The governor stated this while receiving the National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party, led by the National Chairman, Prince Uche Sencondus, on a condolence visit to his house at Ikolaba GRA, Ibadan on Friday.
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The Chief Press Secretary to Governor Seyi Makinde, Taiwo Adisa, said this while reacting to Fayose’s claim that the masterminds of the attack were Makinde and another chieftain of the PDP, Chief Bode George.
Taiwo Adisa, Chief Press Secretary to the governor, said in a statement in Ibadan that list of the centres was ratified on Monday at the state’s COVID-19 Task Force meeting presided over by Gov. Seyi Makinde.
The governor’s aide stated that contrary to criticisms by the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the 2019 election, Adebayo Adelabu, that none of the promises Makinde made to the electorate has been fulfilled, Makinde has in the last one year and four months placed the state on a sound footing for economic expansion and put in place policies and programmes that are lifting the people from poverty to prosperity.
The Governor, who spoke through his Deputy, Engr. Rauf Olaniyan, made the call shortly after a Special Jumat Prayer held at the Oja-ba Central Mosque, Ibadan, in commemoration of Nigeria’s forthcoming 60th anniversary on October 1.
The governor, who inaugurated the committee at the Government House, Agodi, Ibadan, said the committee would evaluate and assess the performance of the local government caretaker chairmen in the state.
He maintained that contrary to insinuations that the governor has been spending Oyo State’s money on politics in other states, Governor Makinde has been spending the state’s resources to benefit the people of the state, which is why a lot of efforts have been going into turning around the infrastructure of the state across, health, education and other sectors.
The governor, who spoke at a dinner held in honour of the Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Fund, Prof. Suleiman Bogoro, at the Government House, Agodi, Ibadan, said his focus on free and qualitative education would remain unchanged, just as he remained committed to the task of moving Oyo State from poverty to prosperity.
The governor, who also announced the revocation of the abandoned Saki Township road contract, which was awarded by the immediate past administration, said it would be re-awarded to a more competent contractor within the next four weeks.
A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to Makinde, Taiwo Adisa, which contained details of the report of the Task Force meeting held on August 31, 2020, and presided over by the governor, indicated that the curfew has been abolished after a series of reviews.
Makinde, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Taiwo Adisa, stated that the foremost monarch “personifies greatness and honour”.
The CPS, who spoke on an Impact Business Radio 92.5 FM’s programme, Bottomline, in Ibadan, said the decision was taken by the government after a discussion on the matter.
The Governor, in a letter dated August 10, 2020 and signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Olubamiwo Adeosun, said the termination takes immediate effect
A statement to that effect was issued on Thursday in Ibadan by Taiwo Adisa, the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Seyi Makinde.
Adisa, in a statement made available to newsmen in Ibadan, declared that the former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria has a duty to the people of Oyo State and Nigerians in general to make sound inputs into economic debates and justify that he truly merited a seat at the apogee of the Nigerian Financial sector, where he once sat as Deputy Governor.
Makinde, in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Taiwo Adisa, described Jemibewon as a trailblazer and an astute administrator whose landmark achievements subsist till date.
A statement by the Governor’s Media aide, which was made available in Ibadan on Thursday, indicated that there was no truth whatsoever in the claims credited to a Muslim leader and Director of the Muslim Rights Concern, Prof. Isiaq Akintola, that the appointments came with religious bias against Muslims.
Also constituted was the Board of the Oyo State Waste Management Board, a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to Makinde, Taiwo Adisa, indicated on Tuesday.
A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Seyi Makinde, Taiwo Adisa, indicated that the insinuations amounted to a wicked lie.
The Task Force, which rose from a two-and-a-half-hour meeting on Monday, reviewed the state of preparedness of the schools ahead of the planned resumption