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  • Collation of results begins in Osun, as REC bans phone use

    Collation of results begins in Osun, as REC bans phone use

    Mr Olusegun Agbaje , the Osun Resident Electoral Commissioner on Sunday banned the use of mobile phone at election collation centre in Osogbo.

    Agbaje, during his opening remarks at the INEC collation centre, said people at the high table would not be allowed to call or pick calls throughout the collation period.

    He however, said that anyone who wished to receive or pick calls must step outside the hall.

    Members of the high table include the collation officer, head of security agencies and other Senior INEC officials.

    The collation of the results commenced at about 9:45am at the INEC headquarters in Osogbo.

    Also in his remarks, Prof. Toyin Ogundipe, the Presidential Election collation officer in the state appealed to party agents at the centre to be peaceful and orderly.

    Ogundipe said the election was another milestone in the history of the country, adding that at the end of the exercise Nigerians should see themselves as one.

    Meanwhile, officials of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) were stationed at strategic location at the centre.

    One of the officials who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria under the condition of anonymity said they were at the centre to monitor politicians who might want to engage in bribery or any financial misconduct.

    Men of the Department of State Security Service (DSS), Police, and Nigeria Civil Defense Corps were also seen within and outside the collation centre to ensure security.

     

  • Hoodlums set INEC office ablaze in Osun

    A section of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Office in Ijebu-Ijesha Oriade Local Government, in Osun has been gutted by fire.

    The incident occurred around 3 a.m. on Sunday.

    The News Agency of Nigeria gathered that some hoodlums suspected to be political thugs allegedly set a section of the building ablaze along with some election materials.

    An electric generator owned by the commission was also burnt.

    Some of the staff at the building, however, fled the scene.

    Confirming the incident to NAN, Mr Olusegun Agbaje, the Osun Resident Electoral Commissioner, said it was a minor incident.

    Agbaje said the fire did not affect Saturday’s election results.

    “What happened was purely criminal and does not have any political undertone.

    “Some of our staff heading to the office met some yahoo-yahoo boys on their way.

    “On getting to our office, they discovered that the hoodlums were after them.

    “Our staff dropped the election materials and the generator with them and fled.

    “The hoodlum thereafter poured the petrol on the generator on the election materials and set them ablaze.

    “What I heard was that the hoodlums said someone called them a nickname which angered them but whosoever called them the nickname is not one of our staff.

    “But I can authoritatively confirm to you that the election results were not affected and the building was not razed,’’ Agbaje said.

    The REC added that the collation officer for the Local Government was already at the INEC State Headquarters collation centre in Osogbo with the election results.

    Agabaje also said that no lives were lost.

     

  • Sad! Woman stabbed at Osun State Polling Unit[VIDEO]

    A certain woman has been stabbed at a polling station in Osun state, following an argument with another lady. The incident took place at the Lagere area of Ile-Ife in Osun.

    The lady whose name could not be verified at the time was stabbed by another voter while on the queue.

    A fight had ensued over who was and who wasn’t on the said queue. In the course of the squabble, the victim was stabbed in the face with a bottle.

    Speaking on the sad incident, AIG Adeleye Oyebade who is in charge of Zone 11 in Osun, said that the lady who stabbed the victim has been arrested. He noted that the situation is under control.

     

     

     

     

  • Osun 2018: We are not deterred by defections from APC – Aregbesola

    Osun 2018: We are not deterred by defections from APC – Aregbesola

    Gov. Rauf Aregbesola of Osun says he and members of All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state are not deterred by the defections of some party members to opposition parties.

    Aregbesola made the remark at a rally organised by the Speaker, State House of Assembly, Mr Najeem Salaam, in Ejigbo, Mr Sola Fasure, the media aide to the governor, said in a statement on Sunday.

    Recall that some APC members in the state had defected to opposition parties in the past few weeks ahead of the Sept. 22 governorship election in the state.

    However, the governor said the party remained strong on account of its wide acceptance by the people of the state, adding that the defections would not in any way affect the party’s victory in the forthcoming election.

