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  • Be exclusive in breastfeeding, Oyo govt appeal to women

    Oyo state government has appealed to pregnant women and nursing mothers in the state to ensure they embrace exclusive breastfeeding for their children for at least the first six months of their lives.

    The State Commissioner of Health, Dr. Azeez Adeduntan, while declaring open the 2018 World Breastfeeding Week, organized by the state government in collaboration with ANRiN, said newborns and children must be allowed to enjoy breast milk more than anything so as to have a good foundation for life.

    The event held at the House of Chiefs, Secretariat, Agodi, Ibadan.

    The Commissioner, who was represented by the Executive Secretary, Primary Health Care Board, Dr. Lanre Abass, explained that exclusive breastfeeding means that the breast milk given to children will not be complemented with water, fluid or any other foods.

    Dr. Adeduntan added that, only 10 percent of the content of the breast milk is made up of nutrients for the baby while the remaining 90 percent is water, emphasising that there is no need to give the baby water or fluid after breast fed.

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    He explained further that, children fed on exclusive breast milk would be healthy as such children would not be down with malaria, diarrhea and respiratory tract infections.

    Dr. Adeduntan hinted that the first 1000 days of life that is, the period of pregnancy and first two years is very important, stressing that, this period is the time that the brain development is at maximum and if any parent miss breastfeeding the child at this period, they have missed a whole lot in the baby’s life.

    Speaking on the breastfeeding week, the Head, Health Promotion and Nutrition, Dr. Khadijat Alarape said the rate of exclusive breastfeeding in Oyo state has increased from 30.5 percent in 2013 to 50 percent in 2017. She advised nursing mothers to continue to practice exclusive breastfeeding so that the 80 percent target for breastfeeding can be attained.

    Dr. Alarape further urged mothers to not only breastfeed their children exclusively for the first six months, but also continue to breastfeed even after six months when complementary foods would have been introduced into the baby’s diet.

     

  • Ajimobi orders release of  acquired land to deaf persons

    Gov. Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has ordered the immediate release of the 20 acres of  land belonging to deaf persons in the state

    Mr Isaac Omodewu, the State Commissioner for Lands, Housing, and Survey,  made the disclosure at a forum organised by the Oyo State Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalist(NUJ) in Ibadan.

    The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that Omodewu, who had signified interest in contesting the governorship election in 2019, was at the forum to share his vision for the state.

    NAN reports that members of the Christian Mission for the Deaf had on July 9 in Ibadan, protested the alleged illegal acquisition of 20 acres of land from its  39  by the Oyo State Government.

    Omodewu said records at government’s disposal revealed that the land was acquired by a past administration.

    He stated that the governor also called on the group not to hesitate to inform him wherever they might need his assistance in building their proposed University for the Deaf.

    The commissioner also dismissed speculations that the state government had allocated land for ranching in the state.

    Omodewu, an Accountant,  stated that he was the best to succeed Ajimobi considering his experience and active participation in the current administration.

    He also said that the governor had laid a solid foundation for the development of the state.

    “Lagos State is one of the best in the country because the people embraced continuity.

    “Asiwaju Bola Tinubu laid the foundation which his successors have been building on.

    “Ajimobi has also laid the foundation in the state. He needs successors who will build on it.

    “ In doing this, only an established person is required to succeed him.

    “The established person must be one who knows about the foundation, where it is and where it is going like me. I know of the foundation, where we are today and where we are heading to,” he said.

    The commissioner, who pledged to take the state to the next level, said he would upgrade the Polytechnic Ibadan into a degree awarding institution if elected governor.

    “We will ensure that the glory of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology before the advent of fund paucity is restored.

    “We will harness the potentials in agriculture and ensure that land is fully utilised to boost the revenue of the state,” he said.

    Omodewu, who is contesting on the platform of the All Progressives Congress,  said that he would also liaise with the Federal Government on the gorge dam at  Iseyin to harness its multi-purpose potentials.

    The aspirant described himself as a  loyal party man and an experienced technocrat, saying these qualities stood him out from other aspirants.

  • Oyo prosecutes 45 illegal street traders

    Oyo State Government has prosecuted about 45 illegal street traders in Ibadan metropolis, saying that street trading will not be tolerated in the state.

    Also, the state government has said that adequate measures are being put in place to prevent flooding in the state, noting that dredging has commenced on some major streams and blocked drainage are being cleared across the state.

    The traders who appeared before Magistrate Patricia Olasunbo Adetuyibi at the Ministry of Environment and Water Resources premises on illegal placement of their goods on public roads were prosecuted under Section 2, Sub-Section 14 of the Oyo State Solid Waste Management Offences, Fines and Sanctions.

