The media sub-committee of the Oyo State COVID-19 Task Force on Sunday took its sensitisation campaign to leaders of the Hausa community in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.
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The Oyo State Government said on Sunday that it rejected the 1,800 bags of rice meant as COVID-19 palliatives by the Nigerian Customs Service because they were truly bad and unfit for consumption.
Governor Makinde, who addressed newsmen at the end of a meeting of the state’s COVID-19 Task Force, said 90,000 households identified as poorest of the poor and another 30,000 vulnerable households across Oyo State will benefit from the palliatives.
The Oyo State Government has released a number and a service code for pre-COVID-19 screening in the state, urging residents to dial the code or the number and follow the procedure to determine whether or not they need to get tested for the novel Coronavirus.
Oyo State Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde, has described the demise of the Second Republic Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Chief Richard Akinjide (SAN), as the end of an era and a huge loss to Oyo State, the legal profession, the Federal Republic of Nigeria and indeed the world at large.
The Oyo State Governor and Chairman of the State’s COVID-19 Task Force, Engr. Seyi Makinde, has declared that another two confirmed patients of the novel Coronavirus Disease have been discharged.
In line with Governor Seyi Makinde’s plan to conduct COVID-19 tests on at least 10,000 residents of the State within a short time, a Non-Governmental Organisation, Citizen For Citizen, is set to sponsor a free mass COVID-19 testing exercise that would cover 2,000 residents.
The governor, who stated this in his Easter message to the people of the state, said residents and especially those of the Christian faith, must use the opportunity of the Easter season to engage in more prayers for the State and Nigeria.
He stated that the State was not ruling out local solutions to cure the virus, adding that since Nigerians have always had their ways of dealing with flu, catarrh and cough, in ways different from the Western world, the state would explore avenues and find a cure.
The task force made these known in a statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Seyi Makinde, Taiwo Adisa
The Oyo State Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde, formally resumed work on Monday and immediately conducted an inspection tour of the state’s largest isolation centre: Infectious Disease Centre, Olodo, Ibadan.
Efforts of the Oyo State Government to contain and control the COVID-19 pandemic from spreading in the state has received major boosts as well-meaning individuals from within and outside the state joined the fight against the virus through financial donations.
The Oyo State Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde, on Saturday informed residents of the state that his government was already working on palliatives to ease the pressure on the people following the partial shut down of activities as part of the precautionary measures to curtail the spread of COVID-19.
A statement made available on Wednesday by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Seyi Makinde, Taiwo Adisa, indicated that civil/public servants across all cadres in the state should stay off work as the state studies the situation
The Oyo State Government on Thursday allayed the fears of residents of the state on the Coronavirus pandemic, declaring that there is no confirmed case of the disease in the state yet.
The Oyo State Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde, on Wednesday joined leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party in the South West geopolitical zone to receive bigwigs from rival political parties to the party, declaring that a fresh wave of unity, which will move across Nigeria, has begun in the South West.
The Oyo State Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde, has told teachers in the employment of the state under the aegis of the Nigeria Union of Teachers that his administration would continue to work with them to address the challenges facing the education sector in the state.
The Governor of Oyo State, Enge. Seyi Makinde, on Thursday told members of the Peoples Democratic Party in the South West geopolitical zone to unite and work together to reposition the party and reclaim its glory.
The Chief Press Secretary to Governor Seyi Makinde, Taiwo Adisa, stated this in a statement he signed and made available to newsmen on Thursday
The Oyo State Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde, has told participants at the Nigerian-American Business Forum holding in Tampa, Florida, United…