Economy

Gov. Abiodun Seeks Approval Of N83.5Billion Loan From Budget Committee

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Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has sought the speedy approval of the N83.5 billion loan requested from the 1.68 percent Development of Natural Resources Fund from the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission. Governor Abiodun stated this in Oke Mosan Abeokuta while Continue Reading

Economy

NDE Signs MOU With Oyo Govt. On Skill Acquisition

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National Directorate of Employment, NDE has signed Memorandum of Understanding with Oyo state government to promote skill and economic self reliance.The signing of the MOU between the two parties took place at the Agodi Government Secretariat,Ibadan.National Directorate of Employment was established in 1987 as a manpower development agency to pursue two employment related Continue Reading

Economy

OGHA Passes Ogun Public Procurement Bill, Seeks Improved Funding For Legislature, Judiciary

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Members of the Ogun State House of Assembly, OGHA, have called on the state government to improve funds allocation to the legislative and judicial arms of government for seamless operation of their financial autonomy.  They made the call during a session with the Ogun State Commissioner for Budget and Planning, Mr. Olaolu Olabimtan on the […]Continue Reading

Economy

FG Pays Backlog Of Conditional Cash Transfer In Oyo

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In fulfilment of the Social Investment agenda of President Muhammadu Buhari, thirteen thousand, eight hundred and thirty poor of the poorest households in Oyo state are currently receiving backlog of their monthly conditional cash transfer The conditional cash transfer of the social investment scheme commenced in 2016 after a careful selection of the poorest households Continue Reading

Economy

We Will Continue To Ensure Equal Distribution Of Social Services- Federal Character Commission

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Executive Chairman, Federal Character Commission, Dr. Muheeba Dankaka, says the commission will continue to ensure equal distribution of social services and economic opportunities for all Nigerians. Dr. Dankaka  stated in Oke Mosan Abeokuta  when he paid a courtesy visit to Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun. She explained that the commission was Continue Reading

Economy

FG To Place 20,000 Nigerian Graduates In Fully Paid Jobs.

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President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to make a key announcement on the Nigeria Jubilee Fellows Programme on Tuesday. The programme aims to place 20,000 skilled young Nigerian graduates (under the age of 30) into jobs in private and public sector organizations around the country. The jobs will last for 12 months, will be fully-paid, and […]Continue Reading

Economy

Ogun Residents Benefit from FG Conditional Cash Transfer Scheme

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The disbursement of monthly stipend of Five thousand naira to the poor and the vulnerable under The Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programme of the Federal Government has commenced in Ogun state.  The Program which was flagged off in Odeda local Government area By the State Government will benefit a total of nine thousand, five hundred […]Continue Reading

Economy

Citizens Question Handover of Asaba International Airport

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Barely forty-eight hours following the formal handover of the Asaba International Airport to a private body by the Delta State government, have residents raised concerns over the hasty arrangement with the firm which was established a year ago on October, 2020. They made their views known while reacting to the development in Asaba, the state […]Continue Reading

Economy

Oyo Govt. Trains Technical Desk Officers On SDGs

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Oyo State government has urged the technical desk officers across its local government areas and LCDAs to focus on projecting development in their councils by mainstreaming the Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs, into their development plans. The Senior Special Assistant to the governor on Sustainable Development Goals SDGs, Mr. Kunle Yusuf said this at a capacity Continue Reading

Economy

FG Employs 510,000 Into N-Power Batch C1

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Over five hundred thousand youths across the country have been absorbed into the N-Power Batch C stream 1 exercise. At the inauguration in Abuja, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management Hajiya Sadiya Umar-Farouq, said the selection criteria, was transparent and credible and urged the participants to utilize the opportunity given to them. ‘‘1,000,000 Continue Reading

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Police Retirees Protest Over Poor Pensions

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No fewer than one hundred retired police officers under the contributory pension scheme have staged a peaceful protest to Radio Nigeria Ibadan over their poor pension. The police pensioners, who carried placards with different inscription, bemoaned the contributory pension scheme demanding their removal from the retirement payment system due to lack of increase in the […]Continue Reading

Economy

Oyo Speaker Distributes 14 New Motorcycles To Constituents

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Speaker, Oyo State House of Assembly, Mr Adebo Ogundoyin has distributed fourteen brand new motorcycles to his Constituents drawn from all the wards in Lanlate, Ibarapa East Local Government. Another thirty Constituents received twenty-five thousand naira each to boost their economic activities.  The program held at Oke-Imale in Lanlate was attended by Leaders and PDP Continue Reading

Economy

Proposed 2021 Supplementary Budget Passes Second Reading During Oyo Assembly plenary

