained growth.

However, for Ondo state to achieve this, Governor Akeredolu administration understands the fact that sustainable development can be accomplished through robust partnership. Therefore, his focus is to ensure rapid growth, development and sustainability of the economy.

this present Government has developed the Blueprint to Progress a policy document which encapsulates the five cardinal programmes of this administration.


The Ondo State Governor said under his leadership there has been regular release of subventions to tertiary institutions in Ondo state, appointments of teachers as directors in TESCOM, regular promotion of non-teaching staff and both completed and on-going construction and renovation of schools in all the senatorial district and local governments in Ondo state.


So Many schools have benefited from these initiative e.g Community Primary School, Ayepe Iwaro Oka, St Michaels African Primary School Oyara-Isua, Adeolu Public School Okeogun Owo.


He urged the people to take advantage of all the opportunities that abound in the sunshine state.

Dear Arakunrin,

I will like to begin this appreciative letter by stating that it has always been strange to address you without the full compliments of your office. Your humility confounds me. You are a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), a blessed, intellectual, a well celebrated man who insists on being called Arakunrin without more. The more I think about this, the more I appreciate you for the foresight to know that being a good man, one filled with the milk of human kindness; a man whose word is his bond is all we need at this time.

Arakunrin, I write, not to dwell on titles, and your stance on them, but to thank you for being the proper omoluabi that Ondo State chose, and therefore deserve. You are, as your followers like to describe you, a real ‘talk and do’ Governor.

On the 5th day of June, year 2018, you visited linyi city in the province of Shandong in China on the invitation of the Mayor of the province as facilitated by a company indigenous to Ondo State- Klick Konnect Networks Intl. Ltd. During the trip, you professed your deep desire to see Ondo State industrialized. You expressed your determination to see Ondo State return to the days where Industrialization was real, and was not just a word that politicians used carelessly. You expressed that you wanted jobs for your people, you wanted infrastructure, wanted collaborations, wanted a better livelihood for the people of Ondo State, that you wanted knowledge transfer, and that you were impressed with the developments in the Linyi province and you want these replicated for your people.

Your passion, enthusiasm, ingenuity and leadership birthed the Ondo-Linyi bi-city relationship. I recalled that you told the owners of industries in Linyi city of the province Shandong of The Peoples Republic of China that they were welcome to invest in Ondo State, and that should they choose to come, they could count on the support of the government of Ondo State, and bank on your personal integrity.

I write to thank you for delivering so excellently on your promises within the first two years of your administration.

The most recent, and the most significant development is that thanks to your personal intervention, Ondo-Linyi Industrial Hub, and their entire host community have just been electrified: this is very significant to the host community who have had no electricity for close to two decades, and it is also significant to the Linyi investors who had relied on self-generated, expensive sources to power their equipment.

How many leaders would give this course the kind of doggedness that you gave it Sir? Especially seeing that electricity is not the responsibility of the state to provide. Yet, you didn’t leave the investors to dry. Like you promised, you intervened personally and assisted in insisting that the electricity issue is sorted. Finally, thanks to you, the Ondo-Linyi Industrial Hub is connected, and the real journey to full-scale industrialization can now begin.

Your support goes way further than electrification Sir. I also recall the other incentives that the government of Ondo State under your leadership made available to the Linyi investors. You inspired the establishment of a wood processing factory that now produces HDF and MDF; the first of its kind in Nigeria! Because of you Sir, Ondo State now has a large scale cassava-to-ethanol factory, and our people now farm Cassava lucratively, as the factory can conveniently off-take all our cassava. This is good for our youths and our women as well. You have brought hope to our farmers and put an end to post-harvest loss of Cassava.

Because of you Sir, Ondo now has a large-scale paper mill, and books and other writing materials now cost far less.

