Category: Oyo State

Oyo State Government has described the food distribution exercise under the Sustainable Action for Economic Recovery (SAfER) as a testing ground that has thrown up its own challenges and successes. In a statement by the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Prince Dotun Oyelade, it said despite the challenges, the exercise was able to reach the […]

Oyo State Government has called for the World Bank’s investment in its bid to achieve universal access to safe drinking water and mitigate the effects of climate change. The Executive Chairman, Oyo State Water Corporation, Hon. Elias Adeojo recently made the call during a meeting with some officials of the Bank at the Ibadan Urban […]

Oyo State Government has cleared all the non-statutory deductions of civil servants in the state. It said this is in fulfilment of Governor Seyi Makinde’s promise that their deduction arrears will be paid along with their August salaries. A statement by the Information and Orientation Commissioner, Prince Dotun Oyelade, ssid the pledge by Makinde in […]

Oyo State Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde has approved the appointment of Prince Afolabi Ghandi Olaoye as the new Soun-elect of Ogbomosoland. This was in a statement by Prince Dotun Oyelade, the Commissioner for Information and Orientation He said that his counterpart for Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters, Hon. Olusegun Olayiwola said in a statement on […]

Commissioner for Works and Transport, Prof Dahud Sangodoyin during the inspection Oyo State Government has said that the 12.5 km Challenge-Odo-Ona Road in Ibadan the state capital currently under construction would likely be completed in the next three months. Works and Transport Commissioner, Prof. Dahud Sangodoyin who stated this while inspecting some ongoing projects in […]

Oyo State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Inclusion, Hon (Mrs.) Toyin Balogun, 2nd right; the children’s mother, 4th right; the rescued children; and others Oyo State Government during the course of the week, reiterated its commitment to ending the menace of vagrancy, street begging, and other societal ills, while it rescued a homeless woman and […]

Oyo State Government, has said that the various strategies put in place in the execution of palliatives for pensioners, the aged and the vulnerable ones in the state are working. The Commissioner of Information and Orientation, Prince Dotun Oyelade disclosed this during a courtesy visit by the Association of Professional Retired Nurses and Midwives of […]

Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde Oyo State Government has renewed its call for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation’s (UNESCO) recognition of the Sango festival held annually in the ancient Oyo town. This was in a statement by Prince Dotun Oyelade, the Commissioner for Information and Orientation. Speaking on Saturday, the Commissioner for […]