    He said that members of the party were committed and united, regardless of gale of defections from the party.

    “This defection has made us to know those that are genuinely with us and those that are not with us.‎

    “We have known friends, enemies and cunning individuals among us by this defection but we are not afraid of their antics as we remain united, strong and committed.

    “We are confident of victory. We know God is on our side and we believe in Him; we believe He will lead us to victory”.

    Aregbesola said his party was working hard to sustain the tempo of continuity, which according to him, can only set the state on the pedestal of all round development.

    He said that APC is the only political party that can turn around the socioeconomic fortunes of the state and Nigeria for the better and urged the electorate to vote for the party in all elections.

    He commended Salaam, who was one of the 17 aspirants that contested the APC governorship primary which Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola won, for always abiding by the party’s decision.

    He described Salaam as a pillar of support to APC in the state and beyond, noting that his position had been diligently used to effect positivity in the party and for its loyalists.

    Earlier, the APC state Chairman, Prince Gboyega Famodun, enjoined party loyalists to remain committed, noting that the party had a better chance to win the governorship election.

     

  • ASUU decries neglect of LAUTECH

    ASUU decries neglect of LAUTECH

    The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Monday decried the neglect of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, by the owner states of Osun and Oyo.

    Dr Ade Adejumon, Ibadan Zonal Coordinator of the union, spoke at a news conference in Osogbo.

    Adejumon said that the institution was at the brink of total collapse due to inadequate funding, irregular payment of staff salaries and dearth of personnel.

    He said that the institution’s lecturers were already on two weeks warning strike.

    “We are currently on two weeks warning strike. We are calling attention to the fact that LAUTECH is on the brink of final disintegration.

    “We are not so much concerned about non-payment of our 10 months salary arrears, promotion arrears, but rather our concern is the poor funding of the university.

    “If nothing is done after the two weeks warning strike, then, we will proceed on an indefinite strike,’’ Adejumon said.

    He noted that the Memorandum of Action, signed with the union before its last strike was called off had not been fulfilled by the owner state governments.

    According him, many lecturers have left the university, while many have retired; there has not been recruitment of new hands for several years, and the university is understaffed.

    Adejumon called on Gov. Rauf Aregbesola of Osun and his Oyo counterpart, Gov. Abiola Ajimobi, to let the general public know if they could no longer fund the university.

    The ASUU coordinator said the actions of the two state governments had shown that they were no longer interested in the running of the university.

    He said that it was not possible for the institution to continue to rely only on its Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) to run the institution.

     

  • South West Governors formally admit Lagos into O’dua Investment Group

    The six Governors of south west region under the auspices of the Western Nigerian Governors Forum on Wednesdayformally admitted Lagos State into the O’dua Investment Group with a total of 115million shares thus growing the share equity of the company to 690million.

    The Governors – Akinwunmi Ambode (Lagos), Rauf Aregbesola (Osun), Abiola Ajimobi (Oyo), Rotimi Akeredolu (Ondo) and Ibikunle Amosun (Ogun), in a communiqué issued at the end of a two-day quarterly meeting held at Lagos House in Alausa, Ikeja, also ratified a document allowing Lagos to acquire land in their respective states for massive rice cultivation and production.

    Specifically, all the Governors resolved to embark on a Rice Accelerated Program for Integrated Development (Western RAPID) to further consolidate actions on food security and job creation in the region, while a Regional Agriculture Summit to be sponsored by Lagos State, was agreed to be held in Ibadan in May 2018.

    The forum, which is being coordinated through the Development Agenda for Western Nigeria (DAWN) Commission, also signified interest in the concession of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport.

    Reading the communiqué to journalists, Director General of DAWN Commission, Mr Oluseye Oyeleye said: “The States of the Region as a bloc will be monitoring the process for the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Concession into a world class infrastructure.”

    He said the Governors also resolved that DAWN Commission, Focal Representatives and Agriculture Commissioners of the region would hold a technical session with Nigeria Incentive-based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL) and develop a state by state roadmap in four weeks before the Regional Agriculture Summit scheduled for May 2018.