Thanks to you Sir, a large scale textile factory that already produces threads and will begin to produce our popular fabrics by the end of the year has begun full operations, with a workforce that consists of mainly our women. Empowering our women Sir, has impacted their families positively. The textile industry has come alive in Ondo State, and it is set to attract patronage from within and outside Nigeria in particular and Africa as a whole.

Because of you Sir, Ondo now has its own manufacturer of large-scale Agro-chemicals; another plus for our farmers and for agriculture in the South-West.

Because of you Sir, a milk factory and an automobile factory will be settling into the Ondo-Linyi Industrial Hub before the end of this year.

Because of you our dear governor, Ondo State indigenes have been empowered in their thousands. The spillover effect has brought empowerment to transport and logistics operators, the banking sector, technicians, caterers, suppliers of raw materials, cleaners, welders, carpenters, traders, and many other beneficiaries. Our IGR is at an all-time high and you have made a very loud statement that Ondo is open for business!

Under your leadership Sir, these factories along with two others in our great state have acquired the Mancap certification- a seal of good quality, and an attestation of the export-grade standards of the goods coming out of Ondo State. This is another first from the stable of Arakunrin. Don’t be surprised Sir, that whenever you visit any nation in Africa, made in Ondo products may have arrived there ahead of you.

Because of you, the Linyi investors have shown reciprocity by engaging in very strong community social responsibility. They have put infrastructure such as transformers in place to ensure steady, stable electricity supply, free of charge to host communities. They have provided portable water to their host communities. They have employed massively from the host communities. They are training and transferring knowledge far beyond their host communities and they have assisted in providing critical infrastructure within and beyond their host communities.

Because of you, many more investors are set to throng our space from the Linyi Province and from other corners of the world. Investor confidence is at an all time high at a time when the world is conservative about investing in Africa. It takes good leadership to stand out. Thank you for being at the forefront of exemplary leadership our dear Arakunrin!

Finally, I thank you for putting so much faith in an indigenous company- Klick Konnect Networks Intl. Ltd to drive and manage the Ondo-Linyi Industrial Hub. Your integrity has lessened what would have otherwise been a very daunting challenge, and because of you, we have recorded so much success and experienced continental, even global recognition. We get lots of invitations from African leaders to come to their countries to replicate what is being done in Ondo State.

Thank you for giving us space to grow, and expectations to live up to. If the buck stops at your table, then the credit should as well, Sir.

Thank you for leading aright and for assembling a core, investor-friendly team who have caught your vision and are running with it.

Thank you, Arakunrin for being the poster ‘boy’ of integrity, diligence and exemplary leadership. May we be blessed to have you lead us further into a higher place of economic prosperity!

Yours sincerely,
Alex Ajipe
CEO/Managing Consultant
Klick Konnect Networks Int’l Ltd.


https://nationalinsightnews.com/an-appreciative-open-letter-to-governor-rotimi-akeredolu/

Pensioners in Ondo State under the aegis of Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP) have commended the state governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, for prioritizing the welfare of Pensioners by paying over N4 billion arrears of gratuity owed Pensioners by past administrations in the state.

The NUP led by its Chairman, Chief Raphael Adetuwo, gave the commendation during a courtesy visit to the office of the state Head of Service, Mr Dare Aragbaiye in Akure, the state capital, on Thursday.

They also affirmed that the state government has not defaulted in the monthly payment of pension to its members since the inauguration of the Akeredolu led administration in 2017.

Speaking on behalf of the Union, its Secretary, Comrade Akin Sunday appealed to the state government to commence the implementation of the approved 33% pension increase for Pensioners which their counterparts at the federal level have been enjoying since 2014.

In his response, the state Head of Service, Mr Dare Aragbaiye charged Pensioners to join hands with the state government to block all leakages of pension fund so as to alleviate the plight of their members in the state by exposing all their members that are still collecting the pension of the dead ones among them.

Mr Aragbaiye said members of the Union should desist from colluding with serving Officers of the government who are extorting money from other Pensioners for the purpose of facilitating payment of their gratuity, saying that the state government would no longer tolerate such corruption in the system.

