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  • Ogun workers honour ex-deputy governor

    The  immediate past Ogun State Deputy Governor Chief Yetunde Onanuga has been described as an exemplary leader and a caring mother, who is always concerned about the welfare of her workers.

    The commendation was made by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Rural Development, Reverend Gbenle Olugbebi, during  a get-together event organised in her honour by staff of her office at the State Secretariat, Oke-Imosan, Abeokuta.

    Olugbegi described  Chief Onanuga   as a quintessential leader, who in the course of her doubling appointment as deputy governor and the ministry’s commissioner turned the place around and impacted positively in the lives of the rural dwellers through growth.

    The Special Adviser to the Governor on Rural Development, Mr. Wale Ogunyomade and the  Director  of Survey , Ken Salem Onasose, noted that her sense of humour, conviviality and sharp memory has distinguished her, adding that she exuded a great feeling of a caring mother, with humanity and rectitude.

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    A statement by the Press Officer, Office of the State Deputy Governor, Femi Olayinka, said other staffers also took turns to eulogise Mrs. Onanuga saying that she had been very supportive in their shared dreams and had in no small way added value to governance, which had taken Ogun State to the next level.

    In her response, the deputy governor appreciated her staff for the honour done and the great support she enjoyed throughout her four years, attributing her success to God’s backing and the support of the people.

    A book written by Jide Adejumo,  Fola Sogbiyeju,  Soji Ogunkunle and Femi Olayinka, which chronicled the deputy governor’s stewardship in office was thereafter lunched and presented.  Other dignitaries at the event include the Senior Special Assistant to the Deputy Governor on Boundary Matters, Pastor Ilemobayo Olorunwo ,Senior Special Assistant  to the Deputy Governor Mrs. Abiodun Oyedele, the management  and staff of the ministry among others.

     

  • I’ll hands off by 12 midnight on May 28, says Amosun

    Outgoing Governor Ibikunle Amosun on Tuesday said he would hands off governance of Ogun state by 12 midnight on May 28, 2019 with the inauguration of projects executed by his administration.

    Amosun added that he would also continue to work assiduously to deliver on his campaign promises till the last minute in office, reiterating that all projects started by his administration would be completed.

    The governor made this known in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, at a world press conference jointly addressed by him and his Deputy, Chief (Mrs.) Yetunde Onanuga, ahead of the 2019 edition of the African Drum Festival.

    He said this Drum Festival with the theme “Drumming for the Future,” is expected to be bigger and better, in terms of participation, cultural education and expose.

    The governor disclosed that the Festival would take place at the newly completed 10,000-seater capacity Amphitheater at the Abeokuta Central Business District (ACBD), Abeokuta.

    Amosun said: “My administration will work to deliver projects to our people till the last moment I hand over to the next governor. I will work every hour, every minute and every second till 12 midnight of May 28.

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    “The last two weeks of our administration will be about delivery of dividends of democracy to the people. In fact, we will continue to lay asphalt on roads till the last minute of my government.

    “This is because I have vowed to uphold the oath I swore to, that I would work to deliver on my electioneering promises to the people of Ogun State.”

    According to Amosun, the festival, was conceptualised four years ago by the Ogun State Ministry of Culture and Tourism, and has since become a state affair to celebrate African Heritage and culture.

    Earlier, Deputy Governor Yetunde Onanuga who doubles as the chairman of the Local Organising Committee of the festival said it is a legacy the state government has bequeathed to Ogun, Nigeria, Africa and the world.

    While noting that the festival has been expanded to accommodate more activities, she disclosed that at least 28 state troupes, 27 countries and 71 Independent troupes have signified their readiness to participate in the festival billed to hold between April 25 and 27.

    Mrs Onanuga  said the Ransom Kuti  Memorial Museum would be  inaugurated during the festival in honour of late Afrobeat King, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, during which his son; Seun Kuti, would perform at the occasion.

    She added that Adire Logo would also be unveiled at Itoku Adire Market while art and cultural train ride to be led by Prof. Wole Soyinka, from Iju train station in Lagos to Laderin in Abeokuta will be organised.

    According to her, African Drum Festival has become a rallying point for Africans within the continent and in the diaspora to showcase and celebrate their common heritage.

  • 1800 flood victims in Ogun receives relief materials

    The Ogun State government has flagged off the distribution of relief materials to 1800 flood victims in Abeokuta North and South Local Government Areas of the State.

    The State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun during the Flag Off distribution exercise to the July 13, 2018 flood victims at Arcade ground Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, said flooding was a global phenomenon, which occurred as a result of climate change and had continued to wreck more havoc in different part of the world.

    Represented by his Deputy, Chief (Mrs.) Yetunde Onanuga, Amosun disclosed that, structures mostly affected were situated at flood prone areas, with poor sanitation, calling on relevant agencies of government to be more effective at ensuring good environmental sanitation, so as to prevent re-occurrence.

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    Also speaking at the event, the Director General, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Engr. Mustafa Maihaja, represented by the Chief Planning Officer, Mr. Segun Afolayan, noted that 1800 victims registered with NEMA and their items were ready for distribution, urging the Federal government to sign the NEMA bill into law so as to effectively exercise its duties.

