The State of Osun Judiciary under the leadership of the State Chief Judge, Hon. Justice Oyebola Adepele yesterday (Tuesday 25th of October, 2016) held a Valedictory Court Session and Send-forth Ceremony in honour of a retiring judge, Hon. Justice Adebisi Oyedele Ogunlade at High Court No 1, High Court of Justice, Ilobu Road, Osogbo
This was contained in a statement by the Chief Registrar of the State High Court, Mr. Lawrence Olawale Arojo.
Osun State House of Assembly under the leaders of its Speaker, Honourable Najeem Salaam has lauded the Governors of Osun and Oyo states, Rauf Aregbesola and Abiola Ajimobi for the peaceful resolution on the recent controversy about ownership and management of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology.
In a statement by the Chairman, House Committee on Information and Strategy, Hon. Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, the Assembly said, the gesture of the two leaders had demonstrated that they are living up to the demand of their offices.
The assembly noted that conflicts cannot be ruled out in any human settings even among siblings but allowing conflict to degenerate into crisis was a responsibility that leadership must exercise.
This resolution according to the assembly would make the institution stronger and meet up with the aspiration of its founding fathers.
According to Assembly, the resolution and the re-affirmation of the joint ownership of the institution by the two states has vindicated that path of peace, dialogue and tolerance was the way to go rather than any party fanning the ember of discord and violence.
“We have always said that Oyo and Osun, are creations of law and the constitution and would not do anything that would contravene the same constitution over the joint ownership of LAUTECH.
“LAUTECH is also created by law and unless that law is jointly amended by the two states, none of the two states can arrogate to herself the sole ownership of the institution.
“Those fanning the ember of discord needed to be educated on this and desist from causing disharmony between the two states and their people over the institution.
“It was a privilege that the institution is located in Ogbomosho, Oyo State and that privilege must be properly explored by the hosting community for economic development”, it said.
The Assembly then charged the government of the two states to design ways of making the institution self-sustaining like other universities.
It said, by making such design, it would relief the two states, the burden of using their scarce revenue to finance the institution on monthly basis, rather than making it a revenue-generating institution on its own.
The parliament further noted that LAUTECH has created for itself a name that would continue to place it in the lead among its peers, saying, the advantage must be properly made use of.
It said, the management of the institution must strive very hard to maintain the lead that the university has secured.
Osun Assembly also expressed the need for the two Houses to work together on matters of mutual interest rather than be seen as groups working at cross purposes.
It then appealed to the workers who have been on strike since the commencement of the ownership crisis of the institution to return to work in the interest of the students host community and the people of the two states.
Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State has listed ways for Nigeria to quickly get out of the current economic recession.
Aregbesola spoke weekend during the one-year anniversary and first annual lecture of The Point Newspapers held at the Eko Hotel, Lagos. At the lecture with the theme, The Economics of Change, the governor said Nigeria must cut its dependence on foreign goods, increase local production and enhance entrepreneurship, adding these would help save the local currency which currently carries too much pressure.
Aregbesola expressed regrets that Nigeria has failed to make use of the huge opportunities in agriculture and manufacturing sectors. Also at the event, among other prominent personalities, were the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi and Alake of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Aremu Gbadebo.
The governor said it was disheartening that Nigeria depends too much on foreign foods, which is killing agriculture. He said: “We should also cut the importation of food to less than 25 per cent of the current volume. This is to enable us develop agriculture.
It has been the policy of our administration since day one to promote food production in order to be able to feed our people.”