He said “l know that when people are retiring they contribute money to give Officers to process their gratuity and pension, this is ungodly”

He charged the Union to lead the fight against the syndicate that collect 10% from their members to process their retirement papers and fast track payment of their gratuity, adding that the body should openly condemn and expose those behind the pains being experienced by Pensioners in the state.

The HOS assured them that the state government would open a channel through which members of the Union and other concerned members of the public could expose the corruption in the state pension administration.

http://ondostate.gov.ng/Home/NewsItem/Ondo-Pensioners-Commend-Akeredolu-Over-Payment-of-N4-billion-Gratuity-Arrears

PRINCESS EIGOBKHAN ORIH
TCC NEWS

His imperial majesty the Olowo of Owo Oba Ajibade Gbadegesin III says his passion for the agricultural sector and the empowerment of the youths is what has created the room for his love for the Governor of Ondo state Akeredolu SAN.

Oba Ajibade Gbadegesin said the agricultural sector was abandon before Governor Akeredolu took the staff of office in 2017. According to the Olowo of Owo it is good to commend Governor Akeredolu and the Ondo state Government for the training of 6,000 youths on Entrepreneurship Development in collaboration with the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) under her "Youth- On-the-Ridges" Program and at various Agro business Cities at Isuada, Ore and Idoani in Ondo State.


The Ondo state Government similarly engaged and empowered youths in various farming activities such as 270 youths on Cocoa Production, 876 Bee keeping (Apiculture), 30 women trained in Sericulture (Cloth weaving using improved Indian Loom), 137 people in Snail Rearing, 300 graduate who are farmers under the Graduate Unemployed Youth Scheme (GUYS) have received training and starter pack worth N1.5m each.

The Olowo of Owo said The Ondo state Government collaboration to empower farmers with a minimum of 2,000 broilers, 2,000 layers, feeds, drugs and vaccines under her "Igba Otun broiler scheme" and the National Egg Production (NEGRO) Scheme, and the establishment of three (3) Agricultural Equipment Hiring Enterprises (AEHE) Centers across the three Senatorial Districts of the State to make tractors available to farmers is a welcome development which every stakeholder in Ondo state must commend Akeredolu for his effort to curb crime and unemployment.

PRINCESS EIGBOKHAN ORIH
TCCNEWS


Education has been said to be the most powerful weapon which can be used to change the world and the function of education helps humans to think intensively and critically.

Education is also the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today. With these facts as a tool, the Ondo State Government governor Arakunrin Rotimi Odunayo Akeredolu has once again repositioned the education sector of the state by reducing the institution fee of Rufus Giwa polytechnic by 30 percent.

Arakunrin Akeredolu made this known through Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo Directorate of Academic Affairs. The approved schedule of school fees for the 2019/2020 academic session for full time students is illustrated in the table below.
INDIGENE NON-INDIGENE

ND1& 2 ND1&2 HND1&2 HND1&2 ND1&2 ND1&2 HND1&2 HND1&2
SCIENCE BASED NON- SCIENCE BASED SCIENCE BASED NON- SCIENCE BASED SCIENCE BASED NON-SCIENCE BASED SCIENCE BASED NON-SCIENCE BASED
70,600.00 67,100.00 77,600.00 72,700.00 77,600.00 74,100.00 86,000.00 81,100.00


This laudable 30 % reduction in the institution fees in the Rufus Giwa Polytechnic in Ondo state is against the former fees being paid by the students of the polytechnic.

According to Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo Directorate of Academic Affairs. Before the reduction in the institution fees of the Owo poly. The indigene science based student ND 1&2 and non- science based students were paying 91,780.00 and 87,230.00 Naira respectively, while the indigene HND 1&2 science based students and non- science based students were paying 100,880.00 and 94,510.00 Naira respectively.
For the non-indigene ND 1& 2 science based and non-science based students they were paying the sun of 100,880.00 and 96,330.00 Naira respectively. As for the non-indigene HND1 & 2 science and Non science based students were paying 111,800.00 and 105,430.00 Naira respectively,

Governor Akeredolu said the reduction in the student’s fees in Owo poly is to encourage parents to send their children to a higher institution in the state. he said no Government owned school will be neglected under his watch and his administration is working tirelessly to ensure that his vision as the leader of the State is felt in all sectors and sub-sectors of Education in Ondo state.

