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  • Give us a female deputy governor in 2019, Ajimobi’s wife begs

    Wife of the Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State, Mrs. Florence Ajimobi on Wednesday made case for a woman becoming the deputy governor of the state in the 2019 general election.

    Mrs Ajimobi who recounted that virtually all the states in the Southwest have at one time or the other had a female deputy governor, noted that Oyo state is matured enough and blessed with capable women who can perform at the level more than the men.

    She made the appeal while addressing journalist at her Agodi office after distributing gift items to ten orphanage homes in Ibadan as parts of event line up to commemorate her 59thbirthday.

    Some of the item distributed include bags of rice, toiletries, cartons of biscuits, fruit juice, cash gifts among others.

    Asked on her views about on the call for more women in politics, the governors wife noted that women may not be able to achieve much without the support of their husbands and as such appealed to men across the state to support and encourage their women to take up political offices, particularly at the forthcoming local government elections, expressing confidence in the ability of the women in the state to deliver.

    She said, “This is something that has been bothering me for a while. And I think in my own little way I have encouraged women particularly the women in APC to come out and join politics but I want to use this opportunity to appeal to our husbands to give us the opportunity to prove ourselves. We are women and as the bible says, we should be submissive to our husbands after Christ. They are our head and the head of our different homes but because we believed in them, we need their approval to do anything. I just want them to encourage us because if we do not get their support, there is nothing any woman out there can do.

    “So, our men, particularly in Oyo state, please encourage your women, let them prove themselves, I know they can do it. And they can do it very well. Give us the opportunity, even at the local government level, let us prove ourselves that we can manage the local governments, let us have more women in the Oyo state House of Assembly. Let us at least have a woman in the House of Representative in Abuja, I know we have a female Senator, let us have two or more.

    “I also want to use this opportunity to appeal to my husband, the Executive Governor of Oyo state to give us a woman as a deputy governor in Oyo state. Other states have done it. Lagos state has done it continuously, Ekiti has done it, Osun has done it, Ogun has done it, Oyo state too can do it. Your Excellency sir, let us prove ourselves, we can do it better than the men.”

     

  • Ajimobi’s wife empowers 500 widows

    Ajimobi’s wife empowers 500 widows

    As part of the activities marking this year’s Eid-El-Kabir celebration, no fewer than 500 widows in Oyo State were yesterday feted by the state governor’s wife, Mrs. Florence Ajimobi, under her Ajumose Widowhood Initiative program.

    During the program which was held at the Government House in Agodi, the widows were selected from five different groups in the state and were giving cash, food and other items.

    In her speech, the governor’s wife disclosed that this year’s event was organised to coincide with the Sallah celebration.

    She said: “We thought it necessary that while celebrating this all-important day, we should also put smiles on the faces of a very important group of vulnerable people in the society- the widows. This is not the first time that this government will be extending its hand of love to the widows in the state.

    “At the inception of this administration, two of the earliest activities embarked upon by my office were the opening of mini-clinics for the aged and widows in all the 33 local governments of the state, as well as the flag-off of the widowhood support programme.”

     

  • Ajimobi’s wife for Oyo bread exhibition

    Ajimobi’s wife for Oyo bread exhibition

    THE wife of the Oyo State Governor, Mrs. Florence Ajimobi, will on October 1, declare open the second Oyo bread exhibition organised by Exquisito Confectioneries.

    The exhibition tagged The Bread Connoiseurs, will be held at the Pentorise Event Centre, Bodija.

    According to the Chief Executive Officer of Exquisito Confectioners, Deola Layade, Ajimobi will  also at the occasion unveil a bread magazine.

    Top comedian, Gbenga Adeyinka, will anchor the event.

  • Women’s summit in Oyo

    Women’s summit in Oyo

    First Lady Mrs. Patience Jonathan, Oyo State Governor’s wife Mrs. Florence Ajimobi are to open the third national women summit organised by the Oyo State Officials Wives Association (OYSOWA) tomorrow.

    The three-day summit with the theme, “Empowering the Girl-Child: A Challenge for All”, will hold at the Lekan Are Hall, Kakanfo Inn, Ibadan.

    Mrs. Ajimobi said the summit would deliberate on ways to stop the victimisation of the girl-child, their financial empowerment and enforcement of their rights.

    “We have eminent resource persons to speak on diverse issues to help us achieve our defined goals in empowering our female children.”

    Speakers include Justice Olajumoke Aiki, Chief of Office, UNICEF, Mrs Sara Nyanti, Mrs Grace Atim of the institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution,  the Executive Director, Programme NTA, Mrs Eugenia Abu, Prof Bolanle Awe, Dr Alero Akeredolu, Mrs Lilian Njoku, Ms. Fawole Oluwatoni and Pastor Funke Adetuberu of the Women College Ministry, Ibadan.

  • Ajimobi’s wife’s clinic gets HPV-screening machine

    Ajimobi’s wife’s clinic gets HPV-screening machine

    Access Basic HealthCare (ABC) Clinic, which is one of the pet projects of the Oyo State governor’s wife, Mrs. Florence Ajimobi, has acquired a Cobas 4800 machine for Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) screening.

    Chief Operating Officer of the clinic Mrs. Dolapo Oyedipe told reporters that HPV screening enables women to detect cervical cancer early, adding that every sexually active woman should go for HPV screening regularly.

    Explaining that HPV screening is different from Pap Smear, Mrs. Oyedipe said: “The HPV screening machine is fully automated, sensitive and gives instant results. Before now, we did not have an equipment for detecting the virus. This new machine detects the virus easily before things get out of hands.”

    She said only four organisations in Nigeria have the HPV screening machine and their charges are high.

    Mrs. Oyedipe said the screening fee was subsidised at ABC clinic, adding: “Cancer is difficult to manage; that is why it is called a terminal disease, but it can be prevented. That is why we are hammering on regular screening. Once it starts, it is difficult and almost impossible to manage.”

     

  • Praises for Ajimobi’s wife

    Praises for Ajimobi’s wife

    The caretaker committee chairman of Ibadan South East Local Government Area of Oyo State, Najimdeen Bolaji-Abass, has praised the governor’s wife, MrsFlorence Ajimobi, for her contributions to human development in the state.

    He said it is an indication that human development is one of the major priorities of the present administration.

    The council boss, who spoke at the empowerment of 200 youths and artisans in Ibadan, said Mrs. Ajimobi has proved that the administration has the people in mind.

    Bolaji-Abass said: “I want to urge the beneficiaries to make the best and judicious use of the materials and accept it as the only means through which the government can make its citizens self sufficient.