Aregbesola, in a Easter message by his media aide, Sola Fasure on Saturday in Osogbo, said that the ideal of Easter was love manifested in sacrifice.
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It is the 34th edition of the provision of free train service from Lagos to Osogbo as the government of Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola commenced the provision of the service to its citizens from 2011 shortly after assumption of office.
Egbon Tola Adeniyi and I have come a long way. I have been exposed to his writings since the 1970s and he has been part of the shaping of my intellect since then. His writings, in flawless prose, were and are still a delight to me and his numerous readers.
Yinusa, who is also the Chairman of Osun Social Protection Programmes Implementation Committee, said this during a one-day workshop on validation of the Osun Social Protection Policy held in Osogbo.
This is contained in a statement signed by Dr Ajibola Bashiru, the State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, on Thursday in Osogbo.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission had on January 27 conducted parliamentary local government election in the state.
He reminded the new Chief, a Professor of Physics, of the many strategic ways in which the Aregbesola administration has gone about youths development, noting that this is the reason the state has earned the recognition as the state with the lowest crime rate in Nigeria.
Aregbesola said this at the award presentation to outstanding civil servants in the state on Friday in Osogbo.
The development plan (2018-2028) is hinged on creating a focus on how to achieve the development objectives and goals for the state with a view to improving the living conditions of Osun State citizens in another 10 years.
He said: “This is an election year in which our tenure will end and a successor must emerge. It is my solemn promise that we will not leave in a vacuum.”
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the labour unions, led by the state Chairman of Nigeria Labour Congress, Jacob Adekomi, agreed to call off the strike after the state government acceded to some of their demands and a new Memorandum of Understanding signed.
He said 28 per cent of the workforce takes 50 per cent of salaries monthly, adding that civil servants had demonstrated true friendship with the government.
Aregbesola said a major part of the funds for the project, which is $65 million (about N23 billion), had been obtained from the Islamic Development Bank in Saudi Arabia.
Akinwumi Ambode, Rauf Aregbesola, Rotimi Akeredolu, Ayodele Fayose and Abiola Ajimobi of Lagos, Osun, Ondo, Ekiti and Oyo State respectively, were present
In the message, Asiwaju Tinubu said: “Mama Aregbesola was a great mother, an epitome of motherhood. She always wanted the best for her son and stood by him in prayers through thick and thin.
This was even as Adekomi disclosed that the leadership of the union has reached a compromise with the state government on the disbursement of the second tranche of Paris Club refunds to offset parts of the balance of the modulated salaries.
“We will not rest on our oars to ensure that our nation is free from crimes of all nature.”
According to Aregbesola, the inquest became necessary because of the suddenness and the circumstances surrounding the death of the Senator and the first civilian governor of the state
A statement by the Bureau of Communication and Strategy, signed by its Director, Semiu Okanlawon, quoted both Governor Rauf Aregbesola and his Deputy, Grace Titi Laoye-Tomori, as debunking this while hosting the newly-elected executives of the National Association of Osun State Students, who were on a familiarization visit to them
Aregbesola noted that the only way out of the current sociopolitical, economic and religious crises in the country is for Nigerians and all religious leaders, irrespective of religion and background to continuously seek the face of God for the good of the country.