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A Supplementary appropriation bill of fifty billion naira has scaled through the first and second readings on the floor of the Oyo state house of assemblyThis is sequel to a letter forwarded to the house by governor seyi Makinde and read by the speaker, Mr Adebo Ogundoyin seeking consideration and approval of the Assembly .According […]Continue Reading

Economy

Fuel Scarcity Cripples Activities In Saki

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Volumes of fuel reduced to prevent illegal exportation – IPMAN Residents of Saki in Oke-Ogun Area of Oyo State have started experiencing fuel scarcity.  Motorists, both private and commercial as well as motorcycle riders were Wednesday morning disappointed when majority of the filling stations in the town were met closed. Our Correspondent reports that the Continue Reading

Economy

Let’s explore opportunities for our young people – Osinbajo to Vietnamese Envoy

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With the opportunities existing in agriculture & technology in Nigeria and Vietnam, both countries will benefit from effective collaboration in these sectors and thereby deepen their friendly relationships. Nigeria’s Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, made this assertion on Monday at the Presidential Villa during a courtesy visit by the Ambassador of the Continue Reading

Economy

Retirees Protest Non- Increment Of Pensions

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After thirty five years in public service or attaining sixty years, a retiree’s wish would be to have sweet rest. This has not been the case for retirees under the contributory pension scheme PENCOM, hence the Southwest chapter of the Contributory Pensioners Union of Nigeria protested about their plight to media houses including Radio Nigeria […]Continue Reading

Economy

We Employed 6,134 Youths in the Past Year- Oyo Govt.

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Oyo State Government has said that it employed 6,134 people into the state workforce in the last budgetary year. The Governor of Oyo State, Engineer Seyi Makinde, made this known during the community and stakeholders’ town hall meeting held at Saki earlier today. He said the Oyo state workforce has 5000 new teachers, 600 education […]Continue Reading

Economy

Governor Oyetola Recognises ASUSS As Independent Trade Union

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The Governor of Osun State, Mr Adegboyega Oyetola has granted approval recognising  the Academic Staff Union of Secondary Schools, ASUSS as an independent Trade Union. The Governor is contained in a letter signed by Mr O.A Omishakin on behalf of the permanent secretary of the Ministry of Human Resources and Capacity Building and addressed to […]Continue Reading

Economy Environment

We Execute Developmental Project Without Loans: Oyetola

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Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of Osun State says his administration has not borrowed a kobo to execute different developmental projects ongoing in the state. Governor Oyetola stated this while hosting journalists at his residence in his hometown, Iragbiji the headquarters of Boripe Local Government Area of Osun State.  He explained that rather than taking the option Continue Reading

Economy

Oyo Govt. Staff Audit Uncovers 41 Ghost Workers

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…341 others with irregular records opt for voluntary retirement…indicted officers to be deleted from the payroll The Implementation Committee of the Oyo State 2019/2020 Civil/Public Servants Audit and Payroll Re-engineering/Validation Exercise has recommended the removal of 41 staff classified as “No Show” (ghost workers) by the consultants. The consultants had indicted Continue Reading

Economy

We didn’t take over Bodija Eid Ground – Oyo Govt.

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The Oyo State Government has explained that it took the decision to develop the 11,435.711-square-metre open field in Bodija as a recreation facility in order to serve the purpose of the original masterplan of the area and cater to the recreational needs of Bodija Estate.It maintained that part of the land, which was designed as […]Continue Reading

Economy

Eidel-Kabir: Prices Of Food Items Increase In Oyo

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As Muslim faithful prepare for the Eid El Kabir celebration, Radio Nigeria visited some major markets in Ibadan metropolis.  Prices of consumable commodities have increased in Ibadan with Eid el Kabir a few days away.  A survey reveals that the prices of food stuff such as Rice, vegetable oil, palm oil, tubers of Yams, Yam […]Continue Reading

Economy News

Embrace skill acquisition: FG tells youths

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The Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, on Thursday, asked Nigerian youths to embrace the various skill acquisition programmes of the government in order to reduce restiveness and unemployment among them. The development, the ministry noted, remained the only way designed by the Federal Government to pull 100 million Continue Reading

Economy

56 Independent Monitors Engaged For FG’s Social Intervention Programmes in Ogun

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A total of 56 trained independent monitors have received letters of engagement and tablets to monitor the Federal Government Social Investment Programme in Ogun State for the next one year. Presenting the items in Abeokuta, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Farouq explained that the Independent Monitors Continue Reading

Economy

Poverty Alleviation: What We Need Is A Simple, Common Sense Approach – Osinbajo

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VP chairs inaugural meeting of National Steering Committee on Poverty Reduction with Growth Strategy with Governors, Ministers in attendance. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN says how the Buhari administration plans to lift 100 million Nigerians out of poverty in ten years will not be based on a business as usual approach, but a very simple, […]Continue Reading