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  • Oyo State Govt strengthens framework for SDGs

    Oyo State Govt strengthens framework for SDGs

    The Oyo State Government says it has worked diligently to establish the policy, institutional, and financial mechanisms necessary to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

    Commissioner for Budget and Economic Planning, Prof. Musibau Babatunde, stated this on Wednesday in Ibadan during a one-day training workshop on the preparation of the 2024 Conditional Grant Scheme (CGS) – SDGs.

    The training was organised for directors of budget, research, statistics, and SDG desk officers across the 33 Local Government Areas of the state.

    Also in attendance were directors of budget, research, and statistics from various ministries, departments, and agencies of the state government.

    The theme of the workshop was ‘Expected Official Roles and Responsibilities Towards the Successful Implementation of the 2024 CGS-SDGs.’

    Babatunde, who also serves as Chairman of the State Implementation Committee on SDGs, said the training was designed to accelerate the implementation of the goals in Oyo State.

    Represented by the Senior Special Assistant on SDGs, Mr Muftau Ogunremi, Babatunde noted that the SDGs were intended to guide the world toward a path of inclusive and sustainable development.

    He reaffirmed the state government’s commitment to delivering development benefits at the grassroots level through various projects and programmes.

    In his goodwill message, Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Professor Salihu Adelabu, stated that his ministry was ready to provide all necessary records for the successful implementation of the SDGs.

    According to Adelabu, the state government relies on data, science, and logic to drive development.

    He pledged that his ministry would supply the required data through the Education Management Information System (EMIS) unit to facilitate access to educational grants.

    Adelabu urged all participants at the workshop to make the most of the training, ensuring that data collection is effectively used to drive development in the state.

    The Statistician-General of the State, Mr Adekunle Ajuwon, highlighted the importance of data collection in securing grants and obtaining the information necessary for achieving the SDGs.

    He assured that all relevant data for the implementation of the SDGs was available in the state.

    Ajuwon called on all stakeholders and workshop participants to actively engage in the process and commit themselves to the successful execution of the programme.

  • JUST-IN: Gov Makinde loses family member

    JUST-IN: Gov Makinde loses family member

    The governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, has lost his older brother, Engr Sunday Makinde.

    According to the statement by one of the governor’s brothers, Chief Olumuyiwa Makinde on Friday, 65-year Engr Sunday Makinde passed away in the wee hours of Friday, January 24, 2024.

    The younger Makinde, who is the Bada Olubadan of Ibadanland and Head of Aigbofa Family of Oja’ba in Ibadan: said, “With a heavy heart, I announce the passage of my older brother, Engr Sunday Makinde, to eternal glory today, Friday 24th of January 2025.

    “His sudden death occurred in his Ibadan residence at 3.20am today, Friday 24th January 2025.

    “He is survived by siblings, among whom is the Executive Governor of Oyo state, His Excellency, Engr. Seyi Makinde, children and grand children.”

  • One year after Bodija explosion, residents still expecting OYSG’s support

    One year after Bodija explosion, residents still expecting OYSG’s support

    The Bodija Estate Residents Association (BERA), Ibadan, says it is still expecting major support from the Oyo State government, one year after the devastating explosion that rocked the area on Jan. 16, 2024.

    In an interview in Ibadan on Wednesday, President of BERA, Pastor Muyiwa Bamgbose, said that the community over the past year had been receiving various interventions from various bodies.

    He said that the major one from the State Government was still yet to come.

    “There were things that were donated by people and governments. Also, Federal Government sent some things, I mean through NEMA and the Oyo State Emergency Management Agency.

    “There were groups that gave materials, such as global educational groups. Different groups and some organisations also gave money, some banks and some major companies were also involved.

    “There has been quite a bit of interventions, but the major one, the big one, is still being awaited from the state,” Bamgbose said.

    The BERA president said that the state government set up a committee, in which the the association has its representatives.

    “We are part of the committee, and we can say that, well, there is still good things in the horizon,” he told NAN.

