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  • Ogun compensates 232 Igbesa residents

    In preparation for the commencement of construction on the 10-kilometre Lusada-Igbesa Road, the Ogun State Government has compensated owners of 232 structures affected by the project.

    Speaking on the occasion held at Salvation Army Primary School, Igbesa, the Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Olamilekan Adegbite, an architect, said this was the first time since 2011 that compensation would be brought to the community of the beneficiaries.

    “The state government, in its magnanimity, has decided to bring this compensation to Igbesa to ease the difficulty the beneficiaries might encounter, if they come to Abeokuta to collect their bank drafts,’’ he said

    The Commissioner, through his media aide, Mr. Temidayo Agida, hinted that the road, which would be completed between six and eight months would enhance accessibility and improve the livelihood of the people of the area.

    He implored residents to cooperate with the contractors to ensure the speedy completion of the project.

    One of the recipients, Mr. Imonite Lucky, expressed gratitude to the government for the gesture of coming to pay compensation at the loan.

    He said the project would bring development to the town.

  • LASAA compensates brands for outdoor ads’ disruption

    TO compensate some brands, whose outdoor ads were disrupted by political advertising campaigns, the Lagos State Signage and Advertisement Agency (LASAA) has extended by three months.

    LAASA noted that the move was borne out of the agency’s understanding of the advertisers loss of share of exposure, hence, decided to make up for losses and inconveniences some of the brands and outdoor advertising practitioners  must have suffered as a result of the disruptions.

    LASAA’s Managing Director Mr. George Noah, explained that while the agency is committed to the growth of the industry, it also feels the pain and bore the brunt of excesses displayed by political agents against regulatory framework for outdoor advertising in Lagos State during the elections.

    “As an agency deeply committed to the growth of the outdoor advertising industry and well-being of our stakeholders, we also feel the pain and  bear the brunt of  excesses perpetrated on the outdoor advertising industry, by political agents who showed a blatant disregard for existing outdoor advertising contractual agreements and   guidelines we issued to  regulate the use of outdoor political campaign materials.”

    He said the acts made the clients and outdoor practitioners loose more money, hence, the need to pay the stakeholders some incentives to cushion the effect.

    “These brazen acts cost us and our esteemed stakeholders’severe losses.Consequently, we are obliged to come up with incentives that could cushion the impact and help restore confidence and jump-start investments in the sector, following the lull recorded in the build up to the general elections,” he said.

    Some outdoor ad practitioners in Lagos, especially those with Streetlamp poles contracts,   it will be recalled, suffered huge losses,  when the Transformation Ambassadors of Nigeria (TAN), a support group for the re-election of Nigeria’s outgoing President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, deployed campaign materials in streetlamp poles already paid for by some practitioners.

    This resulted in losses worth millions of naira and the termination of contracts by some leading telecom firms, such as Globacom and Huawei.

  • Ogun compensates land owners

    TO make more land available for food production, the Ogun State Government has paid compensation to 469 beneficiaries whose lands were acquired for agriculture in Imasayi in Yewa North Local Government.

    Commissioner for Agriculture, Mrs. Ronke Sokefun, said the compensation was paid on lost crops.

    Represented by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Agriculture, Mr. Wale Ogunyomade, Mrs. Sokefun thanked the beneficiaries for their cooperation by making their land available for food production, adding that their efforts would go a long way in contributing to the state government’s resolve in making the state the nation’s food basket in no distant future.

    Managing Director, Freerange Farms, Mr. Michael Waugh, whose organisation will use the acquired land for poultry farming, said the project would provide employment for over 2,000 people while a scholarship programme would be established for the indigenes of the town as part of its corporate social responsibility.

    The traditional ruler of the town, Oba Gbadebo Oni, praised the state government for paying the compensation, assuring Freerange Farms of peaceful operation in the community.

     

  • Ondo compensates dead soldier’s family with N1m

    The Ondo State Government yesterday compensated the family of a deceased soldier, Lance Corporal Nasiru Aminu, with N1 million.

