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  • ‘Why I prioritised water supply’

    The lawmaker representing Idanre/Ifedore Federal Constituency in Ondo State, Bamidele Baderinwa has said he embarked on construction of 10 water boreholes across various communities in Ifedore Local Government Area because of the importance of water to human existence.

    According to him, this was part of his electioneering promises to the people while seeking their supports during the 2015 general elections.

    Baderinwa noted that similar gesture had been extended to communities in Idanre Local Government Area.

    He said: “I promised to give my people quality representation and they voted for me. I must not let them down in any circumstance, including doing the needful to better their lot.”

    Among other communities enjoying the borehole project include Ijare, Ilara Mokin and Bolorunduro in Owena.

    The lawmaker, who is seeking re-election to the House of Representatives on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) stressed that his constituents would enjoy more benefits of democracy.

    Baderinwa assured that the people would soon witness the true value of democracy under the APC administration because of its commitment to the welfare of the people.

    The lawmaker emphasised that the APC administration under President Muhammadu Buhari meant well for the people and would take them to the next level of development.

    He appealed to the electorate to support Buhari’s re-election bid, even as he urged them to vote for all APC candidates in next month’s elections.

  • Ondo communities decry herdsmen attack, kidnapping

    Residents of Owo and Ose local government areas of Ondo state, have urged the state government to bail them out of the alleged herdsmen attack, kidnapping in the communities.

    Through a Non-Governmental Organisation(NGO) ‘Owo is One Movement,(OIOM) they emphasized that the peace and calm traditionally associated with the ancient town of Owo have been defeated by menace.

    A statement after its emergency signed by the National Coordinator and Ogbeni Oja of Owo kingdom, Chief Akin Aruwajoye commended Akeredolu’s government for its prompt action on the menace.

    However, it noted that the herdsmen issue was national in outlook with very complex security implications, calling on the federal government to intervene and stop the incessant attack.

    The group pointed out that the damage to farmlands and unauthorised harvesting of farm products to feed cattle are causing untold hardship to peasant farmers whose only source of livelihood were being tampered with.

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    According to the statement “The movement is constrained to cry out to the federal government under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari, to come to the aid of our people before they are wiped out by hunger as a result of the criminal activities of rampaging herders and kidnappers”.

    “Considering the huge economic losses our farmers have suffered, particularly the hapless peasant farmers whose lives depend on the farms for survival, we ask for compensation for them”.

    “This is important in resuscitating the economy of the communities and in curtailing loss of jobs resulting from the destruction of people ‘s means of live hood”.

    The group called for urgent intervention to curtail the rising anger of the farmers which could fester into self-help which would worsen the present security situation.

  • One dead, 10 injured in Ondo road crash

    One person was reported dead in multiple road accidents at Ogbagi, Akoko Northwest local government area of Ondo state.

    Ten others were said to have seriously injured when two vehicles and three motorbikes crashed on the same spot.

    An eyewitness said a J5 bus coming from Ikare-Akoko rammed into another car coming from Ese- Akoko going to Akure with full load of passengers.

    Three commercial motorcycles were also involved.

    The Divisional Police Officer (DPO) Ogbagi-Akoko, Kunle Fabuluje,a Superintendent of Police(SP) confirmed the incident.

    He said his men In conjunction with the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) Ikare-Akoko did the rescue operation.

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    Also speaking, the Unit Commander FRSC, Ikare-Akoko, Jimoh Basiru attributed the accident to recklessness.

    He said his men carried the only casualty and those who sustained injuries to Specialist Hospital, Ikare-Akoko where the Chief Medical Director(CMD) of the hospital,Dr Wale Oguntuase confirmed that one person brought dead now in mortuary, while three others with serious cases were referred to Federal Medical Centre(FMC) Owo.

    Similarly, a motorcyclist carrying two passengers coming from Okene, Kogi state, rammed into a vehicle and died instantly.

    Efforts to speak with Irun-Akoko DPO,Ade Akintola, a Superintendent of Police(SP) proved abortive, but a policeman at Irun confirmed the report.

  • Ondo workers join protest over minimum wage

    Workers in Ondo state like their counterparts across the country on Tuesday protested over a new national minimum wage.

