Supreme court's judgment, victory for the people of Osun - PDP Rep Candidate, L&K

A Chieftain of the People's Democratic Party in Osun state, Oluomo Lukman Kayode Mudashiru aka L&K has  described the judgement of Supreme Court affirming Senator Ademola Adeleke as the authentic candidate of the PDP in the just concluded Osun 2022 Governorship Election state as a victory for the people of Osun state.

He stated that the case was instituted with the intention to thwart the will of members of the party and by extension the people of Osun state who had initially voted Senator Ademola Adeleke at the party's primary election.

Mudashiru made this known while addressing newsmen in Osogbo, the Osun state capital, noting that the PDP remains resolute about keeping its promises to the people of Osun state.

The Iwo, Ayedire and Ola-Oluwa House of Representatives Candidate maintained  that the judgement of the court has made it obvious that the case was filed as an after thought.

He said "what happened today at the Supreme Court is not only victory to members of the PDP but victory to the people of Osun state and we are really grateful to God for the victory.

"In the first place, the judgement has revealed to us all that the case was filed as an after thought, that is why the court ruled that it was filled out of time. Did Prince Babayemi and his lawyers not know the law?

"With this judgement, we can atleast begin to trust the fact that our judicial system in Nigeria is getting revived and we can begin to trust it again".

He then advised Prince Dotun Babayemi to accept the judgement in good faith stating that the PDP is bigger than an individual and when the party had decided, no party member should go against the wish of the party.

"Its just so unfortunate that Prince Dotun Babayemi did not allow the party to resolve the issue with its internal mechanisms before pursuing the case even to the supreme court level.

"PDP is one big happy family and the party is bigger than an individual, so when the party has decided and agreed on what to do, everyone should conform to that decision either it favours them or not", Mudashiru added.

Dotun Babayemi, a governorship aspirant, had taken Adeleke before a federal high court in Osogbo, seeking to be declared as the PDP candidate for the July 16 governorship election in Osun state.

NGO Urges Young People To Set Meaningful Goals for themselves

Young individuals have been encouraged to create objectives for themselves and work hard to achieve them.

The counsel was given at a seminar hosted in Ibadan by Mrs. Funmilayo Komolafe, founder of the humanitarian group "The Virtuous Girl Child Foundation."

Approximately seven years ago, the foundation was established, according to Mrs. Komolafe, in order to inspire young people to be productive members of both their community and themselves while still remaining virgins.

Mrs Komolafe said her passion for the girl child came into being after she had a dream.

She said “in 2015 when I was serving my father land in Lokoja, my then pastor in a sermon told us to make a difference in society. There and then I started thinking of how to set goals. When I slept, I had a vision where I was talking to teenagers, and precisely on October 8, 2015, in Lokoja, I started visiting schools to talk to youths, especially the girl child.”

Similar to this, a youth instructor named Mrs. Grace Ojetunde pushed the young people attending the programme to identify their life's goals as early as possible and to never give up on them.

While adolescents still had strength, according to Mrs. Ojetunde, they should always use it for good and steer clear of social vices.

Education is necessary to stand before great individuals in life, according to one of the programme conveners, Mrs. Helen Olayiwola, who spoke on the theme "The Impact of Education on the Upcoming Generation and Achieving Academic Goals via the Help of God."

Mrs. Olayiwola advised young people to stick to the objectives they set for themselves.

Speaking on the theme of "Achieving Sexual Purity Goals via the Help of God," a youth counsellor, Mrs. Adetutu Samson, advised youths against reading or watching pornographic material.The program's chief host, Prophetess Esther Adebayo of the Christ Followers Evangelical Church, Ilugushi Estate off Kala Road, advised the young people in attendance to always seek God's guidance because only he could lead them through life.

Without objectives, according to Prophetess Adebayo, people would remain working in vain.

The awarding of supporters of the foundation, including Mrs. Dupe Tunde Abiodun, mother of the programme convener, was the event's high point.

The Deputy Directors News, FRCN, Ibadan National Station, Asiwaju S.T Abiodun, and Mr. Adewunmi Faniran w

ere in attendance.

