Browsing: Governor Rauf Aregbesola

The governor said that with the discovery of the agrarian nature and the enormous agricultural potentials in the state, the administration came up with the Six-Point-Integral-Action Plan, with agriculture as a major plank

Presenting the draft Budget tagged “Budget of Freedom” on Tuesday to the Osun State House of Assembly, Aregbesola disclosed that the budget is based on the consolidation of his administration’s six-point Integral Action Plan, which explains while this year’s figure was slightly upped from Year 2012 budget of N150,124,621,880.00

The PDP sought to know the budget Aregbesola would be presenting to the House of Assembly, adding that the state Commissioner for Special Duties and Regional Integration, Ajibola Basiru, has earlier claimed that the budget was presented before December 31, 2012 as stipulated by law

The groups, under the aegis of O’odua Nationalist Coalition, said the adoption was informed by the need to protect the “integrity of the Yoruba nation and prevent a decline of the growing public trust in governance at a critical moment in the race’s history.”

The governors as well as other opposition party leaders stated this at the public presentation of a book titled: “2015: Manifesto of Nigerian Opposition Politics” in Abuja on Tuesday

The party, in a statement on Tuesday by its Zonal Publicity Secretary, Hon. Kayode Babade, said the provisions of Section 121 (1) of the constitution is very clear on when a governor can legally present budget proposals to the state House of Assembly

Meanwhile, Aregbesola has enjoined all Nigerians to assist the Federal Government with prayers in the bid to solve the problem of insecurity in many parts of the country

Abiara, of the Agbala Itura fame, thumbed-up Aregbesola’s achievement in the past two years when he paid a courtesy call on the governor in Osogbo, the state capital, on Wednesday as part of activities to mark the Christmas festivity

Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State disclosed this on Wednesday while briefing the Soun of Ogbomoso, Oba Jimoh Oladunni Oyewumi, Ajagungbade III, in his palace, shortly after he (Ajimobi) and his Osun State counterpart, Rauf Aregbesola, met with principal officers of the institution on the way forward

He said the appointment of members of the council should not be construed as a reward or patronage but a call to an arduous task, warning them of the uphill challenges ahead

In a statement to declare a low-key marking of the second year of the governor in office, Aregbesola said two years in the saddle, it is obvious to the entire people of the state that the landmark development initiatives of the administration have brought hopes back to a hitherto despondent citizenry

Aregbesola cautioned the organizers to seek for parental consent of players that are under aged and also urged them to advise the players to take education serious while playing football

The decampees, who cut across all the local government areas of the state, cited good leadership in both government and the ACN in the state as reasons for their decision to leave the PDP

The late former Governor of Oyo State, Alhaji Lam Adesina, was interred on Sunday evening amid eulogies by prominent Nigerians and declaration of seven days of mourning by the Oyo State Government

Aregbesola, while explaining the major rationale behind the establishment of the O-BEEF project in the state, said growing unemployment and the fast dwindling national resources represented potent threats to peace