    The organised labour unions who converged on the Cultural Centre went to Governor’s office Alagbaka where they demanded that President, Muhammadu Buhari submit a bill to the parliament for the implementation of the N30, 000 minimum wage for workers.

    The NLC President, Ayuba Wabba, while addressing workers in Akure, said the protest became imperative in order to ensure that the minimum wage bill processes for the transmission would be completed.

    A letter by the labour unions to Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu reads: “Your Excellency will recall the Tripartite Committee on the National Minimum Wage, comprising the government, organised private sector and organised labour has concluded its work and submitted the report with a draft bill to President Muhammadu Buhari on 6th November, 2018.

    “It is also noteworthy that six governors were members of the committee that worked out the new National minimum wage. Therefore, it stands to reason that the report and draft bill were the collective efforts of the broadest spectrum of all concerned parties and should thus commend the support of every governor.

    “Therefore, the organised labour would wish to obtain from your Excellency a commitment to the speedy implementation of the new national minimum wage of N30,000 when enacted into law.

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    “While counting on your excellency to make the best endeavor to express agreement with thus patriotic, convey our polite gesture to your colleagues the enlightened public, generally and advance the cause of the new national minimum wage, we advise that: the political behaviour of Nigeria workers is contingent upon the commitment to the expeditious enactment of the new national minimum wage by the legislature before the polls.

    “Nigerian workers as voters will indeed take their eventual fate to the polling stations and indicate in the ballot their views on the faithful implementation of new minimum wage by the executive before the polls.

    “Nigerian workers and family will not and cause friends and allies not to vote for any candidate in the forthcoming elections who hesitate or refuse to commit to the national minimum wage.

    “For the avoidance of any iota of doubt, the fate of the new national minimum wage will largely determine the electoral preference of Nigerian workers in 2019”.

    Secretary to the State Government, Mr. Ifedayo Abegunde who addressed the labour unions on behalf of the governor however said the welfare of the workers in the state was paramount to the government.

  • Partake actively in politics, Lawmaker urges women

    Women have been urged to actively participate in politics in order to capitalize on the 35 percent affirmative as promised by the All Progressives Congress APC-led administration.

    The lawmaker representing Idanre/Ifedore Federal Constituency of Ondo State in the House of Representatives, Bamidele Baderinwa ( aka White) made the appeal while distributing various items to Womenfolk.

    These include deep freezer, Standard fridges and refrigerators of various sizes to over 100 women in Ero, Ifedore Local Government Area.

    Baderinwa who said such participation would avail women opportunities to advocate for what belongs to them in the political circle maintained that the beneficiaries deserved compensation based on their role in the 2015 general elections.

    He said, “The women had put in their best, they were fully on ground and engaged before and during the campaign both days and nights and also ensure our party emerged victorious at the polls”.

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    “Such efforts must be compensated so that others can emulate them in the future”.

    The wife of the lawmaker, who initiated the empowerment scheme, Mrs Felicia Baderinwa hailed the women for their patience and commitment during the electioneering process.

    Mrs Baderinwa urged them to do more in the coming general elections, noting that the initiative was meant to encourage women.

    She urged others in position of authority to appreciate women while advising them not to neglect their roles as wife and mothers at home.

    Two of the beneficiaries, Mrs Aro Fagite and Mrs Rachael Amininuola expressed joy on items received and promised to remain committed to the course of the donor which they would show through mobilizing for the victory of the APC in the forthcoming 2019 general elections.

    The event was attended by APC party leaders from Idanre and Ifedore local government areas of Ondo State.

  • Akeredolu pardons 12 prisoners

    Ondo State governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu on Monday pardoned 12 prisoners who have served various terms of their imprisonment and ordered their release from the prison custody.

    This is in exercise of the power conferred on him by section 212(1) of the constitution of the federal republic of Nigeria

    Akeredolu asked the beneficiaries of the gesture to always shun acts that could likely return them to the prison.

    The governor also extended his grace and mercy to three condemned/ convicted prisoners who are awaiting execution.

    Akeredolu commuted their death sentence to life imprisonment.

    He exercised the power in the spirit of the 2019 New Year celebration.

  • Thugs disrupt Buhari’s group meeting in Ondo , scores injured

    Suspected thugs yesterday disrupted the regular meeting of the Buhari/Osinbajo campaign group within the All Progressives Congress (APC) organised  by Oruun ward two in Ikare-Akoko,headquarters of Akoko Northeast local government.

