Legislature

Lawmakers Review MDAs’ First Quarter Spending

By Web News 157

By Omolara Adasofunjo

The Ogun State House of Assembly Committee on Finance and Appropriations has commenced the first quarter budget performance assessment of Ministries, Departments and Agencies in the state.

The committee charged the Ministry of Information to sustain its revenue generation drive and effective service delivery in support of information dissemination and feedback management aimed at promoting the developmental agenda of the present administration.

Chairman of the Committee, Mr Musefiu Lamidi, gave the charge alongside other lawmakers during an interface with officials of the Ministry of Information and its agencies at the Assembly Complex, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta.

The officials were led by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Communications, Mr Kayode Akinmade.

The committee commended the Ministry of Information for its impressive revenue performance between January and March this year.

Presenting the budget performance report of the Ogun State Broadcasting Television, the Deputy General Manager, Marketing and Sales, Mr Gbenga Sebiomo, said the station had adopted administrative measures to ensure uninterrupted transmissions on sattelite dishes, and social media including streaming platforms despite challenges arising from irregular gas supply and high electricity tariffs.

Also appearing before the committee were officials of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism led by the Permanent Secretary, Dr Qudus Adegboyega, as well as officials of the Ogun State Broadcasting Corporation led by the Deputy General Manager, Programme Services, Mr Gbenga Omotunde.

The committee also assessed the budget performance of the Ministry of Health, Hospital Management Board, State Alternative Medicine Board and the Ogun State Agency for the Control of AIDS, OGSACA.

Others were Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, the State Primary Health Care Development Board, the State Health Insurance Agency, and State Hospitals in Ijaye, Ilaro, Ijebu-Ode and Ota.

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Health

Southwest NACA to Assist Ogun On Reducing HIV Prevalence

By Web News 1499

The South-West Zonal Office of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS, NACA, has commenced work with other stakeholders in the zone to assist Ogun State on its one-point six per cent HIV/AID prevalence rate is the highest in the Southwest region.

The Southwest Coordinator of NACA, Mrs. Ronke Adeoye while speaking at an event in Abeokuta, said the agency has been working with other stakeholders to ensure that the prevalence of HIV/AIDS is reduced to the barest minimum in the region.

Mrs. Adeoye disclosed that Ogun State with 1.6 per cent was followed by Lagos at 1.4 per cent and Ondo State with 1.1 per cent.

She explained that Oyo and Osun States both have 0.9 per cent while the lowest in the Southwest was Ekiti state with 0.8 per cent.

Meanwhile, the Ogun State Agency for the Control of AIDS, OGSACA, has embarked on aggressive community testing, counselling and campaigning to drastically reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS by 95 per cent by 2030.

The Executive Secretary of OGSACA, Mr. Kehinde Fatungase, who did not reveal the number of the sex workers that tested positive for the virus during the exercise said over four thousand sex workers have so been tested for HIV/AIDS during the campaign.

Wale Oluokun