According to Akeredolu, his is concerned about building and improving the educational sector, creating better classrooms for the students across the State is to ensure that the youths in Ondo state can afford the deserved education required to improve their live and be better individuals in the nearest future.

He further explained that there is no investment greater than education so whatever is being invested in the youths was done for the future.

The Governor said the World Health Organization (WHO) said and I quote’’ to us at a point that the life of a child is worth more than billions invested in some companies so Let us unearth the hidden potentials of our youths, that is our goal’’.

He assured the people that the next stage of development in education will be in the areas of employment. He added that the rebirth of Ondo State Education Endowment Fund, OSEEF, was targeted at bridging the funding gap in the education sector.

Akeredolu said this present Government has developed the Blueprint to Progress a policy document which encapsulates the five cardinal programs of this administration which education plays a vital role in.

The Ondo State Governor said under his leadership there has been regular release of subventions to tertiary institutions in Ondo state, appointments of teachers as directors in TESCOM, regular promotion of non-teaching staff and both completed and on-going construction and renovation of schools in all the senatorial district and local governments in Ondo state.

PRINCESS EIGBOKHAN ORIH
TCCNEWS

demex24:
Pls where can we book it

Opposite Champion Junction, along Oyemekun Road in Akure.

Kudos to Governor Akeredolu on this partnership. Obviously this one will last longer than the defunct Owena mass transit

"Buy Innoson, Buy innoson"

Last Last, na still China made

Ondo State governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, on Monday, August 19, 2019, begins a 14-day working vacation.

The governor is to resume on wednesday, September 4th, 2019.

Before he proceeded on the annual leave, Arakunrin Akeredolu transmitted a letter to that effect to the state House of Assembly.

The deputy governor, Agboola Ajayi will now become an Acting governor and to perform the functions of the governor’s office while the governor is away.

Segun Ajiboye
CPS to the Governor

https://sunshinetruth.com.ng/2019/08/19/ondo-gets-acting-governor-as-akeredolu-goes-on-holiday/

fairfora:
Aketi had better cross to the pdp now, if he wishes to win the next guber. All the Ondo elders are opposed to the brutal killings of their daughter recently by herders and they have never been in support of the Buhari led govt from the world go. It's also glaring that aketi may be dropped at the primaries ahead of the guber elections. If he's wise enough, he should just decamp before the house is full in the pdp camp... My advice

Aketi has no business in PDP. He has paid his dues within the last 2 years and he's still doing more. His good works in the state will speak for him when the time comes, not the undoing of Buhari. APC is United in Ondo and he doesn't have any problem with the party. The party will not want to lose their chance of retaining Ondo State by giving the ticket to another candidate. He's still the best chance by far.

Rebuttal

The attention of the Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Hon Agboola Ajayi has been drawn to a sponsored story that he wants to dump the All Progressives Congress(APC) for the rival People's Democratic Party (PDP) in order to contest the next year's governorship election.

The Deputy Governor is unperturbed by this sponsored story and the one's before it as these are the handiwork of attention and job seekers. These funny characters are well known within the political circle in the Ondo State.

This is to say that this is a blatant falsehood as Hon Agboola Ajayi remains a bonafide member of the APC and has no plan to dump the party for any rival political party. There is no place where the Deputy Governor has met with stalwarts of the PDP not to talk of dividing their party.

The Deputy Governor also uses the medium to apologise to Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State whose name was dragged into the murky water of Ondo State politics as being the sponsor of alleged plan of Hon Agboola Ajayi to contest on the PDP's platform in Ondo State.

