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  • Ogun says no price variation in road contract

    Ogun says no price variation in road contract

    The Ogun State Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Mr. Olamilekan Adegbite, has said that there is no price hike in the on-going road projects in the state. Majority of the contracts were awarded by the Governor Ibikunle Amosun’s government in 2013.

    According to a statement  signed by the Ministry’s Press Officer, Mr. Ayokunle Ewuoso, despite the astronomical increase of construction materials, the government has been able to ensure prices were not increased.

    Adegbite, in the statement, explained that it took the intervention of Amosun to convince the various contractors on why there can be no price variation on the road projects. It also said the economic recession has slowed down the pace of work on these projects.

    “The record is there for everybody to see. The governor as an accountant and a financial engineer was able to bring his experience to bear, as he was able to convince the contractors why price variation on all of these projects was not possible,” the statement read.

    On compensation for owners of buildings that will be demolished for the project, the commissioner pointed out that the consultant hired by the government had done due diligence on the affected buildings and had advised government how much should be paid as compensation to owners.

    The compensation are in three folds. The first is the compensation which would be paid to owners of the buildings and the second  would be for those who have buried dead bodies in their compounds which they have to exhume and relocate for reburial in another location. The third fold is termed “Merciful Grants’’ meant for those who do not have money to pack their belongings to a new place.

    He noted that government has mobilised all the contractors back to sites assuring that those who were yet to go back due to some factors would by the end of April be back.

  •  Man bags jail term for stealing hen

    An Ota Senior Magistrates’ Court in Ogun on Wednesday sentenced a 24-year-old man to one month  imprisonment for stealing a hen and eggs valued at N3,000.

    The Senior Magistrate, Mr S. O. Banwo, however, gave the convict an option of  N3,000 fine.

    The convict, whose address was not disclosed in the court, had pleaded guilty to the charge.

    Earlier, the prosecutor, Sgt. Chudu Gbesi, had told the court that the accused committed the offence on April 5 at about 5.00 a.m.  at Tiwadayo Community,  Atan, Ota.

    Gbesi said that the convict stole a hen and eggs valued at N3,000 belonging to one Usman Tajudeen.

    He said that the offence contravened Section 390 of the Criminal Code Vol. 1, Laws of  Ogun, 2006.

     

  • Ikenne LG inaugurates 10-man committee

    Mr Rotimi Akinsanya, the Chairman, Ikenne Local Government, Ogun, on Thursday inaugurated a 10-man economic development team to help identify potentials and fast-track socio-economic growth in the area.

    Akinsanya said during the ceremony that the committee was set up to unlock the numerous potentials and human resources in the area of agro-industrial development, mechanized agriculture and infrastructural development.

    He urged the committee to use its wealth of experience to solicit and invite investors from within and outside the country to Ikenne Local Government for rapid development of micro economic activities within the council area.

    He further said he sampled the opinions of the youth in the local government area and was amazed that they really fancied farming to white-collar jobs, especially animal husbandry.

    The chairman added that he was confident the agro-based rural economy would drive employment and accelerate savings and spending.

    “With the right strategy and incentives, mechanized agriculture, animal and poultry husbandry will turn our present economy to a buoyant and stable one,” he said.

    He also expressed confidence on the team, adding that its members’ experiences and philanthropic contributions to the community put them in good stead to help turn around the economy.

    “Their recommendations will be of high value in helping to reposition Ikenne in its drive to imprint upon the mission to rebuild Ogun State.”

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the committee comprises retired Col. Dele Oyefuga and Mr Kunle Soname as Chairman and Vice Chairman.

  • Ogun flags off groundwater abstraction control

    Ogun flags off groundwater abstraction control

    The Ogun State governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, has said that the introduction of the groundwater abstraction control scheme in the state would have more positive impact in controlling environmental degradation and regulating potable water for the citizenry.

    The governor, represented by his deputy, Chief (Mrs), Yetunde Onanuga, made this known at a stakeholders’ meeting on water abstraction control scheme held at the June 12 Cultural Centre, Abeokuta.

    The governor noted that groundwater remains a vital commodity globally, considering its importance in the survival of both humans and animals. According to him, 80 per cent of groundwater comes from the private sector and presently no real restriction or control on its extraction.

    To this end, government, he said, is now set to take full control and regulate all activities of water extraction in the state. In doing this, activities of operators would be monitored such that it would even guarantee the quality of portable water produced for the peoples’ consumption.