    Bamgbose stated that the intervention from the state would come in the form of support, and not compensation.

    According to him, anyone who has their kind of problem, would need support to get back on his or feet.

    ”We wish it would be faster, we wish it would be more, but you know, the best thing is to have a heart of gratitude. We don’t have an entitlement mentality. We are grateful for everything,” he said.

    Bamgbose also said that most people, whose houses were affected on Dejo Oyelese Street, where the explosion happened, had repaired their houses.

    He said that only people whose houses were completely razed down have not rebuilt The president of the association said that there was need to ascertain soil integrity in order for construction on the sites, which was recently approved.

    “The only house that is in the hand of the Government is that of people that caused the problem, that is, the explosion. We are believing God that very soon those who lost their houses will be able to start rebuilding,” Bamgbose said.

    He said that the community was informed that some persons were being prosecuted over their alleged connection with the incident.

    “And we are happy that the Oyo State government is interested in making sure that the perpetrators are brought to book. So, prosecution is on, but we do not  have the details. We don’t, but we just know that it’s going on,” Bamgbose said.

  • Oyo kingmakers reject new Alaafin appointed by Gov Makinde

    Oyo kingmakers reject new Alaafin appointed by Gov Makinde

    Kingmakers in Oyo Town on Friday rejected Governor Seyi Makinde’s appointment of Prince Abimbola Owoade as the new Alaafin of Oyo.

    The kingmakers, in a letter signed by their legal representative, Adekunle Sobalolu, and addressed to the state governor, declared the appointment of Owoade as null and void; illegal and unlawful.

    Recall the Oyo State Government had earlier on Friday announced Owoade as the Alaafin-elect. The kingmakers claimed they never recommended Owoade to the state government at any time.

    They insisted the only person they recommended on Sept. 30, 2022, by the majority of the kingmakers’ lawful votes as the next Alaafin, was Prince Lukman Gbadegesin.

    Five kingmakers are objecting to the governor’s appointment of the Alaafin-elect. The five kingmakers are the Bashorun of Oyo, High Chief Yusuf Layinka; the Lagunna of Oyo, High Chief Wakeel Oyedepo, and the Akinniku of Oyo, High Chief Hamzat Yusuf.

    The two others are Chief Wahab Oyetunji, the warrant chief standing in for Asipa of Oyo, and Chief Gbadebo Mufutau, the warrant chief standing in for Alapinní of Oyo.

    “Prince Lukman Adelodun Gbadegesin, having obtained the majority of votes of the kingmakers present, was deemed appointed and his name was forwarded to Your Excellency as the candidate appointed by the kingmakers as Alaafin of Oyo for your approval, which you refused to approve for no disclosed reason at all.

    “The kingmakers thereafter filed an action to stop Your Excellency from truncating the process, which culminated in the present appeal at the Court of Appeal,” they said.

    They noted they were surprised the government claimed in its announcement that Owoade’s selection was made after wide consultation and divination.

    “We must emphatically state that the Alaafin is not chosen by consultation or divination but in strict compliance with the Registered Alaafin of Oyo Chieftaincy Declaration of 1967.

    “This codifies the native law and custom governing the selection process for the vacant stool of the Alaafin.

    “Under the Registered Alaafin of Oyo Chieftaincy Declaration of 1967, it is only the Bashorun of Oyo, the head of the Oyomesi and Kingmakers, that can summon a meeting of the kingmakers for the purpose of selecting a candidate to fill the vacant stool of the Alaafin of Oyo.

    “In this instance, the Bashorun did not summon any such meeting, nor was there any meeting convened in the Alaafin’s palace, as custom demands, where the said Prince Abimbola Akeem Owoade was selected or appointed as the new Alaafin.” they said.

    The kingmakers said the meeting held at the Governor’s Office or elsewhere on Thursday to select the governor’s preferred candidate was unlawful and illegal.

    “It is not the duty of the governor to convene the meeting of few kingmakers and emergency warrant chiefs to select or appoint a new Alaafin on the 9th of January 2025 and hurriedly approve the appointment on the 10th of January 2025,” said the kingmakers.

