The Osun State University (UNIOSUN) has matriculated 2,315 students for the 2014/2015 academic session.
At the ceremony, the Acting Vice-Chancellor, Prof Jelil Oguntola, advised the students to face their studies, saying anything could happen between matriculation and graduation. He charged the students to put in their best effort to graduate from the school within apportioned time.
His words: “You have to make great sacrifices in time and efforts. There is no shortcut to success; hard work is the prerequisite for success. God can only bless the efforts you put in, but please strive hard to maintain your studentship.
“You must adhere to the letters of the oath, which you have taken as well as abide by the code of conduct in dressing. Violation of any rule would be met with the appropriate sanction.”
The delighted VC also informed the students and their parents that the school had enshrined non-discriminatory policy in its activities and promised that the institution would not relent in implementing the policy.
He added: “This policy notwithstanding, the authorities is poised to ensure a high quality standard in teaching and learning, for which the university is reputed. We will continue to strive for excellence in our activities.”

 

 
The Speaker of the Osun House of Assembly, Mr Najeem Salaam, on Tuesday commended civil servants in the state for their understanding and patience over the delay in the payment of their salaries.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that civil servants in the state are being owed five months salaries arrears.
Salaam, who commended the workers during the assembly’s plenary, explained that the non-payment of the salaries was due to dwindling allocations from the Federation Account.
The speaker said: “In spite of the difficulties, they (civil servants) are prepared to move on and for this gesture we are also assuring them of our support.
“And if there is anything they need from us, we are ready to support them.
“ This is a trying period, yet, the workers have abided by the civil service rule to come to work and discharge their duty diligently.’’
On the massive defection of PDP members to the APC in recent times, Salaam cautioned the party leadership to be careful in accepting defectors.
“Our party is receiving the blessings of God now, but we must be very careful. The moral value of the party must not be set aside.
“The principle of the party must be well articulated so that the values and ideals of those who have defected would not be in conflict with the beliefs of our party,” the speaker said.
Salaam also congratulated those newly-elected into the Assembly following the April 11 governorship and State Assembly elections.
He advised the newly elected members to see power as transient and therefore to use their positions as representatives of their constituencies to positively impact on the lives of their people.
“There are lessons that we can learn from the elections and the lesson is that power is transient and we must be ready to leave landmark achievements that everyone will be proud of.
“The power to elect is in the hands of the people and they have used that power in our favour, therefore, we must justify the confidence they reposed in us, ” he said.
 
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Osogbo — At a recent forum in Ijesa, Osun State, non-indigenes look back at their many years of residence in the state.
They were in ecstasy as they danced to the traditional music provided by a cultural group. Of course, they had every reason to be happy. Most of them have lived and worked in Osun State for close to 30 years and they are successful. Hundreds of people of Igbo origin under the aegis of the Non-Indigenes Forum in Osun State converged in a hall, chatting, eating and making merry during the inauguration of the Ijesa Zonal Chapter the forum.
The non-indigenes could barely hide their excitement. From the way they were rejoicing, even the blind would know that they are happy living in the State. The Forum was formed to promote cooperation among the non-indigenes in Osun state and defend their interests. According to the forum, the non-indigenes constitute about 40 per-cent of the population of the state, and have been partaking in the electoral process and many other activities in the state.
The President of the Forum, Chief Tony Onyewesi in a chat with Daily Trust said that membership of the forum comprised indigenes of South-South, South East and North Central, who are currently living in Osun State. He said all of them have become indigenes of Osun by naturalization. Onyewesi said the forum was founded in 2005 , and that it had been in the vanguard of promotion of peace and harmony between the indigenes and non-indigenes of the state.
His words “among the non-indigenes in Osun State, we have professionals from all walks of life who are adding value to the socioeconomic development of the state ,and also making significant contributions in political activities. I have spent all my life here and I also have property here.
Likewise many others and in any market in the state, you will certainly see the non-indigenes and many of us have big shops and businesses.”
He urged Osun State governor, Mr Rauf Aregbesola to carry the non-indigenes along in his administration by appointing members of the forum into his cabinet, saying such appointment would encourage the non-indigenes to feel a sense of belonging in the affairs of the state and motivate them to do better.
“We want Governor Rauf Aregbesola to carry us along in his government so that we can also participate as citizens. We usually partake in electioneering activities and we vote during elections. We shall continue to assist the state government by supporting developmental efforts of the government. The bible teaches Christians to remain loyal to leaders and pray for them, and that is exactly what we are doing in the Non-Indigenes Forum in this state. In the last administration of former governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola, he appointed one of us, Dr Umoh Bassey Umoh from Akwa Ibom State as Special Adviser to the Governor on Inter-Community Relations and Ethnic Affairs. We want Aregbesola to do the same.
For Chief Solomon Nwajiobi, the Onowu Ndigbo of Ijesaland, who is also the patron of Non-Indigenes Forum in Osun State, safeguarding the interests of all members of the forum is the number one priority. Nwajiobi who is a prominent businessman in the state, said Osun remains a peaceful place, and that the non-indigenes are enjoying the peaceful coexistence among the Yoruba people.
“The non-indigenes have become stakeholders in this state and we are comfortable with our relationship with the indigenes. They have never treated us like strangers in this community. For instance, I am a traditional title holder in Ilesa. As the patron of the non-indigenes, my responsibility is to protect the interest of on-indigenes, and I’m committed to discharging this responsibility at any time.”
The chairman of Ijesa Zonal Chapter the body, Oliver Akunaeziri, wants the voice of the forum and its members to be heard. He also savoured the peaceful atmosphere in Osun State and commended the state government for providing an enabling environment for the non-indigenes to live and do their businesses in the State. Speaking on the insinuation of possibility of election violence, Oliver advised the non-indigenes not to entertain any worry.
We have been sensitizing the non-indigenes in Osun State not to entertain fears over the forthcoming elections. The election would be peaceful by the grace of the Almighty. We encouraged our members to collect their Permanent Voter Cards and exercise their franchise during the elections. We encourage our members to vote based on their conscience, without imposing any candidate on anyone,” Oliver said.
Other members of the Forum including the Vice Chairman, Okon Udofia, the Secretary General, Ladan Simon and the youth leader, Ngozi Blessing, were unanimous in their separate remarks, as they all praised Osun indigenes for being accommodating. They also charged governor Aregbesola to adequately incorporate the non-indigenes in the affairs of Osun state.

