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Photos of the Governor State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola discussing with the Adimula of Ifewara, Oba Hezekiah Adeniyi Owolola, during the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential/ National and State House of Assemblies Electioneering Campaigns to Ifewara, Atakunmosa-West Local Government, State of Osun

Governor State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola discussing with the Adimula of Ifewara, Oba Hezekiah Adeniyi Owolola, during the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential/ National and State House of Assemblies Electioneering Campaigns to Ifewara, Atakunmosa-West Local Government, State of Osun

Governor State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola discussing with the
Adimula of Ifewara, Oba Hezekiah Adeniyi Owolola, during the All
Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential/ National and State House of
Assemblies Electioneering Campaigns to Ifewara, Atakunmosa-West Local
Government, State of Osun

Crowd of crowd, during the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential/ National and State House of Assemblies Electioneering Campaigns to Ifewara, Atakunmosa-West Local Government, State of Osun. Insert:Governor State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola discussing with the Adimula of Ifewara, Oba Hezekiah Adeniyi Owolola

Crowd of crowd, during the All Progressives Congress (APC)
Presidential/ National and State House of Assemblies Electioneering
Campaigns to Ifewara, Atakunmosa-West Local Government, State of Osun.
Insert:Governor State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola discussing with
the Adimula of Ifewara, Oba Hezekiah Adeniyi Owolola

Governor State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola holding microphone with other party Chieftains addressing the enthusiastic supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC), during the party’s Presidential/National and State House of Assemblies Electioneering Campaigns at Osu, Atakunmosa-West Local Government, State of Osun

Governor State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola holding microphone with
other party Chieftains addressing the enthusiastic supporters of the
All Progressives Congress (APC), during the party’s
Presidential/National and State House of Assemblies Electioneering
Campaigns at Osu, Atakunmosa-West Local Government, State of Osun

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SilosSome farmers in Osun State have decried the inadequate number of silos in the state, calling on government at all levels to do more to ensure food security.
One of the farmers, who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Alhaji Yinusa Ayandele, condemned the lukewarm attitude of the government towards provision of adequate farm storage facilities.
Ayandele recalled that the farmers in the state had made several appeals to the government to make adequate farm storage facilities available but to no avail.
He said the only way efforts of the government in reviving agriculture in the state could yield good result was to ensure storage facilities like silos and barns to reduce post harvest wastage.
Another farmer, Mr Ibikunle Oluwalogbon, appealed to the government in the state to provide storage facilities to guarantee food security.
Oluwalogbon said the state has not given farm storage facilities the priority it deserves despite its giant stride in agriculture.
In the same vein, Mrs Anjola Ibidun, who is the Managing Director of Iwalewa farms, Ikire, also stressed the urgent need for adequate provision of silos and other farm storage facilities.
“The problem of inadequate farm storage facilities is not peculiar to Nigeria alone, it is indeed a fallout of lackadaisical approach of African governments to the agricultural sector.
“It speaks volume on the lack of diversification on the continent, where many African countries, including Nigeria, remain consistently mono-economies.
“The government of Osun must take the issue of storage facilities seriously in order to improve the revenue of farmers in the state,’’ Ibidun said.
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osun-state-governor-mr-rauf-aregbesola_-_copy_0-300x225*Seeks worker’s understanding *

It has come to our knowledge that today, some workers under the aegis of the TUC came together in protest against salaries that have not been paid.

While we recognise the right of the workers to seek for the payment of that which is legitimately theirs, we wish to repeat for the umpteen time that the unfortunate owing of salaries running to about three months cannot be divorced from the crushing revenue crisis that has hit Nigeria as a whole.

What is required at this stage is for all and sundry to properly understand the genesis of this whole saga which will be helpful rather than being viewed as a deliberate act on the part of the government.

A government that ensured prompt payment of salaries on or before 26th of every month since inception; a government that introduced 13th month salary and a government that had commenced augmentation of salaries with it’s hard earned savings to prevent it’s workers from tasting the bitter pill of revenue crisis cannot suddenly wake up to deny workers their legitimate earnings.