From left- Governor State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, Oyo State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi and Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Saliu Adetunji during a visit to Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Akanmu Adetunji, at Olubadan’s palace, Ibadan, Oyo state
Governor State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola (2nd left), his Deputy, Mrs. Titi Laoye-Tomori (2nd right), Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Saliu Adetunji (middle), Olori Kudirat Adetunji (right), and Olori Rashidat Adetunji (left), during a visit to Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Akanmu Adetunji, at Olubadan’s palace, Ibadan, Oyo state
Governor State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola (left), Oyo State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi (right), and Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Saliu Adetunji (middle), during a visit to Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Akanmu Adetunji, at Olubadan’s palace, Ibadan,
Governor State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola Presenting head of Olokun statue to Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Saliu Adetunji during a visit to Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Akanmu Adetunji, at Olubadan’s palace, Ibadan, Oyo state
Prominent indigenes of Iwo in Osun State, have called on Governor Rauf Aregbesola to approve the planned conversion of the Reality Television building in the town, to a journalism institute. Elites from the town, including thirty professors and other eminent personalities, recently resolved to appeal to the governor to affiliate the proposed institute to Osun State University when approved.
The spokesperson of the groups, Prof. Alagbe Gbolagade, explained that part of the suggested programmes for the planned institute include, Bachelor of Arts in Music, Bachelor of Arts in Performing Arts, Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Arts, Bachelor of Arts in Advertising, Bachelor of Arts in Film Production and Bachelor of Arts in Photo Journalism.
“We are aware of the current financial situation of the state. In order not to put financial pressures on the government of the State of Osun, the community, through groups likes Iwo Board of Trustees, Iwo Action Council, Iwo Progressive Union and some individuals, have agreed to take up the financial responsibilities for the take-off grants.
“All we want from the government is an approval for take-off. Iwo Local Government is one of the biggest in Osun State and it is not good that Iwo has no government owned higher institution. Sincerely speaking, one higher institution in a place is better than ten industries.
Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State has reiterated that he would not renege on his promise to banish hunger and make life meaningful for the people of the state.
The governor made the statement on Monday in Osogbo at the celebration of 2016 International Day for Poverty Eradication.
Aregbesola said that his administration remained resolute to do ‘everything humanly possible’ to champion the cause of creating wealth by eradicating poverty.
In his speech titled: “Poverty Has No Place with Us,” Aregbesola said that the policy thrust and programmes of his administration were geared towards poverty eradication, make live abundant and create wealth for the citizenry.
He listed the six-point integral action plan of his administration to include: banishing poverty, hunger and unemployment; restoring healthy living, promoting functional education, enhancing communal peace and progress.
He said that the plans were designed to uplift the people from being poverty stricken to being wealthy.
Commenting on the achievements made by his administration, the governor said 40,000 unemployed youths had been empowered under the Osun Youth Empowerment Scheme.
Aregbesola said his administration had adopted multi-faceted approach to achieve its goal of providing healthcare for all.
Aregbesola said: “While government will continue to do everything within its means to provide for the people, we should all be productively engaged, especially in agriculture where we have comparative advantage.”
Earlier in his address, Alhaji Abdul-Rahaman Musa, the Chairman, Osun State Community and Social Development Project, commended the governor for the various poverty alleviation programmes he had put in place to benefit the people.
The CSDP General Manager, Funmi Abokede, also commended the government for being consistent in payment of counterpart funds for the programme.
She said that CSDP was being funded by the state government and World Bank.
Abokede noted with satisfaction that government had released N550 million for payment of counterpart funds between 2010 and 2015.
Osun State government on Friday said the 46.30 per cent performance of its students in the 2016 West Africa Examination Council Examinations confirms its huge investment in the education sector.
The government said that for a state that once fell to a woeful six per cent performance prior to the Rauf Aregbesola’s administration to move up to 46.3 per cent aptly illustrated the fact that the government’s various interventions in education were paying off.
A statement by the Bureau of Communication and Strategy in the Office of the Governor says the government is not yet satisfied or resting on its oars until the state emerges the best state in the country in external examinations.
The statement, signed by the Bureau’s Director, Semiu Okanlawon, noted that the 2016 WAEC results indicate that the 2016 performance rating remained the highest and the best in 13 years.
In 2015, results of the WASCE showed that Osun ended up with 21 per cent in performance.
The details of the results from West Africa Schools Certificate Examination (WASCE) showed that Osun presented for the examination, a total of 36,678 students with 18,318 males and 18,360 females.
