According to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chapter for Oyo State, none of the candidates running for governor of the state in 2023 has the ability to unseat Governor “Seyi Makinde” given his track record of successful leadership.
The Publicity Secretary of the PDP in Oyo State, Engr. Akeem Olatunji, stated this in an interview on Wednesday.
The current governor, according to the ruling party, would easily defeat the candidates for governor of the Accord Party and the All Progressives Congress, Senator Teslim Folarin and Bayo Adelabu.
He said that because Governor Makinde had put in such a lot of effort on behalf of the state’s citizens, they would thank him by electing him to another four-year term at the polls.
“Adelabu and Folarin are comedians. They are only on the stage to entertain the people of Oyo State. They are not strong contenders and this is what you can get if you go round the state. They are no match for Governor ‘Seyi Makinde.
“The massive infrastructure which the administration has given the people of Oke–Ogun will speak for Governor ‘Seyi Makinde. This will transform into votes. The LAUTECH crisis which the governor was able to resolve after so many years will make the people vote for him again. The APC governors could not resolve it even when their current presidential candidate, ( Asiwaju Bola Tinubu) was the chancellor of the university, they could not resolve it, but Governor Makinde did it. Students wasted about three years at home because of the crisis.
“In Ibadan, many developmental projects have been done and many are still going on. Those ones will count for him when it is election time.
“Apart from those ones, salaries and pensions are paid regularly because their welfare is uppermost in the mind of the governor. Our pensioners are no more dying of hunger. You will discover that about N12 billion is being injected into the economy of the state.
The protesters who stormed strategic areas like Oke fia, Akindeko/Alekuwodo terminated the protest at the popular Olaiya Flyover following the intervention of the police Commissioner, Olawale Olokode.
During their protest, they claims Okada riders have been caught to be having extra-marital affairs with their wives.
The constabuliaries are voluntary Police officers who willingly join forces to provide necessary information as to the security concerns in their neighbourhood.
The aggrieved Constabularies called on the government to pay their 18 months salaries since the completion of training in May 2021.
According to them, they had gone to the local government, meeting with statesmen and lawmakers, yet, nothing has been done.
The constables added that they have lost three comrades in Ikire and one in Iree, stressing that the officers died in the course of discharging their duty.
They further lamented that inspire of them being dutiful, they have not been paid a dime.
Addressing the protesters, the Commissioner of Police, Adewale Olokode ordered them to stop the protest with immediate effect just as he assured them that the authorities in charge would see to their matter.
While asserting that the protesters are embarrassing the force with their protest, the commissioner asked the constables to always channel their grievances to the appropriate quarters.
One person was killed while two others sustained injuries in a multiple accident involving seven vehicles at Ologuneru Area of Ibadan on Tuesday.
FRSC Sector Commander in Oyo State, Joshua Adekanye, confirmed the accident to the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Ibadan and said 10 persons were involved.
He said that vehicles involved were two trucks, two Toyota Camry cars, a KIA car and two motorcycles.
He attributed the cause of the accident to speed violation and loss of control on the part of one of the trucks.
Adekanye said the police took the dead to a mortuary, while the injured were taken to Ibadan Central Hospital by the FRSC.
A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Tunde Bank-Anthony, says the presidential candidate of the ruling party for the 2023 elections, Bola Tinubu, cannot claim glory for the successes recorded by the administrations of former governors Babatunde Fashola (also known as BRF) and Akinwunmi Ambode.
“The people that succeeded Asiwaju (Tinubu), BRF succeeded him and his eight years was more visible than Bola Tinubu’s eight years…He (Tinubu) cannot claim glory for what they did; it’s not possible,” Bank-Anthony said on Wednesday when he featured as a guest on Channels Television’s breakfast programme, Sunrise Daily.
According to him, Ambode was a performing governor who was yanked off and disallowed to return to office for second term.
Since Nigeria’s return to democracy in 1999, Ambode is the only former governor of the state who was in office for a single term. Tinubu was governor between 1999 and 2007 before he handed over to Fashola who was in office from 2007 to 2015.
Ambode took over in 2015 but lost his re-election at the primary level in the 2019 electioneering process due to intra-party squabbles as APC strongman in Lagos (Tinubu) was reported to have favoured the incumbent governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, over Ambode.
