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The neglect suffered by senior citizens in Osun State over the years seems to be disappeared under governor Ademola Adeleke's administration. Now they enjoyed  constant payment of their pensions and gratuity  while they have also been enrolled under the Osun health Insurance Scheme for free. Taking their welfare to another level, these medical care and surgery program are for conducted on the senior citizens who are suffering from major ailments. Governor Adeleke reiterated that his government places priority on the welfare of workers and pensioners. While highlighting recent approvals and allowances for health workers in the state, he announced that the 3rd episode of the Imole surgical and medical outreach targeted at the vulnerable will soon start. The free surgery and medical care program for the senior citizen was organised in conjunction with a Non governmental organization.

Osun State Government has denied a fake report that it obtained a Ten Billion Naira loan facility in 2023, asserting that Governor Ademola Adeleke did not take any loan and is not planning to take any such loan now or in the near future. Describing the report as a demonstration of either ignorance or mischief , the Commissioner for Information, Oluomo Kolapo Alimi said all current indebtedness of the state were contracted by previous governments of the All Progressive Congress As much as we recognize the failed bid of the opposition in Osun amidst its frantic search for fault finding no matter how ridiculous, we however expected a bit of informed postulation as against the illiterate understanding of state finance the Osun APC has so far demonstrated. We assure the public of this administration’s financial discipline. As such, this government will not repeat the horror of the reckless borrowing that crippled the state and inflicted untold pains on the people in the past. The current go...

  Osun state government has inaugurated a special task force for the recovery of government project vehicles/assets carted away by the officials of the immediate past administration.  The inauguration of the committee followed the release of the white paper of the Asset recovery committee set up by Governor Adeleke through the executive order issued on the day of  his inauguration on November 27th, 2022.  The committee which is to be Chaired by the Secretary to the Osun state government, Alhaji Teslim Igbalaye, was inaugurated on Wednesday, 14th February, 2024 with the mandate to “ensure immediate recovery of government project vehicles/assets carted away by the officials of the immediate past administration.  The Head of Service, Mr Ayanleye Aina, while inaugurating the committee on behalf of the Executive Governor, charged the committee to implement the report of Asset recovery committee and retrieve all the state government assets discovered to have been cart...

 

  The victim, identified as Mr Olabode Olawuyi, who was a Veterinary Technologist, was said to have has been in charge of the Zoological garden for over a decade. The Public Relations Officer of the university, Abiodun Olarewaju, confirmed the incident in a statement on Monday to cosmostv. He said, “Mr Olawuyi has been taking care of the lions since they were born on campus about 9 years ago but, tragically, the male lion killed the man who had been feeding them. “The other members of staff who were at the scene of the incident did everything within their power to rescue their boss but the wild cat had already caused severe fatalities.” Olarewaju said upon hearing the sad news, the management team, led by the Vice Chancellor, Prof Adebayo Bamire, abruptly ended an ongoing meeting for an on-the-spot assessment “Vice-Chancellor, Professor Adebayo Simeon BAMIRE, was informed, on arrival, by the Acting Director of the University Health and Medical Centre Dr. Tirimisiyu Olatunji, that a...

Worried by protracted strike action by the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, Governor Ademola Adeleke has set up a seven man committee to urgently resolve the industrial dispute. The Governor is also sending a briefing letter  to the Attorney General of the Federation and the Chief Justice  of Nigeria, calling for support to resolve the industrial dispute. The Governor in the letters briefed the top judicial officials on his efforts so far to get the crisis resolved despite the fact that the bone of contention is pure judicial staff matters. The Committee led by the Secretary to the State Government, Hon Teslim Igbalaye, is to find a lasting solution to the  crisis within the judiciary within seven days, Mr Governor further directed. The new intervention by Governor Adeleke followed his previous efforts, which include payment of withheld salaries of some judicial staff, negotiation on wardrobe allowances, and recent hosting of the national leadership of the judicial staff...

  A former member of the House of Representatives, who represented Ika federal constituency of Delta State, Dr Cairo Ojougboh, is dead. Reliable sources said that the outspoken politician and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) died on Wednesday night while watching the AFCON 2023 semi-final match between Nigeria and South Africa. “As soon as a penalty kick was awarded against Nigeria during the AFCON match with South Africa on Wednesday’s semi-final clash in Bouake, Ivory Coast, he slumped. Details Later…