Out of these, 8,329 males secured credits in at least five subjects including English and Mathematics while 8,654 females candidates secured credits in English and Mathematics totaling 16,983 that got five credits with Mathematics and English.
Gradual Upward Movement
The state had registered 48,845 candidates the previous year, 2015 with 25,347 males and 23,498 female candidates.
Out of these, 5,314 male candidates got five credits and above in Mathematics and English while 5,276 female candidates secured at least five credits, including Mathematics and English, making a total of 10,590 to make the 21.68 per cent performance of 2015.
The Bureau said Osun, under Aregbesola’s administration had recorded gradual upward movement from the abysmal performances due to the various interventions in the sector.
“For instance, the state has discouraged enrollment of students whose performances in internal examinations were nothing to write home about. This has compelled many of the students to change their orientations towards learning.
“Other novel interventions such as provision of stand-alone Tablet of Knowledge (Opon Imo) to all students writing WAEC each year has made learning much easier.
“With the introduction of this tablet, students now spend quality times both in and out of classroom situations.
“The result is that there is no dull moment for every student who is desirous of true education,” the Bureau’s statement read.
Better learning environment, the statement identified, had also contributed in no small measure to the improved results.
“So, far, Osun has completed 1,694 classrooms in the existing elementary, middle and high schools; providing accommodation for 84,700 pupils at 50 pupils per classroom.
“We have provided for them more than 100,000 desks and chairs, toilets and boreholes.
“Today, the Wole Soyinka Government High School, Ejigbo, Ataoja Government School of Science, Osogbo, Osogbo Government High School, Osogbo and Adventists Government High School Ede have been completed, with Ilesa Government High School, Iwo Government High School, Unity/Fakunle Government High School, Osogbo and others near completion,” the statement added.
The Elende of Eko-Ende in Odo-Otin Local Government Area of the State of Osun, Oba Abdul Rauf Olaniyan Ajiboye has promised the Governor of the State, Governor Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola in his efforts at creating awareness on the need to promote Yoruba language and culture to prevent them from going into extinction.
Oba Ajiboye gave the kudos at a sensitization programme organised by the State Government through the State Ministry of Information, Home Affairs, Tourism and Culture as part of efforts at taking cultural awareness to the grassroots.
The monarch observed that, the influence of western education is gradually eroding the importance and viability of the Yoruba language and culture which should be addressed immediately.
Speaking at the event, the guest speaker who is a renowned artist and a cultural ambassador, Chief Muraina Oyelami, the Eesa of Iragbiji, enjoined parents, teachers and all Yorubas to encourage their wards to speak the Yoruba language, use Yoruba attire and listen to Yoruba music among others as a way of preserving them.
Chief Oyelami observed that there is no language or culture which is superior to the other since both are ways of living of the people.
He therefore enjoined teachers to stop stigmatizing Yoruba language and mode of dressing as archaic or inferior to the English language.
In her address at the event, the Coordinating Director, Ministry of Information, Home Affairs, Tourism and Culture, Mrs Femi Webster-Esho particularly thanked Governor Aregbesola for his efforts at promoting Yoruba language, culture and ethics; a venture that has earned him national and international accolades as an ambassador of
Yoruba culture rebirth.
Mrs Webster-Esho stated that the cultural awareness programme was put in place to create interest in the youth on the rich cultural heritage of the Yorubas.
She said that, the programme will be taken to other parts of the State from time to time especially the grassroots.
Students of Narwarudeen Elementary School and Eko-Ende Middle and High School all in Eko-Endo were the primary targets of the enlightenment programme.
Several Yoruba cultural heritages such as music, dance, oral renditions and mode of dressing were showcased to the students and the audience.
The Government of the State of Osun has put all necessary action in motion to support the 40 German-trained Osun Youths by inaugurating an 8 member inter-Ministerial Committee that will facilitate the engagement of the youths in modern farming practices in the State.
The Government of Osun has also approved the release of 50 hectares of land at Ago-Owu farm settlement area for the use of these youths who have received needed training in modern agricultural best practices in Germany and are enthusiastic to embrace farming as a means of living.