    The traders, who pleaded that they would not display their goods on the street again, were sentenced to two months imprisonment with an option of fine ranging from N5,000 to N10,000 by Magistrate Adetuyibi.

    It would be recalled that Oyo State Government had been sensitizing the general public especially traders in the State to stop displaying their goods on the public roads and streets.

    The State Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources Chief Isaac Ishola said adequate sensitization and enlightenment have been made to stop street trading, saying that street trading is an act of violating the Environmental regulations Laws of the State.

    Ishola said, “We have engaged them on this cause, we have sensitized them, we have made them realise the benefit of Environmental hygiene. Trading on the street is against the Environmental regulation Laws of Oyo State, we have made series of arrests and appearances before the magistrate. If they are guilty, the court will sentence them to prison or an option of fine, but we are not really interested in their fines but compliance to no street trading. In essence, all what we are saying is no more street trading which is what the Law says”.

    He advised traders to comply with the no street trading Laws of Oyo State, noting that the government cannot fold its arms and allow the citizens to lose their lives all in the name of street trading and trading under high tension cables.

    He reiterated further that it is an offence for anybody to trade with wheel barrow by the road side in the State, adding that anybody trading on wheel barrow by the road side would be apprehended and appear before the magistrate for constituting an Environmental Nuisance.

  • ‘Ibadan North local govt has highest unclaimed PVCs’

    The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday said Ibadan North Local Government Area has the highest number of unclaimed Permanent Voter’s Cards (PVCs) in Oyo State.

    The state’s Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Mr Mutiu Agboke, spoke during a sensitisation programme the commission held for the state’s lawmakers.

    Agboke said of the 227,433 registered voters in the local government area, 73,602 voters’   cards remained unclaimed.

    The REC noted that the sensitisation programme became imperative to encourage the lawmakers to sensitise their constituencies on the need to claim their PVCs.

    He said PVC remained the only tool for voting credible candidates in the 2019 elections.

    Agboke said: “Henceforth in Nigeria, like the forthcoming 2019 elections, PVCs will be very powerful. It is so powerful that if not well handled, the holder will be messed up on Election Day.

    “There are so many components in the card that one cannot afford to toy with. It has an antenna and other components. One cannot afford to put it in one’s back pocket.

    “It is the civic responsibility of every Nigerian of voting age to have it. It is an instrument to tongue-lash any politician and make the politician do the needful.

    “If you don’t have it or if you have it and sell it, or you collect money to exercise your franchise, you have ridiculed your integrity. You have also ridiculed the process, ridiculed the power of PVC and we are against it.

    “INEC is saying ‘no PVC, no voting’. Our Houses of Assembly are powerful stakeholders.”

    House of Assembly Speaker Olagunju Ojo hailed the commission for the success recorded at the Ekiti governorship election.

    He said all eyes were on the state and uncertainty had filled the air.

    “But thanks to the adequate preparation and proactive strategies put in place for the election proper by INEC, all went well and the candidate most preferred by the people emerged,” Ojo said.

    The Speaker assured the commission of the Assembly’s cooperation toward the successful conduct of elections.

  • We will arrest those who burned Bodija station, Ajimobi vows

    Oyo state Governor Abiola Ajimobi has vowed that all the criminal suspects that burnt and damaged vehicles in a police station located inside Bodija market, Ibadan would be arrested, prosecuted and made to pay for the damages.

    The governor made the vow while addressing market leaders, members of the executive council, traders, security operatives and traders during an inspection visit to the Bodija market, Friday.

    A crisis had erupted at the market when members of the state chapter of National Butchers Association of Nigerian (NUBN) engaged the police in a shootout, following government directive to move all butchers in the capital city to a central abattoir.

    The mayhem left in its trail, four dead person, five burnt cars, three damaged vehiclea and scores of traders injured. The crisis led to government sealing off the Bodija market with immediate effect to prevent total breakdown of law and order.

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    Governor Ajimobi who was welcomed to the scene of the incident by the state commissioner of Police, Abiodun Odude, the market leaders and leaders of the butchers association commended the people of the state for their support to the government over the years, a feat which has encouraged the administration to continue its good work.

    He told the audience that government had engaged the butchers and all other relevant stakeholders in all the processes that led to the decision to relocate the abattoirs within the capital city to a new central location, located in Amosun Village, Akinyele local government.

    The governor recounted that all along, all the stakeholders had given their nod to the arrangement, particularly the ownership arrangement between the state government, a private company, the 11 LGAs in the capital city and the butchers association, expressing shock at the sudden refusal of some people to comply with an agreement reached after years of engagement.

    He warned that he would not allow the state slide back into its years of gory past when brigandage, lawlessness and impunity rules, charging the market leader to immediately embark on a sensitisation effort of all the traders, particularly the butchers.

