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Author: Lawal AbdulSalam Olawale

  • BREAKING: Osun Gov Adeleke presents N273bn budget to State Assembly

    BREAKING: Osun Gov Adeleke presents N273bn budget to State Assembly

    The Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has presented a budget of N273, 908, 997, 410:00 to the Osun State House of Assembly.

    The budget forms part of the 2024 Appropriation Bill.

     

    Governor Adeleke while presenting the budget tagged: Budget of Reconstruction and Recovery at plenary, on Thursday, said the budget was divided into N165, 654, 976, 700:00 for recurrent expenditure and N108, 254, 020, 710:00 for capital expenditure.

    In his words, Adeleke said, “the budget is aimed at rebuilding the battered economy of the state.

     

    “This budget presentation is in conformity with the existing laws of the state which stipulate that the budget should be presented to the House before the end of the year.

     

    While thanking the House of Assembly for their understanding, the Governor assured that the state would be taken to greater heights.

    He also sought the support of the House in the coming years.

     

    Earlier, the Speaker of the Assembly, Adewale Egbedun expressed the readiness of the House to work with the Executive arm of government to ensure the successful implementation of the budget.

     

    “This budget will be approved with a strong sense of responsibility.

    The Assembly will deliver a budget that addresses the challenges in the state.

     

     

  • JUST IN: Tinubu appoints SSA on disability matters

    JUST IN: Tinubu appoints SSA on disability matters

    President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mohammed Isa to serve as his Senior Special Assistant on Disability Matters.

     

    The appointment was disclosed on Thursday by the Special Adviser to the President, Media & Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, at the State House, Abuja.

     

    Ngelale stated that the appointment follows Tinubu’s determination to ensure that every segment of society is sufficiently catered to within the ambit of the Renewed Hope Agenda of his administration,

     

    The statement read that the new SSA is a “distinguished champion of persons with disabilities with over a decade of experience in local and international advocacy on matters concerning persons with disabilities.

     

    “The new presidential aide is a graduate of Public Administration with honours from the University of Maiduguri where he would go on to earn a Master in Public Administration at the same institution in 2017.”

     

    Ngelale noted that the President “tasks the new appointee to proactively create avenues of opportunity for inclusion through the inculcation of PWD requirements and perspectives in the policies and programmes of all Ministries, Departments, and Agencies of the Federal Government while working closely with sub-national authorities to build a national consensus on PWD-friendly policy and environmental conditions in collaboration with the National Commission for Persons with Disabilities (NCPWD).

  • Probe begins as OAU lecturer punches student

    Probe begins as OAU lecturer punches student

    The management of Obafemi Awolowo University has begun a probe into a fracas that involved a male student and a lecturer of the university.

     

    PUNCH Metro gathered that the student identified simply as Gift, who is a 200-level student at the university, suddenly dashed into a lecture room where the lecturer, identified simply as Dr Ariyo, was conducting a class on Wednesday.

     

    Sources on the campus disclosed that Gift was said to have mistaken the class for the one he was to attend and upon realising this, he quickly made attempts to exit the class when the lecturer called him back.

     

    A student, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the lecturer engaged the student in an argument, which eventually degenerated into a scuffle.

    He thought the class was meant for him as well. When he saw that the faces in the class were strange, he quickly dashed out. The lecturer then called him back. After a while, we discovered that the lecturer invited the security personnel to take the student. He also dragged the student’s phone,” the source said.

     

    In one of the videos of the incident that circulated online, the student was seen struggling with a man said to be a security official. The student was also seen making an attempt to press his phone when the lecturer shouted, “Don’t call anybody! Switch off that phone! You can’t be more than me, even if you’re the VC’s son, I won’t take this from you. Switch off the phone!”

     

    “What did I do?” the student, Gift, was heard saying.

    After some seconds, the man said to be the lecturer was seen struggling to take the phone from the student whose back was already on the wall. He was subsequently seen throwing a punch at the student afterward as other students in the class watched in amazement.

     

    Students’ Union spokesperson, Elijah Omisore, when contacted, condemned the incident, saying the union was demanding that the lecturer be prosecuted.

     

    “We are investigating the matter. The lecturer is planning to apologise but we’re not taking any apology. We want the necessary prosecution,” Omisore told PUNCH Metro.

