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Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu while handing over the houses and cars at the Ikeja High Court on Wednesday, pledged that no arm of Government in the state will be deprived of requisite tools to perform its statutory duties.

It would be second time in a year Gov Sanwo-Olu would be giving out official vehicles to members of the State’s judiciary.

Last October, the Governor gave out 50 official cars to magistrates to aid their duties.

According to him, there would be no good governance and development without a formidable judiciary and he re-assured members of the judicial arm that the executive arm under his leadership would be a dependable partner.

“In handing over these 51 vehicles to our judges and eight houses to the newly appointed judges of the state High Court, we are ensuring that our judiciary has all it takes to seamlessly perform its duties as the bastion of the common man. We cherish the work you do; we thank you for justifying the confidence reposed in you; we appreciate you for being independent umpires even when the stakes are high,” he said.

“The judiciary is the bedrock of our society, and our judges need all the support they can get to effectively perform their duties. In line with this, we have devised a thorough process to overhaul our judiciary in such a way that justice is dispensed without fear or favour.

“There will be no dividends of democracy for the people if there is no active, independent, impartial and incorruptible judiciary. We will continue to provide the necessary training and infrastructure required to ensure that the integrity of the judiciary is not eroded.”

The governor, who toured the Ikeja and Igbosere High Courts last Saturday for facility inspection, disclosed that he had already approved a complete renovation on decrepit courtrooms in the two courts. He said his Government would not evade its responsibility to create conducive ambience for the judicial staff to engage their duties.

Sanwo-Olu also urged the judicial officers to reciprocate the support being extended towards them by deepening the rule of law and accelerating justice administration without compromising its independence.

The Chief Judge, Justice Kazeem Alogba, described the event as “double grace” for members of the judicial arm in the State, noting that the magnanimity of the Sanwo-Olu-led executive was unprecedented in the annals of Lagos’ judiciary.

“The kind of support which the judiciary has received from the Government of Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu is unprecedented and today’s event is historic because it is a double grace for our members. It is the first time a Governor will be giving out vehicles to judges and accompanying the gesture with gift of houses.

The governor of Oyo State, Engr. Seyi Makinde has flagged off the construction of a 360 housing units at Ajoda New Town Estate, Egbeda Local Government Area of Ibadan.

This was contained in a statement he issued today via his official Twitter handle which reads apart:

“This morning, we flagged off the construction of 360 housing units at the Ajoda New Town Estate, Egbeda Local Government Area. This is in keeping with our manifesto promise to “facilitate private sector driven housing delivery through variants of public-private partnership (PPP) initiatives.”

“This project which is a PPP initiative with Remax Realtors Ltd, will cost N2.5 Billion. The Oyo State Government through the Oyo State Housing Corporation is providing thirteen (13) hectares of land for the scheme, while the developer will solely finance the entire project”.

The governor also assured the citizens of Oyo State that all the identified areas his administration identified for the housing estates shall be completed before the expiration of his tenure and that he would ensure that housing units be developed in all the geo political zones in Oyo State.

Oyetola felicitates Osun APC Chair on birthday

Governor of The State of Osun, Adegboyega Oyetola, has congratulated the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the State, Mr. Gboyega Famoodun, on the occasion of his birthday anniversary.

In a Press Statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Ismail Omipidan, the Governor described Famoodun as a grassroots politician and pragmatic leader who is committed to the progress and development of the State.

Oyetola also lauded the sense of service, commitment, loyalty and maturity with which the APC Chairman has been directing the affairs of the party in Osun.

He said: “I join family members, friends, associates, party faithful and wellwishers to felicitate the Chairman of our party in Osun, Mr Gboyega Famoodun, on the occasion of his birthday anniversary.

“Mr Famoodun is an exceptional party man and I commend the sense of service, commitment, unalloyed loyalty and maturity with which he has been directing the affairs of our party. We appreciate him for his contributions to the stability and development of the APC.

“I pray that God Almighty will continue to bless him with the needed wisdom and strength to pilot the affairs of our party, and grant him sound health and long life in the service of our State, country and humanity at large.”

OduduwaNews has gathered that the Rector of Polytechnic Ibadan TPI, Professor Kazeem Adekunle Adebiyi has commenced meeting stakeholders of the school, neighbouring communities and top government officials ahead of resumption.

Yesterday, it was learnt also that the Rector convened a meeting with the neighbouring communities so as to engage them on the issue of security as well as preparing them ahead of the school resumption which is to be announced soon.

Professor Kazeem while who addressing the gathering of representatives of communities’ landlord associations at a meeting held at the North Campus Assembly Hall of the Institution on Tuesday sought and secured the support of the landlords on issues of security and Covid-19 pandemic.

The landlords promised to persuade all neighbouring communities to fumigate their houses, especially the houses where students staying off campus reside.