Hon. Agboola Ajayi also remains as the Deputy Governor and loyal to his boss, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu SAN. He was chosen as the Deputy Governor at the benevolent of his boss, Governor Akeredolu.

This is to say emphatically that Hon Agboola Ajayi has no intention to contest against his boss.

We want to say that we know that the plan of the sponsors of the story is to cause serious rift between Governor Akeredolu and his Deputy for their selfish reasons.

It must be noted that the Hon Agboola Ajayi is a seasoned politician who knows the limitation of his office as the Deputy Governor. He is not ready in anyway to rock the boat of progress of this administration.

This is another grand plan by the busy bodies and professional blackmailers to create division within the ranks of the ruling APC in Ondo State in order to create advantage which does not exist anywhere.

Let us say for the umpteenth time that Hon Agboola Ajayi has no problem with his boss as the governor who was elected as the governor of Ondo State and he is discharging that responsibilities to the best of his ability.

The developments in all strata are feasible for the blind to see and it is well appreciated by the people of Ondo State.

Let the busy bodies and professional blackmailers find another job to do. The media should also not give space to all these noise makers.

The seat of the Deputy Governor is an exalted seat, and let those who are interested in becoming the Deputy in the next dispensation wait till when Arakunrin Akeredolu is ready to pick who will run with him in the next election for the further development of Ondo State.

These people must know that Hon Agboola Ajayi is not a desperate politician. It is God that gives position at his appointed time.

Signed

Babatope Okeowo
Deputy Chief Press Secretary

The attention of the Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Hon Agboola Ajayi has been drawn to a sponsored story that he wants to dump the All Progressives Congress(APC) for the rival People's Democratic Party (PDP) in order to contest the next year's governorship election.

The Deputy Governor is unperturbed by this sponsored story and the one's before it as these are the handiwork of attention and job seekers. These funny characters are well known within the political circle in the Ondo State.

This is to say that this is a blatant falsehood as Hon Agboola Ajayi remains a bonafide member of the APC and has no plan to dump the party for any rival political party. There is no place where the Deputy Governor has met with stalwarts of the PDP not to talk of dividing their party.

The Deputy Governor also uses the medium to apologise to Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State whose name was dragged into the murky water of Ondo State politics as being the sponsor of alleged plan of Hon Agboola Ajayi to contest on the PDP's platform in Ondo State.

Hon. Agboola Ajayi also remains as the Deputy Governor and loyal to his boss, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu SAN. He was chosen as the Deputy Governor at the benevolent of his boss, Governor Akeredolu.

This is to say emphatically that Hon Agboola Ajayi has no intention to contest against his boss.

We want to say that we know that the plan of the sponsors of the story is to cause serious rift between Governor Akeredolu and his Deputy for their selfish reasons.

It must be noted that the Hon Agboola Ajayi is a seasoned politician who knows the limitation of his office as the Deputy Governor. He is not ready in anyway to rock the boat of progress of this administration.

This is another grand plan by the busy bodies and professional blackmailers to create division within the ranks of the ruling APC in Ondo State in order to create advantage which does not exist anywhere.

Let us say for the umpteenth time that Hon Agboola Ajayi has no problem with his boss as the governor who was elected as the governor of Ondo State and he is discharging that responsibilities to the best of his ability.

The developments in all strata are feasible for the blind to see and it is well appreciated by the people of Ondo State.

Let the busy bodies and professional blackmailers find another job to do. The media should also not give space to all these noise makers.

The seat of the Deputy Governor is an exalted seat, and let those who are interested in becoming the Deputy in the next dispensation wait till when Arakunrin Akeredolu is ready to pick who will run with him in the next election for the further development of Ondo State.

These people must know that Hon Agboola Ajayi is not a desperate politician. It is God that gives position at his appointed time.