We are aware that President Goodluck Jonathan made some statements during his visit to OSUN at the weekend where he was reported to have asked OSUN people to demand for their salaries saying his government pays states at when due and that some states have borrowed money beyond their capacities.

The question Mr. President must be asked is: how do loans obtained by states for obvious development purposes and to bring better life to the people translate to revenue deductions across Nigeria to the extent that the whole country is facing this kind of heat? It is on record that the Director General of the Debt Management Office under the supervision of President Jonathan came to OSUN last year and declared publicly that OSUN debts are within the capacity of the state. He also recommends the Sukuk loan which OSUN took to other states seeking fast development for their people. What has changed between last year when the President’s Debt Management Office gave OSUN this clean bill and now.

Secondly, President Jonathan’s Minister of Finance Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala has been warning Nigerians to brace up for hard economic times. Without necessarily harping on the fact that this is as a result of their shoddy handling of the nations resources at a time that we witnessed crude price hovering about $100 at least in five years, can Mr. President justifiably claim that Osun’s unpaid salaries are not part of the hard economic times that his minister warned us against.

Please, recall that Governor Aregbesola had seen this coming a long time and as far back as July 2013, he had told Nigerians to call the Federal Government to account if the country would not be plunged into economic crisis.

Please recall that Aregbesola repeated this warning in February 2014 during a retreat by members of the OSUN State House of Assembly on the 2014 budget that the FG had declared economic war on Nigerians.

However, as a responsible and responsive government,we can only appeal to our workers in the state and those connected with them for understanding. what this time calls for is sober reflection  on the part of all parties as all hands must be on deck to ensure that we all navigate this stormy waters and get rid of those who are bent of holding the people down.

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Photos of the  Governor State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola presenting a gift to the newly posted Managing Director of the State Aeronautic Engineering Technical System Limited (AETSL), Air Vice Marshal Ajibola Jekennu while the State Deputy Governor, Mrs. Titi Laoye-Tomori watches during the familiarization Visit to the Governor at Government House, Oke-Fia, Osogbo

Governor State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola presenting the State Crest to the Newly Posted Managing Director of the State Aeronautic Engineering Technical System Limited (AETSL), Air Vice Marshal Ajibola Jekennu during the Familiarization Visit to the Governor at Government House, Oke-Fia, Osogbo

Governor State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola presenting the State
Crest to the Newly Posted Managing Director of the State Aeronautic
Engineering Technical System Limited (AETSL), Air Vice Marshal Ajibola
Jekennu during the Familiarization Visit to the Governor at Government
House, Oke-Fia, Osogbo

Governor State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola (2nd right); his Deputy, Mrs. Titi-Laoye Tomori (2nd left); the Outgoing Managing Director of the State Aeronautic Engineering Technical System Limited (AETSL), Air Vice Marshal Andy Tsakri (left) and the Newly Posted Managing Director of the State Aeronautic Engineering Technical System Limited (AETSL), Air Vice Marshal Ajibola Jekennu (right) during the Familiarization Visit to the Governor at Government House, Oke-Fia, Osogbo

Governor State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola (2nd right); his
Deputy, Mrs. Titi-Laoye Tomori (2nd left); the Outgoing Managing
Director of the State Aeronautic Engineering Technical System Limited
(AETSL), Air Vice Marshal Andy Tsakri (left) and the Newly Posted
Managing Director of the State Aeronautic Engineering Technical System
Limited (AETSL), Air Vice Marshal Ajibola Jekennu (right) during the
Familiarization Visit to the Governor at Government House, Oke-Fia,
Osogbo

From right- Governor State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola presenting a gift to the Newly Posted Managing Director of the State Aeronautic Engineering Technical System Limited (AETSL), Air Vice Marshal Ajibola Jekennu while the State Deputy Governor, Mrs. Titi Laoye-Tomori watches during the Familiarization Visit to the Governor at Government House, Oke-Fia, Osogbo

