Representative of Osun Governor and Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Natural and Mineral Resources Prince Tunde Ajilore (Middle);  Managing Director, Wolid International Services Limited,Engineer Ayanbamiji Oluwole Idowu (Right) presenting a car key to theOluwoye of Iwoyeland, Oba Alhaji Rasheed Ademola Oyeweso, during the Official Commissioning of Wolid Quarry Complex at Iwoye, EgbedoreLocal Government Area, State of Osun at the weekend

From Left-Representative of Osun Governor and Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Natural Mineral Resources, Prince Tunde Ajilore;Managing Director, Wolid International Services Limited, Engineer Ayanbamiji Oluwole Idowu and Oluwoye of Iwoyeland, Oba Alhaji RasheedAdemola Oyeweso, during the Official Commissioning of Wolid Quarry Complex at Iwoye, Egbedore Local Government Area, State of Osun, at the weekend

 From Left – Acting Executive Secretary, Office of Natural and Mineral Resources, Mr. Kayode Lanlehin;  Representative of Osun Governor and Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Natural Mineral Resources, Prince Tunde Ajilore, Member Representing Egbedore State Constituencyin the State of Osun House of Assembly, Hon Laide Awolola and Managing Director, Wolid International Services Limited, Engineer Ayanbamiji Oluwole Idowu, during the Official Commissioning of Wolid Quarry Complex at Iwoye, Egbedore Local Government Area, State of Osun, at the weekend

 Assembly man,  Hon.Busola Adeyeni representing Ife-East in Osun State has pleaded with Nigerians who are living in other countries to invest in their country.

Hon. Adeyeni expressed concerns about the attitudes of some Nigerians abroad who, somewhat, abandoned and neglected their home country just for mere luxury of living.

He also urged them to always come home to celebrate annual festivals which he said could give them the opportunity to interact and make investment plans.

“It is not a crime to be a sojourner in a foreign land but it is a crime not to have a foresight for the future,’’ He said.

He cited the violence in South Africans in which some foreigners were killed, expressing worry that some Nigerians might be unwilling to come back because of what to do to earn a living where they had not invested.

He, therefore, urged them to be visiting their country at least once in a year for identification and investment with whatever they have achieved in foreign land.

He also appealed to governments to provide adequate provision in all sectors such as education, health, agriculture, employment for youths, modern infrastructure, among others.

Adeyeni called on all Nigerians living abroad to come home and contribute their own quota to the development of the country.

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Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, has denied plans to stop feeding of school children by his administration.
The Governor was reacting to a story published by a national daily where it claimed that the Governor might stop the programme based on the recommendation by labour leaders.
Aregbeshola in a statement made by his media aide, Mr. Semiu Okanlawon, said the programme, which had attracted commendations, would not be stopped despite the falling of allocation accruing to the state.

Against the backdrop of the recently concluded general elections, the Governor of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has called on Nigerians to guard democracy jealously for the development of the country.
The governor made this appeal during a broadcast in Osun titled, “‎Watering the tree of democracy with love and determination” on Sunday.
He commended the people of Osun for their conduct before, during and after the elections, saying Osun is among states in the country that recorded few incidents during the period of elections.
The governor also noted that the people of the state in no small measure contributed to the emergence of the President-elect, Alhaji Muhammadu Buhari, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
According to him, “The pattern, shape and the result are indications of your diligent planting and nurture of the tree of democracy in the past 16 years; and the buds of its early fruits.
“Election is now assuming its true definition as political empowerment for the people. With your voter’s card, you now determine those who rule over you and make laws for the government of the country and your state.
“This is the most critical first test of democracy since 1999, a free and fair election in which the people choose their leaders, and you have passed it in flying colours.
“I congratulate you for this historic achievement. What we need to do now is to guard it jealously and build on this solid foundation the superstructure of productivity, development, security and life more abundant for all”. The governor emphasised.
‎Aregbesola stated that for Osun to be aligning with other progressive states to vote for a progressive president, the state has helped to realise the dream of Chief Obafemi Awolowo by setting the country on an unstoppable path of greatness.
He reiterated that his government in Osun will be a people-centred government that will provide security, jobs and good life for the people.
The governor assured the people of the state that the president-elect will put the wealth of the nation to use and develop Nigeria to an enviable height among the committee of Nations.
He said, “Let me congratulate the winners for their deserved victory and the losers for keen sportsmanship and belief in the democratic system.
“In a free and fair contest, a winner must emerge. The winners therefore should regard the mandate given to them as sacred and serve their people with honour and integrity, knowing that in four years’ time, they will be required to give account of their stewardship.
“The losers too should be gallant and take seriously the reasons why they were not preferred by the voters and use the next four years to do their homework in the hope that they will have a better outing at the next round of elections,” he noted.
‎The governor expressed regrets that some candidates in the bid to gain unfair advantage or manipulate the outcome had to unleash violence on the people.
Aregbesola noted that the reports of violence and malpractices before, during and after the election, no matter how small, shall be revisited, saying that those that have breached the laws of the land will be brought to justice.