Signed

Babatope Okeowo
Deputy Chief Press Secretary

By PRINCESSS EIGBOKHAN ORIH


information and communication technology (ICT) has become, one of the basic building blocks of modern society. Every day it plays an increasingly important role in the way we communicate, learn and live. It is empowering social businesses to make a real difference in communities around the world, securing a better future for the digital generations to come.

ICT is playing a central role in the emergence and development of infrastructure in Ondo State. The impact of ICT infrastructure on social businesses, health, education, etc. cannot be understated. It has made social impact affordable, social impact scalable, and enables new ways to connect to and engage with local communities (a key characteristic of the social business). ICT is seriously becoming a part of the Ondo state government and its role will expand over time.


The Ondo state governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu (SAN) is a leader who understands the times and he is always ready to position Ondo state in tune with these times. This has always been the reason why Ondo state is regarded as the beautiful bride and the most viable business destination in Nigeria.

Education is no exception to this, Schools across the 18 local government areas of Ondo state has achieved high levels of effective use of ICT to support and change the teaching and learning process in many subject areas. For example, the Oluwarotimi Akeredolu led administration in collaboration with Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA) and a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) Tech-up, has developed and commissioned the AKURE TECH-HUB. The ICT hub is set up to create an avenue for the promotion of technological innovation and for the exchange of ideas for business start-up and expansion for youths.

The teachers in Ondo state who are entrusted with imparting quality education are not left behind. The partnership between the Ondo state government and primary partners such as UNESCO Youth Mobile, the Cape Town Science Centre, the Galway Education Centre and Google, organized a program tagged TRAIN THE TRAINER HANDS ON. This workshop done in partnership with SAP was aimed at imparting coding skills to secondary school teachers across the three Senatorial Districts who, will in turn, train the next generation of ICT savvy youths in Ondo state.

ICT can change the entire outlook of present-day education. However, it needs to be planned and structured proficiently to bring a difference in the way our students learn. The challenge is to effectively harness these technologies in a way that serves the interests of learners and the larger teaching community.

PRINCESSS EIGBOKHAN ORIH
TCC NEWS

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In fulfilment of the commitment of his administration to further develop the state and open up the road network, Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, on Thursday flagged off the construction of the 8.0km Akure-Oda Dual Carriageway.

The governor said the construction of the road is another opportunity to demonstrate the commitment of his administration to the change mantra of his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), designed to ensure the general welfare of the people and bring the benefits of good governance to their doorsteps in every nook and cranny of the State.

Governor Akeredolu said his administration was not unaware of the enormous discomfort being experienced by the people as they traverse through the road, especially the residents of Oda-town, including the estates situated within the road corridor.

Arakunrin Akeredolu, who addressed the mammoth crowd at the flag off ceremony, said his administration is delivering a new asset, a new lifestyle and a new era of property appreciation and bequeathing an enduring legacy to the incoming generation.

He said: "But it does not end here, it is only a precursor to an unending positive multiplier effects on the economy and social life of the people.

"While the road is being constructed, we will have more than a sizeable number of our people working and earning their living on a daily basis, and by the time you factor in those who supply construction materials, you can imagine the multiplier effect of this project and of course, the advantages it portends to the people, such as decrease in travel time, increase in the lifespan of vehicles, increased interconnectivity with other roads, such as the Oba Osupa-Hospital-Ijoka Road via Ijigba Road."

While explaining the various features of the road, the Governor informed that, "This 8.0km road, when completed, would consist of 2.7km dual carriageway and 5.3km single carriageway and would have standard facilities such as 1.5m walkway on both sides, 1m width median fitted with street light, 600mm x 750mm drains, 200mm lateritic sub-base course, 200mm stone base course, 50mm asphaltic binder course, 40mm asphaltic wearing course, among others. "

Akeredolu said his administration will not take its foot off the pedal until all communities in the state are transformed .

He said several roads spread across the state are under construction, while some have been completed by his administration as part of its efforts to improve the living condition of the people.

