The State Government has shed light on why the 2020 budget proposal forwarded to the State House of Assembly was slashed by N16b, from N193.903b presented in 2019, to N177.9b presented to the Assembly for 2020. The 2020 estimate is N16b shorter than that of 2019 which was N193.903 billion. Continue Reading
Workers in the state have been told to concentrate on service delivery and refrain from political activities and partisan politics during the electioneering activities. Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, specifically directed public servants not to dorn campaign T-shirts with the logo of his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC). “I don’t want Continue Reading
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Ondo State Council, has stated that it was yet to reach an agreement with the State Government on the implementation of the new N30,000 minimum wage. NLC chairman in the state, Sunday Adeleye-Oluwole, in his New Year message to workers, explained that negotiation was still Continue Reading
The continued story of division between Governor Rotimi Akeredolu and his Deputy, Agboola Ajayi, has been attributed to the handiwork of political jobbers. Deputy Governor, Mr Agboola Ajayi, publicly denied any rift and pointed accusing fingers at policalicians desirous of reaping bountifully from such rift. The rumoured division has been Continue Reading
The gale of defection in the state as the 2020 gubernatorial election of the state draws nearer, continued as expected with the defection of Honourable Tope Adefemiwa to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). He is one of the aspirants trying to dislodge incumbent Rotimi Akeredolu. According to him, the Continue Reading
Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has explained how he spent his 2019 vacation. According to him, he was in Abuja for the five weeks leave , meeting with different development partners on possible ways of developing the state. The leave afforded me the opportunity for a personal reflection and also Continue Reading
The State Government has achieved the rapid transformation of 500 schools spread across the state, through funds received from the Universal Basic Education Commission ( UBEC ) and counterpart funds from the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) . It disclosed with excitement that the funds have impacted positively on Continue Reading
As part of efforts to boost cocoa production in the country, the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) has organized a farmers and stakeholders forum in Akure. Similar workshops were equally held at Oshogbo, Osun State, Umuahia, Abia State, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State and Ikom, Cross River State. It has equally Continue Reading
One area the Akeredolu administration cannot be faulted, even by its worst critique, is road construction and upgrade. Numerous roads across the state, have either had potholes covered, others expanded, in addition to the construction of new ones. Significantly, over 45 kilometres of roads in various parts of the state, Continue Reading
Drones recently acquired by the Nigerian Army contributed immensely towards the fight against kidnapping, now rampant in the state. They were used in carrying out raids in 18 camps of kidnappers in Akure in the last one month. The drones , according to Brig-gen Zakari Abubakar , were launched on Continue Reading
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