    In his remark, the State Commissioner for Environment, Mr. Bolaji Oyeleye, stated that, relief materials distributed included;  foodstuffs, building materials, mattress among others, imploring beneficiaries to effectively utilize them.

    Speaking on behalf of other beneficiaries, Mrs. Anike Ogunsola and Mr. Abayomi Idowu, while appreciating both Federal and State government for the relief materials given to them, called for more measures to promote sanitation and urged government to ensure proper enforcement of environmental laws.

  • APC holds guber primaries in Ogun – Onanuga

    The Ogun State Deputy Governor, Yetunde Onanuga, has urged delegates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to disregard speculations that the governorship primary elections will not hold as scheduled in the state.

    Onanuga made the clarification when she addressed newsmen at the Ijebu-Ode Local Government Secretariat on Tuesday.

    The deputy governor, who was in Ijebu-Ode her constituency to exercise her civic duty in the re-scheduled APC governorship primaries, allayed fears that the election would be cancelled again.

    “As I speak to you now, members of the National Working Committee (NWC) have left Abeokuta en-route the various voting centres to start the process.

    Read Also: Onanuga takes charge in Ogun

    “I can confirm to you that it will hold and we have already dispatched information to the 11 wards in Ijebu-Ode and members are waiting there, the elections will hold,” Onanuga said.

    She also assured delegates and citizens that their safety was guaranteed, saying that security for the purpose of the election had been provided.

    “No one can harass anybody or disenfranchise them not to carry out their rights. People should come out and vote for the candidates of their choice,” she added.

    The News Agency of Nigeria reports that at Ward 2, Ereko Area and Ward 9, St. Augustine Area, there was large turnout of delegates, who had been waiting from the early hours of Tuesday.

  • Our joy, sadness over Abiola’s award – family

    For the family of the undeclared winner of the June 12, 1993 Presidential election, late Chief MKO Abiola, theirs was a bag of mixed feelings  – joy and sadness at the same time on Tuesday, over the honour bestowed on their bread winner and June 12 struggle by President Muhammadu Buhari – led administration.

    The head of the Abiola  Family and younger brother of  MKO Abiola, Chief Muritala  Abiola, said they were quite but  could have been happier,  if their late brother is alive to receive the honour of  the Grand Commander of the Federal  Republic conferred on him this commemorative day of June 12, 2018.

    Muritala said he was both “sad and happy.”

    He made this known to reporters  at the Abiola family house at Oja Agbo, Gbagura area  of Abeokuta, Ogun State  when the state government led by the deputy governor, Mrs Yetunde Onanuga and the Secretary to the State Government,  Taiwo Adeoluwa and many interest groups staged a ‘Democracy  Walk and Rally’ from Kuto in the city centre  to the Abiola family  house where an Islamic clerics  offered prayers for the family  and for the continued peaceful repose of the soul of MKO Abiola.

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    The family head lauded President  Buhari for the honour but called on the Federal Government  to do more for the family and Nigerians.

    He said many Nigerians are still suffering, urging the President to act urgently and alleviate the sufferings of the people.

    According to him, the federal government should take care of the immediate  family of the  late politician by giving some of his children appointments, in order to perpetuate his political and democratic legacy.

    He noted that the Ogun State Government had started this by appointing one of Abiola’s children,  Hafsat Abiola-Costello as a Special Adviser on Trade and Investment.

    “I will say I am both happy and sad. I am very happy today for the honour done to my late brother by President  Muhammadu Buhari. But I am sad my brother is not alive to witness the honour being bestowed on him.

    “Many Nigerians are hungry; things are upside down in the country.  The roads are bad,  no job, no drugs in the hospital, people are dying. I want to appeal to President Buhari to adopt some of the policies enunciated by late MKO Abiola to alleviate the suffering of the masses.

    “Though Abiola was rich but we are also currently suffering what ordinary Nigerians are suffering.

    “Once more, I thank Buhari for  honouring him. However, I want to further appeal to the Federal Government to go a step further by taking care of late Chief MKO Abiola’s immediate family, by giving some of them appointments at the Federal level.

    “Ogun State Government  has started  doing that, as the current administration  led by Senator Ibikunle Amosun, has appointed one of his children into his cabinet.  We want the Federal Government  to also do the same.  Because we want to continue  to hear that name ‘Abiola,” he said.

  • Yetunde Onanuga clocks 57 in style

    Yetunde Onanuga clocks 57 in style

    IN the nation’s political arena, women are more of waitresses around the dining table than guests savouring the sweet taste of delightful lamb chops and national cakes. It takes a strong mind, a resilient spirit and an uncommon will to excel for a woman to crack the invisible glass ceiling and become a key player in politics. And that is a feat that has been accomplished by Ogun State Deputy Governor Yetunde Onanuga.

    The popularity of the beautiful female politician was freely on display when she turned 57 a few days ago. Not only did the whole of Ogun stand still as hordes of people took turns to pay homage, scores of other government officials were more than happy to recognise this amazon among men in their own special way. On her special day, the Ogun State governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, led his wife and other members of his cabinet in organising an extraordinary session of the state executive council in her honour.

    Everyone was all smiles as the amiable woman cut the gleaming red-and-white birthday cake to explosive applause.