     

    Narrating the incident further in a statement shared with our correspondent by Omisore, the union said, “Around 10 am, the union leadership got information that a lecturer, Dr Ariyo, was harassing Gift, a Part 2 student. Information has it that Gift mistakenly walked into the lecturer’s class trying to locate the venue for his lecture but learned that it was not his class and left immediately. Still, he was called back by Dr Ariyo, and an argument erupted, leading to a physical assault from the lecturer against the student.”

     

    “We demand an open hearing and a public apology from Dr Ariyo, to the generality of Great Ife students; That the lecturer and the entire department make a commitment that the victim and other students in the class won’t face any form of victimisation moving forward,” the statement added.

     

    The union said the lecturer alleged impersonation.

     

    Contacted, the Public Relations Officer of the university, Abiodun Olarewaju, also condemned the action of the lecturer but said a probe into the matter had begun.

     

    Olarewaju said, “We’ve seen the video. The Vice-Chancellor is not happy about it. We are not known for such behaviour and we have decided to go administrative concerning this and we will make our findings known. But for the main time, we just want the students to remain calm. The VC has called the Dean of the faculty involved, who will get in touch with the Head of Department and get in touch with that lecturer.”

     

  • Shakeup in police as IG deploys 14 AIGs, 26 CPs

    Shakeup in police as IG deploys 14 AIGs, 26 CPs

    The Inspector-General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun, has ordered the posting and redeployment of 40 senior police officers comprising 14 Assistant Inspectors General of Police and 26 Commissioners of Police to various commands and formations in the country.

     

    The Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, in a statement on Thursday, said the postings and redeployments were part of a mandate to have a professionally competent, service-driven, rule of law-compliant, and people-friendly police force, and to reflect the new status of senior officers who were recently elevated to their next ranks.

     

    The PUNCH reports that the move followed the approval of the Police Service Commission.

     

    The AIGs posted and redeployed are;

    Zone 7 Abuja – AIG Ogundele Ayodeji

    Zone 11 Osogbo – AIG Patrick Edung

    Border Patrol FHQ – AIG Badru Lawal

    Zone 8 Lokoja – AIG Bartholomew Onyeka

    DOPS FHQ – AIG Suleiman Yusuf

    FCID Annex Alagbon Lagos – AIG Idowu Owohunwa

    Maritime Lagos – AIG Rhoda Olofu

    Zone 13 Ukpo Dunukofia Awka – AIG Godwin Aghaulor

    ONSA Abuja – AIG Effiom Ekot

    CTU FHQ Abuja – AIG Anene Innocent

    Zone 16 Yenagoa – AIG Odama Ojeka

    Zone 4 Makurdi – AIG Ebong Eyibio,

    Zone 17 Akure – AIG Adebowale Williams

    xiv.Investment FHQ Abuja- AIG Sahabo Yahaya.

    Similarly, the 26 newly posted/redeployed Commissioners of Police include;

     

    Benue State-CP George Chuku

    Jigawa State-CP Ahmed Tijani

    Niger State-CP Dan Mamman Shawulu

    Gombe State-CP Usman Hayatu

    Imo State-CP Danjuma Aboki

    Rivers State-CP Disu Olatunji Rilwan

    Taraba State-CP Joseph Eribo

    Osun State-CP Isyaku Mohammed

    Safer Highways FHQ-CP Mohammed Barde

    PPP DLS FHQ-CP Polycarp Emeka

    Anti-Human Trafficking -CP Shehu Abubakar

    Border Patrol FHQ-CP Lawal Ayodeji

    Maritime Lagos-CP Emmanuel Agene

    Admin Airwing-CP Jude Azuka

    Commandant Police College Kaduna- CP Dan Idi

    Force Provost Marshal-CP Ibitoye Olajide

    INEC-CP Adamu Isa

    Procurement DLS FHQ-CP Nwanosike Okocha

    PSO to IGP-CP Johnson Adenola

    PAP Western Port Lagos-CP Olanrewaju Shola

    Int’l Investigation INTERPOL -CP Shelleng Yusuf

    SEB FCID Abuja-CP Emmanuel Aina

    Info-Tech ICT FHQ Abuja-CP Miller Dantawaiye

    Director NPF-NCCC-CP Henry Uche

    DOPS FHQ Abuja-CP Vungmoh Kwaimo

    Commandant Police College Ikeja – CP Fasuba Olabode.