    He added that the state has nothing against the butchers just like all other trade association but wanted the butchery activities to be carried out in a modern, hygienic and friendly market.

    He said, “We are pleased at the level of compliance with the seal off order of the market. We are shocked that’s some butchers engaged in violent attack on people and even on a police station.

    “We will make sure we arrest, prosecute and make them to pay for the damages. We will not tolerate them taking us back to past years of brigandage and violence. We are a peaceful state and we will not condone lawlessness.

    “In 1972 when the government of the day directed a relocation of the Gege abattoir to the Bodija market abattoir, some people also resisted it. Now we asked them to go a better facility again, they are resisting. Must they politicise everything?

    “For every progressive and positive government policies and decisions, you with always find some disgruntled elements fomenting trouble and playing politics with everything. We will not allow them, we won’t tolerate it. Our government is known for peace and that is what we will uphold.”

    Governor Ajimobi who also visited the Amosun abattoir to commend the section of the butchers who complied with the relocation directive appealed to the members to talk to their other colleagues who are disrupting the peace of the state, warning that his administration will condone criminality from any quarters, particularly those being used by politicians.

    When Saturday Nation visited the Bodija market, remnants of unpacked goods items were still seen littering the entire market sections. All the shops were still seen under lock and keys with many wares scattered all over the market.

    Many security operatives both in uniform and plain cloths were seen patrolling the market with Armoured Personnel Carriers stationed at strategic places in the market.

    Although no trading activities were on, many traders were seen loitering around with the hope that the market would be reopened soon.

  • Oyo shuts Bodija market

    The Oyo State Government has shut down Bodija market for security reasons.

    This is an aftermath of the sporadic shooting which occurred earlier on Thursday in the market and its environs.

    The Aare Laatosa Loca Council Development Area (LCDA) Chairman, Mr. Adekunle Oladeji, said the closure is to prevent the loss of lives and property of the citizenry, stressing that It is also to guard against the escalation of the violence in the market to other parts of the state.

    Oladeji said that security agencies have been intimated about the situation in the market to maintain law and order.

    He urged the people to be law abiding, warning that anyone found wanting will be made to face the full wrath of the law.

  • Kola Daisi varsity subsidises fees by N50k

    Kola Daisi University, Ibadan, has announced a N50,000 reduction in fees across all its undergraduate programmes.

    The University’s Vice-Chancellor, Prof Kolade Ayorinde, said in a statement that the special subsidy package was in line with the university’s founder, Chief Kola Daisi’s vision to make education affordable.

    Ayorinde said the subsidy “will be solely funded by the University’s Founder, Chief Kola Daisi and we thus owe him a lot of gratitude for his untiring interventions in education and youth empowerment initiatives”.

    The Vice-Chancellor added that, “The subsidy scheme is scheduled to take effect from the 2018/2019 academic session. It will not only be enjoyed by our fresh students, the largesse will also accommodate the returning students”.

    In addition to the subsidy, the Vice-Chancellor further disclosed that the University Management will equally offer 2.5% discount to the first hundred students to complete their registration, while students who pay their fees once, will enjoy an extra 5% discount.

    Pro-Chancellor and Chairman, Governing Council of the University, Prof Adeniyi Osuntogun, applauded Daisi, who is also the Bashorun of Ibadan land considering the current economic reality in the country, along with its attendant consequences on educational attainment and quality manpower.

  • S/Eagles would defeat Argentina – Osinbajo

    Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has expressed confidence that the Super Eagles would defeat their Argentine counterpart to move into the second round of the FIFA World Cup in Russia.

    Osinbajo disclosed this while speaking with newsmen on Tuesday at the Alakia Airport in Ibadan on his arrival for the National Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Clinic.

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    “By the grace of God, victory will be ours. I hope the boys will give their very best. I am sure and confident that they are well prepared for the important encounter.

    “This is an important encounter to us and I trust it is going to be a great victory for us’’, he said.

    It has been reported that the Eagles would take on Argentina in their last group D match at the mundial stadium and they need at least a draw to qualify for the second round of the tournament.

    NAN

  • Balogun of Ibadan hosts Omoloju Okugbaja masquerader

    The Oyo State government yesterday hailed Ibadan obas for the peaceful conduct of the traditional homage by masqueraders in the city.

    The Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Mr. Toye Arulogun, and the Special Adviser to the Governor on Community Relations, Alhaji Bidemi Siyanbade, said the peaceful conduct of the masqueraders during the traditional homage to the chiefs, as preached by the government, upheld the traditions and norms of this year’s Egungun Festival in the state.

    The government said the resilience of the Ibadan monarchs to pay homage by masqueraders, despite the heavy rain on June 20 and 23 at Alli Iwo and Ita Baale Olugbode, was worthy of commendation.