    The deceased was a member of the security outfit in charge of Ondo Northern Senatorial District, Operation Fast Track.

    He was hit by a driver on duty. Aminu died at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital (OAUTH) in Ile-Ife, Osun State, after spending six months there.

    The Commandant in charge of the 32 Artillery Brigade and Garrison, Brig.-Gen. Mansur Dan Ali presented the money to the late soldier’s next of kin.

    He thanked the government for the gift and for paying the deceased’s hospital bill.

    The late Aminu is survived by a wife and three children. His first child, Abdullawal Sadiq, is 11 years.

    Also yesterday, the brigade, which is in charge of Ondo and Ekiti states, paraded seven suspected truck snatchers at the Military Barracks in Akure, the state capital.

    Abdulfatai Olawale, Gbenga Jacobs, Michael James, Sesan Olarewaju, Godwin Attah, Abdul Issa and Okwudili Uwa were arrested by men of the brigade on Monday at a military check point in Omuo-Ekiti, Ekiti State.

    The suspects, said to specialise in snatching trucks loaded with goods and killing the drivers, are between 20 and 25 years.

    They were arrested in a Toyota car marked BS 985 AJL on their way to Kogi State.

    The were allegedly in possession of one locally made revolver loaded with three rounds of 7.6 mm, two locally made pistols, one locally made single barrel, 16 rounds of ammunition, seven mobile phones, three driver’s licenses, one torchlight, three ATM cards, a bag full of Indian hemp and N2,310.

    The Operational Commander, Col. Mohammed Zuberu, said the suspects confessed that they were coming from Abuja and heading to Kogi State to snatch some trucks.

    He said they also confessed that the snatched vehicles were taken to their leader, simply identified as Alhaji Bello, in Sokoto State, who takes them to Niger Republic where they are sold.

    Col. Zuberu said: “As you all know, we are in charge of Ekiti and Ondo states. To ensure security, we have a check point in Omuo-Ekiti, where Ekiti State shares a boundary with Kogi, Kwara and Ondo states.

    “The suspects were coming from Abuja and going to Kogi State. They had a link man, Olarewaju, who is a trailer driver based at Obajana. Their mission was to snatch a truck and take it to their boss in Sokoto.

    “Their aim was to enter Kogi State through Omuo-Ekiti, but they were apprehended by our men at the check point. Our men noticed that their driving was suspicious. They stopped them for a search and discovered the weapons and ammunition. The suspects will be handed over to the police in Ekiti State for prosecution because they were arrested in that jurisdiction.”

    One of the suspects, Attah, claimed to be a taxi driver. He said the other suspects chartered his vehicle from Abuja and promised to pay him when they get to Kogi State.

    Attah said he did not know they were armed.

  • Osun compensates displaced landlords, traders

    The Osun State government has paid N67,330,000 compensation to 247 landlords in Ipetu-Ijesa, Oriade Local Government Area, on whose property the Air force Base was sited.

    The government also paid N65 million to 395 displaced traders at Railway/Old Garage in Osogbo, the state capital.

    Presenting the cheques to the claimants yesterday at the Ministry of Information and Strategy in Osogbo, Commissioner for Lands and Physical Planning Muyiwa Ige said the land was acquired by the Federal Government through the Ministry of Defence in the interest of the public.

    Ige hailed Governor Rauf Aregbesola for compensating the landlords, “despite the federal government’s refusal to do so.”

    He thanked the claimants for their sacrifice.

    The commissioner said the land was acquired during the tenure of the former Chief of Defece Staff, Air Vice-Marshal Oluseyi Petirin (rtd.) who hails from the community.

    He said: “The payment of compensation to 247 genuine claimants of the land on which the Air force Base is situated is another milestone of the Aregbesola administration. The government compensated them when the Ministry of Defence refused to discharge its responsibility.”

    Ige said the Aregbesola administration inherited the debt from the Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola administration.

    On the displaced traders, he said each of them received N164,000.

    Spokesman of the traders, Mr. Waheed Lawal, thanked the governor.