    “Anybody can install a borehole anywhere in his land and extract any amount of water at anytime without consideration of its detrimental effects to the society. Groundwater is the largest source of usable, fresh water in the world, but in many parts of the world, especially where surface water supplies are not available, domestic, agricultural and industrial water needs could only be met by using the water beneath the ground,” Amosun said.

    The state Commissioner for Environment, Mr. Bolaji Oyeleye stated that the importance of water in society especially to human beings cannot be over-emphasised, noting that water is an inseparable nexus with life.

    He said it is a recognised fact that the importance of groundwater to meeting the growing water needs was not well appreciated by concerned stakeholders, noting that more efforts were required to make groundwater issues more visible among water resource managers, planners, policy makers, stakeholders and end users.

    “It is imperative to organise this stakeholders’ meeting to talk about the control of water extraction, protection of our water with particular focus on the groundwater resources of the state, and there is urgent need to protect and preserve the strategic importance of groundwater resources to safeguard livelihood from future water crisis and enhance water quality and security,” Oyeleye said.

  • Easter: Police in Ogun call for vigilance

    Easter: Police in Ogun call for vigilance

    The police in Ogun on Tuesday advised residents to be vigilant during the Easter celebration  in order to check crime.

    The Police Public Relations Officer in Ogun, Mr Bimbola Oyeyemi, gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ota.

    “Security in the state is everybody’s business because the police cannot be everywhere all the time,’’ he said.

    Oyeyemi also implored residents to report any strange movement or gathering that may constitute a security challenge.

    He disclosed that the police would deploy more personnel across the state during the festive period.

    “The police do not normally wait for a festive period before putting security arrangement in place because crime is being committed every day,” he added.
    Oyeyemi described Ogun as a peculiar state sharing a border with Benin Republic with the attendant security challenges.

    ”For this reason, a large number of police personnel will be deployed to the borders to check the activities of   miscreants,” he said.

    Oyeyemi further said that some of its personnel would   be deployed in churches, noting that many of the worship houses have their headquarters in the state.

     

     

     

     

  • Road crashes claims 270 persons Ogun — FRSC

    Road crashes claims 270 persons Ogun — FRSC

    The Ogun Sector Commander, Federal Roads Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr Clement Oladele, said on Saturday that a total of 270 persons lost their lives in road traffic crashes in the state in 2016.

    Oladele announced this at the inauguration of road traffic cautionary sign posts at Onipepeye and Siun junction area of the Abeokuta-Sagamu Expressway in Ogun.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the ceremony was performed by His
    Royal Majesty, Oba Adedotun Gbadebo, CFR, the Alake of Egbaland.

    The FRSC sector commander said that of the 383 crashes recorded in Ogun in 2016, a total of 1,366 persons sustained various degrees of injuries and were taken to various hospitals for treatment.

    This figure, according to him, represented a reduction in total crashes, fatalities and injuries, by 11 per cent, 12 per cent and 9 per cent, respectively.

    He explained that it was in a bid to stem `speed-induced crashes’ that the command, through its Special Marshals unit, erected speed/caution signs at the Siun/Kobape black spot, to stem speeding and prevent avoidable crashes.

    Earlier, Oba Adedotun Gbadebo, commended the efforts of the FRSC in reducing the tide of road crashes in the country.

    The Alake debunked the notion that crashes on the Abeokuta/Sagamu expressway had spiritual undertones.

    The paramout ruler of Egbaland urged motorists to comply with warning signs erected between Onipepeye and Siun junction, stressing that government’s initiative in installing the speed limiting device in commercial vehicles was for the common good of all

  • Ogun to build museum to preserve Obey’s musical works

     

    Chief Kesington Adebutu, the Chairman of the event and the chief launcher of Obey-Fabiyi Musical Foundation and Training School, said“music is essential to mankind”.

    He expressed delight that his (Adebutu) business grew by over 400 per cent in 1967 when Obey-Fabiyi waxed a record in his honour.

    Adebutu, who pledged his support for the foundation, expressed optimism that upcoming musicians would benefit from the gesture and that more Obey Fabiyi’s will spring up through the foundation.

    Responding, the celebrator, stated that God had specially endowed him with musical talent and  sent him on a mission as a musician with message of love, peace, hope and progress.

    Obey who said he formed his first band, named the Royal Mambo Orchestra in Idogo in 1957, attributed his success to God and his fans.

