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  • Spelling Bee Competition: Chairperson tells contestant to work harder

    The wife of the Executive Chairman of the Badagry Local Government and Chairperson of the Spelling Bee Competition of the local government chapter, Mrs Mojisola Onilude, has called on the overall winner of the local government chapter of the Spelling Bee Competition,  Master Akinfenwa Akeem Oriyomi of Methodist Senior High School, Badagry, to break the jinx of producing a One- Day Governor of the state by the local government chapter in the final stage of the competition in the state.

    Mrs Onilude gave this charge at the end of the final stage of the local government chapter of the competition during the week.

    She said the highest position the local government chapter had held since the inception of the competition founded by the then First Lady of Lagos State, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, in 2009 was the One -Deputy Governor’s position.

    “The highest we have ever achieved was two years ago when our local government chapter was privileged to win the One-Day Deputy Governor’s position  when Miss Rosemary Ogidan from Methodist Senior High School, Badagry, came second at the state final. I am optimistic our representative for the final stage of the competition in the state is prepared to make us proud by surpassing this mark,” she said.

    Onilude advised him to  put in his best at the final stage of the competition in the state to bring the elusive laurel to the local government.

  • Ogun LP sues OGSIEC over exclusion from LGs poll

    … LP is misrepresenting facts, we excluded nobody or party, says OGSIEC

    Ogun State chapter of the Labour Party (LP) has  instituted a court action against the Ogun State Independent Electoral Commission (OGSIEC) for allegedly denying it recognition in the forthcoming Local Governments (LGs) elections slated for October 8.

    In the suit no: NI/215/2016 filed before a state High Court sitting in Abeokuta, LP seeking an order, restraining OGSIEC and its chairperson, Alhaja Risikat Ogunfemi from conducting the planned LGs  poll.

    Also joined in the suit are the Executive Governor of Ogun state and the Attorney – General and Commissioner of Justice, Ogun  State.

    The Acting State chairman of the party, Abayomi Arabambi, who disclosed this to reporters in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, during a press briefing.

    In the originating summons deposed to by LP’s Acting State Chairman,  Mr Abayomi Arabambi, Olaposi Oginni (State Secretary) and  Abdul-Sabur Aroyeun, they prayed the court to declare that the date for the collection and submission of political party Form CF 001 and CF 002 be extended in other to accommodate their candidates.

    LP also want the court to determine whether or not, by section 221 relevant sections of Ogun state and the Election Time Table, the forthcoming local government election slated for 8th October can validly hold without given form to all interested parties.

    But reacting, an OGSIEC Commissioner, Mr Mutiu Agboke, said they have documentary evidence to shows that the electoral body has not excluded any political party from participating in the scheduled LGs elections.

    According to Agboke, the Labour party has only given a misrepresentation of facts to the public.

    “We realised that there are internal issues within three political parties, Mega People’s Party, People’s Democratic Party and Labour Party.

    “The others have been able to resolve their issues except Labour. One Olufemi Arabambi and another Segun Oloyede came to collect election materials.

    “None came back except Arabambi who came for the guidelines after we were assured that they have resolved their issues.

    “Later, Oleyede came for the bio-data form proving to be the authentic Secretary and said that they have resolved.

    Both are on record at the Commission, we have both of them. One getting the guidelines and the other getting the bio-data.

    “But we have not seen Arabambi since then so we assumed that they have actually resolved their issues,” Agboke said.

  • Confusion as three pensioners collapse in Bayelsa

    Confusion as three pensioners collapse in Bayelsa

    ‎There was pandemonium at the Samson Siasia Stadium, yesterday, following the slumping of three old pensioners who came to participate in a pension verification exercise ordered by the state Governor, Mr. Seriake Dickson.

    It was learnt that the affected pensioners were immediately rushed to the hospital for medical treatment.

    Prior to the incident, the pensioners who had not been paid many arrears, were said to have complained of stress, hunger and dehydration.

    The inclement weather occasioned by heavy downpour reportedly contributed in exacerbating the hardship of the pensioners during the exercise.

    The exercise which started on Monday was initiated by the state government to get the actual figure of the pensioners.

    But the retirees complained that the exercise had many hiccups and urged the government to find a lasting solution to their plight.

    One of them, Mr. Daniel Ogobugha, said he was not happy with the method adopted for the verification adding that the government would have combined the payment of the arrears with the exercise.

    He said: “Yes, we have been here since morning, many of our people have fainted, some critical ones have been rushed to the hospital; the government is helping but this exercise is very stressful to us.

    “Most of us are aged, some can no longer walk but look at us here for verification; well, if it is the way to fish out fake pensioners, is okay but I must tell you that this is not good due the health of some of us.

    “Some of us are being owed for over six months, we can’t pay our children school fees, with the current harsh economy, feeding have been a huge challenge to some families”.

    Another retiree, Mr Richard Epiri, urged the state government to expedite action in paying the backlog of their pensions.

    Confirming the development,the Chairperson, Bayelsa Pension Board, (BPB) Mrs. Jane Aleke, said the the pensioners collapsed because of exhaustion.

    He confirmed that the affected persons were rushed to the Government House Clinic.

    Aleke said that the exercise was not aimed at stressing the retirees but to enable the government get actual figure of pensioners.

    She appealed to the retirees to be calm and promised that every pensioners in the state would be captured in the exercise.

    “This is about management of wealth and you know in paying them, the state government cannot just begin to pay with a gauss number, so, we cannot do gauss work.

    “We are ready to reach all the Local governments in the state, we have started with Yenagoa; for those of them, who are sick and cannot walk, we will definitely go to their house,” she said.

  • Union gets first female chairperson

    History was made last Thursday when members of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, Lagos State Polytechnic (LASPOTECH) chapter, elected Mrs Abiola Akinkugbe as their first chairperson.

    Akinkugbe, a senior lecturer at the General Studies department, scored 108 votes to defeat her closest opponent, Mr Rabiu Olugbenga with 51 votes. Akinrinola Olayemi was returned unopposed as Vice Chairman.

    Others are Arigbabu Kareem Olayemi, General Secretary and Oshin Taiwo Oluwatoyin, Public Relations Officer. Salami Olugbenga; Jaji Olatunde and Olorunfemi Alfred were returned unopposed as Assistant General Secretary, Treasurer and Welfare Officer.

    In her acceptance speech, Akinkugbe said she would take the body to the next level with the execution of her four-point agenda, saying: “I am indeed more than happy to emerge not only as the new chairman but as the first female leader of our great union. To this end, I shall strive to fulfil my four-point agenda which include the construction of ASUP secretariat, quarterly presentation of stewardship and promotion of financial discipline, among others.”