From right- Governor State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola presenting
a gift to the Newly Posted Managing Director of the State Aeronautic
Engineering Technical System Limited (AETSL), Air Vice Marshal Ajibola
Jekennu while the State Deputy Governor, Mrs. Titi Laoye-Tomori
watches during the Familiarization Visit to the Governor at Government
House, Oke-Fia, Osogbo

Governor State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola (2nd right); his Deputy, Mrs. Titi Laoye Tomori ( 3rd left); the Outgoing Managing Director of the State Aeronautic Engineering Technical System Limited (AETSL), Air Vice Marshal Andy Tsakri (middle); the Newly Posted Managing Director of the State Aeronautic Engineering Technical System Limited (AETSL), Air Vice Marshal Ajibola Jekennu (right);Project Manager of (AETSL), Engineer Aminu Sulaiman (left); Project Director of (AETSL), Barrister  Idris Mohammed ( 2nd left) and Project Coordinator of (AETSL), Commander Abdu-llahi (3rd left) during the Familiarization Visit to the Governor at Goverent House, Osogbo

Governor State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola (2nd right); his
Deputy, Mrs. Titi Laoye Tomori ( 3rd left); the Outgoing Managing
Director of the State Aeronautic Engineering Technical System Limited
(AETSL), Air Vice Marshal Andy Tsakri (middle); the Newly Posted
Managing Director of the State Aeronautic Engineering Technical System
Limited (AETSL), Air Vice Marshal Ajibola Jekennu (right);Project
Manager of (AETSL), Engineer Aminu Sulaiman (left); Project Director
of (AETSL), Barrister Idris Mohammed ( 2nd left) and Project
Coordinator of (AETSL), Commander Abdu-llahi (3rd left) during the
Familiarization Visit to the Governor at Goverent House, Osogbo

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Pictures of the Governor State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola addressing supporters, during the grassroot Campaign for Presidential, National and State House of Assemblies, at Ilaa-Ijesa, Atakumosa-West Local Government on Monday 09/03/2015.

From right- Governor State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola; Asileyun of Sileyun-Ijesa, Oba Peter Ade- Atayero; Asolo of Isolo-Ijesa, Oba John Ade-Adeyemi and  Olupoye of Ipoye-Ijesa, Oba Joshua Adefioye, during the grassroot Campaign for Presidential, National and State House of Assemblies, at Ilaa-Ijesa, Atakumosa-West Local Government on Monday 09/03/2015.

From right- Governor State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola; Asileyun
of Sileyun-Ijesa, Oba Peter Ade- Atayero; Asolo of Isolo-Ijesa, Oba
John Ade-Adeyemi and Olupoye of Ipoye-Ijesa, Oba Joshua Adefioye,
during the grassroot Campaign for Presidential, National and State
House of Assemblies, at Ilaa-Ijesa, Atakumosa-West Local Government on
Monday 09/03/2015.

From right- Governor State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola; Asileyun of Sileyun-Ijesa, Oba Peter Ade- Atayero; Asolo of Isolo-Ijesa, Oba John Ade-Adeyemi and  Olupoye of Ipoye-Ijesa, Oba Joshua Adefioye, during the grassroot Campaign for Presidential, National and State House of Assemblies, at Ilaa-Ijesa, Atakumosa-West Local Government on Monday 09/03/2015.

From right- Governor State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola; Asileyun
of Sileyun-Ijesa, Oba Peter Ade- Atayero; Asolo of Isolo-Ijesa, Oba
John Ade-Adeyemi and Olupoye of Ipoye-Ijesa, Oba Joshua Adefioye,
during the grassroot Campaign for Presidential, National and State
House of Assemblies, at Ilaa-Ijesa, Atakumosa-West Local Government on
Monday 09/03/2015.

Governor State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola addressing supporters, during the grassroot Campaign for Presidential, National and State House of Assemblies, at Ilaa-Ijesa, Atakumosa-West Local Government on Monday 09/03/2015.

Governor State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola addressing supporters,
during the grassroot Campaign for Presidential, National and State
House of Assemblies, at Ilaa-Ijesa, Atakumosa-West Local Government on
Monday 09/03/2015.