    It said the conduct of the masqueraders exemplified the commitment of the traditional institution to the preservation of our culture and tradition.

    The government assured the residents that it would continue to preserve the culture, norms and traditions of the people.

    As this year’s Egungun Festival gathered momentum in Ibadan, some masqueraders have paid traditional homage to various obas in the city.

    The Balogun of Ibadan, Oba Owolabi Olakulehin, received some masqueraders at his Labiran Ita Baale compound amidst singing, drumming and high-level festivities.

    The leading masquerader, Omoloju Okugbaja, from Okugbaja family in Ibadan, arrived the Ita Baale compound around 2.15 p.m, despite the downpour.

    Oba Olakulehin urged Ibadan sons and daughters to always live in peace and harmony, irrespective of their religious and political differences.

    He said: “I express our appreciation to God for the peaceful conduct of the 2018 Egungun Festival. I implore our people to uphold the tradition and cultural values of the founding fathers of Ibadan and thank them for their support.”

    The Balogun was accompanied by the Otun Olubadan, Oba Lekan Balogun; the Eekerin Olubadan, Oba Biodun Kola-Daisi; the Asipa Olubadan, Oba Eddy Oyewole; the Eekarun Olubadan, Oba Amidu Ajibade and the Eekarun Balogun Olubadan, Oba Kola Adegbola.

    They were joined by notable mogajis (family heads) in Ibadan, led by their Chairman, Mogaji Ariori and the Secretary, Mogaji Isiaka Raji.

    Oba Balogun and Oba Ajibade prayed for the continued development and unity of Ibadan as well as the peaceful conduct of next year’s general elections across Nigeria.

  • Ibadan supermarkets woo customers

    Shopping is getting more structured in Ibadan, the Oyo State Capital as supermarkets increase, offering superior services to roadside shops. Southwest Bureau Chief, BISI OLADELE, writes on four of the topmost supermarkets in the city, using price to guide shoppers into getting the best value.

    Billboard, radio and television advertisements are gradually becoming the norm for the few top supermarkets in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital as they grow in size and number. The competition is forcing them to also offer mouth-watering promotions, loyalty programmes and other incentives to woo customers.

    In all of these, quality of service, availability of varieties and price play a huge role in gaining a larger percentage of the market. Also among the above factors, price advantage ranks high in determining patronage as shoppers struggle to achieve more with little funds.

    For this reason, the big stores pitch “low prices” as their unique selling propositions. Yet, many shoppers are unable to zero down on which is best for what product in terms of price.

    An online newspaper, newspeakonline.com, in its recent price survey on four leading supermarkets in the city, showed Feedwell as the overall best in terms of prices.

    Other supermarkets considered in the price survey are Foodco, Shoprite and Grandex. The four supermarkets have branches across the city but prices of their wares vary. The survey focused on popular daily beverages, food items, drinks and baby products.

    According to the medium, the items shoppers mostly visit stores for, on a daily, weekly and monthly basis, include Johnnie walker red label wine700 (ml), Hennessy cognac vs 700(ml), Baileys Irish ice cream, Chamdor Non- Alcoholic wine, J&W premium Non-alcoholic wine, Molfix baby diapers (small), Pampers baby diapers (small), Nestle Cerelac baby food, Sunlight detergent 900g, Bounty Chocolate, Snickers chocolate, Mars Chocolate, Lipton tea bag, Nestle milo (500g) refill, Golden Morn 500g, Tom-tom all flavours , Heinz tomato ketchup 300g, Heinz salad cream 285g, Titus sardine, Ola-ola Poundo yam flour(1kg ), Golden penny Semovita (1kg), Close-up deep action toothpaste, Nivea roll on, Pringles big all flavours, Easy on spray starch, Jacobs cream crackers, Mcvities short bread, Nasco cornflakes 500(g).

    Judging by the above table, Feedwell offers lowest prices in the candies and items such as chocolates, biscuits, wine and liquors. The table shows that the store has lower prices for products like the small packs of Molfix and Pampers baby diapers as well as Nestle Cerelac baby food.

    For those wanting beverages, Feedwell and Shoprite look cool considering the fact that Nestle Milo and Peak milk are at their lowest prices at these stores. The price of Hienz salad cream is even too attractive to ignore at N625 compared with the price others offer.

    Though prices of items may be a bit higher in other supermarkets, they have their strengths in other areas which include proximity, ambience of the stores and parking advantage.

    While Shoprite has an ambience that attracts shoppers, a walk into Grandex Supermarket offers some other rich experience which some shoppers may enjoy, and which they may not find in other stores. Foodco’s restaurant is well liked by shoppers while it also offers regular promotions.

    As we start another weekend, shoppers in Ibadan would be happy to make informed decisions with our guide.