Politics

My administration will complete road projects in Oke-Ogun – Makinde

By Web News 852

Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde has assured residents of Oke Ogun Zone 2 that his administration would complete the Saki-Ogbooro-Igboho Road which it conceived, in due course.

Oke-Ogun Zone 2 comprises Atisbo, Saki West, Saki East, Oorelope, Irepo and Olorunsogo local government areas 

He said his administration would also go ahead to fix the Igboho-Kishi-Igbeti road with a view to linking the Irepo/Oorelope/Olorunsogo Federal Constituency to the burgeoning economy of Saki, a commercial nerve centre of the state.

The governor, who stated this at the Town Hall Meeting held at the Saki Parapo Hall, Saki, said the government embarked on the construction of the road and that it would complete it, urging residents of the axis not to allow themselves to be deceived by some politicians.

The governor had earlier on Monday at the Consultative Meeting with Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stakeholders, held at the OYSADA Hall, Saki informed party faithful that his administration would continue to meet their yearnings in terms of governance, project delivery and improvement of the welfare of party loyalists.

He called on the electorate in the axis to support all candidates of the PDP in the 2023 general election, stating that he was happy that reconciliation efforts in the state had been successful so far, adding that everyone needed to be on the same page for the success of the party.

Governor Makinde, who refunded all aspirants who purchased forms for the 2023 elections but lost out in the party primaries, also said the six councils in the axis would be given a bus each, which would be handed over to the Campaign Coordinators, who must then return them to the party after the March 11 governorship election.

According to the governor, he has kept his promises to Saki including the construction of the Saki Township Road, which was abandoned by the previous government, the resuscitation of the moribund Oyo State Agricultural Development Programme (OYSADEP), now Oyo State Agribusiness Development Agency (OYSADA) and other projects across all the six councils.

The governor added that the administration has also, as part of its new waste management architecture, concluded an arrangement to make waste carrier tricycles available in Saki.

In his speech, the Okere of Saki, Oba Khalid Olabisi lauded the governor over the various projects he has executed in Saki and other parts of Oke Ogun.

The town hall meeting had in attendance traditional rulers including the Alepata of Igboholand, Oba Joel Olalere Olawuwo; Alamodu of Ago-Amodu, Oba Johnson Olaoye and the Aare of Ofiki, Oba Gbenga Adigun, among others.

Iyabo Adebisi

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Politics

INEC Tasks Stakeholders On Proper Channel Of Electoral Requests

By Web News 739

Request for delineation of more constituencies, early display of voters register, decentralization of ongoing Continuous Voters’ Registration, CVR to ward level by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC formed a major part of the discussion at a stakeholders election meeting, Oke-Ogun zone at Iseyin, Iseyin local government area of Oyo State.

The stakeholders including politicians, religious and traditional rulers who made the pleas during the meeting affirmed that addressing the identified demands would put an end to marginalization and allow for improved political representation of people in the geo-political zone.

Responding to the demands, the INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in Oyo state, Dr Mutiu Agboke urged the stakeholders to channel the requests to the national assembly, stressing that most of the issues involve the commission and the National Population Commission, NPC.    

Dr Agboke called on political parties, traditional and religious leaders to support INEC in mobilizing their people to collect Permanent Voters Card, PVCs and enrol for a fresh application.

 The REC hinted that INEC has introduced Voter Enrollment Drive, IVED to facilitate physical registration of CVR and Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS to check multiple registrations and verification of voters identity.

Earlier, the Aseyin of Iseyin, Oba Abdulganiy Salaudeen promised to augment INEC sensitization efforts to ensure people exercise their civic responsibility for dividends of democracy.

In their goodwill messages, the Senator representing Oyo North Senatorial District, Dr Abdulfatai Buhari represented by Prince Semiu Azeez and the member representing Iseyin/Itesiwaju/Kajola/Iwajowa federal constituency at the house of representatives, Mr Shina Peller represented by Mr Bello Kolawole advised people of Oke-Ogun to be more active in the political process to ensure participatory democracy.

Nasirdeen Sherifdeen