Agriculture

Oyo, French Government Collaborate On Food Security

By Web News 656

Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde has expressed happiness over the inclusion of 1,300 women in the state, who are to benefit from the Support to Women Entrepreneurship in the Agri-food sector in Nigeria SEFAN/SWEAN programme. 

The governor, while speaking at the official launch of the training programme at International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, IITA, Ibadan stated that the relationship between Oyo State and the French Government always brings about development.

Engineer Makinde equally appreciated the French Government for its part in the Rural Access and Agricultural Marketing Project (RAAMP), noting that the state has mapped out the roads that would get the interventions.

He maintained that the plan of the government is to complete 200km of access roads in Oyo State before the end of 2021 remained on course. 

Governor Makinde maintained that the relationship between the state and the French Government has been bringing about development, especially in the area of collaboration in the agriculture sector.

The governor asked for more interventions for the state, pledging that any investment made in the state would go directly to the people just as he noted that the state government’s collaboration with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, IITA, on the Start Them Early Program (STEP has begun to yield positive results.

Earlier, the Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Mr Jacob Ojemuyiwa, said Oyo and Kaduna States are the only two states selected for the SEFAN/SWEAN programme, which he described as a great opportunity for women.

Iyabo Adebisi

Health

Oyo Government Grants State Hospitals Autonomy

By Web News 1906

Oyo state government has granted semi-autonomy to four state hospitals for more quantitative healthcare delivery.

The hospitals are Adeoyo Maternity Hospital, Yemetu, State Hospital, Ring Road, State Hospital, Oyo and the newly commissioned Specialist Hospital, Saki.

Oyo State Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Dr Wasiu Olatunbosun disclosed this while briefing newsmen at the end of the weekly executive council meeting.

Dr Olatunbosun explained that the step would improve the standard of secondary healthcare and reduce bureaucratic bottlenecks in purchasing necessary facilities at the hospitals.

Also speaking, the Commissioner for Agriculture and Water Resources, Mr Jacob Ojemuyiwa hinted that the executive council has approved the rehabilitation of Saki-Ogbooro-Igbooho road through the alternative funding approach at the sum of 8.7billion naira.

Mr Ojemuyiwa said the project would be completed within 18 months.

Similarly, Oyo State government has equally endorsed the installation of 58 motorised borehole across the 33 local government at the sum of 312.2 million naira.

Iyabo Adebisi