The group, which scored Makinde high on the delivery of his campaign promises along the four service point agenda of security, health, education and economic expansion through agribusiness, maintained that the government has succeeded in repositioning and transforming Oyo State, with notable evidence in infrastructure development, growth in Internally Generated Revenue and improvement in the education sector, among others.
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Mrs Amudoaghan, a member of the Catholic Church of Nigeria, died on Tuesday.
His tenure as Governor was quite controversial with mixed results and divided opinions. He was a very frank and outspoken Governor who was also very conscious of his social status and the powers attached to his office. He was also quite audacious. He engaged the Olubadan in an open battle when he chose in one instance to transform some high chiefs of the Olubadan-in-council into beaded kings.
While paying tribute to the former Governor who died in Lagos on Thursday, the Presidential Aide noted that Ajimobi was well loved, kind hearted, reliable and dependable leader.
In a Twitter message, Alhaji Ahmed condoled Senator Ajimobi’s family, the government and the people of Oyo State.
Paying glowing tributes to the ex-governor, Adams, in a statement on Friday by his Special Assistant on Media, Kehinde Aderemi, said the late Ajimobi was a man of history, a statesman and complete Yoruba man that made remarkable impact in Oyo State.
The party said this in a press statement issued in Abeokuta on Thursday and signed by the State Publicity Secretary of the Caretaker Committee, Comrade Tunde Oladunjoye.
The condolence was contained in a statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Malam Abba Anwar, on Friday in Kano.
The governors spoke on Friday in an interview with journalists in Benin after attending the funeral mass for late Dr Christopher Abebe at Iruekpen, Esan West Local Government Area of the state.
The deceased was killed by the NSCDC personnel at Idi-Oro, Dugbe area of Ibadan, while on her way to get drugs at a pharmacy store.
The governor also felicitated with the new speaker for being found worthy by his colleagues to occupy the exalted position.
The State Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Toye Arulogun, disclosed this on Wednesday during a live radio programme in Ibadan.
The monarch expressed the optimism in an interview with newsmen shortly after leading the traditional council of Iwoland to a meeting with the Oyo State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, at the Governor’s Office, Ibadan, on Wednesday.
They told both Oba Adetunji and Ladoja not to have any peace meeting with Ajimobi until the gunmen who invaded the Popoyemoja palace of the revered Oba are apprehended and brought to justice.
In a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Communication and Strategy, Yomi Layinka, Ajimobi described the passing away of the Ibadan high chief as shocking and depressing
Kolade added that the new members of the panel will be inaugurated next week in order to keep tabs of the activities of their colleagues earlier sworn in, assuring that there will be no government interference in the review panel’s activities.
The Governors, in a communiqué issued at the end of the meeting of South West Governors’ Forum held at the Government House in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State, also agreed to adopt a uniform educational curriculum to boost educational system in the region
The Governors, who spoke in Ibadan at the opening ceremony of the National Women Conference of the Oyo State Officials’ Wives Association, with the theme: “The Ultimate Woman At A Time Like This,” said there was a great need for women to be supported more than ever before, especially at this current time of economic recession
Besides, the governor has also re-appointed Alhaji Taofeek Akeugbagold as the Chairman of the State Pilgrims Welfare Board (Muslim Wing)
Fayemi also recalled roles played by the late Adegbonmire in the last governorship election in Ondo State in which party members looked up to him for direction and wise counsel