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11 Feb
The Ogun Government, on Tuesday, assured its citizens of uninterrupted HIV/AIDS services following the funding suspension of public health programmes by the USAID. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr Tomi Coker, in a statement issued in Abeokuta, said the government was committed to ensuring the organisation’s withdrawal of support didn’t create a vacuum. The News…
5 Feb
The Ogun State government has disclosed strides the Dapo Abiodun’s administration has made in improving access to quality education in the state, revealing that the government built and rehabilitated over 1,474 classrooms across the state. Speaking at a press conference, the Commissioner for Education, Science, and Technology, Prof. Abayomi Arigbabu, revealed that the state government…
29 Jan
Plans are in top gear by the Ogun State Government to leverage the use of technology and the Internet to produce, distribute, and generate clean, quality water for residents. The Special Adviser to the Ogun State Governor on SDG and Water Resources, Hon. Damilola Otubanjo, made this known during an assessment tour of water generation…
28 Jan
The Ogun State Government has warned against any attempt to establish a Sharia Court in the state. In a statement he personally signed, Governor Dapo Abiodun noted that Sharia Courts cannot be legally constituted in the state by individuals or groups without legal backing. The government was reacting to a notice announcing the launch of…
24 Jan
President Bola Tinubu has described the late former lawmaker representing Sagamu, Ikenne, and Remo North Federal Constituency, Hon. Adewunmi Oriyomi Onanuga, as a hardworking woman whose contributions to the 9th and 10th Assemblies were unquantifiable. President Tinubu also expressed shock over the sudden death of the lawmaker, who passed away last week at the age…
21 Jan
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, on Tuesday said his administration has completed the formalities of allocating about 100 hectares of land at Ode-Omi in Ogun Waterside Local Government Area of the state for the purpose of siting a Naval Base and Dockyard for the Nigerian Navy. Abiodun also stated that the state government has…
11 Jan
The Ogun Government says it has put measures in place to end security challenges in the state, following the reported bandits’ invasion of the South-West. The Special Adviser to Gov. Dapo Abiodun on Media and Strategy, Kayode Akinmade, disclosed this in a statement issued in Abeokuta and made available to newsmen on Friday. According to…
10 Jan
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has approved the conduct of the 2023 and 2024 promotion exercises for eligible civil/public servants in the state. A total of 26,764 civil/public servants spanning junior, senior, and management cadres across Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) of the state government are expected to benefit from the exercises, which will…
4 Jan
The lawmaker representing Ogun West, Senator Solomon Olamilekan, popularly known as Yayi, has narrated how the Governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun, approached President Bola Tinubu to ensure his return to Ogun State. Yayi, who once served as the Senator for Lagos West from 2015 to 2023, disclosed this during a thanksgiving ceremony at Redeemed…
29 Dec
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has commended Remoland for the progress it has made in agriculture and industrialization. Speaking at the maiden edition of the Remo Day celebration held at the Gateway International Stadium, Sagamu, Governor Abiodun said Remoland has achieved many breakthroughs in the areas of agriculture, education, science, and technology through a…
7 Dec
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has declared that his administration, over the past five years, has carried out an unprecedented turnaround in all the critical sectors of the state economy, describing it as a "silent economic revolution." He added that despite the humongous infrastructural deficit his government inherited upon assumption of office in 2019,…
4 Dec
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, on Wednesday, presented the 2025 Appropriation Bill of N1,054,542,020,147.47 before members of the State House of Assembly. The Guardian reports that the appropriation bill consists of N453.56bn as recurrent expenditure and N600.98bn as capital expenditure. The governor, who had earlier commissioned the newly redesigned State Assembly Complex built over…
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