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HOS COMMEND OFFICERS FOR GOOD ENVIRONMENTAL CONDUCT The Ogun State Head of Service, Mr Olanrewaju Saka has directed that commendation letters be issued to three workers in the Ogun State Civil/Public Service for being good ambassadors at the bi-monthly environmental sanitation exercise. The Head of Service gave the directive when he monitored the 2nd in the series of the bi-monthly environmental sanitation exercise that was resuscitated in recent past. At the Bureau of Lands and Survey, Oke-Ilewo, Abeokuta, Olasunbo Ayorinde, Olubukola Ayinde and Toyin Olowu were tagged "Sanitation Ambassadors" for showing commitment and hard work during the exercise.  The HoS said the gesture was to serve as encouragement to all the workers to brace up whenever any task is assigned to them and charged the recipients to show more compliance and serve as monitors at subsequent editions of the sanitation exercise. Also, at the Bureau of Lands and Survey, where traders were directed ...

Epe Doctors' Quarters Ready Soon, Council Boss The Epe Local Government Council Area of Lagos State Chairperson, Princess Surah Animashaun, has said that the newly constructed Doctors’ Lodge at Ojikutu Street, Papa, Epe will be completed and ready for occupation within a month. She stated this during an inspection tour to the facility in Epe local government area, noting that the project was a landmark project,  aimed at strengthening healthcare delivery and improving the welfare of medical personnel within the local government council area. "Indeed, the 10-Unit Doctors' Lodge is to enhance healthcare workforce welfare and service delivery in Epe, as well as to motivate our doctors who dedicated themselves for healthcare delivery, and it is a home away from home for our dedicated healthcare professionals," she said. The council Chairperson said that doctors' lodge was designed to provide safe, comfortable, and modern accommodation for doctors in the co...

Osoba dedicates family house...harps on unity, love  Former governor of Ogun state, Chief Olusegun Osoba has called on all Ataba family to continue to show love among themselves, as it is the foundation of a better and united family.  Chief Osoba who made the call during the dedication of the newly constructed Ataba family house in Ago Oba, Abeokuta, Ogun state, said that Ataba family and its members can only progress in an atmosphere of love and peace. He urged them to sustain the cordiality among themselves in the overall interest of the family.  Akinrogun Osoba explained that the old family house was demolished during the regime of Governor Ibikunle Amosun to less than a quarter of the building to give way for development adding that he had it in mind since then to build a befitting modern house for Ataba family.  Chief Osoba who was full of joy said that he was happy seeing the legacy of Ataba family in another modern form that was no...

RESIDENTS CELEBRATE NEW DAWN AS ABIODUN COMMISSIONS TAM-BALOGUN, LUBA/STADIUM ROADS Residents of Ijebu-Ode and it's environs  came out in large numbers to witness the commissioning of the reconstructed Tam Balogun, Luba/Stadium Road by Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, describing the projects as transformative interventions that have restored hope, enhanced mobility, stimulated economic activities, and improved the overall quality of life in the ever rapidly town. The commissioning ceremony,  attracted government officials, traditional rulers, community leaders, market women, transport operators, artisans and residents who gathered to celebrate what many described as a new phase of infrastructural development in the area. For many residents, the occasion represented more than just  the commissioning of roads, as it marked the fulfilment of a long-standing aspiration and the end of years of hardship caused by the poor condition of the road network. Spea...

INDISCRIMINATE WASTE DISPOSAL,OGUN COURT SENTENCES EIGHT TO COMMUNITY SERVICE      Ogun State Magistrate Court sitting in Isabo, Abeokuta has sentenced eight waste offenders to community service for indiscriminate waste disposal in Abeokuta .      Prosecuting the eight on two count charge,Sanitarian Kehinde Ogunsola, Medical Officer of Health of the Ogun State Waste Management Authority OGWAMA said they were  between the hours of 6:15 to 8:05 a.m early today caught dumping waste on public roads at Isale- Igbein ,Car-Wash and Abiola Way in the Abeokuta Magisterial District which emitted offensive odour that attracted flies ingress and breeding which are liable to spread cholera which are dangerous to health and causes flooding that are dangerous to life and property  which are prejudicial to the public thereby committed offences which are contrary to Public Health Law of Ogun State 2006 and Section 34(1) of the Ogun State  Manageme...

CORRUPTION ENDANGERING NIGERIA DEVELOPMENT AS 62% NIGERIANS LIVING IN MULTIDIMENSIONAL POVERTY.. PROF. KAREEM Corruption has been identify to be the major impediment to Nigeria economic development as 62 percent of Nigerians still live in abject or multidimensional poverty. Professor of Resource and Development Economics in the depatment of Economics and Actuarial Sciences, College of Arts, Social and Management Sciences (CASMAS) who also double as the Deputy Vice Chancellor of Crescent University, Abeokuta, Prof. Rasaki Olufemi Kareem made this known during the first inaugural lecture of the University with the theme"Resource Efficiency vs Economic Development: Whither Nigeria"  He said Nigerian problem is not about resources but how those resources are being put to use for the benefits and welfare of the citizen, pointing out that about 133 to 144 million Nigerians are living in multidimensional poverty, highlighting the poverty rate percentage from 46 percent i...