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Abiodun Approves Scholarship for Slain Director’s Children

By Abimbola Bamgbose

Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has approved the full educational sponsorship of the children of the deceased Director of Finance and Administration in the office of the governor, Mr. Taiwo Oyekanmi.

Governor Abiodun made this known at Ibara Baptist Church on Wednesday, during the memorial service held in honour of the late Oyekanmi.

Governor Abiodun said he has instructed the Ministry of housing to provide the wife and children of late Oyekanmi with one of the affordable homes built by his administration and also disclosed that the deceased’s full gratuity will be paid without delay.

Governor Abiodun however appealed to the extended family of the deceased to support the wife and the children he left behind, adding that all the supports to be given to her are for her exclusively.

He reiterated his promise that his administration would do all within its power to bring the perpetrators of the crime to justice.

Responding on behalf of the family, Mr. Lanre Oyekanmi, who described the death of their brother as a loss not only to the family but to the whole Ifoyintedo community, said that the family would support the wife and children of their brother.

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