Economy

Ekiti State government says it will continue to raise a crop of competent, efficient and effective officers whose desire will be to implement government policies and make service delivery their ultimate goal. 

Ekiti State Head of Service, Mr. Ayodeji Ajayi made this known while declaring open a week-long induction/orientation course for newly appointed Administrative Officers, Accountants, Auditors, Registrars of Cooperatives and Inspector of Taxes at the Staff Development Centre, Ado-Ekiti. 

Mr. Ajayi who described the course as very significant towards exposing the newly-appointed officers to the intricacies of government business, charged them to make the best of the induction meant to equip the officers with necessary skills and knowledge that would prepare them for the task ahead.  

The Permanent Secretary, Office of Capacity Development and Reforms, Mr. Oluwadare Ajayi advised the participants to work in support of the ideals of the Public Service and shun unethical practices.

Some of the participants, including Tope Adigun, Bolanle Ogundipe, Anthony Olatoye and Ayodele Alabi expressed their readiness to contribute their quota with vigour to the development of the Civil Service in the state.

Niyi Alade

Sport

The first Professor of Sports in Africa, Professor Michael Ajisafe will on Thursday, 11th of July, be the guest on July 2019 edition of  Oyo SWAN SEAT.

Professor Ajisafe, who is also the Vice Chancellor of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, ABUAD, will deliver a lecture entitled “Sports:Tools for Youth Empowerment towards National development”.

According to a statement by the Acting Secretary of Sports Writers Association of Nigeria, SWAN, Oyo State Chapter, Olusegun Adesoji, the lecture will come up at Dapo Aderogba Hall of the NUJ Press Center, Iyaganku, Ibadan at 11 o clock in the morning.

The statement notes that Vice Chancellor, University of Ilorin, Professor Sulyman Abdulkareem is the Distinguished Guest of Honour, while Chairman, Ilaji Hotel and Sports Resorts, Engineer Dotun Sanusi, is the Chairman of the lecture while the host of the programme is the Oyo SWAN Chairman, Olaolu Fawole.

It also adds that stakeholders in the sports sector across Oyo State  are expected to grace the occasion, which is part of ways to improve sports administration, promotion and development.

Babatunde Tiamiyu