“My heartfelt condolences go to the families of the bereaved. We are building a peaceful new nation characterised by law and order, where every life is sacred and where safety of lives and property is guaranteed.

“This new nation has no place for violence, brigandage, cheating, injustice and impunity. More importantly, no one will get into any elective office through cheating, violence, intimidation, thuggery and manipulation”.

Pictures of the All Progressives Congress (APC) supporters in Iwo Local Government area of Osun participating in a Walk-For-Continuity Exercise in support of their Candidates in the House of Assembly and seek for votes in Saturday election at Iwo on Thursday 09-04-2015

All Progressives Congress (APC) supporters in Iwo Local Government
area of Osun participating in a Walk-For-Continuity Exercise in
support of their Candidates in the House of Assembly while seeking for
votes in Saturday election. Insert: Secretary to the State Government
of Osun, Alhaji Moshood Adeoti (2nd right); Former SSG, Alhaji Kazeem
Adio (left); Director, Bureau of Communication and Strategy, Mr. Semiu
Okanlawon (3rd left); Former Assistant Chief of Staff to Governor
Aregbesola, Hon. Mudathir Toogun (3rd right); House of Assembly
member, Hon. Ezekiel Adedibu (2nd left) and others, on Thursday
09-04-2015

All Progressives Congress (APC) supporters in Iwo Local Government
area of Osun participating in a Walk-For-Continuity Exercise in
support of their Candidates in the House of Assembly and seek for
votes in Saturday election at Iwo on Thursday 09-04-2015

Secretary to the State Government of Osun, Alhaji Moshood Adeoti (2nd
right); Former SSG, Alhaji Kazeem Adio (left); Director, Bureau of
Communication and Strategy, Mr. Semiu Okanlawon (3rd left); Former
Assistant Chief of Staff to Governor Aregbesola, Hon. Mudathir Toogun
(3rd right); Member, House of Assembly, Hon. Ezekiel Adedibu (2nd
left); APC Chairman, Iwo Local Government, Hon. Semiu Ayofe (right)
and others, during a Walk-For-Continuity Exercise in support of APC
Candidates in the House of Assembly in Iwo on Thursday 09-04-2015

Leaders of the All Progressives Congress in Iwo, headquarters of Iwo Local Government Area of Osun on Thursday warned the Peoples Democratic Party against attempting to perpetrate any form of electoral fraud in any part of the state in the Saturday House of Assembly election.

Specifically, the leaders said the APC was aware of plots by some PDP stalwarts to organize for the disruption of the House of Assembly poll taking place on Saturday saying those caught for electoral manipulations would be made to face the full wrath of the law.

At the sensitization walk were the Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Moshood Adeoti, newly re-elected member of the House of Representatives, Mr. Ghafar Akintayo Amere; former Special Adviser to Governor on Works, Engr, Oladepo Amuda; Director, Bureau of Communication and Strategy, Mr. Semiu Okanlawon, former Secretary to the State Government under the administration of Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, Alhaji Kazeem Adio; former Assistant Chief of Staff to Governor Aregbesola, Hon. Mudathir Toogun,  House of Assembly candidate for the Iwo State constituency, Mr. Gbadebo Abdulahi, the incumbent in the House of Assembly, Hon. Ezekiel Adedibu and a host of other party stalwarts.

The chairman of the party in Iwo Local Government, Hon. Semiu Ayofe, who spoke on behalf of other leaders of the party after an eight kilometer Walk-for-continuity, said all members of the APC have been sufficiently mobilized, galvanized and educated to protect their votes and ensure the victory of the APC.