A 5-man committee for Sustainable Health inaugurated In Oyo State

     

A five- man committee has been  inaugurated as State Advocacy Team(SAT) for the resilient system for sustainable health(RSSH).

The event took place at the end of a -three day training  for health workers and journalists held in Ibadan.

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Evaluation officer Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria NEPWHAN ,Mrs Nkechi

Okoro who  inaugurated the team members , described them 

 as people who had been tested and trusted. 

She urged them to work according to mandate of the intervention and collaborate more with stakeholders both at the state and Federal levels.

Mrs Okoro also admonished  the media to perform a role in advocacy by disseminating right information .

Executive secretary,Oyo State Primary Health Care Development Agency , Dr Babatunde Olatunji said government had  procurred  more drugs and equipment  to many health facilities .

Dr Olatunji  pointed out that Oyo state government had also rehabilitated primary health care facilities in the state  for good health care delivery services.

On medications for people living with HIV/AIDS and other diseases,

Dr Olatunji affirmed that there were medical centres at local governments with mandate to give medication,counselling and testing for patients.

Oyo state programmes  officer of NEPWHAN, Mr Oluseun Adebiyi,said the initiative  focused on improving the standard of health services in rural communities amidst covid 19 pandemic .

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Osun State Ministry of Education fires back at Aregbesola over comments on its educational standard

Our attention has been drawn to the comment on the state of Education in Osun State by the former governor of Osun state, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, while receiving an award in his office, in Abuja on Thursday 22nd of September, 2022. 

While we recognize the right of Mr Aregbesola to praise himself to high heavens, we will like to set the records straight without attacking anybody.

The current administration has not destroyed education as alleged by him. Rather, this administration has been working hard to improve the standard and quality of public education and take it out of the deep hole where it was when this administration came on board. We inherited an education system where principals, head teachers and teachers generally were heavily demoralized as a result of half salary payment by the then Aregbesola administration. We took over an education system where students lost interest in schooling as a result of incessant attacks and distruption of school activities by cultists, hoodlums and roughnecks posing as students undetected because of the single uniform policy of the previous administration. We were appointed to rescue a system where public schools performance in external examinations was below 20% if contributions of private schools are subtracted from the combined results released by WAEC from 2014 to 2018 after the former administration has been in charge for over 5 years and has committed over 25 billion naira.The combined matriculable percentage pass for those years are in the public space for all to see.

What then have we done since we came on board to address the rot inherited:

1) Abolition of the automatic promotion policy of government. Unlike what obtained under the last administration, we have put a stop to automatic promotion. Students who failed our unified promotion examinations are now mandated to repeat.

2) Peaceful and safe learning environment.

We have effectively eliminated indiscipline, school cultism, invasion and distruption of academic activities by roughnecks and other vices by simply reversing the single uniform policy of the last administration. Now we easily identify and punish any errant student in any of our schools. Teachers and students no longer panic when they are going to school as the learning environment is now safe and peaceful. The statistics are there for all to see. No school has been attacked or invaded by hoodlums posing as students since we ended the single uniform policy of Mr Aregbesola.

3) Improved and efficient governance structure.

We have reformed the governance structure of our schools by creatively introducing the Board of Governors (BOG) for each and every school. The BOG has as members, the principal of the school, representatives of old students, teachers, community, parents forum, clergy and former principals of the school. 

Together they all collaborate to assist the principals to manage the schools and deliver qualitative education promised by Gov Oyetola. 

Involving old students in school governance has led to a cumulative injection of over 3 billion naira by old students associations across the length and breadth of the state. 

4) Recruitment of teachers: This administration has recruited 1000 teachers and will soon conclude the recruitment of additional 1500 sound teachers majority of whom are science , English and mathematics teachers.

5) Motivation of demoralized teaching force: It was an open secret that teachers in Osun State completely lost their zeal and enthusiasm for the job as a result of irregular and half salary payment as well as non-payment of retirement benefits before this administration came on board. 

Salaries are now paid regularly and fully . Payment of Retirement benefits has improved greatly and our teachers are teaching and smiling again.

