Education

Speaker, Osun State House of Assembly, Mr. Timothy Owoeye has commended staff and students of schools across the state for their level of compliance with COVID-19 rules and regulations as schools resumed.

Mr. Owoeye gave the commendation while addressing Journalists after a two-day on the spot assessment tour to schools in Ijesa South Federal Constituency of the state.

He explained that the assessment tour became necessary to ensure that state government efforts to prevent spread of Coronavirus was not wasted.

The Speaker advised the pupils to make use of their face mask, sanitizer and ensure regular hand washing as measure to put an end to COVID-19 pandemic.

He also urged schools management to clear and fumigate their surroundings often for a healthy environment for learning for both students and staff.

Some of the schools visited include Atakumosa High School Osu, Ifewara Community Government School, Iwara Community High School Iwara, Community Secondary School Iperindo, St. Peter’s Elementary School Isona Ilesa, Ilesa Government High School Ilesa and Local Authority Elementary School Imo Ilesa.
In a Related Development, Mr. Owoeye urged the contractor handling reconstruction of Atakumosa Modern Market in Ilesa to double up efforts to deliver the job on time.

He made the call during unscheduled visit to the site of the market in Ilesa.

The speaker urged the contractor to make use of quality and standard materials that could stand the test of time for the building construction.

Responding,The Contractor handling the Atakumosa Modern Market project, Mr. Sina Odeleye pointed out that the new structures in the market would accommodate more shops in the market promising to deliver the job on time.

Funmi Adekoya

Health

Eight COVID-19 patients in Osun state, including two children have been discharged from the isolation center following their full recovery.

The State Commissioner for Health, Dr Rafiu Isamotu gave the information in a statement in Osogbo. 

The patients tested negative for the virus twice, following result of the sample sent to the NCDC Accredited Testing Centre, African Centre of Excellence in Genomics of Infectious Diseases, at the Redeemer’s University, Ede.  

Dr Isamotu said with the recovery and discharge of eight the persons, the number of active COVID-19 cases in the state had dropped from ten to two.

The discharged people comprised of three males and five females including two children of ages two and five years. 

Meanwhile, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC yesterday announced that another person tested positive for the COVID-19 in Osun state.

This is contained in its daily update realized at 11:45pm last night.

With this, Osun state now has three patients receiving treatment for the COVID-19 infection at the state isolation center.

Adenitan Akinola