Sanwo-Olu, who clinched the party’s ticket and won the 2019 governorship election, has again secured APC’s ticket for his re-election in the 2023 polls.
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A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Tunde Bank-Anthony, says the presidential candidate of the ruling party for the 2023 elections, Bola Tinubu, cannot claim glory for the successes recorded by the administrations of former governors Babatunde Fashola (also known as BRF) and Akinwunmi Ambode.
“The people that succeeded Asiwaju (Tinubu), BRF succeeded him and his eight years was more visible than Bola Tinubu’s eight years…He (Tinubu) cannot claim glory for what they did; it’s not possible,” Bank-Anthony said on Wednesday when he featured as a guest on Channels Television’s breakfast programme, Sunrise Daily.
According to him, Ambode was a performing governor who was yanked off and disallowed to return to office for second term.
Since Nigeria’s return to democracy in 1999, Ambode is the only former governor of the state who was in office for a single term. Tinubu was governor between 1999 and 2007 before he handed over to Fashola who was in office from 2007 to 2015.
Ambode took over in 2015 but lost his re-election at the primary level in the 2019 electioneering process due to intra-party squabbles as APC strongman in Lagos (Tinubu) was reported to have favoured the incumbent governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, over Ambode.
Sanwo-Olu, who clinched the party’s ticket and won the 2019 governorship election, has again secured APC’s ticket for his re-election in the 2023 polls.
In his interview with Channels Television, Bank-Anthony, who is also a spokesperson for Concerned Lagosians, said Tinubu is not the founder of modern Lagos and his men should not trivialise the contributions of Ambode and Fashola in Lagos or make them inferior to Tinubu’s.
He said, “I read something not too long ago, the chairman of the party in Lagos said Ambode did not follow the blueprint of Lagos. What is the blueprint of Lagos? It should be online for people to see.”
On why Ambode could not get the party’s ticket for re-election, the APC chieftain said, “The primary was held in Lagos, Clement Ebri was in Lagos and he said it loud and clear that there was no primary but he later turned around and said, ‘Okay, let’s accept it like that’.
“Ambode was a loyal party man and he stood by it and accepted it. And he has never made a comment about it since that day but people are insinuating so many things about him.”
Since he ended his single term in 2019, Ambode has not been seen at political or social functions with his predecessors – Tinubu and Fashola. He has also not been seen at events with the incumbent governor.
Railway workers have embarked on protest in Ibadan.
ODUDUWA NEWS had earlier reported how railway workers trooped out to demand the repair of the failed portion of Dugbe-Eleyele road.
Recall the Dugbe-Eleyele road in Ibadan level crossing was blocked by railway carriage on Tuesday. Authorities had said it derailed at that point.
As at the time of filing this report, the carriage, said to have derailed at that spot, blocking the Dugbe-Eleyele Road in Ibadan, Oyo State on Wednesday is yet to be removed.
The Oyo State government has raised alarm and warned residents of Ijaye, Ido, Olowo-Igbo, Iseyin and Ibarapa against drinking water from contaminated streams in their communities.
Waterfiled Luxury Hotel, Akobo Ibadan
Abiodun Oni, commissioner for environment and natural resources, issued the warning on Wednesday in Ibadan. He claimed that a truck carrying chemicals dumped its load into a drainage system, which was then flushed into the streams that run through the five communities.
According to Oni, the truck was transporting materials thought to be chemicals for creating soap when it was involved in a collision on the Iroko-Oyo expressway.
The chemicals said to be used for soap making got leaked into the drainage which eventually contaminated the streams that flow through the five settlements, lowering the water’s quality and making it dangerous to both humans and the ecosystem as a whole.
The Statement further revealed that farmers who planted their cash crops within the affected areas as well as fishermen should suspend every activity within the vicinity until the waters have been tested and considered safe for consumption.
The statement further added that the government is on top of the situation as the Ministry has dispatched some of their staff to the affected areas to continue to monitor the situation while also conducting a water sampling until the water can be ascertained safe for consumption.
“The State government will continue to ensure that the ecosystem is protected in the state” he added
Consequently, the statement charged citizens to also take responsibility by properly handling and disposing of chemical substances and other biodegradable items and ensuring that they do not end up in the streams.