6) Construction and renovation of schools physical infrastructures: This administration has also built new blocks of classrooms in over 100 schools and renovated blocks of classrooms in several others 

7) Reintroduction of guidance and counseling into our school system: 

We recognize the influx of negative foreign cultures and the huge distractions that our students are exposed to through the internet and  global television channels, hence, we brought back counselors into our schools to assist our young minds to navigate the atrocious terrain of life during adolescence. This is already yielding tremendous results.

8) Introduction of ICT into education management: We have successfully put together an Education Management Information System (EMIS) that is ready for inauguration. Each school has a website and communication and management of each school is real time now.

9) Establishment of Osun State Examinations Board: This is to standardize our internal examinations and ensure that our students are used to standard examinations and sufficiently confident to face external examinations.

10) Introduction of Placement Examinations (Common Entrance) into JS1 and SS1: As part of our efforts to ensure that our students are not half baked and can cope easily with their current level, we introduced common entrance examinations to ensure that only teachable students are admitted into our junior and senior secondary schools respectively.

11). Reorganization and Retooling of the Ministry of Education: To ensure efficient service delivery, we have reorganized  the Ministry of Education and have bought 7 hilux vehicles for a Ministry that did not have even a bicycle when we came on board. Plans are in the pipeline to purchase vehicles for the inspectorate department for effective supervision of teachers in all schools. Already, we have uncovered and eliminated several rackets in the system. 

12) As part of our psychosocial achievements, we have eliminated controversies and discontents among stakeholders that were occasioned by the introduction of a strange 4-5-3-4 system of education by the former governor. We have since gone back to 6-3-3-4 system and aligned with the other states of the federation, thus ending the resistance/agitation of teachers and other stakeholders.

We shall continue to rebuild Osun education and ensure that we are not distracted by a self glorification that is far from the reality of what this administration inherited.

We have stabilized the system and we are confident that objective practitioners in the system appreciate our modest but sustainable contribution that has not mortgaged the future of generations yet unborn and has not put them in humongous debt.

Signed 

Hon Folorunso Oladoyin Bamisayemi 

Hon Commissioner for Education, Osun State

School reacts to student’s alleged suicide, tasks police to dig deep into the matter

Management of College of  Techhnogy, Ipetu-Ijesha, Osun State wants  Police to dig into the circumstance that led to the death of its student, Olonade  Victor Semilore whose lifeless body was found hanging on a telephone cable at a residential apartment in Isokun Area of Ilesa., Osun State

In a statement, by the head of the institution, Prince Olaniyi Adegoke, the school described the incident which occurred on the 10^th of this month as worrisome

“It is unfortunate that such a young boy full of potentials, a promising programmer could just pass away in such manner. The incident is unfortunate and the school would miss him so dearly”. It states

According to the statement , Victor, a 17 years old  part one Computer Software Engineering student of the institution did not take permission from school before embarking  on his journey to Ilesa that fateful day.

“Victor was a part one student of Computer Software Engineering, College of Technology, Ipetu-Ijesha until his death. According to the information attached to his bio-data during the admission process to the college, this young boy hailed from Ife- North Local Government but resides in Ondo town in Ondo State.” The statement emphasizes.

While commiserating with the family of the deceased, the statement points out that the school only  recognizes the Ondo based  woman  who presented herself as Victor’s  guardian and not the woman who is resident in Ilesa in whose house Victor died.

“The school has  no record of any other mother or guardian from any other place. The School authority gathered that one woman who is  said to be residing in Ilesha has been claiming to be Victor’s mother. The school would like to state that this other woman from Ilesha whose place Victor was reported to have visited on the day of his death is not known to the school at all neither is the school in the know of her connection to Late  Victor Olonade Semilore“, the statement hints

It also clarifies that Victor did not reside in the school as the school has no hostel accommodation.

“The school would want to clarify that as at this moment, there is no hostel facility, accommodation or hall of residence  belonging to the school. Once a student is admitted, the school would expect him to sort out his accommodation within the town” it adds

It will be recalled that Victor was found hung on a telephone cable in a kneeling position in a compound at Isokun area of Ilesa on the 10^th of this month and his mother Mrs Elemese said on her Facebook account three days later that his son was murdered, calling on police to fetch out his killer.

