Polio eradication: Akure South LG boss Fasua commends turn-out

The Chairman of Akure South Local Government in aondo astate, Hon. Gbenga Fasua, has commended the overwhelming acceptance and turn-out of residents in the May round of the National Immunization Plus Days (NIPDs) which aimed at eradicating polio nationwide. He spoke through the Secretary to the Local Government, Hon. Adeola Fynch, at the grand finale […]

Continue Reading

Ondo PDP faults Aiyedatiwa on cocoa farmers’ protest

– deplores alleged inhuman farmers’ treatment – Aiyedatiwa: Claims misleading The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,  has accused Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of inhuman treatment of protesting cocoa farmers. In a statement by its Director of Media and Publicity, PDP, in Ondo State, Leye Igbabo, the party faulted the state government’s alleged desire to rob the farmers […]

Continue Reading

Ondo to prioritise Agriculture

Ondo State Government has vowed to prioritise Agriculture to ensure economic growth and food security state and nationwide. Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa made this pledge at the 10th anniversary of Ondo State Agricultural Commodities’ Association (OSACA) on Tuesday in Akure, the state capital. Represented by his deputy, Mr Olajide Adelami, he said that prioritising farming would […]

Continue Reading

Aiyedatiwa debunks farmers’ land grabbing allegations

Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa has described the allegation of land grabbing in farm settlements against his government by protesting farmers as politically motivated, as he reaffirmed commitment to legal land use. He stated these while reacting to the recent protest by cocoa farmers in the State, which it said was misleading. In a statement […]

Continue Reading

Ondo gets World Bank’s support on immunisation

Ondo State Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa Ondo State has got the World Bank’s backing on the implementation of its Immunisation Plus and Malaria Progress by Accelerating Coverage and Transforming Services (IMPACT project). The bank’s Senior Social Development Specialist, Dr. Desmond Opara, who announced the support on Akure, the state capital, said the implementation progress and actions […]

Continue Reading

Ondo leads other states in domestic debt reduction, Ebonyi follows

Ondo State has emerged as Nigeria’s leading state that has reduced its domestic debt by 82.6 percent within a year, the highest debt reduction recorded among all the nation’s 36 states. Ebonyi state follows with 76.21percent domestic debt reduction. A statement by the governor’s spokesman, Ebenezer Adeniyan attributed the achievement to “the strategic economic reforms […]

Continue Reading

Aiyedatiwa flags off Akure – Idanre road dualisation

says road crucial to agribusiness, tourism development ‘No road project will be left uncompleted’ Ondo State Governor Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa, has flagged off the dualisation of the Akure-Idanre Road, translating one of his major electioneering campaign promises into action. The flag-off ceremony, held at Arakale-Oke-Aro Junction in Akure, marked the commencement of Phase 1 of […]

Continue Reading

Ondo recommits to press freedom as APC stresses development journalism

– APC counsels journalists: Focus on development Ondo State Government has recommitted itself to press freedom as the All Progressives Congress, APC, counseled journalists to focus on developmental journalism. The party and the state’s Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Dr. Kayode Ajulo, SAN, OON.,commended the re-election of the chairman of the Nigeria Union of […]

Continue Reading

Aiyedatiwa hails Ondo NUJ chairman, Adegbite’s re-election

Ondo State Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa has congratulated the Chairman of the state’s Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Prince Leke Adegbite, on his re-election. In his goodwill message at the inauguration of the new leadership of the union in Akure on Wednesday, he hailed the smooth transition that produced Adegbite for a second […]

Continue Reading

Rufus Giwa Polytechnic staff begin indefinite strike over unpaid salaries, minimum wage delay

Workers at Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, under the aegis of the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) and the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Polytechnics (SSANIP), have commenced an indefinite strike. This is to protest the non-payment of six months’ salary arrears and the failure of the Ondo State Government to implement the national minimum wage. The […]

Continue Reading