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  • We must instil discipline in APC – Gov. Abiodun

    We must instil discipline in APC – Gov. Abiodun

    Gov. Dapo Abiodun has emphasised the need to instil party discipline within the All Progressives Congress (APC), to ensure that members are accountable for their actions.

    Abiodun said this on Tuesday in Abeokuta, during a meeting with leaders of the APC in Ijebu East Local Government, led by a former member of the House of Representatives, Mr Segun Osibote.

    Osibote represented Ijebu North, Ijebu-East and Ogun Waterside between 2007 and 2011.

    The governor said that he was prepared to defend himself against the allegation of funds diversion made by the impeached Chairman of Ijebu East Local Government, Mr Wale Adedayo.

    According to the him, members of the party must abide by its constitution and be ready to defend their utterances at all times.

    “We have to instill discipline in governance, discipline in the party, people have to become accountable to what they say. You must be accountable for what you say, so that you will always think very well before taking any nasty action.

    “People have to be made to bear the consequences of whatever they say, and until we do that, they will not stop ,” he said.

    The governor said that he was prepared to ensure that Adedayo was held responsible for what he had said, as he must prove the false allegations he made against his person.

    Abiodun disclosed that he had known Adedayo before he became the governor, and that he (Adedayo) was not his enemy.

    He said that he opted for the candidacy of Adedayo as the local government chairman, even though he knew he had some character challenges.

    “The funds for the local government go straight into the account of local governments where they meet, share and remove what we call first-line charge from it.

    “He himself collects his own security votes. It has never been late. I even look for projects for them.

    ” Sometimes, I dip my hand into state funds for them so they can also have projects to execute. That same person can now say that I have been diverting local government funds,” he said.

    Abiodun warned against any attempt to destabilise the peace currently being enjoyed in the state.

    Earlier, the Chairman of APC in the local government, Mr Bayo Balogun, noted that the impeached chairman was running the local government with no regard for the party.

    He said that members of APC in Ijebu East were solidly behind the governor and his administration at all times.

     

  • Ogun state set up Local Organizing Committee for 2024 National Sports Festival

    Ogun state set up Local Organizing Committee for 2024 National Sports Festival

    Ogun State government has announced its readiness to hold the 2024 National Sports Festival (NSF).

    The governor Abiodun- led administration on Tuesday unveiled leading professionals in the state and Nigeria as a whole to form a local organizing Committee (LOC) members for the event billed for 2024.

    Recall that the state government, earlier in May, had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Federal Government, through the Federal Ministry of Sports and Youth Development.

    During that occasion, Governor Abiodun had told the Federal Government delegation led by the then Minister of Sports, Mr Sunday Dare, that Ogun State, being a state noted for recording many firsts in all spheres of human endeavour, was ready to host a world-class festival in 2024, asserting that the State had capable hands and sponsors ready to support the bid.

    To that end, the former minister, while expressing the FG’s acceptance of the proposal noted that the choice of Ogun State as the next host of the NSF was due to its culture of sports development, availability of sporting infrastructure and potential to host a befitting festival that would linger for a long time.

    Unveiling the 16-man local organizing committee in Abeokuta, the state capital on Tuesday, Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Mr. Tokunbo Talabi, in a statement listed former Commissioner for Youths and Sports in the state, Hon. Bukola Olapade as the chairman of the LOC alongside Mr Tilewa Adebayo, a sports enthusiast, as co-chairman.

    Olapade, the progenitor of the top-rated Access Bank-sponsored Lagos City Marathon, Abeokuta 10km Marathon race, and the Remo ultra-race, remains topnotch in the world of sports in Nigeria.

    Another member of the Committee, Chief (Mrs.) Falilat Ogunkoya-Omotayo (MON) who is regarded as the Queen of tracks is a 1998 World Cup of Athletics Champion, 400 metres grand prix champion, 200 metres world champion, two-time Olympic medalist and the first female Nigerian to win an individual Olympic medal and hold the African record in 400 metres till date.

    Others include the Secretary-general of the local organising committee (LOC) for the NSF Edo 2020, Dr Emmanuel Igbinosa, one of Nigeria’s notable sports administrators, ex-chairman of the Lagos State Sports Commission (LSSC); working committee of the African Table Tennis Federation (ATTF) and Chairman of the Youth Committee of African Table Tennis Federation, Dr Kweku Tandoh, as well as the renowned sports psychologist and head of the Department of Sports and Exercise Medical Sciences at University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, Ghana, Professor Oluwaseun Olanrewaju Omotayo,

    Also in the Committee are the Vice Chairman of Ijebu Ode Local Government, Hon Dare Alebiosu; Mr. Kunle Solaja, Olusegun Oyende, Mr Olatunji Onatolu, Mrs. Modele Sharafa Yussuf, Demola Are, Abiodun Jubril Elegbede, Ola Opedimeji Adisa, the former Commissioner for Youth & Sports and the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Youth & Sports.

    Delta state hosted the 2022 edition and it was a great success.

  • 2022 Polls: How governor Oyebanji dusted Oni at Ekiti tribunal

    2022 Polls: How governor Oyebanji dusted Oni at Ekiti tribunal

    The Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Ado -Ekiti the Ekiti state capital has delivered judgement in favour of the state governor, Biodun Oyeban and his deputy Mrs Monisade Afuye.

    The Tribunal in its judgment on Thursday in Ado -Ekiti dismissed the petition of Segun Oni. the Social Democratic Party (SDP) governorship candidate, at the 2022 gubernatorial polls.

    In the judgment read by the Chairman, Justice Wilfred Kpochi and a member of the Panel, Justice Sa’ad Zadawa, resolved all issues in contention against Oni and his party, SDP.

    The Panel held that the petition filed by Oni against the return of Oyebanji and Afuye respectively, “failed woefully head or tail.”

    TheNewsguru reports that the APC candidate polled 184,057 votes to defeat his closest rival, Segun Oni of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) who garnered 82,211 votes. Bisi Kolawole, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) got 67,457 votes during the election.

  • No COVID-19 palliatives warehouse was looted in Ogun – Abiodun

    No COVID-19 palliatives warehouse was looted in Ogun – Abiodun

    COVID-19The Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, on Monday, raised the alarm that there was a conspiracy against him and other governors to paint them in a bad light.

    Abiodun said there was a burning desire to tarnish Nigerian governors image over the handling of the Coalition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID) palliatives donated to state governments.

    A number of CACOVID palliatives warehouses have been looted in Lagos, Osun, Kwara, Plateau and other states in the last one week by the hoodlums.

    The development led to the allegations that some governors kept the palliatives away from the people

    But while addressing journalists at Oke-mosan, Abeokuta, Abiodun said a number of reports flying around over the palliatives were meant to paint the governors in bad light.

    The governor said while Ogun took delivery of the CACOVID palliatives in September, a number of states had yet to get theirs.

    He said although the #EndSARS protest initially stopped the distribution of CACOVID palliative in the state, not less than 18 out of 20 local governments in the state had benefited from the food items.

    He said, “So, the story that someone was stockpiling CACOVID palliatives is a misrepresentation of the truth. Nothing would have pleased us (governors) more than distributing those palliatives as and when due.

    “When the supplies were done, we began to distribute in a manner that CACOVID recommended. By the time this #EndSARS protest started, we have done 50 per cent of the distribution.

    “None of our warehouses (in Ogun State) was looted by anybody. We have successfully distributed about 18 or 19 LGAs as of today.

    “These days, things are twisted. There is fake news everywhere.

    “There seems to be a burning desire to paint and misrepresent government in a hurry.”