    They, however, said they had appealed to sons and daughters of Oyo Kingdom to remain calm as they intended to challenge the action in court.

  • Governor Oyebanji’s daughter weds lover in Oyo (photos)

    Governor Oyebanji’s daughter weds lover in Oyo (photos)

    Toluwanimi Esther, the daughter of Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji, on Monday, January 6th exchanged vows with her lover, Engineer Ayodeji Kenny – son of Dr. Olukemi and Dr. Oluranti Akinyemi, in a beautiful ceremony held at the Agodi Gardens in Ibadan, Oyo State.

    TheNewsGuru reports that the  holy matrimony is sequel to the traditional ceremony which took place on Saturday January 4 in Ekiti State where Oyebanji hosted Vice President Kashim Shettima and some of his colleagues which included Governors Babajide Sanwo-Olu (Lagos), Monday Okpebholo (Edo), Sheriff Oborevwori (Delta), Usman Ododo (Kogi), and Dapo Abiodun (Ogun).

    Others were former Ekiti State governors, Kayode Fayemi and Wife, Erelu Bisi Fayemi; Niyi Adebayo and his wife, Erelu Angela Adebayo; Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi; Senator Opeyemi Bamidele etc.

     

  • Gov Makinde approves appointment of 45 new Perm Secs

    Gov Makinde approves appointment of 45 new Perm Secs

    Governor Seyi Makinde has approved the appointment of 45 new Permanent Secretaries and three Executive Secretaries into relevant sectors of the Oyo State.

    The approval is contained in a document signed by the Head of Service, Mrs Olubunmi Oni, and made available to newsmen on Friday in Ibadan.

    The state Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Prince Dotun Oyelade, said in a statement that the new set of appointments was unique.

    Oyelade said the development was a clear break from the norm where the mainstream civil servants enjoyed the virtual monopoly of being appointed as Permanent Secretaries.

    “This time, Gov. Makinde has approved for Local Governments to have more Permanent Secretaries than the usual token in time past.

    “As a matter of fact, seven new Permanent Secretaries have now been approved in the Local Government sector,” he said.

    The Commissioner said that the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) would now have zonal Executive Secretaries.

    “Similarly, the health sector will have Permanent Secretaries to head their zones instead of the usual Heads of Hospitals.”

    He recalled that over 23,000 government workers had been recruited and over N143 billion would be paid yearly to the workers from this January.

  • Oyo: Bodija explosion victims get relief fund 11 months after

    Oyo: Bodija explosion victims get relief fund 11 months after

    Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State on Wednesday in Ibadan inaugurated a 10-man committee for the disbursement of relief fund to victims of the explosion at Bodija in January.

    Recall that an explosion occured in a private building at Dejo Oyelese street, Adeyi area of Bodija in Ibadan on Jan. 16. Some lives were lost in the incident while many houses were damaged in the explosion, which covered a 14-kilometre radius.

    The cause of the unfortunate incident was the illegal storage of mining devices in a residential house.

    Makinde, while inaugurating the committee, charged its members to ensure transparency in carrying out their responsibilities to those who were affected by the incident.

    “The job of the committee is to oversee the management and disbursement of the relief fund to those who lost properties to the explosion.

    “However, let me clarify that our government is not paying compensation but is only providing support to the people affected,” he said.

    The governor then expressed his appreciation of the various professional bodies which worked with the state government when the incident happened.

    The state deputy governor, Mr Bayo Lawal, is the chairman of the committee. Other members of the committee include a former state deputy governor, Chief Iyiola Oladokun, and Bodija Estate Residents Association chairman, Mr Muyiwa Bamgbose.

    There are also the Secretary of Oyo State Emergency Management Agency, Mrs Ojuolape Busari, and the governor’s Executive Assistant on Finance, Budget and Planning, Alhaji Gafar Bello, among others.

