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  • Ogun now to distribute 2,000 Cs of O monthly

    In a bid to ensure many applicants under the Homeowner Charter Programme get their Certificates of Occupancy (C of O) and other documents, Ogun State has increased its monthly distribution from 1,000 to 2,000.

    Governor Ibikunle Amosun, spoke at the 24th distribution of Cs of O and building plans to beneficiaries at the Arcade Ground, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta.

    Amosun, represented by Chairman, Internal Revenue Services, Mr. Adekunle Adeosun, said the increase would cover more qualified applicants yet to get their papers.

    ‘’Our government has done much more than expected under the scheme since 2013. So far, there has been consistency in the distribution of Cs of O and the number has now moved up from 1,000 to 2,000 monthly, in order to cover large number before this administration hand over to the next one’’, he said.

    Speaking earlier, Special Adviser and Director-General, Bureau of Lands and Survey, Mr. Biyi Ismail, appealed to the public to get clearance from the Bureau of Lands before erecting any  structure.

    In her remarks, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Mrs. Funmilayo Dada, said the stakeholders’ committee monitoring the programme would ensure all qualified applicants receive title documents.

    Speaking for the beneficiaries, Mr. Waheed Ogunjobi, from Ilugun-Itoko village, Kemta, Idi-Aba, Abeokuta, thanked the government for initiating the programme, adding that the documents have given them confidence.

     

  • Amosun to distribute C of O Thursday

    Amosun to distribute C of O Thursday

    Ogun State Governor Ibikunle Amosun will distribute Certificates of Occupancy (C of O) and other land title documents to another batch of beneficiaries under the Homeowners’ Charter Programme.

    The Director-General of Bureau of Lands and Survey, Mr. Biyi Ismail, spoke in his office in Abeokuta, the state capital.

    He said beneficiaries would collect their documents from November 23 at 9 am at the Oba’s Complex Auditorium of the Governor’s Office at Oke-Mosan in Abeokuta.

    Ismail urged contacted beneficiaries to attend the distribution ceremony with valid means of identification and photocopies of same.

    He advised them to be at the venue at 8 am for accreditation.

  • Leventis Motors to distribute Lovol brand

    Leventis Motors, a division of A.G Leventis (Nigeria) Plc,

    has sealed a deal with Lovol Heavy Industries Company Limited of China for the distribution of the Lovol brand in Nigeria.

    The auto firm also announced that it would no longer distribute the JCB construction equipment but concentrate on the Lovol range of products.

    Its General Manager Mr Nikolaos Giannousas, stated this at a pre-launch dinner in Lagos, adding that the firm would continue to carry out maintenance service and other related support on the JCB products already sold to its customers.

    According to him, Leventis Motors has over the years shown that it is customer-oriented, adding that it is an organised company that works on systems and not sentiments of individuals to support its numerous customers.

    The Lovol products were also unveiled to a cross session of Leventis customers and other stakeholders.

    Giannousas expressed confidence that the Lovol products would be successful in Nigeria, stressing that many customers were enthusiastic about the coming of the brand to the country.

    Lovol Heavy Industries Company Limited Sales Manager for Africa, Mr. Andy Liu, who recalled that his company’s search for a suitable distributor in Nigeria began in 2015, said it settled for Leventis Motors having found the latter to be reliable and strong in after-sales support.

    “We chose Leventis Motors because it has a long history and good after-sales,” he said.

    According to him, Lovol is one of the fastest growing brands in construction machinery industry, providing users with a full range of products of loaders, excavators and rotary drilling rigs.

    Liu said the Chinese brand also benefited from Original Equipment Manufacturers from other reputable auto manufacturing countries, such as Germany and Italy.

  • WAAPP, IAR&T distribute improved maize, rice seeds to farmers

    The Institute of Agricultural Research and Training ( I.A.R. &T), Moor Plantation, Ibadan has distributed improved maize and rice seeds to farmers in the institute adopted villages and environs to enhance their productivity.

    The Director of the institute, Prof. James Alabi Adediran, admonished farmers to carry-out all the agronomic practices on the crops as it was recommended by the extension personnel.

    He said the varieties of the seeds distributed have been found to be well adapted to the southwest agro-ecologies.

    The I.A.R. &T WAAPP Coordinator, Dr Lucia Ogunsumi, appreciated WAAPP for their good gestures and expressed optimism that farmers in the adopted villages would continue to benefit from the Projects.

    The Southwest zonal coordinator of REFILS, Prof. Akin Oluwatosin educated farmers on the recommended agronomic practices of the crops (maize & rice).

    The farmers expressed their profound appreciation to the management of WAAP and the Institute.

