Browsing: Governor Abiola Ajimobi

Senator Rasidi Ladoja governed Oyo State between 2003 and 2007. During this period, Oyo State achieved monumental developmental strides in education, agriculture, infrastructures and health development. None of these “younger generation” can fault his economic policies or leadership style

The tenure of the committees was due to expire on Thursday after their appointment six months ago

The governor stated this while delivering a keynote address at the opening of a two-day South-West Zone public hearing on the proposed review of revenue allocation formula, organized by the Revenue Mobilization, Allocation and Fiscal Commission in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital, on Monday

Otegbeye said that some members of the sect, under the leadership of Yunus Adefobi, were being tried in court for various offences

Unfortunately, as usual, the government of Governor Abiola Ajimobi once again, seized the opportunity of an unfortunate incident to score cheap political point as well as cover up a shame that will accompany top hierarchy of the regime long after they would have been ignobly kicked out of office

A former local government area chairman in the state, Kehinde Olaosebikan, has also had his business outfit, Lyrics, locked up by the state government for several months

ACCDEY noted among others that the individuals that make up the 8th governing council have what it takes, academically and administratively, to govern any university in any part of the world

A statement issued in Ibadan on Wednesday by the state Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Bayo Ojo, said that the appointment was sequel to the recommendation of the National Judicial Council

The position was contained in a letter the governor personally signed and delivered to the former governor in his Bodija, Ibadan house on Wednesday

Texas State University, according to a Memorandum of Understanding entered into by the state government, will facilitate a two-year training of the students of Oyo State Technical University, Ibadan in Texas

Speaking at the palace of the monarch, the governor felicitated with the Olubadan, whom he described as a highly respected and principled personality

Ajimobi said: “The simple implication of this is that the Federal Government is surfeit with resources while state governments face serious financial challenges

The governor did his registration at his Ward 12, Odo-Ona in Ibadan South-West Local Government Area, amidst encomium from party faithful who also participated in the exercise

Otegbeye said that the first phase of the project will be a four-lane, dual carriage motorway spanning a length of 35km from the existing expressway

In August last year, the Oyo State Government discovered a pension fraud in its Local Government Service Pensions Board totaling, at the initial stage, N2,608,398,709.29 but which later skyrocketed to N6.4 billion

Akinjide’s call came as a result of the reported dilatory attitude of the Oyo State Government in distributing the relief materials provided by NEMA to the identified victims already enumerated by the Agency in the five Ibadan Local Government Areas largely affected by the flood

Tinubu, later in an interview, confirmed the ongoing merger plan among the ACN, Congress for Progressive Change and the All Nigeria Peoples Party, stressing that the arrangement would be concluded in June

The pensioners, under the aegis of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners, had dragged the immediate past administration of Otunba Adebayo Alao-Akala to court over the non-payment of the arrears of 142 per cent pension increase, non-payment of 10 per cent compensation allowance to those forcefully retired in 2002 and non-placement of pensioners on six per cent and 15 per cent pension increase

Ajimobi stated this on Thursday while declaring open a two-day retreat organized for commissioners, special advisers, permanent secretaries and heads of non-ministerial departments held at the International Conference Centre, University of Ibadan

I had mentioned in my last budget speech that in any change process initial challenges are always envisaged and indeed we faced a lot of challenges in the preceding year. However, with the support and encouragement of the good people of Oyo State, we have remained focused and undaunted in our mission to transform the State and make it one of the best states in the country