On Tuesday afternoon, a car accident occurred in front of the Emmanuel Alayande College of Education, Oyo, off the Oyo-Ogbomoso/Ilorin Expressway leaving no fewer than seventeen people with severe injuries.
According to ODUDUWA NEWS Correspondent, the accident occurred Tuesday afternoon.
It was gathered that exactly 2 p.m., a Camry vehicle had a collision with over-sped trailer
An eye witness who spoke under condition of annonymity also alluded to the fact that several people were injured, “around seventeen victims were documented at the scene, among them two had their legs crushed in half, another victim’s leg was broken and people couldn’t find him anywhere, while others had various wounds.”
As at the time of filing this report, the Federal Road Safety Corps had swung into action and had begun transferring the victims to nearest hospital for treatment.
Oyo State Health Insurance Agency (OYSHIA) is recruiting Medical Officers with Bachelor of Medicine; Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) for OYSHIA Accredited facilities in the State.
In a statement made available by the Agency to ODUDUWA NEWS, the mode of application for the vacant positions stated below:
Method of Application
Interested candidates should pay an application fee of Two Thousand Naira (N2000) only to the Account below:
Account Name: OYSHIA ADMINISTRATIVE ACCOUNT
Account Number: 0501047989
Bank: Sterling Bank
For more info about the recruitment process and the deadline application, kindly visit the Agency’s website.
A source just revealed that ASUU is considering a temporary suspension of the strike for three months. This development if embarked on will make the tertiary institutions that have been under lock to open for the commencement of academic session.
ASUU president, Prof Emmanuel Osedeke said the union would brief Nigerians on what the NEC decided today Monday by 10am.
The Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency says that 22,500 children died from air pollution in the state in 2021.
It stated that the figure was 75 per cent of 30,000 people who died in 2021 in the state due to the bad environment.
The General Manager, LASEPA, Dr Dolapo Fasawe, disclosed this to newsmen on the sidelines of the official kick-off ceremony for the “EKO Clean Air” project on Saturday in Lagos.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the theme of the project is “Breathe Clean Air Now”.
Fasawe said that the figures were derived from a report which recorded the impact of air pollution on the health of residents.
The GM said that the administration of Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, had been very deliberate and proactive in its resolve to deliver clean air and sustainable environment to Lagos residents.
She noted that upon resumption, the governor prioritised health and the environment in the administration’s THEMES agenda “because there is no good health without a good environment.
“Eko for Clean Air is preaching prosperity, good health, increased GDP and increased productivity for the people of Lagos State.
“We are currently in the Itedo community and the response has been mind blowing.
“We did an Air Quality Study before this intervention and we also did something called the K-A-P: Knowledge, Attitude and Practices and we realised that a lot of people did not know the effects of air pollution on health.
“So, our coming here to preach clean energy and recycling, the people are excited and they are committed to partnering with the government on the project.”
Retired Brig.-Gen. Bashir Adewimbi, the commander of Osun Security Network Agency, also known as the Amotekun Corps, said more operatives would be recruited to strengthen security and flush out bandits hiding in forests.
Adewimbi made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, on Saturday in Ede, stating that they had credible intelligence that bandits and criminals were hiding in the state’s forests.
“The banditry and terrorism we are experiencing in our region now is the spill over effect of what is happening around the country.
“We have credible intelligence that bandits are all in our forests and we are strategizing to comb the forests and make sure we drive them away or arrest them,” he said.
The commander said: “The operatives of the corps are determined to go into the forests and flush out these criminals using the forests as their hideout.
“The governor has approved the recruitment of more operatives who are competent.
“We will not be recruiting or engaging those who are just looking for work but people that are bold and courageous that will go into the forest to confront and combat criminals hiding in the forests.
“We are going to recruit courageous hunters that go into the forest to hunt for weeks and months.
”The people we are looking for; we want now, are people that can combat the problem on the ground.”
He said presently, the corps only has 360 operatives, deployed to all the 30 local government areas, and a local council area, in the state, stating that there was a serious need to recruit more men.
The outgoing APC government of Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola has once again been called upon to apologize to Osun State for it’s destructive handling of education system which culminated into the very shameful placement of the state in the recently released performance ranking by the West African Examination Council, WAEC.