"As I speak to you, we are working on the following strategic and qualitative projects among others, at different levels of completion: Reconstruction of ‘A’ Division - Ijoka Road to a dual carriageway, Reconstruction of Ikare Township Road to a dual carriageway, Reconstruction of the Road from Emure-AUD and from the Ministry of Works - Iyere Junction in Owo to a dual carriageway

"Construction of Fly-Over across Lagos-Benin Expressway, Construction of Gaga Community Road in Akure, Rehabilitation of Ibuji-Igbara-Oke Road, Construction of Okitipupa-Igbokoda Bypass Road, Construction of Sabomi Township Roads, Construction of Ireakari II-Seebi-Ogun Ojobo/Odanikin- Irese Road Junction Akure," Governor Akeredolu said.

He appreciated the good people of the state for their co-operation and unwavering solidarity in the last two and half years.

Arakunrin Akeredolu assured the people that he is irrevocably committed to the completion of all the ongoing projects in the state, in spite of the dwindling resources.


Olabode R Olatunde
Special Assistant to the Governor (New Media)
15th August, 2019

http://ondostate.gov.ng/Home/NewsItem/Akeredolu-Flags-Off-Akure-Oda-Dual-Carriageway--Says-It's-A-New-Era-in-Ondo

PRINCESS EIGBOKHAN ORIH
TCC NEWS

ICT infrastructure allows us to connect instantaneously with millions. For social entrepreneurs, this means that their initiatives are not just limited to one community; they can easily reach the people they want to empower and spread their message far and wide.

In Ondo state the role of ICT cannot be disregarded. Many of the services they offer simply would not be available for example in areas of capital planning, accounting payroll, inventory management and so much more.

Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has paid Significant attention to the positive role that young people play in promoting development, peace and democracy thereby promoting youth development, and quality of youth engagement in his administration.

Investing in young people requires a nuanced understanding of their needs, drive, and methods to enable improved communication to, and amongst them, sustaining youth engagement necessitates innovative approaches that move from traditional modes of political participation, (thuggery) and embrace the generational shift toward information, communication and technology (ICT). e.g. the Five Digital Village Projects (DVP) established across the state to tackle the problem of high rate of youth unemployment. This Digital Village Projects initiative which pilot project started in Uso in Owo Local Government and Ondo in Ondo West Local Government is designed by the Ondo state government to develop various ICT skills in the teeming youths so as to make them self-reliant and employable in the digital economy.

According to Governor Akeredolu, acquiring ICT skills is the only way to remain relevant and any government seeking to make impact must look in the direction of ICT which is not only a veritable employment generation avenue, but also capable of making innovators.

PRINCESS EIGBOKHAN ORIH
TCC NEWS

PRINCESS EIGBOKHAN ORIH
TCC NEWS

Governor Akeredolu has reiterated his commitment to making Ondo State a technology and innovation destination of choice for Nigeria. The proactive stance of the Ondo state government through the AKETI’s VISION is poised to harness and develop the potentials in the Ondo state youths.

For proper, improved and efficient health care delivery services, the Ondo State Government distributed 362 data management tools known as clinipak tablets to health workers to enhance primary healthcare delivery across the 18 local government areas of the state. These tablets are for efficiency and effectiveness of quality health delivery.

The state government embarked on the project to enhance effective management of health information data, which is the key to the delivery of qualitative healthcare. As well as health workers been trained on the use of the ICT tools. ICT is seriously becoming a part of the Ondo state government and its role will expand over time.

The world has woken up to the power of ICT and what it can do; for example, in health where the human genome has been mapped, which will eventually lead to treatments of the now untreatable diseases and better health through preventative measures.”

All these and many more are the reasons why the Ondo State governor Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu was given an award by the ICT Watch Magazine of best ICT Infrastructural governor of the year 2019 in recognition of his relentless effort at transforming Ondo state into technology and innovation destination choice of young entrepreneurs.

PRINCESS EIGBOKHAN ORIH
TCC NEWS