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-The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun, on Monday called on supporters who are yet to collect their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) to do so before the March 22 deadline.
Mr Kunle Oyatomi, the spokesman for the party in the State, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Osogbo.
He stressed the importance of the PVCs, and charged all eligible voters to come out and vote for the party.
“In spite of the number of those that have collected their PVCs, a large number are yet to do so.
“I think they should know that their PVCs is their power to vote and not to be disenfranchised’’, he said.
NAN recalls that INEC extended the deadline for collection of PVCs from March 8 to March 22.
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Farmers and Fulani/Bororo herdsmen in Osun State have been charged to give peaceful coexistence and good neighbourliness a chance so that the state can move forward.
Chairman of the committee on peaceful coexistence among cattle herdsmen and farmers in the state, Mudashiru Toogun, made the call during a peace meeting between farmers and cattle herdsmen at Esa-Oke and Olupona in Obokun and Ayedire Local Government areas respectively.
He advised that farmers and cattle herdsmen are supposed to see themselves as partners in progress, stressing that they need each other to be able to succeed in their various endeavours.
Toogun argued that it is only in a peaceful environment that government can unveil the good plans that it has in place for the people of the state.
Also speaking, the Executive Secretary of Ayedire Local Government, Mr Olulere Amobi, sued for peace among the farmers and cattle herdsmen, while urging them to see themselves as neighbours.
Speaking, the Seriki Fulani in the State of Osun, Alhaji Oluwatoyin Sulaiman, expressed delight on the steps being taken by the administration of Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola to ensure that there is peace in the state.
He assured the government of the state of continued peace among farmers and cattle herdsmen in the state as adequate steps would be taken to ensure that cattle are not used to graze cultivated farmlands indiscriminately anymore.
Other members of the committee on harmonious relationship who spoke at the meeting were Chief Adewoyin Adetoyese, Dr Nimota Raji, the Director of Livestock, Mr Johnson Ajayi, and the Director of Agric Services, Mr Kola Ajisekola, who all called for peace among farmers and cattle herdsmen.
At the end of the two sessions, a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on peaceful coexistence was signed between farmers and Fulani/Bororo herdsmen at Earthly Produce Limited in Olupona.
The MoU stressed the fact that both goats, sheep, cattle and other livestock animals must no longer graze cultivated farmlands.
Others present at the meeting were agric officers, farmers, as well as Fulani/Bororo herdsmen.
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folakeA call has gone out to the National Circumcision Association of Nigeria to put a stop to female genital mutilation/circumcision (FGM/C) in the country.
The act was described as barbaric, inhuman and violation of women and girl-child.
Osun State Commissioner for Women and Children Affaiirs, Mrs. Mofolake Adetoun Adegboyega, made the call at the inauguration of state technical working committee on elimination of female genital mutilation/circumcision.
At the programme organised by UNFPA/UNICEF in collaboration with the Ministries of Women and Children Affairs and Health, the commissioner expressed profound gratitude to the technical partners for the inclusion of the State of Osun in the project to be executed in Nigeria.
On the girl child who is the main focus of FGM/C, she reiterated that the state government has enacted a law against the practice, and that the government will continue to carry out and support programmes to fight and eradicate harmful practices in the state.
According to Mrs. Adegboyega, female genital mutilation, aside from being a serious human rights violation of women and girls, also has grave health consequences.
As such it is necessary that the practice be totally eliminated in the state, she added.
She described FGM/C as procedures involving partial or total removal of the female genitalia or other injury to the female genital organs whether for cultural, religion or other non-therapeutic reasons.
Statistically, she stated that there is an existing policy for the elimination of FGM in 2002, that it has not appreciably achieved its aims and objectives, and that by UNICEF survey in 2010, the state has the highest prevalent rate of 82.8 percent in the South West.
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Sitting on about 72 acres of land in Oluponna, on the outskirts of Iwo in Ayedire Local Government Area of Osun State, Triton Aqua Africa Limited is a testimony of the treasure hidden in agriculture.
Fish harvesting in progress
At the first cropping of the catfish farm section of the company recently, it became manifest that, with emphasis on agriculture, the economic fortunes of Nigeria would improve rapidly.