     

    While noting that the posting was with immediate effect, Adejobi added that the IG has charged the newly posted/redeployed officers to work in tandem with the force’s policy and support the agenda of government for economic recovery and growth as well as sociopolitical development of the country.

    Egbetokun also stressed the importance of entrenching professionalism and diligent policing services to all officers and men under their command, while calling on them to partner with all relevant stakeholders to bring policing closer to the people.

  • Abort mission’ Davido tells Adeleke over viral video of hawker

    Abort mission’ Davido tells Adeleke over viral video of hawker

    Afrobeats singer, Davido has called on his uncle, Ademola Adeleke, the governor of Osun State, to ‘abort mission’ over a promise to help a physically challenged hawker captured in a viral video a few days ago.

     

    Recall that comedian Brainjotter shared a clip from a hawker selling bottled water on the street in Lagos a few days ago. He also urged netizens to support the hawker.

    Reacting to the video, Davido tagged Gov. Adeleke in a post on X after the hawker mentioned Osun State in the video.

    The governor responded in a tweet and said, “Thanks for sharing the video, Eniola’s dedication to making an honest living is inspiring. She embodies the qualities that represent Osun. I’ve directed my office to get in touch with her & explore possibilities to assist in advancing her education or improving her makeup skills.”

     

    However, the singer has called on the governor to ‘abort mission’ after reports emerged that the hawker is a ‘crossdresser’. Brainjotter, in a post on Instagram, expressed his shock after discovering the hawker is a male who disguised as a female.

     

    His words: “Excellency dem job us !! Dem say nah man ABORT MISSION”

  • Photos: NLC, TUC protest, ground main entrance of Abuja Airport

    Photos: NLC, TUC protest, ground main entrance of Abuja Airport

    The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) and their members have mobilized in a protest that grounded tmain entrance of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Abuja.

     

     

    The organised labour gathered at the airport around 8:58 a.m. on Thursday to enforce their directive to members working in the aviation sector to stop all flights to Owerri, the Imo state capital.

     

    It was gathered that the protest is part of a series of actions that the two labour unions say they will zero in on Imo State, following the attack on the NLC President, Mister Joe Ajaero.

     

     

    The NLC and TUC declared a nationwide strike, which will commence on Tuesday, November 14th, also because of the face-off with the Imo State Government

  • NLC, TUC Declare Nationwide Strike From Nov 14

    NLC, TUC Declare Nationwide Strike From Nov 14

    The leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) has declared a total nationwide strike effective next Tuesday, November 14, 2023

    The leadership of the two union reached the resolution after an extraordinary National Executive Council meeting on Tuesday in Abuja.

     

    The two major labour unions said nationwide mobilisation of members and allies have begun immediately.

    The action by the Organised Labour followed the brutalisation of NLC National President, Joe Ajaero, last week in Imo State.

     

    There had been widespread outrage by the Organised Labour accusing the Commissioner of Police in Imo State, Mohammed Barde, of complicity in the recent attack on Ajaero, in Owerri, the Imo State capital.

     

    The Organised Labour last Friday handed the Federal Government a five-day ultimatum to replace the police commissioner, while also blaming Governor Hope Uzodimma who is seeking re-election of the attack on Ajaero though the governor had since said he had no hand in the attack on the labour leader.

     

    The Organised Labour also demanded the arrest and prosecution of some of the governor’s aide and threatened to embark on a nationwide industrial action if their demands were not carried out.

    Already, the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, on Sunday, redeployed Barde for “neutrality sake” ahead of the November 11, 2023 governorship election in Imo State.

