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There has been growing concern about heating up the polity by the ruling party and opposition in Ondo State owing to the forthcoming gubernatorial election.

Ondo State Governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, has said he was committed to the welfare of the people of the state.

He said many projects abandoned by his predecessor had been completed during his administration.

Akeredolu stated this on Monday while speaking at the flag off of distribution palliatives items donated by a Non-Governmental Organisation, the Coalition Against COVID-19 also known as CA-COVID-19 in Akure, the state capital,

Some of the items distributed included rice, sugar, noodles, marcaroni, spaghetti, garri among others.

The governor said the commodities donated to the state would be able to take care of at least 50,000 households across the nook and cranny of the state.

He said, “Part of our mitigation strategies is the provision of food items as palliatives to our people. Our administration, has again, within the available resources gone the extra-mile to make this a reality.

In a statement released via his Twitter handle which read thus:

“The unabating gridlock caused by the trucks in Apapa is very disturbing. On an inspection tour around projects today, we intend to engage with the Federal Government to allow the immediate use of the 700-truck capacity Lilypond Terminal to take the trailers off the road.

In addition to this, We are making available 30 hectares of land at Ijora to build an additional park for trucks. I also took time to personally inspect projects meant to improve traffic around Constain, Iganmu, Apapa and Mile 2 areas.

We are addressing the chaos created by the indiscriminate parking of trailers along the routes. We have to set out our activities in a methodical order and see how we can redevelop Apapa. There is already an extensive road construction project going on in Apapa.

Liverpool and Creek roads have already been completed. By October, all the road network leading in and out of the port area would be opened up for public use.

We have assessed the issues and a permanent solution will be achieved.”

There has been growing concern on the mass killings going on in Southern Kaduna.

Some people have been protesting against the mass killings going on in in Kaduna State. Yesterday, some Nigerians troop out in Lagos, Abuja and Kaduna to protest against the mass killings that have been going on in Southern Kaduna without the intervention of security agencies to put a stop to the barbaric act.

It will be recalled that over two years, people living in Southern Kaduna have been subjected to terror from Fulani bandits who unleash terror on them.

Last week, more than 30 people were murdered in a broad day light in Southern Kaduna. Some Activists have been calling on FG to come to the aide of the people living in the Southern Kaduna because it seems the governor of the State cannot handle the security matter in the State.

The news of the former Senator’s death was made known by Ben-Murray Bruce on his Twitter handle.

He was said to have been on a life support machine for weeks at the hospital after slipping into a coma following Coronavirus complications.

The family of late Richard Gbadebo, a UI student who died in a detergent-making factory, WAW has again reiterated their stance in demanding for CCTV footage of how their son was killed.

Adesewa, the elder sister of the late UI student, while speaking today in a radio programme on Splash FM in Ibadan said they have been demanding for CCTV footage how Gbadebo died in order to clear a doubt that there was a conspiracy in the death of the their son. She further stated that the company in its reply said it does not have CCTV footage of how Gbadebo was trapped in a soap-making factory and it is unacceptable that a big company like that will not have CCTV.

Meanwhile, some activists and human rights lawyers have been demanding for justice to prevail in the matter.

In the meantime, the Oyo State Government has ordered the closure of the factory to enable the State unravels the mystery behind the death of the young lad in order to forestall the future reoccurrence and to ensure that the family is duly compensated.

This was contained in an appointment letter to Bello Bala Shagari, which was signed by Dr. Ayobami O. Oyedare (PhD), Chief Executive Officer, Global Outreach of His Imperial Majesty of Ife.

Until his appointment, Bala was the former president of the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN).

Bala is a grandson of Shehu Usman Aliyu Shagari GCFR, first democratically elected President of Nigeria, after the transfer of power by military head of state General Olusegun Obasanjo in 1979 giving rise to the Second Nigerian Republic.

The letter reads in part: ”His Imperial Majesty (H.I.M) admires your well-defined, dynamic, matchless, intellectual and rich historical campaigns for the reconstruction and transformational leadership in Africa through the precious knowledge and unbreakable ambition of its young populations.

”Following our philosophical alignment on the ethos and culture of the Royal African Young Leadership Forum (RAYLF), the mutual thoughts that we shared, and the need to redefine the culture of governance, leadership, entrepreneurial inventiveness and innovative ingenuity of Africa’s brilliant young populations which has been one of the core mission of the Throne of Oduduwa, the Stool of His Imperial Majesty (H.I.M), Ooni of Ife.

”I hereby write to officially confirm your appointment as the Managing Director for Africa-The Royal African Young Leadership Forum (RAYLF).”

His appointment takes effect from the 1st of September 2020 and it subjects to review after two years of operation.

”As the Progenitor of Oduduwa, His Imperial Majesty (H.I.M), Ooni of Ife, who is the co-chair, the National Council of Traditional Rulers of Nigeria, NCTRN and the spiritual leader to over 500 million Yoruba subjects globally has been working assiduously with strategic stakeholders and excellent partners towards rebuilding, repositioning and unleashing the assets and fascinating narratives of young populations of Africa.”

“Africa young populations remain the major catalysts in boosting the whole of continent economic growth.”

”Africa is regarded as the next economic frontier in globalization and the sheer size, young population explosion, innovation development, sophisticated creative culture and the continent diversity distinctiveness are true potentials that are attracting global attention into the continent.

”Well renowned global institutions statistics posit that almost 60% of Africa’s population in 2019 is under the age of 25, making Africa the world’s youngest continent.

“According to the UN’s demographic projections, the reality of Africa rapid population expansion is expected to reach 2.8 billion by 2060 with 65% of these counted as young, an energetic and innovative driven demography.”