    The meeting was initiated to appreciate members especially women and the elderly in the ward with various gift items for Christmas and New Year festivities.

    It was also to mobilise for the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari,Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and Senator Ajayi Boroffice ahead of next year’s elections.

    Sources said the hoodlums were allegedly sponsored by some party leaders said to be presently working for the Action Alliance(AA) candidates in the District as against the ruling APC.

     

  • Ondo Police arrest two suspected Kidnappers

    Men of the Ondo State Police Command on Thursday reportedly arrested two notorious kidnappers in the state.

    The kidnappers, Jahae Mohammed and Jimoh Ahmed were said to have been arrested at Oba/Ose area in Akoko South West local government area of the state by the police special patrol team.

    They were identified as the leaders of kidnappers gang terrorising the peace of travellers and people of the community.

    The combined team of police formation was led by the Deputy Commissioner of Police, (DCP) Mudashiru Abudulahai, Area Commander, Iwaro-Akoko, ACP Musiliu O. Aliu, Police Public Relations Officer, Femi Joseph and the Divisional Police Officer(DPO) Oba-Akoko.

    It was learnt that no fewer than 87 policemen and officers drawn from Anti-kidnapping squad, Anti-cultist squad, Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) and men and officers of the Area command, combed the forest reserve at Oba-Akoko for almost five hours.

    The police patrol team, it was learnt trekked more than 20 kilometres inside the forest reserves along the Oba/ Ose -Akoko road, where the team located two points where the kidnappers operated and were destroyed.

    The kidnappers were said to have already fled before the arrival of the security operatives.

    At the two locations in the thick forest, sources said objects like clothes suspected to be from their victims, shoes and cudgels were recovered.

    The state police Commissioner, Olugbenga Adeyanju said the police authority would make the state inhabitable for kidnappers and people of criminal intent.

    He said all police formations across the state have been mandated to double their efforts at making sure that the state is crime free.

    The CP disclosed that special patrol team were also working around the clock to ensure safety of lives and properties during and after the Xmas and new year festivities, urging the people to always give useful information to the police.

  • Five officials suspended in Ondo for alleged tax fraud

    Ondo State government has suspended five civil servants for allegedly involved in tax fraud of about N200m.

    Consequently,the state police command has arrested the affected workers and one syndicate, Ayadi Orimisan that helped them to defraud the state government.

    Parading the suspected tax fraudsters, the State Police Public Relations officer,(PPRO) Femi Joseph listed names of the civil servants as Mrs Oluwatoyin Abiodun, Ojo Ayodeji, David Omoyajowo, Isaac Solomon and Femi Tuki.

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    They were alleged to be fond of issuing fake tax clearance, certificate of road worthiness and and fake driver’s licence.

    The PPRO said they would be charged to court as soon as the police concluded its investigations.

    Also speaking, the Special Special Assistant to the governor on special duties, Dr Doyin Odebowale said interim investigation had shown that the state government had been defrauded to the tune of N200m and that was why they were handed over to the police for prosecution.

    One of the suspects, Mrs Abiodun who confirmed that they had been suspended by the state civil service commission, however denied the allegation.

  • Ondo Assembly passes College of Health Tech. Bill

    The Ondo State House of Assembly has passed a bill for a law to provide for the establishment of the Ondo State College of Health Technology in Akure.

    In a report presented during the plenary to the house on Tuesday by the Chairman House Committee on Health, Dr. Kazeem Sulaiman said the committee held series of meetings to critically examine the programme before presenting to the whole house for deliberation.

    The chairman observed that the provision of the bill would encourage training of middle-level health manpower.

    He said the bill, if passed into law, would provide, encourage research in all fields of training, particularly in the health science.

    Sulaiman, however, recommended that the provision of the bill were justifiable and should, therefore, be passed into law.

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    The Majority Leader, Jamiu Maito, representing Akoko North West Constituency 1, moved the motion that the bill should be moved to the third reading and passed.

    The house, presided by Speaker Bamidele Oleyelogun after thorough deliberation on the bill, unanimously agreed that the bill should be passed.

    Oleyelogun commended the members for the bill and promised the bill would be forward to the executive arm of the government for assent.