    It was also agreed that DAWN Commission should work on reviving Regional Inter-School Football Competition, and as well conduct a study on the successes in Education in Ekiti State for peer learning/adoption among the Western Nigeria states.

    Also, the Governors directed the DAWN Commission and the Focal representatives to structure a programme on the Omoluabi Ethos of the Yoruba people.

    However, Ogun State Deputy Governor, Mrs Yetunde Onanuga, who represented Governor Amosu, raised some reservations about the land deal, saying that the State Government on account of previous issues with Lagos on the similar subject matter would be refraining from releasing land to the State until the said issues were resolved.

    Nonetheless, Onanuga said: “We will be prepared to sign this memorandum later when some of these issues are straightened out.”

    When asked by journalists on way out of the issues raised by Ogun State, Governor Ambode said he was optimistic that all the States would join in the effort to ensure food security and create jobs for the people.

    He said: “What has happened is that we wanted to expand the agric output of our rice mill and in doing so, we decided that all the south west States should be able to cultivate rice and supply paddy to the proposed rice mill that is coming up in Imota in Lagos.

    “So, what we have done is that four other States have agreed to sign the Memorandum of Understanding which they have actually done today and so what is happening between Lagos and Ogun is that there were some minor issues that were outstanding before and based on that they could not sign today but you could also hear that they are committed to signing when those issues are resolved.

    “We are having a 32-ton per hour rice mill in Imota and we are going to require 32,000 hectares of paddy cultivation which even the whole of the south west cannot even provide but because we are interested in integration and also independence, it is important that beyond going to Kebbi or Kano, all the south western states should also benefit from it and the idea is that we are trying to procure land there but we will also use the people and the farmers in the respective states to cultivate the land and by so doing we have created employment in those States and we will be off-takers to the paddies that they are producing and so I am able to buy it and also use it for my own rice mill and then sell it in Lagos and so I create employment across the region and at the same time put money into the pocket of our people,” Governor Ambode said.

    Earlier, Governor Aregbesola described the incorporation of Lagos State into the economic framework of the south west region as historic and long coming since 1948, adding that the development would strengthen the O’dua Investment Group and drive the development of the region.

     

  • NYSC blacklists Osun school over attack on corps members

    NYSC blacklists Osun school over attack on corps members

    The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Osun has blacklisted Osogbo High School after some corps members were attacked by students believed to be cult members.

    Mr Emmanuel Attah, the Coordinator of NYSC in Osun, made this known at the 2018 NYSC/corps employers’ workshop on Wednesday in Osogbo.

    Attah said employers were expected to provide for the accommodation, welfare and safety needs of corps members, adding that those who served in Osogbo High School in 2017 were attacked by students suspected to be cultists while the institution was unable to guarantee their safety.

    He said the failure of the principal of the school to provide protection for corps members was responsible for the blacklisting of the school.

    The Director General of the NYSC, Brig-Gen., Sulaiman Kazaure, represented by Mr Sadiq Ipaku, said rejection, under-utilisation, inadequate welfare as well as lack of accommodation and transport for corps member were major challenges facing the scheme.

    Kazaure, however, said a Federal Government circular had directed all Ministries, Departments and Agencies not to reject corps members posted to them

    He said the workshop was to appreciate the enduring partnership between the scheme and employers.

    Kazaure said the workshop was also to identify the challenges in corps administration and proffer solutions.

     

  • Osun govt. distributes delivery kits to expectant mothers

    No fewer than 12,500 expectant mothers in the State of Osun have gotten 12,500 delivery Kits distributed by the State Government led by Ogbeni Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola on Monday.

    The provision of the delivery kits is a government project focused at improving maternal and child health.

    Speaking at the flag off of the programme tagged “Saving One million lives programme for results and maternal, new born and child health week” Governor Aregbesola said the gesture is to support pregnant women and ensure they have the things needed for a safe delivery.

