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  • Ogun retires OGBC, OGTV General Managers

    The Ogun State government has retired the General Managers of Ogun State Broadcasting Corporation, Tunde Awolana; and General Manager, Ogun State Television, Dele Bolujoko.

    Their retirement according to a statement by Head of Service, Abayomi Sobande on Wednesday evening takes immediate effect.

    Staff of the two broadcasting stations are presently on strike over unpaid salaries and other allowances.

    “On behalf of the Governor of Ogun State, I wish to seize this opportunity to appreciate the contributions of these General Managers to the development of the State and wish them success in their future endeavours.

    “The most senior management staff of the two government agencies is hereby directed to take over the management of the agencies pending further directives from the office of the Head of Service.”

  • Ogun Partners DStv to upgrade OGTV

    Ogun Partners DStv to upgrade OGTV

    The Ogun State government is set to partner DStv, a renowned Digital Satellite Television, towards upgrading facilities of the state-owned Ogun State Television (OGTV).

    A DStv team has begun a facility tour of  OGTV.

    Commissioner for Information and Strategy Adedayo Adeneye, who received the team, led by the Project Manager (Nigeria), Mr. Ekom Esang, said the step became imperative as the state television could not afford to be left behind in the digitisation world.

    He explained that facilities in OGTV needed to be upgraded, especially now that the station is going on DStv decoder channels.

    “Ogun State occupies a very strategic position in Nigeria, due to contributions of the state icons and indigenes in the development of the country.

    “Our media must be repositioned to consolidate on the Rebuilding Mission, because OGTV remains  one of the TV stations to reckon with. It is also noteworthy that the image of the messenger is as important as the message,’’ he said.

    The commissioner assured that before the state’s 40th Anniversary on February 3, the station would have received a boost.

    Esang praised the  government for working towards upgrading and improving the facilities of the station.

     

  • Don for Dauda Adegbenro lecture

    Don for Dauda Adegbenro lecture

    The Dauda Adegbenro Inaugural Lecture will hold tomorrow at the OGTV Multipurpose Hall, Abeokuta, Ogun State.

    Dauda Adegbenro, a member of the Western Region House of Assembly, died on September 28, 1975.

    His son, Niyi, who visited The Nation corporate office in Lagos, yesterday, gave the title of the lecture as “Is Nigeria Demeocratising? Reflecting on the Past, Interrogating the Present, Remembering an Unsung Democrat”.

    The lecture will be delivered by a former Dean of the Faculty of Law, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Prof Ademola Popoola.

    The event will be chaired by former Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Chief Bisi Akande.

    There will be a launch of the biography of the late Adegbenro. The lecture will be streamed live on local TV stations.

    The younger Adegbenro lamented that the country was not doing enough to ensure that the labours of heroes past were not in vain.

    He said as part of activities, the Dauda Adegbenro Foundation would reward the best political reporter and winners from essay competitions will also be rewarded.

     

     

  • ‘Me, defect to Accord Party? Never’ – Amosun

    ‘Me, defect to Accord Party? Never’ – Amosun

    Governor of Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State has dismissed suggestions that he might be on his way to the Accord Party (AP).

    He also says he will rather run a government whose achievements are visible for all to see than a government on billboards.

    The governor at an interactive session with reporters in Abeokuta on Friday night said that he could only endear himself to people of the State by continually putting in place, structures that would transform positively their socio – economic status among others and not by posting his posters all over the place or allow the state – owned radio or television station to be used to sing the government praises.

    He warned employees of the state owned television, OGTV, to jettison such unprofessional practice, which he said, was not representing him or the state well.

    Governor Amosun denied that he planned to defect from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to Accord Party (AP) floated by the former Governor of Oyo State, Rashidi Ladoja.

    He expressed shock at reports that he would move over to the AP should his alleged rift with former governor Olusegun Osoba rob him of a second term ticket in APC.

    Amosun said, “They said I was in Ibadan to see Ladoja on how I’m going to move to Accord Party because they (APC) are not going to give me ticket and I begin to wonder.

    “In fact, I think the last time I met Ladoja was when (Governor Abiola) Ajimobi was burying his mother. He (Ladoja) came to greet me. Is it me that will go to another party? So, when they begin to say that, I just think it is just one politician that is using them.”