“The victory of the APC in the presidential and National Assembly election is not a fluke. It is a confirmation of the supremacy of the APC over all those other parties. We must however sound this note of warning to those who are planning to snatch ballot boxes, intimidate our members on Saturday that we have uncovered all their plans. They must be warned not to try it as the full weight of the law would be brought to deal with them.”

The walk, which took almost two hours, saw to the members and leaders dancing and singing to the admiration of many residents who trooped out to acknowledge the huge crowd of supporters that came out for the walk.

The Governor of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has commended the people of Ife-North Local Government of the State for their massive support and vote for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the March 28 elections which culminated in the victory of the party’s presidential candidate, Alhaji Muhammadu Buhari.‎

In a statement by the Director, Bureau of Communication and Strategy, Mr. Semiu Okanlawon, the governor was quoted as speaking during his commendation visit and shoring of supports for the House Assembly candidates of the APC in the state in the area.

It was in continuation of the governor and his party’s efforts to ensure a repeat of the massive vote for the APC in the presidential poll on March 28.

The campaign team criss-crossed towns like; Ipetumodu, Edun-Abon, Okuuomoni, Famia, Onibambu, Oyere-Aborisade, Modakeke, among other notable towns in Ife-North local government of the state.

He described their love for APC as unprecedented stressing that the area is known as pro-Obafemi Awolowo even in the face of frustration, political molestation, assault and monetary inducements.

He held that the people of the areas have written their names in gold in the political history of the State, adding that their rare passions and supports to his administration can never be forgotten.

The governor frowned at the way and manner in which PDP and its loyalists went about inducing people with money and other items before, during and after the elections, describing such act as barbaric to modern democratic principle and values.

According to him, ” I want to use this occasion to congratulate all of us on the success of our party, the APC at the last presidential and National assembly elections. We thank God that the change we have been waiting for has come.

“I also want to commend and thank you for the way you trooped out for the March 28 elections which gave victory to General Muhammadu Buhari and our representatives to the National Assembly.

“Our people should be commended for standing tall despite the intimidation and the inducement of the PDP before and during the elections. Our people are wise, some of us collected their Dollars and still did not vote for them, while majority rejected them with their Dollars.

“We must come out en-mass on April 11 to vote for our candidates to the House of Assembly like we did during the presidential election, a vote for APC on Saturday will be a vote for stability and continuity in Osun.

“You must all ensure that you vote all our candidates, by doing so, you are voting for more positive transformation of the state and the continued development of infrastructure the state has been witnessing in the past four years”. The governor told the gathering at the campaign ground.

Aregbesola pledged to fulfill all his electioneering campaign promises to the people of the areas as soon as the earning of the states improves.

Earlier in their separate remarks, the Apetumodu of Ipetumodu, Oba James Adedokun, the Ogunsua of Modakeke, Oba Francis Olatunji Adedoyin, Olomoni of Okuuomoni, Oba Taiwo Odedoyin congratulated the President-Elect, General Muhammadu Buhari and other APC candidates for their victories at the polls.

The traditional rulers pledged their royal support at all times for the APC government and that the council will do everything to lift the development of the state and that of Nigeria.

The monarchs equally hailed the people of the State most especially in Ife-North for their peaceful conduct during the March 28 elections, urging them to replicate such manner in the fort-coming election.

Photos of the Governor State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, addressing the party supporters, during an electioneering campaign rally into the National and State Assemblies at Iba, the State of Osun

The Governor of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, on Sunday said the Easter season offers Nigerians especially Christians a good opportunity to pray for the take-off of a new beginning that would usher in prosperity in all facets of national life.

The governor also charged the Osun people to embrace love and peace and make the necessary sacrifice towards the development of the country.

The governor, in his Easter message to Nigerians which was signed by the Director, Bureau of Communication and Strategy, Office of the Governor, Mr. Semiu Okanlawon, urged Nigerians to use the occasion to pray for the President-elect, Alhaji Muhammadu Buhari, to bring the positive change to Nigeria.

Aregbesola stated that what the country needs at this time are various intercessory prayers for God to continuously stabilise the country.

He charged Christians and people of other faith to supplicate to assist the in-coming administration on the critical areas of needs in the country such as insecurity, hunger, unemployment, decayed infrastructure, corruption which had all held Nigeria down.

According to him, “Nigerians are tired of mere promises, they want concrete actions. They want to see in practical terms that government is committed to fighting insecurity and restoring the country to its past glory. This is what the APC government is committed to and so, Nigerians should pray successes in these areas.

