Gov Makinde Orders
Gov Makinde Orders Ex-Office Holders in Oyo to Return
Official Vehcles
The Government of Oyo State has ordered all former political
office holders in the state to immediately return government
vehicles and other assets in their custody.
The State government in a statement by the Chief Press Secretary
to Governor Seyi Makinde, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, said that the former
officials must ensure the return of the state’s assets within 48
hours.
The statement read: “It has been observed that that some former
political office holders are still in possession of official
vehicles attached to their offices despite the fact that they are
no longer in the service of Oyo State.
“Consequently, His Excellency, Governor Seyi Makinde has,
therefore, directed that all former political functionaries who are
still in possession of Government vehicles should return the same
to Government Transport Pool within 48 hours.”
The statement added that anyone who fails to comply with the
directive should be ready to face security agencies.
It added that the government will not fail to take all necessary
steps to ensure the retrieval of its assets.
Taiwo Adisa,
Chief Press Secretary to His Excellency
The Governor of OYO State
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DISABLED, LESS PRIVILEGED WILL HAVE SPECIAL PLACE IN MY GOVT
-GOV Makinde
OYO state Governor, Sir Seyi Makinde said on Wednesday that his
government would pay special attention to the less privileged and
the disabled.
The Governor, who was speaking at a Special Eid-el-Fitri
celebration which he hosted at the Government House, Agodi, IBADAN,
said that he would ensure a special place for the less privileged
and the disabled in his government.
The Governor, according to a statement by his Chief Press
Secretary. Taiwo Adisa, said that those who have been privileged to
govern in the past have kept the disabled out for too long.
Besides hosting the Muslim Community in Oyo State led by the
Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Adetunji, a representative of the
Soun of Ogbomosoland , the Chief Imam of Ibadanland, Sheikh
Abduganiy Agbotomokekere, the Aare Musulumi of Yorubaland, Alhaji
Dawud Makanjuola Akinola, among other dignitaries , the Governor
also hosted the disabled from Rehabilitation CENTRE for the
Disabled, as well as children from the Juvenile Correctional
Institution and Childcare for abandoned children and the Ark of
Hope foundation, an orphanage.
He said: ” After my swearing-in, and I was being conducted round
the Government House, I saw that there was no place for the
disabled and I asked the Head of Service; how will my people in
Beere, the disabled and the less privileged gain access to this
place.
“I told her I will be a protocol and logistics nightmare because
I will always open the doors of Government House to the disabled
and less privileged. So always put them in your arrangement
whenever you are planning a programme.”
He also promised to ensure religious harmony in the state adding
that the prayers of the religious leaders ensured his victory at
the last election.
The Governor said : “While coming here, some people came to me
that I could send somebody because it was just a social gathering
for Salah celebrations, but I insisted on coming in person because
our government will not discriminate against Muslims or
Christians.You will see that I have demonstrated that by
appointing, a Muslim, Chief Luqman Bisi Ilaka as Chief of Staff.
That is also because there is no family in this state where you
don’t have Muslims and Christians. So when they discriminate
against one religion or the other in other states, it does not get
here.”
He added: “During the campaigns, I went to different Mosques and
met Muslim leaders . They prayed for me and it is the prayers that
led to our success at the polls.”
He also asked Muslim leaders not to relent in their prayers for
those in government adding that now that their prayers have come to
pass with his success at the polls, religious leaders should not
relent in their prayers.
“Your prayers have come to pass through our success in the last
election. I want to plead with you that you should not stop praying
for the government and those of us in government because I do tell
people that what you need to win an election is far less than what
you need to run a government.
“What we need is for development to come to OYO state and
development will come only in an atmosphere of peace.
“That is why as soon as I came into government and people
started saying that the NURTW people wanted to cause mayhem, I
proscribed them. It does not matter which faction supported me or
which one did not. I am the Governor of all the people of OYO state
and it doesn’t matter which party you belong.”
The state’s Deputy Governor, Engineer Aderemi Olaniyan, who also
spoke at the event told the people that the government in OYO would
continue to respect religious rights of every individual.
He said that the ceremony would be bigger next year because of the
Governors’s commitment to religious harmony.
While praying at the ceremony, the Chief Imam of Ibadanland
Sheikh Abduganiy Agbotomokekere, urged the Governor to keep his
electoral promises adding that his electoral victory was was
secured because many in the state see him as a promise keeper.
Taiwo Adisa
Chief Press Secretary to Governor Seyi Makinde
IBADAN, Oyo state
June 5, 2019.