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Gov. Makinde assures his government won’t marginalise any zone in Oyo

…says govt will place premium on local contractors Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, has assured the people of the that his government won’t marginalise any zone in the state adding that he will employ services of local contractors instead of foreign counterparts. The Governor, who stated this while speaking in Ogbomoso, on the occasion…

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Missing vehicles: Ajimobi got the facts wrong—Oyo govt

…says our civil servants are not thieves The government of Oyo State, on Monday, declared that the immediate past Governor of the state, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, misrepresented facts as regards the vehicles carted away by officials of his government. The former Governor had, while speaking to newsmen on the occasion of this year’s Eid-el-Kabir celebration,…

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Makinde to receive over N2billion to fund Oyo education

Governor Seyi Makinde led Oyo State Government is poised to access the sum of two billion, seven hundred and twenty four million, five hundred and sixteen thousand, three hundred and seventy three Naira, seventy kobo (N2,724,516,373.70) outstanding funds from Universal Basic Education Board, UBEC as this will enhance present administration’s effort at delivering better educational…

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Oyo ALGON chairman, Aleshinloye cries out over threat to life as PDP reacts

Chairman of the Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON), Oyo State chapter, Hon. Ayodeji Abass-Aleshinloye, has cried out over an alleged threat to his life and members of his family by agents of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state. Aleshinloye who sent an official complaint to the state Commissioner of Police, Mr….

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Gov Makinde approves N60m bursary for Oyo Law School students

…Charges them to persevere Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, has approved the sum of N500, 000 as bursary to each of the 120 Oyo State indigenes in the Nigerian Law School. Governor Makinde, who received a delegation of the Law School students in his office on Tuesday, charged the students to persevere in the…

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LG dissolution: Oyo sacked LG chairmen react to High Court ruling in favour of Gov. Makinde

Following Tuesday’s order of the Oyo State High Court freezing the execution of the May 6, 2019 judgement that barred the Oyo State government from dissolving local governments(LG) and local council development areas(LCDA) in the state, the chairman, Association of Local Government of Nigeria(ALGON) in the state, Prince Ayodeji Abass-Aleshinloye has said the sacked LG…

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Makinde submits 14 names of commissioners’ nominees to Oyo Assembly (See details)

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, on Wednesday, forwarded his much-awaited list of commissioners to the State House of Assembly. The list directly handed over to the Speaker of the House of Assembly, Honourable Adebo Ogundoyin comprises the names of 14 commissioner nominees. The list comprises a female and 13 males among which is the…

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Makindes N10billion Naira Infrastructural Loan is a Looting in Anticipation, Says Oyo APC

…Oyo APC is a Shameless Party, We are not Like Them, Makindes Aids Replies Following the approval of the Oyo State House of Assembly for the governor of Oyo State, Engr. Seyi Makinde to obtained N10billion naira infrastructural loan, the Oyo State chapter of the All Progressive Congress (APC) has decribed the loan as a…

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Tears! as Makinde other Southwest governors attends burial of Fasoranti’s daughter

Thrre was solemnity and sober reflection on Monday as the Oyo state governor, Seyi Makinde and other South West governors attended the funeral service of Mrs Olufunke Olakunri in Ondo state. Recalled that Mrs Olakunri, the daughter of the leader of Afenifere, Pa Reuben Fasoranti was killed by unknown gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen….

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Makinde, Open Society And Its Enemies | Festus Adedayo

About two weeks ago, the governor of Oyo State, Engr. Seyi Makinde, shocked a Nigeria not used to the open society that democratic governance advocates. While the norm among holders of office in Nigeria is to dictate alleged details of their pre-office worth to their media handlers for the world to feast upon, Makinde went…

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