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  • Tinubu’s aide feeds 10,000 Oyo residents for Christmas

    Tinubu’s aide feeds 10,000 Oyo residents for Christmas

    An aide to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Dr. Abisoye Fagade, through his Oyo Si Maa Dun Network (OSMD Network) has aligned with the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Tinubu to feed over 10,000 families across Oyo State.

    People from Ibadan, Ibarapa, Oyo town, Saki, Iseyin, and Ogbomoso, benefitted from Fagade’s expression of people-centred leadership.

    Fagade, who is the Director-General, National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism (NIHOTOUR), stated that OSMD Network brought Asiwaju Cares directly to people of the state.

    According to him, the initiative was a national vision which translated into local impact and reinforcing the Renewed Hope promise that governance must be felt in homes, streets, and communities.

    He said as part of the Christmas Day intervention, OSMD distributed hot meals to thousands of people on the streets, provided dry food items to households, gave cash gifts to support dignity, relief, and small-scale needs during the festive season.

    He noted that the outreach reflected core values of the Renewed Hope Agenda, social inclusion, shared prosperity, compassion, and a firm commitment towards leaving no Nigerian behind.

    According to him: “The Renewed Hope Agenda is not just a policy framework; it is a moral obligation to care for the people. Asiwaju Cares means leadership that shows empathy and delivers practical support where it matters most.”

    Beyond Christmas, the OSMD Network remains committed to initiatives that strengthen livelihoods, empower youth, and promote shared growth fully aligned with the Renewed Hope vision of building a more caring, productive, and united Nigeria.

  • Oyo residents hail completion of projects

    Residents of Ogo-Oluwa, Igbo-Tapa in Igbo-ora, Ibarapa Central Local Government Area of Oyo State, at the weekend hailed the projects executed by the Community Project Management Committee (CPMC), with the support of the World Bank and the state government.

    The government, through its agency, the Oyo State Community and Social Development Agency (CSDA), in a counterpart funding with the World Bank, had supported the community financially to install transformer, extend electricity to other areas and construct a two-unit motorised borehole for the residents.

    CPMC Chairman Mr. Sunday Omotoso said CSDA ensured prudent spending of money when the projects were being carried out.

    Speaking on the residents’ ordeal before the intervention by the CPMC, World Band and the state government, Omotoso said the community lacked water and electricity for years.

    He noted that the community “now sees CPMC members, who are closer to them among the facilitators of the projects, as their tin god.”

    Omotoso said residents used to beg the wealthy ones, who had boreholes, for water, adding: “The story is different today because they can easily get drinking water at their convenient time.”

    He said at a point, the community decided to sink a borehole, but its effort was unsuccessful.

    “When that failed, we heard about the CSDA and we applied for the projects, which they approved. They later supported us financially,” Omotoso said.

    On how the project was carried out, he said: “We attended workshops and conferences where we were trained in how to execute the projects. We contributed just 10 per cent of the total cost of the projects; they supported us with 90 per cent of the total cost. We carried out the construction by ourselves by hiring artisans and professionals. We are grateful to the CSDA, the state government and the World Bank for their support and commitment to the development of our community.”

    Omotoso said social life had improved and crime rate had reduced because miscreants, who perpetrated evil during the era of blackout, had relocated.

    “Artisans have returned to our community. Power supply has been extended to some localities. Residents can now use their electrical appliances without fear,” he said.

    CPMC Secretary Mr. Samuel Adewuyi said before the intervention, housewives kept vigil to get water and even engaged in an argument, “but today the story has changed.”

    A resident, Mrs. Olusanya Yetunde, described water challenge in the area before the intervention as serious.

    She said: “Getting water was a serious problem here at Igbo-tapa before the leaders in this community and the state government rescued us. We could not get water, especially for drinking. We thank the World Bank, Oyo State Government and our husbands who fought tirelessly to get us this wonderful gift.” .

  • World Bank projects excite Oyo residents

    Residents of communities in Oyo State are excited with the projects executed in their communities through a counterpart funding by the World Bank and the state government.

    The projects, executed in conjunction with the Community Project Management Committees (CPMC), include three motorised boreholes at Idi-Emi, Sepeteri, Saki East council; two motorised boreholes at Isale-Odo community in Irepodun council; installation of 500KVA transformer and extension of electricity in Kishi; completion of community hall and drilling of two motorised boreholes at Isale-Odo community in Irepodun council.

    Others are bridges at Elegbo community in Atiba council, health centre at Surulere community, Sakilap, Saki council; a block of science laboratory at Community High School, Oosu, Ayigbiri, installation of a transformer and electrification at Ayigbiri; two motorised boreholes and building of a health centre at Surulere community, Sakilap, Saki West council; building of an examination hall at Baptist Grammar School, Ajawa, Ogo Oluwa council; bridges, transformers, community hall, drainage and roads at Anuoluwapo and Ogbere, in Ona Ara council.

