Environment

Ogun Begins Palliative Road Works On Sango Ota-Joju Road

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Ogun State government has commenced palliative road works on deplorable Sango-Ota-Joju Road as part of efforts to bring succour to residents and motorists passing through the area.

A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Kunle Somorin says the palliative road works became imperative towards alleviating the sufferings of the Motorists and 

Residents of the area.

It maintains that the road construction was simply to bring succour and make the road passable pending the completion of the reconstruction of the road.

The statement also says that the exercise would run concurrently with the ongoing rehabilitation of Sango Ota-Idiroko Road.

Bolanle Adesida

Politics

Ogun Election: Newly Appointed Officers to Be Sworn-In

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The Elected Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen in Ogun state are to be sworn-in on Monday, 26th July, 2021, in Abeokuta.

According to the Chief Press secretary to the governor, Mr. Kunle Somorin, while speaking on phone, the chairmen will be sworn in by Governor Dapo Abiodun.

The Ogun state Independent Electoral Commission, OGSIEC, had declared all the twenty Candidates of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as the winner of the twenty chairmanship seats in the local government election conducted on Saturday.

The councillorship seats elections results are still being awaited.

Meanwhile, Ogun state chairman of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Mr. Olaposi Oginni has called on the state Independent Electoral body not to change the results of the Imala ward in Abeokuta North Local government.

The chairman while speaking with newsmen in Abeokuta, said the agents of the party had submitted results to the party revealing the victory of the party at the ward.

Also, a state leader of Action Alliance, Mr. Dapo Adeyemi in a statement in Abeokuta, also decried the non-inclusion of the party in the result sheets made available in some polling units.

He said the electoral body had lived up to the pre-election day allegations of working for the ruling party

Wale Oluokun

Politics

Democracy Day: Governor Abiodun Calls For Peaceful Celebrations

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Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has called on the people of the State to celebrate June 12, Nigeria’s Democracy Day, peacefully and avoid any act that could threaten the security of the State and Country.

In a statement, by his  Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Kunle Somorin, Governor Abiodun urged the people of the state to avoid any act that could tarnish June 12.

Governor Abiodun also appealed to the people of the state not to resort to any protest as such could be hijacked by hoodlums and enemies of democracy who harbour ulterior motives.

Bolanle Adesida