    Earlier, in March, the  institute  had distributed free maize seeds and fertilisers to farmers in the South West.

  • Fayemi, NGOs distribute foodstuff to indigent residents

    Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi at the weekend distributed foodstuff to indigent residents under the free feeding initiative, tagged “Ekiti Food Kitchen”.

    The kitchen was established by the Centre for Family and Reproductive Health Initiatives (CFRHI) with the support of the Ekiti Development Foundation (EDF), founded by the governor’s wife, Erelu Bisi Fayemi.

    The foodstuff included bags of rice, gari, beans and wheat powder, tubers of yam, tin tomato, seasoning cubes, noodles, salt, semovita, frozen fish, frozen chicken, palm oil, vegetable oil, dry pepper, crayfish and fresh fish.

    Dignitaries at the event included the Deputy Governor, Prof. Modupe Adelabu; Secretary to the State Government Dr. Ganiyu Owolabi and the Commissioner for Women Affairs, Social Development and Gender Empowerment, Mrs. Fola Richie-Adewusi, who is the founder of the CFRHI, among others.

    Restating his administration’s commitment to eradicating poverty, the governor said: “The more people we have on the streets with begging bowls, the more obvious it is that we are not doing enough as a government to alleviate poverty.”

    He pledged one-tenth of his farm’s annual yield as his contribution to the project, urging individuals and corporate bodies to support the initiative.

    Fayemi said: “If people come to our state and they do not see anyone begging for alms, it would say a lot about how far we have gone in creating a relatively level playing society.”

    Erelu Fayemi said the target beneficiaries were widows, orphans, single mothers, HIV/AIDS patients, vulnerable children and other categories of indigent residents.

    She said “the centre would cater for the basic nutritional needs of beneficiaries on a monthly basis”.

    Mrs. Fayemi said apart from collecting foodstuff, the beneficiaries from the 16 local governments would be “given a token as transport fare to their destinations”.

    She said the Ministry of Agriculture had liaised with 10 top commercial farmers in the state to contribute some output of their farms to the food bank.

    Warning against reading negative meanings to the programme, Mrs. Fayemi said: “Please, do not join people to read any spiritual meaning to this programme. With time, you will hear enemies of progress saying there is an evil intention behind the initiative. This is not true. This is the kind of programme you get in advanced climes like the United States (US) and Britain, which make their lives better.

    “We know what our detractors can do and that is why we allow the beneficiaries, who we refer to as volunteers, to cook the food

    themselves. We are going to engage the local government to ensure the sustainability of the programme.”

    She said all the 177 wards in the state would have a kitchen each before the year ends.

    Mrs. Fayemi said the governor targeted only 200 families when the programme began last October, adding that “now, there are about 3,000 beneficiaries and the number keeps increasing”.

    Prof. Adelabu described the programme as “the first of its kind in Africa”, saying it was intended to tackle poverty.

    Dr. Richie-Adewusi said each kitchen was mandated to provide food for about 50 people three time a week. She assured residents that were not considered in the first phase that they would be enlisted in the second phase.

    An 80-year-old woman, Mrs. Deborah Owoseni, was close to tears when she collected the bag of foodstuff, which she could barely lift from the ground, from the governor.

  • Lagos to distribute handball equipment to 15 schools

    Lagos to distribute handball equipment to 15 schools

    The Lagos State Handball Association (LSHA) has said that it would equip a minimum of 15 schools with training facilities in its determination to promote the sport in the state.

    The association’s Technical Director, Toyin Aluko, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos that the items to be distributed included goal posts, nets and balls.

    Aluko disclosed that the items for the second phase of the project were available and that distribution would hopefully take place in the second week of February.

    NAN recalls that in the first phase last year, the Army Cantonment Junior Secondary School, Keja, Mulero High School, Agege and CMS Grammer School, Bariga were some of the beneficiaries.

    Aluko said that a school which was centrally located would be selected from each of the local governments, to enable others in the area to benefit.

    “We need to establish a solid handball team for Lagos State, particularly a junior team, that is why we are determined to provide the facilities to give students access to training. To actualise our target, our members have been directed to take a local government each for monitoring and trainers have been sent to selected centres. We have told some of our coaches to go to these local government areas to raise players to form a formidable handball team that could represent the state well in national tournaments,’’ he said.

    The director added that plans were being made to organise training for games masters and teachers in schools who would contribute to the success of the project.

    Aluko said the association had concluded plans to engage ex-players who would be paid to help to scout for talents and train them.

    She said 10 local governments in the metropolis and five in the suburbs would be be given the items, including Mainland, Bariga, Somolu, Mushin, Ikeja, Lagos Island, Agege, Badagry, Epe, Ikorodu.