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Adopt Safety as strategic organisational value, Warns Against Violation: Commissioner  The State Government in it's drive to mitigate industrial incident, has called on Multinational organisations across the State to adopt safety as a strategies for organisational value, warning to clamp down on violators.   Commissioner for Environment, Ola Oresanya, sounded the note of warning during a one day training with the theme " Industrial Resilience and Safety Governance: Institutionalizing Compliance, Risk Control and Emergency Preparedness in Ogun State’, for Health Safety and Environment, (HSE) personnel held in Abeokuta. Reiterating commitment to industrial safety, Oresanya said the State would no longer longer tolerate a situation where workplace safety “exists in manuals rather than in behavior.” The Commissioner, represented by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Dr. Kafayat Lawal, disclosed that during thorough inspections, facility evaluations, and in...

Ogun Arewa Communities Back Iyabo Obasanjo...Yayi Only Looking For Relevance The Ogun Arewa Communities has called on its members in the state to close ranks across ethnic, religious and political lines and support efforts aimed at promoting Professor Iyabo Obasanjo's political ambitions and Ladi Adebutu for Ogun Central and state development and stability in the coming general elections. The group also passed a vote of confidence in Prof. Obasanjo's ambitions to become thr Ogun Central Senator, citing her good antecedent during her tenure as state Commissioner for Health, and Senator represented the Central in 2007. In a statement issued on Monday and signed by its Chairman, Mobilising Committee, Mr. Ibrahim Tanko, the group cautioned Senator, representing Ogun West, and All Progressives Congress (APC) Gubernatorial Candidate, Senator Solomon Olamilekan Adeola against actions and rehetorics incitement capable of political violence in the state. He stressed that Pro...

SUPPORT GOV. ABIODUN GIANT STRIDES IN EDUCATION-HoS Old students of Government Secondary Schools in Ogun State, have been urged to support the efforts of Gov. Dapo Abiodun’s led administration in the education sector by giving back to their alma mater through positive contributions towards educational development, mentorship of younger students and provision of infrastructure that preserves the proud legacy of their old school. The Head of Service, Mr. Olanrewaju Saka, disclosed this at the dinner organised by 91/96 set of Abeokuta Grammar School Old Boys Association (AGSOBA) to mark the school's 118th Founder's Day at the Mitros Hall, Ibara, Abeokuta. HoS, said education was far beyond the classroom, as it transcended into mentoring life and leaving footprints that could not be erased, adding that he was fulfilled seeing his contribution and that of his colleagues in the life of the old boys turning out good as responsible members of the society and supporting the ...

VCDP TARGETS STATEWIDE EXPANSION TO SUSTAIN FARMERS BEYOND IFAD SUPPORT The Ogun State Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security has reaffirmed its commitment to sustaining and expanding the achievements of the Value Chain Development Programme (VCDP), with plans to extend its interventions to all 20 local government areas of the State while deepening rice and cassava value addition to improve farmers' incomes and livelihoods. The Special Adviser to the Governor on Agriculture and Food Security, Dr. Angel Adelaja-Kuye, made this known during an engagement with the executive members of the Commodity Alliance Forum (CAF), led by its Chairman, Alhaji Kamorudeen Shokunbi, at the Ministry's Conference Room in Abeokuta. Dr. Adelaja-Kuye said the IFAD-assisted VCDP has recorded remarkable successes in empowering farmers, particularly women and youths, through capacity-building programmes, improved agricultural practices, and training in cassava processing and other value a...

FHA Forceful Eviction, Heavy Gunfire Scares Residents Of FHE As Millons of Properties Lost Residents of the Federal Housing Estate in Obada-Oko, located in Ewekoro Local Government Area of Ogun State, were thrown into deep chock as operative of the Nigeria police led by the General Manager, Federal Housing Authority (FHA), Mr. Olaniyi and the Desk officer of the Estate at FHA, Alhaja Basirat Salami Olayinka, invaded the community and forcefully evicting the occupants of the estate. The incident reportedly occurred on Friday and Saturday when heavily armed policemen, said to be masked, stormed the estate in large numbers. Witnesses alleged that the officers fired sporadically before proceeding with the eviction of residents from over 300 houses, leaving properties abandoned and unsecured in the rain. Speaking with journalists, a retired federal civil servant from the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing and community leader, Comrade Olujide Ogunsola, condemned the action, i...

OGEPA GM MAKES  UNSCHEDULED VISITS  TO A FACTORY IN OGIJO  The General Manager of the Ogun State Environmental Protection Agency (OGEPA), Hon. Kehinde Bello has conducted an unscheduled visit to Metal Recycling Industries Limited, located in Ogijo, Sagamu Local Government Area, as part of the Agency's commitment to ensuring strict compliance with environmental regulations across the State. The surprise inspection was aimed at assessing the company's level of compliance with environmental laws and standards, particularly in the areas of pollution control, waste management and adherence to conditions contained in its environmental approvals. During the inspection, the General Manager alongside the enforcement unit of the agency made  a comprehensive tour of the facility, examined  the company's production processes, waste disposal methods, air emission control measures and overall environmental management practices, to ascertain compliance with existin...