    He was full of appreciation to the DECCA West Africa, the recording company, which according to the musician, gave him the platform that  ushered him into stardom.

    Earlier,the General Overseer (Worldwide) of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG),Pastor Enoch Adeboye during a church service said he had continued to follow the music legend as far back as “his  miliki band” days.

    Adeboye  also  recalled that both of them gave their lives to God almost at the same time, adding that they have since maintained a cordial relationship.

    Another music legend Mr Sunday Adeniyi popularly known as “King Sunny Ade” entertained guests on the occasion.

    Other dignitaries included former governors of Ogun, Otunba Gbenga Daniel and Chief Segun Osoba, royal father, as well as other Nigerian musicians.

     

  • Man bags one month in prison

    An Ikeja Magistrate’s Court on Monday sentenced a driver, Seun Taiwo, to one month imprisonment for damaging two side mirrors of a jeep.

    Taiwo, 37, a resident of Ibuloko Street, Lanfenwa, Ogun, had pleaded guilty to a malicious damage charge and urged the court to temper justice with mercy in sentencing him.

    The Magistrate, Mrs O.I Raji, who sentenced him to one month imprisonment, did not give an option of fine.

    “You are hereby sentenced to one month imprisonment with hard labour and without an option of fine,” Raji said.

    The Prosecutor, Insp. George Nwosu, had told the court that the convict committed the offence on March 7, at Iyana-Ipaja, Lagos.

    Nwosu said that Taiwo damaged two side mirrors of a Chirokee jeep belonging to Mr Johnson Adeyemo.

    “The accused maliciously destroyed the two side mirrors of the complainant’s car, valued at N28,500,” he said.

    Nwosu said that the convict damaged the complainant’s car side mirrors because one of his drivers beat him up.

    “The accused sneaked into one of the complainant’s buses to sleep; the complainant’s driver sighted him and insisted that the accused must not sleep in the bus.

    “An argument ensued and it generated into a fight; the complainant’s driver beat the accused up.

    “The accused went to report to the complainant that his driver beat him up because he wanted to sleep in his bus.

    “While the complainant was going home, the accused came to block his car and damaged the two side mirrors for refusing to deal with his driver that beat him,” he said.

    The prosecutor said the offence contravened Section 337 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.

     

  • Court sentences man to three months’ imprisonment for contempt

    Court sentences man to three months’ imprisonment for contempt

    A 38-year-old, Tadujeen Folorunsho, is to spend the next two months in jail for contempt of court, an Ota Magistrates ’ Court in Ogun ruled on Monday.

    The senior magistrate, Mr S. O. Banwo, gave the verdict without giving the convict an option of fine.

    Folorunsho, who lives at No. 28, Akintoye St. Iyana-Iyesi, Ota, Ogun, had pleaded guilty to the charge of contempt.

    Earlier, the prosecutor, Sgt. Chudu Gbesi, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on March 14 at about 9.00 a. m. at the court.

    Gbesi said the defendant disregarded the court’s order by jumping bail.

    The prosecutor said that the offence contravened Section 133 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Ogun, 2006.

  • Ogun warns residents over NIMET flood predictions

    Ogun warns residents over NIMET flood predictions

    The Ogun State Commissioner for Environment, Mr. Bolaji Oyeleye has said that the State would experience an above normal amount of rainfall this year that could lead to flooding in some parts of the State. Oyeleye stated this while addressing Journalists at a press conference in Abeokuta, noted that the prediction was contained in the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET) seasonal rainfall prediction for 2017.
    He said the State would experience flooding which could be aggravated by imminent release of water from Oyan and Ikere dams located up north of the State, adding that to avert disaster, residents must cultivate best environmentally -friendly practices throughout the season. Oyeleye also advised residents to refrain from dumping waste into drainages as well as river or stream course to allow free-flow of water.
    The Commissioner further disclosed that NIMET prediction of above normal heat was conducive for heat – loving rectors such as mosquitoes, advising residents to keep their environment free of bushes and water logging potholes and take a lot of water during this heat period to avoid hyperthermia and other related diseases.
    Also speaking at the briefing, the Director, State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Mr. Sakiru Adebakin said the agency was prepared for the predicted high volume of rainfall, adding that his agency had recently sensitized residents on flood prevention, enjoining residents living at river banks and other flood-prone areas to relocate as soon as possible.