    The General Manager, Oyo State Community and Social Development Agency (CSDA), Mr. Adewole Babatunde, who led reporters round the project sites, described the intervention as timely. He said the agency wishes to do more for development of the rural communities.

    According to him, the communities set up a committee headed by an elder and appointed the chairman, secretary and treasurer to oversee the project.

    The chairmen of CPMC hailed the government and the World Bank for their support in ensuring development in the rural communities.

  • Oyo residents to wear traditional attires on World Culture Day

    oyo State Governor Abiola Ajimobi has urged the residents, especially students in private and public schools as well as workers, to turn out in their traditional attires on May 21 in commemoration of this year’s World Culture Day.

    The Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Mr. Toye Arulogun, announced the governor’s directive in a statement Ibadan, the state capital.

    The statement said it is the collective responsibility of all and sundry to promote the state’s cultural norms, heritage and values to change the paradigm of culture, being seen as inferior, primitive, irrelevant and needed to be transformed.

    It said May 21 was set aside by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) to celebrate and promote “our culture in diversity”.

    It added that schools’ authorities, civil/public servants, private business owners, corporate organisations as well as other culture-related organisations should wear indigenous attires throughout the day and make it an indigenous language day.

    According to the statement, World Culture Day is a platform with an opportunity to understand diverse cultures and values.

    The statement said the theme of this year’s celebration is: Enhancing our Understanding and Acceptance of Different Cultures.

    The government said the occasion will be used to launch a quarterly cultural magazine: Dundun, produced by the Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism to promote and document the state’s cultural values and historical sites, among others.

    The statement said Dundun will serve as a reference document for this generation and generations yet unborn, adding that there will be cultural activities by Yoruba, Efik, Igbo, Hausa, Ebira and other ethnic groups residing in Ibadan – from their local government areas on the day.

    It stressed that there would be parade and performances of each ethnic group, arts and crafts exhibition and schools’ cultural performances.

    The government said there would also be food exhibition of the people’s traditional cuisines, such as egbo ati ewa, mosa, moinmoin, ojojo, abari, among others.

    The statement said the activities lined up to celebrate the World Culture Day will hold at the Cultural Centre at Mokola Hill in Ibadan.

    It added that stakeholders expected to participate in the programmes include the hunters’ association, tie-and-dye fabric sellers, arts and crafts groups, traditional food cuisines sellers, Aso Ofi Weavers and Marketers Association and Association of Hair Dressers, among others.

    The government urged schools leadership as well as workers in the state to ensure that various cultural activities take place on that day.

  • APC chief to Oyo residents: let’s build on Ajimobi’s foundation

    APC chief to Oyo residents: let’s build on Ajimobi’s foundation

    An All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirant in Oyo State, Adeniyi Akintola (SAN), has congratulated Muslims on the completion of Ramadan fast and the celebration of Eid-el-Fitr.

    The lawyer urged Oyo State residents to build on the foundation Governor Abiola Ajimobi is laying across the state.

    In a Sallah message by his media aide, Ayodele Olaitan, the APC chieftain noted that building a great state cannot be achieved within four or eight years.

    He said: “…The task of developing a state is not one that can be completed in four or eight years; it requires continuity. A good example of a state that has benefited immensely from this principle is Lagos. The continuity project is, however, not Governor Ajimobi’s task alone; it is the project of all the people of our Pace Setter State.

    “I, therefore, implore all our people to join hands with our path-finding Governor Ajimobi to ensure the continued sustenance of his vision for Oyo State, even beyond his tenure.

    “I commend the Muslim community once more for your endurance and commitment to the tenets of Islam. May Allah accept all your sacrifices as acts of Ibadah.”

     

     

  • Oyo residents decry ‘illegal filling stations’

    Oyo residents decry ‘illegal filling stations’

    Residents of Oyo town in Oyo State have appealed to the government and relevant agencies to check illegal  filling stations in residential areas.

    They called on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) and the State Fire Service to take actions to avert impending disaster and save lives.

    At Idi-Ope/Alalubosa, five filling stations are close to shops, houses and bars.

    A number of fuelling stations on Jaremily/Ilora Road are sited in the middle of shopping centres and houses.

    On Kosobo Road, filling stations are sited very close to houses, drinking spots and a church.

    Residents of Araromi market and Abolongo areas are said to be battling owners of filling stations in the areas.

    According to them, they live in fear because the stations “threaten their lives”.

    They alleged that people in high places were behind the projects and had circumvented the law to site the fuel stations there.

    Experts proscribe a minimum of 50 yards to  be maintained between petrol stations and houses.

    ‘’A 100 yards minimum distance should apply to “vulnerable” facilities, such as hospitals, health centres, schools and old people’s homes’’, they said.

    According to them, ‘’some airborne organic compounds, such as benzene, which increases the risk of cancer have been recorded at petrol stations at levels above the average levels for urban areas, where traffic is the primary source of emission.”