    Each of the delivery kit tagged “Mama kit” contains one chord Clamp, one Mucur Extractor, seven Sterile Gloves, one Baby Soap, one Baby Towel, one Set of Baby Cloth, one Purit, one Canula and one Sanitary Pad.

    The programme is also supported by Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) in collaboration with Save One Million Lives Programme for Results (SOML PforR) of the Federal Government.

    It is aimed at increasing the quality of care index at health centre level across the state and helps to provide a clean and safe delivery for women who give birth in hospitals and clinics.

    In his remarks, the State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Rafiu Isamotu said the objective of the programme is to collaborate with the Federal Government’s (SOML PforR) which is to increase the utilisation and quality of high impact reproductive, child health and nutrition interventions with overall goal of reducing under-5 mortality rate and maternal mortality rate.

    Isamotu who revealed that the State Government had also launched a HIV test kit, said the mama kit is to ensure safe delivery and serve as a constitutional means of preventing needless deaths.

    He explained that since the inception of the programme in the State of Osun, all hands have been on deck towards its successful implementation, adding that health workers have been sensitize and trained.

    The Commissioner also noted that the government will give more attention to rural areas especially those people who could not afford the delivery kit as well as discourage delivery at home, sensitise and incorporate traditional birth attendants so as to reduce under 5 mortality rate and maternal mortality rate and save mothers and children from needless death.

    In her remarks too, the State representative of the National Primary Health Care Service, Dr. Modupe Oyesije lauded the State Governor for making health care services in the state easier for its people and for also inaugurating the Osun Primary Health Care Board which would ensure effective performances of nurses.

    Also the Spokesperson of The Sustainable Development Goal, SGD, who doubles as the State Commissioner for Federal Matters, Hon. Idiat Babalola appreciated the state Governor for his interest and investment in health care services. Idiat explained that the SGD serves to complement the State Government efforts in preventing maternal mortality death.

  • Adeboye, Belgore to join Aregbesola in unveiling Osun’s mega school

    The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye and former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Modibbo Alfa Belgore will on Tuesday inaugurate the Ilesa Government High School built by the administration of Governor Rauf Aregbesola.
    The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye and former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Modibbo Alfa Belgore will on Tuesday inaugurate the Ilesa Government High School built by the administration of Governor Rauf Aregbesola.

    Adeboye and Belgore were invited to inaugurate the school because they are among prominent Nigerians that attended the school which had become dilapidated before Aregbesola rebuilt it as a mega school with state-of-the-art facilities.

    Also, the former governor of Lagos State who was also the former Minister of Works under the Sani Abacha military regime, Alhaji Lateef Kayode Jakande was among the former students of the school that would be at the inauguration.

    The Ilesa Government High School is a replica of the Osogbo Government High School, which was inaugurated by President Muhammadu Buhari on September ‎1st, 2016.

    The Commissioner for Education in the state, Mr Kolawole Omotunde-Young said the inauguration of the school was a clear testimony of the resolve of the state government to train the children and build a complete person through the provision of functional, quality and qualitative education.

    At a press conference in Osogbo, the commissioner said it would also use the occasion to unveil the distribution of Citizens Identification Initiative Cards called “Omoluabi Cards”.

  • Missing girl found dead with multiple machete cuts

    Missing 7-year-old girl, who was declared missing days ago was found dead in a bush in Iree Town, Osun State.

    The spokesperson of the Osun Sate Police Command, Mrs. Folashade Odoro, who confirmed the incident on Wednesday, February 15th, in Osogbo, said the body was discovered near a sawmill by Chief Oluode of Iree and later reported to the police.

    “Upon receiving the information, police quickly deployed a search party to the scene and the body was discovered with visible machete cuts”

    Mrs. Odoro said the case is being investigated as a possible murder as police suspected a foul play in the circumstance surrounding the death of the girl.

    The body had been evacuated and deposited at the Heartly Paradice Mortuary in Ikurun for autopsy.

    Source: Daily Trust