The Osun State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party made the call while reacting to the latest state-by-state performance record in the Senior School Certificate Examination for the 2022 calendar year.
In the Public Schools based performance data made available by the West African regional examination body, Osun State came a miserable 36th out of 37 ranked entities, involving the 36 states of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
The PDP bemoaned the distasteful result as a function of the laissez-faire attitude of Apc led administration to education in the state, leaving the all important sector in the hands of do-nothing propagandists, while the proverbial future leaders are having their future inadvertently fogged up.
Only a government populated by Emotionally Handicapped Adults, whose inability to effectively recognize and interpret importance of education as bedrock of societal development would feel indifferent with the turn of event in Osun basic school education policy, approach and emerging consequences, the PDP retorted.
Osun PDP recalled how it had severally advised the outgoing government on the need to priotize curriculum based teaching policy over ego massaging or artificial policies which had accumulated negative impacts on the school system in the state.
“For long, the state government had rebuffed all wise counsels to employ competent professionals to fill existing vacancies in key subjects in almost all Public Secondary Schools in the state, in a bid to avert the present disaster.
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The State government had also over time, under our Mr “silent achiever”, appeared more comfortable rigmaroling with unprofitable cosmetics in the system instead of developmental initiatives, capable of assisting school principals and the teaching staff to aide students’ learning. The result we witness today can therefore not be a magic of the devil!”
What more, Oyetola is happy expending parts of the funds expected to be used to revamp badly bleeding education sector in the state on illegal local government election that will surely fall flat. These are steams of misplaced priorities for which innocent students are being made to suffer heartaches and bleak future through faulty education.
“Our great party, under the incoming administration of the Governor-Elect, Senator Ademola Jackson Nurudeen Adeleke assures parents, whose wards have been subjected to psychological trauma with the unsavory performance in WAEC and other basic examinations of better days ahead.
Senator Ademola Adeleke’s administration as promised during electioneering, will set education as topmost priority by restoring sanity to the sector, away from personal aggrandizement.
The performance data as released by WAEC is as follows:
Students across various higher institutions of learning in Southwest region of Nigeria have been arriving Federal Capital Territory, Abuja in preparation for the convention of National Association of Nigerian Students.
The students from the Southwest had been seen trooping into Abuja with their buses. ODUDUWA NEWS Correspondent in Abuja also observed that students from the North and Eastern part of Nigeria have also been arriving at the FCT in preparation for the convention.
NANS, the apex body of Nigerian Students, according to the circulated time-table will be having change of leadership as from today.
It will be recalled that the President of the Association, Sunday Asefon had over some weeks constituted Convention Planning Committee CPC that would conduct the election starting from Thursday 25th of August, the date stipulated for the accreditation of the students and Saturday, 27th of August set aside for the election proper.
Meanwhile, there seems to be uncertainty whether the convention will hold as planned as some of the students who spoke to ODUDUWA NEWS Correspondent in Abuja were doubtful of the certainty of the election, hinging their views on the fact that the CPC has not lived to expectation due to the fact that no solid plans currently on ground that would serve as pointer that the election would hold as scheduled.
A student leader identified as Muhammed from Kano State, said it will be a rude shock if on the long run the election was postponed and that it would be an affirmation of complete failure on the part of Asefon-led NANS.
A female student, identified as Esther who also spoke from University of Nigeria Nsukka had reservations on the capacity of the CPC but in her part, held the belief that the convention would hold but there might later be slight reschedule of time table.
Another student who spoke to ODUDUWA NEWS identified as Victor from University of Ibadan, lamented the poor preparation of the Convention Planning Committee CPC.
Adesina from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife held the position that the convention might not hold as no tangible evidence seen so far pointing towards the commencement of the convention as scheduled.
ODUDUWA NEWS Correspondent who moved round the city confirmed the presence of large numbers of student but couldn’t ascertain the level of awareness of the Convention Planning Committee when visiting the Old Parade Ground, the venue of the convention.
Though, the date stipulated for the accreditation of the students was yesterday Friday, 26th of August. However, nothing was done yesterday when visiting the venue of the convention.