While speaking during the inauguration of the Committee held at the Conference room of the Ministry of Agriculture, the Coordinating Director, Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and Youth Engagement, Dr. Oluwabukola Aluko disclosed that an estimated amount of #100 Million had been spent for the overseas training of the 40 beneficiaries.
He also stated that Osun youths can also benefit maximally from their experience through “the train the trainer programme” if all necessary support are given to them to practice what they have learnt.
The Coordinating Director maintained that, the government’s effort to support the youths in agriculture is in line with Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola’s integral action plan to banish hunger and unemployment through agriculture.
He charged the committee members which include officers from the Ministries of Commerce, Cooperative and Empowerment, Finance and Agricultural, Food Security and Youth Engagement to work assiduously within the limited time frame to achieve the set target of resettlingthem to their farms.
Also speaking, the facilitator of the training, Dr. Gbele Olamilekan emphasised that the experience garnered by the youths has become an asset to the State of Osun and if well tapped, can lead the State to economic buoyancy.
Dr. Olamilekan also appreciated officials of the Ministry of Agriculture for their support and efforts in making the trip a huge success and urged them to have a road map for maximum use of the potential experience for the benefit of the youths and entire State at large, noting that youths are the future leaders.
The Government of Osun on Friday said the 46.30 percent performance of its students in the 2016 West Africa Examination Council Examinations confirms its huge investment in the education sector.
The government said for a state that once fell to a woeful 6 percent performance prior the Rauf Aregbesola administration to move up to 46.3 percent aptly illustrates the fact that the government’s various interventions in education are paying off.
A statement by the Bureau of Communication and Strategy in the Office of the Governor said that the government is however not yet satisfied or resting on its oars until the state emerges the best state in the country in external examinations.
The statement, signed by the Bureau’s Director, Semiu Okanlawon, noted that the 2016 WAEC results indicate that the 2016 performance rating remains the highest and the best in 13 years.
In 2015, results of the WASCE showed that Osun ended up with 21. percent in performance.
The details of the results from WASCE showed that Osun presented for the examination, a total of 36,678 students with 18,318 males and 18,360 females.
Out of these, 8,329 males secured Credits in at least 5 subjects including English and Mathematics while 8,654 females candidates secured credits in English and Mathematics totaling 16,983 that got 5 credits with Mathematics and English.
The state had registered 48,845 candidates the previous year, 2015 with 25,347 males and 23,498 female candidates. Out of these, 5,314 male candidates got 5 credits and and above in Mathematics and English while 5,276 female candidates secured at least 5 Credits including Mathematics and English making a total of 10,590 to make the 21.68 percent performance of 2015.
The Bureau said Osun, under the Rauf Aregbesola administration has recorded gradual upwards move from the abysmal performances due to the various interventions in the sector.
The statement said that for instance, the state has discouraged enrollment of students whose performances in internal examinations were nothing to write home about adding that this has compelled many of the students to change their orientations towards learning.
“Other novel interventions such as provision of stand-alone Tablet of Knowledge (Opon Imo) to all students writing WAEC each year has made learning much easier. With the introduction of this tablet, students now spend quality times both in and out of classroom situations. The result is that there is no dull moment for every student who is desirous of true education,” the Bureau’s statement added
Better learning environment, the statement added, has also contributed in no small measure to the improved results.
“So, far, Osun has completed1,694 classrooms in the existing elementary, middle and high schools; providing accommodation for 84,700 pupils at 50 pupils per classroom. We have provided for them more than 100,000 desks and chairs, toilets and boreholes.
“Today, the Wole Soyinka Government High School, Ejigbo, Ataoja Government School of Science, Osogbo, Osogbo Government High School, Osogbo, Adventists Government High School Ede, have been completed with Ilesa Government High School, Iwo Government High School, Unity/Fakunle Government High School, Osogbo and others nearing completion,” the statement added.
The government expressed confidence that in the years ahead, Osun’s students are going to emerge best examples in true learning, adding that with the reforms already put in place, the state is on its path to the path of educational glory.
