BY STEPHEN GBADAMOSI Oyo State governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, has said that the process of appointing 48 new permanent secretaries was based on objectivity, merit and without any interference from anywhere. Swearing – in the newly-appointed top civil servants in the state Civil/Public
BY STEPHEN GBADAMOSI Oyo State governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, has promised to review pensioners’ wages and gratuities, clear the backlog of arrears and revisit the Contributory Pension Scheme in the state. He also vowed to get rid of banditry and other crimes, charging traditional rulers to oversee and exercise authority in their domains, with a view […]
BY STEPHEN GBADAMOSI Oyo State governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, has said that his government will do more for the people of the state in 2025. He noted that the administration would embark on decisive actions that would increase Oyo State residents’ spending powers and ease the economic strains they are facing. His spokesman, Dr. Sulaimon Olanrewaju, […]
….Observes minute silence for 35 victims of Ibadan stampede BY STEPHEN GBADAMOSI Oyo State governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, has declared that there will be a major overhaul of the state’s education infrastructure in 2025, noting that the government has been rearranging resources to do more for the sector. The governor maintained that his administration had remained
By Stephen Gbadamosi Oyo State governor, Engineer ‘Seyi Makinde, has approved the appointments of Special Advisers (SAs), Senior Special Assistants (SSAs), Special Assistants (SAs) and board chairmen across various portfolios, ministries, departments and agencies. According to the Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to the governor, Sulaimon Olanrewaju, via a press
BY STEPHEN GBADAMOSI Governor of Oyo State, ‘Seyi Makinde, has appointed a former provost of the Tai Solarin College of Education, Professor Ojo Abiodun Adebowale, as chairman of the Adeseun Ogundoyin Polytechnic, Eruwa. The governor also appointed a retired assistant Comptroller-General of Immigration and national security expert, Mr. Adegoke Rasheed Segun, as his Special
The Governor of Oyo State, Mr Seyi Makinde, has performed the groundbreaking for the construction of 11 megawatts Hybrid Power Solution in a bid to address the unstable power supply in the state. Makinde, performing the ceremony within the state Secretariat Complex in Ibadan, said that the project would be executed by Elektron Energy within […]
Oyo State governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde, on Friday, said he would not lose sleep on account of being referred to as an ‘audio governor’. The governor stated this at the swearingin of seven commissioner nominees who were reappointed into his cabinet. The governor said he enjoyed being called the ‘audio governor’ because ‘they are acknowledging […]
Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State says Nigeria will overcome most of its challenges if true federalism is entrenched in the country’s polity. Makinde stated this during the 2021 National Democracy Summit, which he organised in Ibadan on Tuesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the summit was held at the International Conference […]
Gov Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has appealed to the Federal Government to reverse its suspension on Twitter for the greater good of Nigerians. Makinde made the appeal in a statement on Saturday in Ibadan. The governor noted that Twitter had become a source of livelihood for many, irrespective of their political affiliations or religious […]
Seyi Makinde, the governor of Oyo State, has announced a 25% cut in tuition rates for students at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH). The governor made the announcement during a meeting with schoolchildren in Ogbomoso on Tuesday. This was revealed in a statement issued by the Governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr Taiwo Adisa. […]
…orders payment of salaries, allowances of sacked officials Andrew Orolua, Abuja The Supreme Court, on Friday, declared the dissolution and sack of elected Local Government Chairmen and Councillors in Oyo State by Governor Seyi Makinde, as unconstitutional and illegal. Also on Friday, the Apex court declared the dissolution of the duly elected Local government Council […]
…orders payment of salaries, allowances of sacked Chairmen, Councillors ANDREW OROLUA, ABUJA. The Supreme Court on Friday declared the dissolution and sack of elected Local Government Chairmen and Councillors in Oyo State by Governor Seyi Makinde, as unconstitutional and illegal. The apex court, in a unanimous judgement by a five-man panel of Justices, held that […]
Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, has hinted that the distractions caused by the state’s opposition would not deter his administration from delivering good governance. The governor announced this at an Elekuro Ibadan Ramadan lecture organized by Hon. Abdullah AbdulRasaq Ademola (Omo Sheu), who represents the Ibadan South-East 1 State constituency, and added that
Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde thanked the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) National Working Committee (NWC) for agreeing to organize the Southwest zonal congress. Daily Times gathered that the congress has been rescheduled for Saturday, April 10, 2021. Governor Makinde praised the NWC’s decision in a statement released to journalists on Friday, saying he was
STEPHEN GBADAMOSI, IBADAN The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State has described the plan by the Governor Seyi Makinde-led government in the state to conduct fresh local government election in May as “a theatre of the absurd which could not attract the attention of any serious political player or pundits as it is a […]
STEPHEN GBADAMOSI, IBADAN The Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, has described a news story that insinuated that the governor is set to dump the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as “a concocted falsehood from purveyors of fake news who are bent on maligning the governor at all […]
Governor Seyi Makinde has asked the new Commissioner of Police in Oyo, Ngozi Onadeko, to arrest and treat those igniting ethnic tension in the state as criminal Makinde said this on Friday when Onadeko paid him a courtesy visit at the Governor’s Office, Agodi, Secretariat, Ibadan. He said that attempt to fuel security tension under […]
Stephen Gbadamosi, Ibadan Chief Press Secretary (CPS), to Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, Taiwo Adisa, has said that the current insecurity across the country is triggered by President Muhammadu Buhari’s alleged failure and administrative incompetence. He, however, stressed that activist, Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, had no right to banish the Fulani
Oyo State Governor, Mr Seyi Makinde, has said the aspirations of those seeking to become Nigeria’s president on the platform of the All Progressives Congress in 2023 is dead on arrival as God and the Nigerian people have rejected the party, Daily Times gathered. Makinde made this statement on Thursday in a statement issued by […]