For five years, Professor Femi Mimiko, was Vice Chancellor, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba. In his released a 500 page book, he relieves his experience as the Vice Chancellor of the Institution and on Nigerian Universities . According to him, managing the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), was indeed a challenge. “ The loyalty of the average academic to our union, the Academic Staff Union...
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Sunshine Government in Action
Primary school teachers in the state, under the auspices of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), have protested the payment of their salaries by local governments. The teachers who took to the streets of the state capital in Akure, said they wanted the State Government to take over the payment of their salaries. The protesters marched to the Governor’s office, Alagbaka Akure, chanting...
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Sunshine Government in Action
Ondo State First Lady , recently joined other women to clean Oja-Oba market, a local market in Akure, to raise awareness for breast cancer among women in the state. A breast cancer survivor, she has been in the fore of breast cancer advocacy and sensitization. Speaking during the campaign, she said breast cancer can be treated if spotted in the early stages and enjoined women...
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The Ondo State Muslim Welfare Board has said 302 slots had been allotted for intending Muslim pilgrims in the state for the 2017 Hajj. Chairman of the board, Alhaji Khaleel Fawehinmi, disclosed in Akure, that, “A total of 302 hajj slots are allotted to the state while successful intending pilgrims are expected to leave the state by middle of August, 2017’’. According to him, the...
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A faction of the state House of Assembly, attempted to forcefully occupy the chambers of the house but were rebuffed by eagle eyed security officials. The warring 26members of the House have been at loggerheads over the speakership of the assembly in the last two months. Consequently, security had been beefed up at the Assembly, following a plot by the 13 lawmakers loyal to Malachi...
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Ondo and eight other states in the federation, are to benefit from the UNITED Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) $3 million entrepreneurship project. The project is aimed at preparing young people to create their own employment from secondary schools. The other states are Anambra, Bauchi, Benue, Cross River, Delta, Katsina, Ogun and Oyo. Noriko Takahashi, Industrial Development Officer, said the UNIDO project will support the...
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More than 60 farmers and traders from Okitipupa and Irele local government areas have benefited from the training and empowerment programmes facilitated by the member, representing Okitipupa/Irele Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. Mike Adeniyi Omogbehin. The programme, tagged, ‘Post Season Intervention’, was executed by the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency (SMEDAN) through Ewakitty Nig. Ltd. The two-day programme which held between...
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Immediate past Governor of Ondo state, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, has advised policy makers across Africa, to make healthcare delivery top priority , by emplacing performance-based mechanism that will see Africa overcoming its health challenges. He stated this while delivering a keynote address on , “The Future of Health Engagement with Nigeria” , at the ongoing conference on Global Health by the Centre for Strategic and...
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Sunshine Government in Action
The Senator representing Ondo North Senatorial District of the National Assembly, Professor Ajayi Boroffice , has kicked against Zenith Bank’s granting of N7 b loan to the Mimiko administration. He questioned the rationale behind the approval of the loan by the “rubber stamp members” of the State House of Assembly and the judgement of Zenith Bank’s management . He urged the bank to follow the...
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Sunshine Government in Action
It is located in Owena, Idanre local government area of the state. Will take off before end of year. As part of its efforts to promote agriculture in the state and make it viable for agri-preneur, revive the dying sector, create employment and provide raw materials for the ailing industrial sector, the State Government has concluded arrangements to establish a regional farmers market in the...
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