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International Peace Day: Shina Peller tasks all on peace building

The Ayedero of Yorubaland and a member of the House of Representatives representing Iseyin/Itesiwaju/Kajola/Iwajowa federal constituency, Honourable (Dr.) Shina Peller, has urged all to take up the responsibility of building and promoting peace right from their immediate community.

The Ayedero of Yorubaland made this call in his goodwill message commemorating 2022 International Peace Day themed - “End Racism. Build Peace.”

Recalled that on August 28, 2020, Honourable Peller was conferred with the chieftaincy title of Ayedero of Yorubaland by the late Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III. The Ayedero of Yorubaland literarily means the one who brings peace and prosperity to the land. 

Therefore, in his capacity as Ayedero of Yorubaland, Honourable Peller urged all to embrace and preach peace to pave way for progress, love and unity irrespective of their ethnic, political or religious affiliation. He also prayed that peace reigns in the land.

He wrote:

“Happy International Day of Peace. 

This year's International Day of Peace themed "End Racism. Build Peace," is a wake-up call to people all over the world. I’ll like to use this medium to encourage us all to commemorate this special day by promoting peace in our communities, places of work, and wherever we find ourselves. 

“This will not only help in ending hatred, but most importantly promote Love.. It will also help to promote inclusion, individual coexistence, trust, cooperation and acceptance regardless of our ethnic, political or religion affiliation. It will help in building a culture of peace because we need peace to thrive and progress. 

“Without peace, there can never be meaningful progress neither can there be societal development. When we embrace peace, we embrace love, unity and progress which will help in making the world a better place for all. 

“The task of establishing peace belongs to all of us. We need global solidarity, commitment, sacrifices, and mutual trust now more than ever. But that peace must begin at home. 

“A peaceful world is possible, and it starts with you. This year, I join people all over the world in commemorating the International Day of Peace especially as the Ayedero of Yorubaland which means peacemaker. 

“I pray that peace reigns in Iseyin my hometown; that peace reigns in Oke Ogun my beloved region, and Oyo State; that peace reigns in Yorubaland as a whole where I reign as Ayedero; and that peace reigns in Nigeria, Africa and the world at large. Amen. 

Let there be peace in the world.”

It would be recalled that in his capacity as Ayedero of Yorubaland, Honourable Peller had also embarked on a National Peace Tour across Nigeria, meeting with traditional rulers, security agencies and relevant stakeholders in peace-building including the youth.

Kola Popoola 

Press Secretary 

Office of Honourable Shina Peller.

September 21, 2022.

Osun State Gov.-elect, Adeleke, to partner with Lead Generation Initiative

The Osun State Governor-elect, Senator Nurudeen Ademola Adeleke, has expressed willingness to work with the structure of Lead Generation Initiative (LGI) in the state with a view to providing opportunities for its members and maximizing their potentials and leadership skills already acquired through the Get Involved Leadership Training (GILT) held in 2020 in the state.

Senator Adeleke made this known yesterday when a delegation of the LGI led by its founder, Honourable Shina Peller, paid him a visit in his country home, Ede in Osun State. 

Commending the founder of the NGO, Honourable Peller, for the initiative and for using his personal resources to train the youth across the country, Senator Adeleke promised to accommodate and welcome contributions from members of the LGI in the state when sworn-in as the Executive Governor.

In his remarks, Honourable Shina Peller, who presently represents Iseyin/Itesiwaju/Kajola/Iwajowa federal constituency at the House of Representatives, congratulated the governor-elect on his election victory and handed over the structure of the LGI in the state to him.

It would be recalled that Lead Generation Initiative, a non-governmental, non-partisan and non-profit organization, has, through its Get Involved Leadership Training (GILT), successfully trained thousands of youths across the country on effective leadership, governance, strategic communication, civic responsibility and citizenship.

The first edition of GILT was held in Ibadan, Oyo State from 3rd September to 6th September, 2020 while the second took place in Osogbo, Osun State from 6th to 9th, October 2020. Thousands of youths from Bauchi, Gombe, Kwara, Niger, Adamawa, Taraba, Yobe and Borno states are also beneficiaries of GILT.

Kola Popoola

Press Secretary 

Office of Honourable Shina Peller.

September 20, 2022.