As at the time of filing this report, no statement has been officially made from the CPC allaying the fears of students who travelled from far distance for the purpose of the election.
The managements of Ekiti State University and Osun State University have asked ASUU president, Prof Osodeke to apologise without delay, for referring to them and other institutions that have refused to be part of the industrial action as “Quacks”.
Ekiti State University in an official statement, described Osodeke’s words as unfortunate, reckless and arrant nonsense.
The Vice Chancellor of UNIOSUN while expressing his displeasure on the said statement, advised ASUU president to go and get educated.
He frowned at the statement credited to Osodeke and called it academic rascality.
The Ataoja of Osogbo, Oba Jimoh Olaonipekun Oyetunji has eulogised the National Youth Service Corps for the role it plays in training the graduate youths and instiling in them respect for other cultures and traditions through their deployment to States other than their State of Origin.
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He said that the deployment of the members to regions and States other than theirs over the years is a clear indication that the Scheme has not lost its relevance and essence. According to him, matters of the Scheme therefore are of national importance and requires utmost diligence and attention.
Oba Jimoh said this when the State Coordinator, Mrs Olayinka Abdulwahab paid him a visit in his Palace in Osogbo on Wednesday.
Oba Jimoh appreciated the Director General of NYSC, Brig. Gen. MK Fadah and the NYSC members for the role played in the successful conduct of the Gubernatorial election in the State. He commended the NYSC members for comporting themselves in a dignified and patriotic manner as expected of them by the Scheme and INEC.
Oba Jimoh further appreciated Mrs Abdulwahab for deeming it fit to visit the Palace to relay the appreciation of the Director General and also to inform him of the Scheme’s challenges in the State. He assured the State Coordinator of his support and promised to look into the issue of the office space raised by her during the visit.
He agreed that the Scheme needs a bigger space to accommodate the teeming number of Corps Members deployed to the State and therefore said that he will meet with critical stakeholders in the State and also assured the State Coordinator and her team that the issue raised will be treated with utmost urgency.
Earlier, Mrs Olayinka Abdulwahab had appreciated Ọba Jimoh on behalf of the Director General of NYSC and Management of the Scheme for ensuring the security of Corps Members serving in the State capital and the State at large.
Abdulwahab hinted that her visit was to seek royal blessings upon the Scheme and its members and to also express the appreciation of the Scheme for the role played by the Royal Father in securing the lives and properties of Corps Members serving within Osogboland. She said that about half of the population of Corps Members are serving in the Capital and therefore, the Scheme cannot take for granted the role played by HRM in making the Capital a safe and conducive place for members of the Scheme to serve.
Abdulwahab further said that indeed the role of Royal fathers in the State cannot be overemphasised. According to her, the success of the service recorded over the years is all thanks to Almighty God, Royal fathers and other stakeholders of the Scheme in the State. She stated that the peaceful and conducive environment in the State makes it possible for Corps Members to discharge their duties well and impart upon their host communities.
Abdulwahab speaking further informed Ọba Jimoh of the Scheme’s major challenge which is that of having a befitting office space to accommodate the various Branches and Units and also spacious enough to attend to the influx of Corps Members especially during relocation.
“Kabiyesi, I wish to bring to your notice the Scheme’s pressing challenge of lack of a befitting office space to accommodate our number. Kabiyesi, like other parastatals have their headquarters in the Capital, I wish to sincerely appeal to you to help the Scheme retain its headquarters in the Capital.
“we have enough space at the NYSC Permanent Orientation Camp, Ede but we felt it would not be good enough for us to move the Scheme’s headquarters from the Capital to another place since majority of our Corps Members are in the Capital.
” I therefore wish to humbly request Kabiyesi to use his authority and connection to help the Scheme secure a better space for office accommodation within Osogbo”, she said.
The visit had in attendance the Ataoja in Council, the Assistant Director Corps Welfare and Health Services, Alh. Abdulahi Adamu; the Assistant Director PPRU, Mrs Funmi Okundaye; Assistant Director SAED, Mr Aleshinloye Adeniyi; the Assistant Director Corps Inspection and Monitoring, Mrs Adesina Omoboade; Head of PRS, Mrs Adenle Caroline, among others.