 

Osun State Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has congratulated the Managing Director and Editor-In-Chief of The Sun Publishing Ltd, Mr Femi Adesina, on his re-election as the president of the Nigeria Guild of Editors (NGE).
In a statement signed by his media spokesman, Mr. Semiu Okanlanwo, Aregbesola said Adesina’s re-election for a second term in office was a testament of his unrivaled acumen in result-oriented leadership, deep knowledge of the media industry as well as human resource management.
“Mr. Femi Adesina’s re-election as the president of the Nigeria Guild of Editors is a clear testimony to his astute leadership trait and prudent knowledge in the management of affairs of people,” Aregbesola enthused.
While commending Adesina for his all-inclusive running of the Guild’s affairs, the governor tasked him on the need to ensure that the media does not detract from its roles as a watchdog of the society.
Aregbesola also urged  the Guild to work assiduously in ensuring that the media collaborates and co-operates with the government in building, sustaining and protecting the nation’s democracy.
The Governor also reminded the media of its crucial roles in building and sustaining a virile democratic culture in the country.
He stressed that the Guild had an enormous task of ensuring that journalists are alive to their responsibilities to the society.
“The Fourth Estate of the Realm must uphold the principle of fair hearing, engage in investigative and in-depth reportage of events and ensure an egalitarian society where all shades of interests and opinions are given opportunities to air their views,” Aregbesola added.
The statement read in part: “Your re-election as the president of Nigerian Guild of Editors has come to us in Osun as another landmark achievement.
“This is so not only because you are one of the best hands in your profession, which has earned you a return to this exalted position, but also for the fact that you have done us proud as a true ambassador of Osun.
“Your re-election must certainly be hinged on your leadership qualities and successes you have recorded as a thoroughbred professional.
 
 
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Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola has denied planning to stop the free feeding programme saying it has increased the state’s economy by employing 3,007 women and over tens of thousands of farmers.
In a statement made available by his media aide, Mr. Semiu Okanlawon, Aregbesola said “OMEALs has been one of our most socially impactful programmes. How can a responsible government like ours think of reviewing a programme that has been adjudged as one of the best to come out of the country? Does that not stand logic on its head?
“We have been able to improve our state’s economy through the school feeding of over 250, 000 pupils every school day. The programme has directly employed 3,007 women and over tens of thousands of farmers in the state.
“Osun is attracting local and international attention for implementing an initiative that has not only increased enrolment in its primary schools, but has also provided jobs for farmers, majority of whom are women.”
The Punch had published a story during the week alleging that the Governor is planning to stop the free feeding programme due to recommendations by Labour Leaders.
http://www.theheraldng.com/free-feeding-has-improved-osun-state-economy-aregbesola/

L-R: House of Assembly Member-Elect for Obokun State Constituency of Osun, Mr. Olatunbosun Oyintiloye; Chief Matron, Obokun Comprehensive Health Centre, Mrs. Yemisi Babatunde; and Chairman, Cedio Rural Medical Outreach Ministry, Captain Yakubu Okatahi, during Oyintiloye’s visit to the operation centre of Medical Outreach at Obokun Comprehensive Health Centre, Osun State … on Wednesday.

Osun State House of Assembly member-elect from Obokun State Constituency, Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, has called on people of his constituency and the state in general to plough back to the society through interventions to assist the government.
He made the call during his recent visit to the operation centre of the free medical treatment and surgical operations for over 200 beneficiaries, which was organised by Cedio Rural Medical Outreach Ministry, Lagos, and held at Ibokun Comprehensive Health Centre, Ibokun.

In a statement issued on Saturday, Oyintiloye said the interventions had gone a long way in reducing the health challenges faced by the people and lifted burden on him as the representative of the people in government.

He said such interventions, especially on health, would assist government to actualize its programmes by attending to do other areas.
Oyintiloye said, “There is no way government can do everything but interventions like this from well-meaning Nigerians will go a long way to assist the people.
“The present administration of Governor Rauf Aregbesola is doing so much on health to make our people live healthy in spite of limited resource, but medical intervention is a plus to what the government is doing.
“The belief of the government is that all the efforts of the administration to develop the economy through empowerment of people, education and other areas will be meaningless if people are not healthy.
“We call on the people not to leave everything to government, as their support in all areas of governance, no matter how small would go a long way to make the society better.”
Commending the sponsor of the medical outreach for their commitment to the healthy living of the people, the lawmaker-elect said he would continue to support and embrace such similar supports from whoever offers it.
He also appealed to the outreach to replicate similar intervention in no distant time in his constituency to relieve other people suffering from various diseases.
http://www.punchng.com/news/osun-lawmaker-elect-seeks-health-intervention/

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.

http://pulse.ng/local/in-osun-legislator-urges-nigerians-abroad-to-invest-in-the-country-id3697850.html
 

 

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”.