At the exercise, which had in attendance the head of the community, Olupo of Oluponna, Oba Emmanuel Onaolapo Oyeleso Oyebamiji, and some of his chiefs, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the company, Raju Samantani, explained that 40 tonnes of catfish were to be cropped and such cropping was expected twice within 10 months.
Supported by the Director of Project and Business Head, Poultry, Yashpe A. Jais and Oby Inuwa, respectively, the CEO highlighted the exploits in Ghana with a similar project that started about six years ago.
He acknowledged the huge market potential Nigeria has over other countries around the globe and assured that the production of catfish from the farm would increase from the initial 40 tonnes to between 80 and 100 tonnes per cropping within the next five years, with an expected financial yield of between N60 and N65 million within the same period.
Samtani, looking at the challenges encountered in the course of establishing the farm, which he described as a pilot project, maintained that the challenges of access road to the farm, power, water, documentation and others were encountered almost daily, but they were being outcome to realise the success story being told now.
He further explained that the marketing network his company was employing while they were engaged in importation of fish had become handy as channels of marketing for the sale of their products.
He also said that the farm, as part of its expansion vision, would include tilapia farming, which has taken root in Ghana. Towards the actualisation of this vision, he said some young Nigerians were already undergoing training in that aspect in Ghana.
Expressing confidence that the farming business would boost the economy of the country, the CEO said be also foresaw a boom in employment generation and implored government and the host community as well as the media to help in translating the dream into reality.
The Oba, in his remarks, commended the company, which he said had brought development to his community. He recalled that the cropping activity he was called to participate in was the second time he would visit the farm for the purpose of inaugurating projects, noting that the first time was when he came to launch the company’s hatchery. Oba Oyebamiji, who is also a farmer, commended the state government’s policy that guarantees an enabling environment for such projects to thrive.
He was particularly grateful to the company for the employment created for members of his community and pledged his support for the company’s growth.
A Federal Government-licensed producer of rice seedlings, the monarch lamented that the current political uncertainty had hampered the distribution of his products and called on Nigerian government to be decisive on the much talked-about general elections so as to ensure stability in the polity and by extension the economy.
He said there were a lot of things adversely affected by the prevailing political situation, noting that the moment the elections are held and the results announced, the tension in the country would be over and everything would be fine.
The Oba also remarked that the rice revolution embarked upon by the incumbent Minister of Agriculture, Akinwumi Adesina, had started to yield positive results, manifesting in the stability of the market price of imported rice and expressed the hope that soon locally produced rice would upstage imported ones.
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Najeem-Salaam-150x1501The Speaker of the Osun State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Najeem Salaam, has warned against plot to subvert the forthcoming general elections.
He said any attempt to remove the Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, could derail the nation’s democracy.
According to a statement by his media aide, Goke Butika, the body language of President Goodluck Jonathan is suggesting that he is moving toward removing Jega before the Presidential election.
Salaam stressed that Nigeria should not be dragged into needless crisis over the position of INEC chairman, saying that the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) should spare Prof. Jega from its campaign of calumny.
He condemned the way some politicians were waging media war against the leadership of the INEC ever since Jega has insisted on using the Permanent Voter’s card (PVC) and card reader to conduct the rescheduled polls.
He said their comments were disgusting, ridiculous and uncalled for, and at best suggesting that there was plot to subvert the elections.
He said: “We should all strive to consolidate this 16 years old democracy as a people, and no section of the people should see power as their exclusive right, but right of those who could obtain the mandate of the people through elections. Thus, it is needless to indulge more on the campaign of calumny.”
The Speaker, therefore, implored Jonathan to discard the idea of removing Jega if the card was on the clandestine table, noting that “the consequence of changing the game when the game is almost at extra time would vitiate the credibility of not only the elections, but also democratic credentials of this country.
THE NATION

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