“The season therefore offers us all the opportunity to pray for a proper take-off of that new beginning for our country to regain her lost glory.

“Events of the past few years, particularly the spate of insecurity in the land, leave much to be desired. I want to call on Christians and every Nigerian to pray for leaders of the nation, because Easter celebration should be used to renew love for one another”.

……as Osun monarch congratulates colleagues who rejected “Dollar” inducement

The Governor of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has on Monday said the Victory of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and that of Alhaji Muhammadu Buhari at the just concluded presidential election should be ascribed to God and not any single individual.

Aregbesola in a statement by the Director Bureau of Communication and Strategy Mr. Semiu Okanlawon, was quoted as speaking when a group of royal fathers paid him a courtesy visit at the Government House in Osogbo the state capital.

‎The royal fathers of Osun commended some of the monarchs who refused to be tempted by the alleged last minute distribution of foreign currencies by the ruling party to sway votes for its candidate.

The group of traditional rulers was led by the Akinrun of Ikirun, Oba Abdul Rauf Adedeji to the Government House to congratulate Aregbesola and offer prayers on the victory of APC and it’s candidate at the last Presidential election.

Aregbesola stated that no man on earth should ascribe the success and the outcome of the election to himself, but all praises to the Lord who in His infinite mercies granted Nigeria a peaceful election.

He noted that there is nothing new that the Progressives have done this time that is better than what the late sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo and the acclaimed winner of the 1993 presidential election did.

According to him, “sixty-three years ago, politicians who were of the view of a political climate that will give life abundantly to the people did all they could but they were unable to achieve their desire. Despite all their struggle and the will to give a better leadership could not make it to the presidency.

“After the first attempt by Obafemi Awolowo and others came the advent of Moshood Abiola when Nigerian voted and he won but never become the president of the country. Here we are today, the victory is still looking to me as a dream. All the glory ‎must be given to the Lord”.

The governor commended the doggedness and the fighting spirit of Asiwaju Bola Hammed Tinubu and the former governor of Osun, Chief Bisi Akande at ensuring that the Yoruba get their votes for a central government for the first time in 63 years.

He also congratulated governors of APC, both serving‎ and former saying after God, APC leaders in all the states of the federation and party faithful deserves commendation.

Aregbesola charged traditional rulers in Yorubaland to take seriously the development of their areas, noting that God has endowed them with the power to make sure that they at all time seek the development of their God’s given domains.

He said, ” I am particularly happy that the Yoruba is no longer in the opposition. This is the first time in 63 years that this is happening in the history of Nigeria.

“No Yoruba born or alive in this dispensation should not be happy. It is the first time that Yoruba will have a government that the majority of the people wanted. I will only pray that God will make this government have impact on our region.

“I charge all of us in the South-West and Nigerians alike to make sure that we get it right this time”. The governor told the Monarchs.

Speaking earlier, the Aragbiji of Iragbiji, Oba Abul-Rasheed Olabomi congratulated Osun indigenes and Nigerians on the victory of APC and Gen. Muhammadu Buhari and prayed that the much awaited change will come to people in no distant time.

The Monarch who spoke on behalf of all the Monarchs also congratulated their colleagues who refused to be induced by the “hard currencies” distributed to some by the ruling party before the elections.

He expressed delight that the prediction of Chief Obafemi Awolowo that Nigeria will be better of when the finest of the Progressives of the Northern part of Nigeria come together with the Yoruba has come to fulfilment.

“This is the first time in the history of our Nation where the general wish of the Yoruba will come to pass in terms of selecting for Nigeria. I want to use this opportunity to say a big congratulation to the Yorubaland”.

The royal fathers in attendance included: Olobu of Ilobu, Oba Asiru Olatoye Olaniyan, Akinrun of Ikirun, Oba AbdulRauf Adedeji, Elerin of Erin-Osun, Oba Yusuf Omoloye, Olunisa of Inisa, Oba Oladunjoye Oyedele and Olokuku of Okuku, Oba Abioye Oyebode.

Others are, Oloyan of Oyan, Oba Kilani Adekeye, Obajio of Moore Ile-Ife, Oba Yaya Olugbaju, Onirun of Okeirun, Oba Isaac Adetoyi Adetunlurese, Eleko Ende of Eko-Ende, Oba Rauf Adebayo and Oloosi of Osi. Oba Solomon Ademakinwa among others.