Ogun Alert

Ogun State House of Assembly has again sought the immediate intervention of the State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun alongside members of the National Assembly from the State on the need to address the incessant killings of innocent residents of the border towns in the State by officers and men of the Nigeria Customs Service. The Speaker, Rt. Hon. Olakunle Oluomo made the call, while responding to the presentations of the State lawmakers from Ogun West Senatorial District, including Honourables Adegoke Adeyanju representing Yewa North I, Bolanle Ajayi, Yewa South, Wahab Haruna, Yewa North II, Lamidi Musefiu, Ado-Odo/Ota II and Sikiratu Ajibola Ipokia/Idiroko during a plenary held at the Assembly Complex, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta.  Oluomo, noted that the killing of innocent people by the Customs men had become a major issue that required the immediate interventions of political leaders  in the State and at national level, cautioning that the State borders shou...

Hon. Musefiu Lamidi, member representing Ado-Odo/Ota II State Constituency (middle), flanked by the graduands Alade Ibrahim (right) and Tiamiyu Olamide (left) during their graduation ceremony recently at the Peter Akinola Foundation (PAAF), Abeokuta Ogun State. The Deputy Minority Leader, Ogun State House of Assembly and member representing, Ado-Odo/Ota II State Constituency, Hon. Lamidi Musefiu has begun sponsorship programmes for some members of his constituency on vocational training to be self-sufficient to stem poverty and address unemployment. Hon. Musefiu, who is equally the Chairman, House of Assembly Committee on Public Accounts and Anti Corruption, described the learning of vocational skills and training rather than waiting for almost non- existent white collar job as a major panacea towards addressing youth unemployment in the society. According to the lawmaker, who spoke shortly after rejoicing with the first set of graduands he sponsored on a year vocational tr...

Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has presented a total budget size estimated at N339bn as the 2021 Appropriation Bill before the members of the State House of Assembly, comprising of N162bn for recurrent expenditure and N177bn for various capital projects for the next fiscal year. The budget which was christened: " Budget of Recovery and Sustainability”, hinged on the ISEYA mantra of the present administration and other functional classifications, allocated a sum of  N119bn as internally generated revenues with N59bn expected from the federation account, while capital receipt was fixed at N142bn comprising internal and external loans including grants and aid.  According to Governor Abiodun, the total overhead costs of Ministries, Departments and Agencies was projected at N50bn for the next fiscal year, which represents an increase of N11bn from N39bn in 2020, adding that the State had made provision for the sum of N28.4bn for debt servicing in 2021, represe...