  • Ibadan ‘big girls’ remanded in prison for stealing N2.4m perfume

    Ibadan ‘big girls’ remanded in prison for stealing N2.4m perfume

    A Mapo Grade A Customary Court in Ibadan, has remanded four young women for alleged theft of several bottles of perfumes valued at N2.4 million.

    The defendants are Oluwabukunmi Adesanya, Eunice Adeniyi, Rukayat Ajibola and Sarah Ajibode. They pleaded not guilty to a five-count charge bordering on conspiracy and theft preferred against them.

    The Court’s President, Mrs S.M. Akintayo, admitted the defendants to N500,000 bail each with two reliable sureties each in like sum.

    He ordered that the sureties must show evidence of three years tax payment  to the Oyo State Government.

    Akintayo, however, ordered that the defendants  be remanded at Agodi Correctional Centre, pending the fulfilment of their bail condition.

    He adjourned the case until Feb. 3, 2025 for hearing.

    Earlier, the Police Prosecutor, Insp Ayodele Ayeni, told the court that the defendants committed the offences on Dec. 21, at about 12.00 p.m. at Sele Junction, Mokola area of Ibadan.

    According to Ayeni, the defendants stole different types of perfumes valued at N2.4 million.

    He said that the items stolen belonged to one Mrs Fatima Ajibode, the owner of Teemoh shops.

    He said that the offences contravened the provisions of Sections 516 and 390 (9) of the Criminal Code, Cap 38, Vol. ii, Laws of Oyo State of Nigeria.

  • 2024 was turbulent for us – Makinde recalls Bodija explosion

    2024 was turbulent for us – Makinde recalls Bodija explosion

    Governor Seyi Makinde on Sunday in Ibadan said God’s intervention helped the government and people of Oyo State to go through turbulent times in the year 2024.

    “2024 had been really turbulent, but God has given us the strength to keep pushing,” he said in his remarks at the 2024 Christmas Carol and Service of Nine Lessons organised by the state government.

    Makinde recalled the Jan. 16 explosion which occured at Bodija area of Ibadan and claimed several lives and destroyed property amounting to billions of Naira.

    The governor also pointed at the recent stampede at Islamic High School at Basorun in Ibadan which took the lives of not less than 35 innocent children.

    He then reiterated his administration’s commitment to the growth and development of Oyo State, saying the state’s development had been his priority since 2019 when he assumed office.

    The governor thanked the state House of Assembly’ Speaker and all members of the Assembly for the timely passage of the 2025 state budget, which he would sign into law on Monday.

    He also commended the judiciary for working together with the two other arms of government “for us to have harmony in the running of government in the state”.

    Makinde equally thanked religious leaders and the people of the state for their support, noting that the cooperation of the people made it possible for his administration to achieve success.

    “I use this opportunity also to thank traditional rulers for maintaining peace in their various domains,” he said.

    In his exhortation, the Presiding Bishop, Christ Life Church, Wale Oke, implored Nigerians to embrace light and abstain from darkness.

    “Corruption, inequity, partiality, idolatry, among others, are agents of darkness,” he said.

    The governor read the ninth lesson of the service while his wife Tamunominini read the eighth lesson. The event, which was held at the Remembrance Arcade at Government House in Ibadan, involved prayers for government functionaries, political leaders and the entire people of the state.

  • Fire guts popular spare parts market in Ibadan

    Fire guts popular spare parts market in Ibadan

    A raging fire on Saturday gutted popular Araromi spare parts market located at Agodi-Gate in Ibadan, Oyo State destroying properties estimated in millions of Naira.

    Reports obtained by TheNewsGuru.com(TNG) disclosed that the fire reportedly ignited around 2 a.m. on Saturday and continues to burn, with firefighters actively working to bring it under control.

    Confirming the incident, the General Manager of Oyo State Fire Services,Akinyemi Akinyinka, said: “We are battling with a serious inferno at Agodi-Gate. Help us to call water tanker owners to assist us. We are still here battling with the situation.”

    The origin of the fire is still unknown, and investigations are currently underway.