The commissioner, who stated this while speaking with newsmen shortly after the governor and senior officials of the ministry concluded an inspection tour of the ongoing projects in Ibadan metropolis, said the governor was determined to turn the state of infrastructure around.
Browsing: Seyi Makinde
Saraki, former President of the Senate, concluded the first phase of the reconciliation process with a meeting with Makinde on Friday.
Makinde, who stated this while speaking at the official commissioning of the project at the Awotan Landfill, Akufo Road, Awotan, Ibadan, said the project will provide job opportunities for self-reliance to 3,000 residents of the community.
Fayose said this on Wednesday during a PUNCH Live interview.
Makinde, who made the declaration during the celebration of 2021 Mawlud Nabiyy, held at the Remembrance Arcade of the Government House, Agodi, Ibadan, stressed the need for the Muslim faithful and non-Muslims as well to continue to peacefully coexist.
The leaders, who spoke, included Governor ‘Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, former Governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola of Osun State, Senator Olu Alabi, Senator Abiodun Olujinmi, Speaker of the Oyo State House of Assembly, Honourable Adebo Ogundoyin, and former Deputy Governor of Oyo State, Ambassador Taofeek Arapaja.
The governor, after a meeting with representatives of Yoruba and Hausa communities who are stakeholders in the market, said that he had agreed to reopen the market, having been assured of sustained peace.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that a misunderstanding between two men of different ethnic extractions at the Shasha Market in Akinyele Local Government Area in Ibadan sparked off an ethno-religious violence that led to loss of lives and properties even as part of the market was gutted by fire.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the visiting governors were Alhaji Abubakar Bagudu of Kebbi State, Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State, Abubakar Sani Bello of Niger State and Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State.
The governor disclosed that a judicial panel will also be inaugurated to investigate the crisis, adding that Peace and Security Committees will equally be put in place in all the zones of the state with a view to addressing the grievances and ensuring justice is served.
Makinde made this known in a state-wide broadcast monitored in Ibadan on Monday.
Jonathan reminded them that politics should not be seen as war, but a process of choosing a leader, and that after elections, there should be love and unity amongst all political parties
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that major stakeholders from both parties met at Premier Hotel in Ibadan on Friday.
Makinde, in a statement by his Special Assistant (Print Media), Moses Alao, in Ibadan, described the late politician as one of the last set of true progressives to govern in the Nigerian political firmament.
The Secretary to the Traditional Council and Onidere of Idereland, Oba Aderoju Kingsley, while speaking to newsmen shortly after a closed door meeting with the governor, held at the Government House, Agodi, Ibadan, said calm has returned to the area since the governor’s visit to the zone and that the situation has changed for the better.
The Commissioner, who spoke to newsmen in Ibadan, said the trio are currently receiving treatment at a government hospital in Ibadan and that they are in stable condition.
Adisa said this in a statement issued to newsmen in Ibadan on Monday, while reacting to rumours making the rounds in a section of the media that the governor is set to dump the PDP under whose platform he was elected governor in 2019.
The governor lauded Oyinlola as a versatile administrator and peace builder, who believes in and delivered good governance.
The governor, who stated this in Iseyin, while attending the 8th Day Fidau prayer of the mother of the State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Omokunmi Mustapha, added that his administration will ensure the road is completed before the end of his tenure.
For the rest of us not resident in Oyo State, the billboards probably did the magic. We were curious and sought to know more. The private radio stations for which Ibadan has since come to offer a supportive nursery bed of some sort, complemented the billboards. The people reckoned, and properly too.