     

    See communique issued after the NEC meeting:

     

    COMMUNIQUE AT THE END OF THE JOINT NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL (NEC) MEETING OF THE NIGERIA LABOUR CONGRESS (NLC) & TRADE UNION CONGRESS OF NIGERIA (TUC) HELD ON TUESDAY, THE 7TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2023

     

    The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) joint National Executive Council (NEC) convened to conduct a comprehensive review of the progress made in executing its directive to initiate an industrial action in Imo state. This decision was prompted by a series of infractions and encroachments on the rights of workers within the state.

    in Imo state as guaranteed by our extant labour laws and the Constitution;

     

    3. the Police supported a group of Imo state Governor’s thugs led by its SA on Special Duties invaded the premises of the Imo NLC Secretariat and unleashed mayhem on the few workers who had gathered inflicting injuries and stealing and damaging personal effects including various sums;

     

    4. the President of the NLC was subsequently subjected to brutalization, blindfolded and abducted by the Police and taken to an unknown destination where he was further subjected to further violations and humiliation;

     

    5. the NLC and TUC have made demands on the Government which have not been met as at the time of this session;

     

    6. the continued prevalence of the use of violence and impunity in negotiating rights and interests within the nation’s socioeconomic space against all known dictates of democracy and Social Dialogue;

     

    Consequently, the NLC/TUC NEC-in-Session resolved as follows:

     

    1. To order the immediate withdrawal of services and shutdown of Imo state beginning midnight today. All workers and affiliates are expected to ensure compliance from wherever they are. All flights into and out of Imo state, fuel supplies and Electricity be stopped immediately as applicable. All Public and Private Sector workers are to immediately down tools indefinitely.

     

    2. That if our demands are still unmet, workers all over the federation shall join in withdrawing their services by Midnight Tuesday, the 14th of November, 2023

     

    3. All State Councils of NLC & TUC and affiliates are by this resolution mandated to ensure full compliance with NEC’s decision

     

    Comrade Adewale Adeyanju (Deputy President NLC)

     

    Comrade Festus Osifo (President TUC

  • BREAKING: Labour orders indefinite shutdown of power supply, flights in Imo

    BREAKING: Labour orders indefinite shutdown of power supply, flights in Imo

    The Organised Labour comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress on Tuesday, ordered a shutdown of electricity and fuel supplies in Imo State following the brutalisation of the National President of the NLC, Joe Ajaero, last week, by operatives of the Nigeria Police Force.

     

    The Labour Centres also directed aviation workers to ensure that flights into and outside the state are suspended.

     

    This is according to one of the decisions taken at the extraordinary National Executive Council meeting summoned by the TUC and NUC on Tuesday afternoon.

     

    “The NEC-in-session orders the immediate withdrawal of services and shutdown of Imo State beginning midnight today. All workers and affiliates are expected to ensure compliance from wherever they are. All flights into and out of Imo state, fuel supplies and Electricity be stopped immediately as applicable. All Public and Private Sector workers are to immediately down tools indefinitely,” a communique released at the end of the meeting noted.

     

    The implementation commences at midnight, November 8, 2023.

     

    The PUNCH reports that the Organised Labour, comprising of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress, on Friday, issued a five-day ultimatum over the earlier arrest of the National President of the NLC, Joe Ajaero, by the police in Owerri, Imo State, on Wednesday.

     

    The labour centres demanded the redeployment of the commissioner of police in the state and the arrest and prosecution of the aide of the government who was alleged to have perpetrated the attack.

    The unions also threatened to embark on a nationwide industrial action if their demands were not met in five days from Friday.

     

    Ajaero was arrested by the police ahead of the state-wide protest in Imo on Wednesday. This was disclosed by the NLC’s Head of Information, Benson Upah.

     

    Although the police denied arresting Ajaero, stating that he was merely taken into protective custody to prevent a mob attack, the Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, accused the labour leader of meddling in the political affairs of the state.

     

    The attack on the labour leader has been condemned by many prominent Nigerians and civil society organisations, including the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi, and human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana (SAN

     

  • Gov Adeleke Reinstates Mrs Fagbola As Secretary, State Judicial Service Commission

    Gov Adeleke Reinstates Mrs Fagbola As Secretary, State Judicial Service Commission

    The Executive Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke has approved the reinstatement of Mrs Abosede Folasayo Fagbola as the Secretary of the Osun State Judicial Service Commission.

     

    According to a terse statement by Mallam Olawale Rasheed, Spokesperson to the State Governor, on Tuesday, the appointment takes immediate effect.