Economy

FG, Labour, need to work towards revitalisation of National Economic Assets – Prof. Gbolagade

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By Dayo Adu

An educationist, Professor Abiodun Gbolagade says revitalisation of national economic assets is the best solution to the current hardship been faced by citizens of this country.

Professor Gbolagade called on President Bola Tinubu and his economic team to resuscitate the four ailing national refineries and also strengthen the purchasing power of naira to enable lower denominations of the currency regain their value in the market.

Speaking with a Radio Nigeria correspondent in Ibadan, on the occasion of Nigeria’s 63rd Independence anniversary, Professor Gbolagade who is the Provost, Adekunle Ajasin University, Ibadan Campus, explained that, raising workers’ salary would further increase the inflation rate in the country, thereby making the cost of living unbearable for the masses.

He stressed the need for trade unions to dialogue with the Federal Government, on ways to stabilise the system saying that, beyond salary increment, the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and other trade unions need to speak with the Federal Government on how to make the economy better.

“I believe there is need for the NLC, Trad Union Congress, TUC, to dialogue, with the Federal Government. They should sit together, and understand the present government under President Bola Tinubu, and look at the prevailing situation in the country. How do we help this country, in terms of the the challenges ahead and the current challenges? It is through dialogue that they can solve the problems collectively”, Prof. Gbolagade said.

“We know what we are currently passing through, especially in the aspect of subsidy removal. We are appealing to Mr. President to act fast and rejig the economy”.

Professor Gbolagade appealed to the president and his cabinet members to bring their wealth of experience to bear on the mandate of galvanising Nigerian economy for speedy realisation of the renewed hope agenda.

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Education

Students Stage Protest, Bemoan Continuos Strike

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Students of Adekunle Ajasin University Akungba-Akoko in Ondo State have staged a peaceful protest over the prolonged strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities , ASUU.

The students stormed the major highway at the main entrance of the Institution chanting solidarity songs and displaying placards with inscriptions such as “Revitalize our Education” “End ASUU Strike” “Save our future”.

The President of the Students’ Union Government, SUG, Kolade Ogunsanmi bemoaned the continued ASUU strike saying the incessant closure of public universities had retarded the standard of education sector urging both ASUU and Federal Government to come to terms.

A law student, Seyifunmi Adeosun however appealed to the state Governors to intervene because the issue was beyond the Federal Government.

Leke Adegbite

Politics

Ondo@45: Resident Tasks Government on Development of Infrastructure

By Web News 735

Ondo State which was established on February 3rd, 1976 by the Murtala Mohammed administration has clocked 45 years.

As one of the thirty-six states in the federation, Ondo State located in the south-western zone of Nigeria is made up of eighteen council areas.

The state which lies entirely in the tropics and is bounded in the north by Ekiti and Kogi States, in the east by Edo state, in the west by Osun and Ogun States and in the south by the Atlantic ocean, covers over fourteen thousand square kilometers of land.

In political governance, Ondo State has had seventeen military and civilian administrations starting from Wing Commander David Ikpeme till the present governor, Mr Oluwarotimi Akeredolu.

Meanwhile, residents of the state have expressed their views about the level of development in Ondo State in the last forty-five years and then demanded that more be done.

Basorun Sehinde Arogbofa who was part of the struggle to have the state created said the people were happy that governance was brought closer to them but hammered on quality governance.

Also speaking, a don at Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Dr Dayo Afe asked the government in the state to focus on infrastructure development.

Others who spoke with Radio Nigeria charged the government to be committed to more people-oriented projects.

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Lifestyle

Amaka Ndoma-Egba, Six Others Perish In Fatal Crash

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Seven persons including Amaka, who is the wife of a former Senate Leader, Senator Ndoma Egba, have lost their lives while not less than eight others, were critically injured in a fatal accident that occurred along Ore-Okitipupa Road, in Ondo State.

The four vehicles involved according to a witness, are a commercial Toyota Avensis car bus, a Honda car, a truck and a Toyota Coaster bus belonging to the Sports Centre of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, AAUA.

It was gathered that the late wife of the former Senate Leader, was being conveyed in a Toyota Coaster Bus, belonging to the Sports Centre of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba, Akoko from Benin to Igbokoda, in Ilaje Local Government Area of the state.

The occupants of the ill-fated bus, according to the source, were on the way for a burial programme at Igbokoda.

Confirming the crash, the Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Ondo State, Mr Ahmed Hassan, confirmed the accident, however, said that only four persons, three females and a man died in the accident.

Also speaking, the head of Public Relations, Media and Protocol of AAUA, Mr Victor Akinpelumi, said the only information he had, was that a Coaster bus of the institution, on official assignment, was involved in an accident.

Leke Adegbite

Environment

Ondo Govt Visits Parents of Flood Victim

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Mr Joshe  Boluwaji, the father of the final year student of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba, who got drowned in flood says his daughter, Miss Doyin Boluwaji is still alive

Mr Boluwaji expressed this belief while receiving Exco members of Ondo State Government at his residence in Akure.

He explained that the accommodation secured for the girl since her preliminary year in the university town was nowhere near canal or waterlogged environment.

According to Mr Jóshè, who earlier appreciated the state government for the visit, said Doyin was trapped somewhere begging government to get her alive.

 Earlier, the Chief of Staff to the Governor, Chief Olugbenga Ale, who led the delegation cautioned, residents against building on waterways.

Chief Ale added that the state government still looked forward to acquiring more swamp buggy and amphibian excavators to tackle ecological problems in the state.

Aged, Twenty-five, Miss Doyin Boluwaji was reportedly swept away by flood resulting from over twenty-four hour downpour last Tuesday at her rented apartment in Akungba Akoko.

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Crime

Court Remands Soldier for Alleged Rape

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A Soldier who allegedly raped a student of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko was today docked before an Ondo State Magistrate Court sitting in Akure.

The suspect, Sunday Awolola aged 33, is facing one count charge of having an unlawful carnal knowledge of the student on July 31st, 2019 at about 6:30pm at a military checkpoint, along Ikare-Akungba Akoko road.

Lance Corporal Sunday Awolola, who had been dismissed last week for the offence by the Nigerian Army was brought to the court by officers of the State Command of the Nigeria Police following his alleged involvement in the rape of the female student from the Department of Religious and African Studies of the university.

The Magistrate, Mr Mayowa Olanipekun directed that the soldier should still be remanded in police custody pending his proper arraignment on Friday this week.

Leke Adegbite