The
National Directorate of Employment, NDE, has reiterated its commitment to
boosting the socio-economic growth of the country through its various
vocational skills acquisition programmes.
The Ogun
State Director of NDE, Mr. Adekunle Bamigbade stated this during an orientation
programme for six hundred trainees on basic National Open Apprenticeship scheme
of the agency.
Mr. Bamigbade said the programme which featured thirty beneficiaries each from the twenty local government areas of the state was to put an end to idleness and seeking government employments by the members of the public.
The NDE state director added that the beneficiaries after three months of training would be given stipends and tools of trade that would make them stand on their own and become employers of labour.
Some of the beneficiaries appreciated the Federal Government for the opportunity given to them.
Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement
Corps wants mobile traders popularly called ‘Alajapa’ to desist from sitting on
their goods when being transported to markets to prevent casualties in the
event of accidents.
The Corps Commander, Mr. Seni Ogunyemi, while
speaking on an accident involving a truck carrying yams to Lagos which killed
four traders, said the agency would no longer tolerate non-road worthy
commercial vehicles that lack amenities for passengers’ convenience.
The TRACE commander said that the lone accident
that killed the four mobile traders also injured four others around Pipeline
Junction of Ogere on Lagos-Ibadan expressway.
Mr. Ogunyemi said the accident was due to
excessive speed and poor visibility with fourteen persons including thirteen
male and one female
He said the deceased had been deposited at
Mortuary in Ipara Remo while the injured were taken to Idera Hospital, Sagamu.
The commander advised motorists to maintain their
vehicles and avoid speed
Operatives of Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 37
year old man, Mutiu Sonola for allegedly beating his wife, Zainab Shotayo
to death.
The Spokesman of the state command, Mr. Abimbola Oyeyemi
told journalists in Abeokuta that the suspect was arrested on Wednesday
25th December 2019 following a report by the father of the deceased that he was
called on phone that his daughter was having a misunderstanding with her
husband and that she had been beaten till she fell into a coma by the
husband.
Mr. Oyeyemi explained that the father of the deceased
claimed to quickly rushed to the scene and took her daughter to General Hospital,
Ijaye where the doctor confirmed her dead.
The command’s spokesman said the suspect who took to his
heels was arrested by the DPO Ibara Division, Mr Dada Olusegun.
Mr. Oyeyemi said the preliminary investigation showed that
the man was fond of beating the deceased at any slight provocation and that the
incident of that fateful day was a very minor disagreement.
He said the corpse of the deceased had been deposited at General
Hospital Mortuary for autopsy.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police in Ogun State, Mr. Kenneth Ebrimson had ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to Homicide Section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, SCID, for further investigation and prosecution.
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo wants host communities of
Federal and State government projects to support the projects by protecting the
investments for the development of the nation.
The Vice President who made this known at the ground breaking ceremony of the Kajola Wagon Assembly Plant in Ogun state, commended the support given to the project by the people of Kajola community hosting the plant.
Radio Nigeria Correspondent Wale Oluokun has the details.
Ile Igbimo Asofin
Ipinle Ogun ti gbese kuro lori ofin lo’rokunnle ti ijoba to kuro nipo fawon
alaga ijoba ibile ogun ati ijoba ibile alabode metadinlogoji towa n’ipinle naa.
Igbese naa lo tle abo iwadi igbimo teekoto ile lori oro ase
lorookun nile fawon todipo ase mu ohun.
Adari ile Ogbeni Kunle Oluomo ro awon alaga naa lati
ridajuwipe won seto isuna won pelu akoyawo biwon se npada sipo.
Awon laga tiwon o we yan Kankan gbodo farahan niwaju igbimo
oluwadi ijoba fun iwadi to kunna.
Some market men and women from Yewa
North Local Government area of Ogun state have protested seizure of their goods
worth four million naira by the operatives of the Nigerian Customs Service, NCS.
The aggrieved traders during the
protest in Abeokuta said, farm produce including tomatoes and pepper in
eight vehicles were impounded and auctioned at the Quarry Road state
headquarters of the Customs on allegation of being imported.
The protesters carrying
placards with various inscription including “Customs Want to Kill Us, We are Nigerians, Please Save Us, We Are
Not Smugglers” among others said the actions of the NCS operatives in impounding
eight vehicles with about two thousand baskets of tomatoes and pepper at Ijoun,
a border town, as inhumane step against the traders.
The seizure of the
perishable-farm produce according to the traders was due to the ongoing partial
closure of the land borders by the Federal Government.
Chairman of Fruit and
Vegetables Growers and Marketers Association, Yewa North Local Government, Mr.
Timothy Eweoba while speaking during the protest said it was frustrating and
inhuman to impound tomatoes and pepper planted and harvested in Nigeria as
imported goods.
Mr. Eweoba called for the
government intervention in order to protect the farmers and traders that
invested loans on the business.
However, the Customs
Headquarters, Public Relations Officer, PRO, Mr. John Attah while reacting to
the protest said those goods were contraband and they confiscated by the Joint
Border Security Exercise at the border line.
He said the traders and
some fake journalists are only being sensational with the report of the
seizure.
Mr. Attah who stated that some traders have in the past been buying farm produce available in Nigeria from neighboring countries also urged the traders come up with the prove that the tomatoes and pepper are grown in Nigeria farm instead of rushing to seek for public sympathy.
National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, has appealed to the
Ogun State government to resuscitate monthly payment of stipends to corps
members in the state government Ministries, Departments and Agencies.
Ogun State Coordinator of the scheme, Dr. Belinda
Faniyi made the appeal at Sagamu, during the swearing-in ceremony of the
Batch “B” Stream two corps members deployed to the state.
Dr. Faniyi noted that the government should put into
consideration the economic contribution of the corps members to the development
of the state especially with the present economic situation in the country.
She pleaded with Governor Dapo Abiodun to constitute the
State NYSC Governing Board and the Local Government committees which would be
involved in the welfare of the corps members in the state and local government
areas.
Governor Abiodun of Ogun state while declaring the camp
open noted that the NYSC scheme was making a great impact in the various
sectors of the national economy.
The governor, represented by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry
of Youths and Sports, Mr. Kola Fagbohun, assured the corps
members that the state government would continue to support and internalise the
developmental tenets of NYSC to ensure a solid foundation for the continued
development of the state.
The governor urged the corps members to take up the
national challenge and contribute positively to the growth of the nation.
A total of one thousand seven hundred and nineteen corps members, comprising seven hundred and ninety eight males and nine hundred and twenty-one females of various disciplines were formally inducted into the National Youth Service Corps in Ogun state Batch “B” Stream two.
The Nigerian Ambassador to Benin Republic, Mr Emmanuel Oguntuase has called on Ogun state government to extend the dividends of democracy to the people of border towns especially the residents of Tongeji Island in Ipokia Local government area of the State.
Ambassador Emmanuel Oguntuase, Governor Dapo Abiodun and other dignitaries during the courtesy visit
Mr
Oguntuase made the call when he paid a courtesy visit to Ogun State governor,
Prince Dapo Abiodun.
Mr Oguntuase who
explained that the government of Republic of Benin was already luring the
people of the Island with gifts, with the aim of nationalising them,
called for the provision of basic infrastructure in the Island to make life
more comfortable for the residents of the area.
Responding,
Governnor Dapo Abiodun who promised to constitute a committee to visit Tongeji
Island, said the state government would interface with the boundary
commission towards alleviating the sufferings of the residents of the Island.
Governor Abiodun also promised to collaborate with Development Agenda for Western Nigeria, DAWN commission, towards tackling insecurity and other challenges confronting the residents of border communities.