“Furthermore, they should jettison the bad culture of dumping wastes into drainages as they eventually find their ways into streams and rivers and eventually make up their way in the food chain process as such posing threats to all humans”, the statement concluded.
The Chief of Staff to Governor Makinde, Hon. Segun Ogunwuyi has lauded development strides of his Principal across all sectors of the economy. He made the disclosure today at the recently concluded Stakeholders’ Consultative Meeting on Year 2023 Budget.
The Chief of Staff to Governor Seyi Makinde, Otunba Segun Ogunwuyi, used the ocassion to applaud the good people of Ogbomoso zone for embracing the vision of the current administration led by Governor Seyi Makinde in growing the State’s economy to its deserving status. He gave the commendation while delivering a speech on behalf of his principal during a stakeholders’ consultative meeting on year 2023 budget, which was recently concluded in the zone. Ogunwuyi stated that the engagement, without any doubt, has produced positive outcomes expedient in providing perceptive ideas with valuable recommendations on how to serve the people of the zone better.
He equally noted that the government is encouraged and motivated by various contributions at the previous Town Hall meetings held across the seven geo-political zones of the State in the last three years.
In his words: “Since the assumption of office three years ago, this administration has progressed significantly with the tasks of transforming the state from poverty to prosperity.
He further analyzed some of the achievements of the governor in the zone, which cut across health, education, security, infrastructure and sports sectors, saying that while more are on-going or nearing completion, some have been completed and commissioned.
He thanked the governor for achieving the sole ownership of Ladoke Akintola University for Oyo State. “The unquantifiable development which the sole ownership has brought to the zone in term of economic viability, educational advancement and global recognition is unique. The governor has written his name in gold with this feat and we appreciate it,” Ogunwuyi stressed.
He further explained that the current administration has drastically reduced crime rate in Ogbomoso zone by deploying additional security personnel and patrol vans to beef up security of the zone, adding that the on-going recruitment of additional officers for Amotekun will boost security of the zone. He listed some of the various capital projects in three years as including: • Construction of LAUTECH Under G. Road, Ogbomoso • Ongoing reconstruction of the 76.7km Ogbomoso – Fapote – Iseyin Road • Ongoing contract for the installation of mini-grid and energy project in Ogbomoso South. • Over 280 kilometre of public lighting through the ‘Light-up Oyo’ Project across the State.
Among dignitaries that graced the occasion were Professor Musibau Babatunde; Hon. commissioner for budget and economic planning, Mr Oluwaseyi Ogunsanya; Senior Special Assistant on Economic Planning, Mr Akanmu Kolawole Elijah; Special Assistant, Budget and Economic Planning; HRM Ọba Francis Alao, Olugbon of Orile Igbon, the chairmen from the five local government areas in the zone; representatives of youth, market men and women, Artisans traditional council, religion leaders and people with special needs.
Chelsea Football Club have on Wednesday parted company with Head Coach Thomas Tuchel.
This was revealed in a statement issued by the club on its website.
In the meantime, the Chelsea’s coaching staff will take charge of the team for training and “the preparation of our upcoming matches as the Club moves swiftly to appoint a new head coach.”
Welcome The New Queen Olori Mariam Of The Palace Of Ile Odua Enuwa Square Ile Ife Osun State Nigeria.
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Ogunwusi Enitan Ojaja II has married Queen Mariam months after divorcing, Queen Naomi.
People have been trooping into the Palace o express ongratulatory mesdages to Kabiyesi Arole Oduduwa His Imperial Majesty Oba Adeyeye Enitan Babatunde Ogunwusi Ojaja II Ooni of Ife.
The Ogun State House of Assembly Speaker, Olakunle Oluomo and two others were on Tuesday remanded in the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s custody by a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos State over alleged N2.475 billion money laundering.
Justice Daniel Osiagor ordered that they should be remanded for one week in the EFCC’s custody, adding that if they failed to meet up with the bail condition, they would be remanded at the Nigerian Correctional Service.
The EFCC on Tuesday arraigned the Speaker over alleged N2.475bn money laundering.
Oluomo was arraigned alongside three others who are Oladayo Samuel, Adeyemo Adedeji Taiwo and Adeyanju Amoke (now at large) on 11 counts of conspiracy, forgery, stealing and money laundering preferred against them by the EFCC.
