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Ibadan Explosion: Osun Speaker Commiserates with Gov. Makinde

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By Mojisola Oladele

There is a need for inter-agency collaboration from the government to unravel the circumstances behind the explosion to prevent further recurrence.

The Speaker of the Osun State House of Assembly, Prince Adewale Egbedun, stated this while sending a commiseration message to the government and people of Oyo State on the tragic explosion that rocked the Bodija area of Ibadan, and other parts of the city, the state capital on Tuesday night.

Prince Egbedun stated this in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, CPS, Mr. Olamide Tiamiyu made available to Newsmen in Osogbo.

Describing the explosion which claimed lives and destroyed public and private property as unfortunate, the Osun Speaker sympathized with the families of those affected by the blast.

He called for calm amongst Oyo Residents as the State government investigates the cause of the explosion and put necessary measures in place to alleviate the impacts of the blast.

Prince Egbedun noted that insecurity has risen to feverish heights in different parts of the country and remarked that Nigerians needed to be extra careful in the usage of machinery and gadgets that could trigger explosions of several kinds.

The Speaker prayed to God to grant succour to the families of those who lost their loved ones and property as a result of the unfortunate incident.

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Makinde Announces Segun Ogunwuyi as CoS, Sulaiman Olanrewaju as CPS

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By Iyabo Adebisi

Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde has re-appointed Mr Segun Ogunwuyi as the Chief of Staff, CoS.

The governor has also announced Mr. Sulaiman Olanrewaju of Nigerian Tribune as his new Chief Press Secretary, CPS.

He made the announcement shortly after adopting and signing the report of the Ogunwuyi-led transition committee held at the Executive Chamber of the Governor’s office, Secretariat, Ibadan. 

Mr Olanrewaju until his new appointment is the Group Business Editor of the Nigerian Tribune.

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Osun APC Primaries: I bear no grudges against anyone – Governor Oyetola

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Osun State governor, Mr Adegboyega Oyetola says he bears no grudge against those who contested against him in last Saturday’s All Progressives Congress, APC Governorship primary election.

Governor Oyetola who stated this in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, CPS, Mr Ismail Omipidan, noted that joining him to contest for the party ticket was an expression of their democratic rights.

He thanked party leaders, supporters, loyalists and critical stakeholders for the huge support they gave him, including trooping out en masse during the primary election.

The governor thanked members of the National and State Assemblies and the cabinet members for standing by him.

Abiodun Adeoye

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We will ensure enforcement of the Anti-Open Grazing Law – Osun Govt.

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Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of Osun State has assented to the bill banning the practice of open grazing in the state. 

This was confirmed by the Chief Press Secretary, CPS, to the Governor, Mr. Ismail Omipidan while addressing journalists in his office.

Mr. Omipidan said government had notified the security agencies that would enforce the law in every part of the state, hence it is a crime to practice open grazing in Osun state. 

He noted that Osun State was one of the most peaceful states in the country, with fewer challenges of herders invading people’s farm to destroy the crop or attacking farmers because there was in place Committee on Peaceful Co-Existence between Fulani/Bororo and Crop Farmers to foster peace between these communities. 

The governor’s spokesperson said before enacting the law, government had summoned stakeholder meeting to deliberate on the matter and had enlightened the herders in the state on the benefit of embracing ranching system.

Radio Nigeria recalls that the Osun State House of Assembly, OSHA, had on August 12th, 2021 passed the bill to regulate animal grazing and establishments of cattle ranches and other related matters.

Adenitan Akinola

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We will not deviate from Anti-Open Grazing Law – Makinde

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The Chief Press Secretary, CPS, to Governor ‘Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, has declared that the state is not about to deviate from the provisions of its anti-open grazing law contrary to insinuations in a section of the media.

A statement by Mr Adisa says a section of Nigerians misinterpreted Governor Makinde’s submission on the implementation of the National Livestock Transformation Plan, NLTP, in the state.

According to him, the governor only announced the desire to implement aspects of the NLTP that are compliant with the anti-open grazing law of the state assented on Thursday, October 31, 2019.

He said: “For the avoidance of doubt, Governor Makinde’s reference to Oyo State’s desire to implement the NLTP refers mainly to aspects of the plan that are compliant with the anti-open grazing law of the State.

“Section 6(1-7) of the law provides the processes by which a livestock owner shall secure land for a ranch, while sections 7(1-4) stipulates the approval process by which a herder or livestock owner can secure a permit to operate the ranch.”

“The law stipulates that a livestock owner shall apply in writing to the landowner or the family in possession of the land meant for ranching; the family shall forward the application to the Ministry of Agriculture, which will forward the same to the Ministry of Environment to conduct Environmental Impact Assessment.”

“A report of the EIA will be forwarded to the Governor, who may grant the approval if he (finds) the report suitable.”

“The Oyo State’s anti-open grazing provides punishments for open grazing and child herding, while it also provides that ranch owners must mandatorily fence their ranches.”

Mr Adisa added that Governor Makinde had while hosting his Kwara State counterpart, Governor Abdulrasaq Abdulrahman, made it clear that the Oyo State Government would only take advantage of “lateral learnings” in the livestock programme being implemented in Kwara State with a view to collaborating on security and the economic aspects. Iyabo Adebisi

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Oyo Government Warns Opposition Against Politicising Insecurity

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The Chief Press Secretary, CPS, to Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, Mr Taiwo Adisa has warned opposition elements in the state to stop playing politics with the insecurity situation in Ibarapa and Oke-Ogun areas of the state.

A statement by the governor’s aide says that most of the comments attributed to opposition elements on the security situation in the state missed the point due to pettiness, contempt and clear attempt to play to the gallery.

According to him, if opposition elements were true lovers of the state, they should have used the occasion to demonstrate patriotism by empathising with the people of the state and coming up with their own ideas on how to address the situation.

Mr Adisa said Governor Makinde had, at the height of the insecurity in Ibarapa, deployed Operation Burst, a state-backed security outfit comprising the Army, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps and the Police to Ibarapa in large numbers.

The governor had also caused to be deployed, men and officers of MOPOL 72, located strategically in Ago-Are in Oke-Ogun axis.

He added that the government followed-up that deployment with the mass deployment of the men of the Oyo State Security Network Agency, also known as Amotekun, to Ibarapa and Oke-Ogun axes to quench the rising insecurity.

Mr Adisa maintained that the mass deployment of security operatives to the area had begun to yield positive results in the last few weeks, stating that on January 9, the Amotekun Corps worked with Vigilante Group of Nigeria, local hunters, and Miyetti Allah Vigilantes to comb forests straddling four local governments in Ibarapa and Iwajowa Local Government Areas of Oke-Ogun.

“For the avoidance of doubt, before those fanning the embers of ethnic crisis and their Hosanna crowd went to town with their showmanship gimmicks, the government had made serious efforts to tame the insecurity situation in Ibarapa.”

“Apart from initiating several peace meetings between Yoruba and Fulani residents of the axes, the government took steps to deploy a heavy security presence to Ibarapa and at a point, even backed a community-based effort to rid the forests of kidnappers and bandits.”

“It would be recalled that the government had backed a similar approach in Kisi, Igbeti and Igboho axes of the state and was able to achieve a great success without necessarily making noise in the media about it.”

Iyabo Adebisi