GOV AKEREDOLU CONSTRUCTS MORE TOWNSHIP ROADS IN AKURE Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, CON, has constructed more township roads in Akure, the state capital, in continuation of his administration’s massive infrastructural drive. The recently completed projects include Ijapo extension, Olokunwolu (beside School of Nursing), Oba-Ile, and Elshadai Roads, totaling an impressive length of…
Ondo State 30-year Development Plan has been unveiled by the State Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget, Pastor Emmanuel Igbasan. Addressing journalists in Akure on Friday, Pastor Igbasan pointed out that the State 30-year Development Plan was targeted at fast tracking rapid growth of the state. Igbasan noted that the Oluwarotimi Akeredolu’s administration was being…
PRESS STATEMENT ON PETROL SUBSIDY, INSENSITIVE POLICIES AND STATE OF GOVERNANCE IN NIGERIA: AFENIFERE SPEAKS FOR THE PEOPLE 1. Nigeria is currently caught in a labyrinth of inclement weather of a convoluted election process and its unwieldy outcomes, intractable security problems and the nightmarish aftermath of a sudden and harsh removal of petrol subsidy on…
The LawmakerrepresentingAkoko North East/Akoko North West Federal Constituency at the Green Chamber, OlubunmiTunji-Ojo has expended N50 million to empower 1000 market women in Ondo state. The move, the lawmaker said, was to help reduce poverty level and hardship among the less privileged as well as strengthing the economy of the constituency. Represented by his Special…
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has given the Federal Government a seven-day ultimatum to reverse all perceived anti-poor policies, including the recent hike in the pump price of petrol, or face an indefinite nationwide strike from August 2. Consequently, the NLC has directed all its affiliates and state councils to immediately begin mobilisation of workers…
By: Ade Adeleke “Develop Ondo 2.0 Investment Summit” is now in progress in Ondo State, even as the State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, CON, declared that the summit is aimed at attracting $2 billion in investments to Ondo State, create 70,000 new jobs, and engage with 100 donor partners and 1,500 investors The Governor whose…
THE COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE END OF EMERGENCY MEETING OF ORGANIZED LABOUR 0NDO STATE HELD ON THE 19TH JULY, 2023 AT NLC SECRETARIAT, ALAGBAKA AKURE The Organized Labour in Ondo State comprising NLC/TUC/JNC rose from an emergency meeting held today 19th July, 2023 seriously perturbed by the insensitive increase in the pump price of petroleum…
EXCLUSIVE: FAAC to share N1.959tr revenue in July — probably highest ever The three tiers of government are set to share N1.959 trillion in July 2023 — probably a record, TheCable can report. This is nearly triple the N786.161 billion shared in June and more than triple the N655.93 billion in May. Allocations are usually shared from the…
MEDIA RELEASE STOP THE UGLY DRIFT —NUJ Nigeria Union of Journalists is alarmed at the just announced increase in the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) to N617 per litre in Abuja and N568 in Lagos respectively. This development has already triggered astronomical increases in transportation costs, with prices of food items soaring almost…
……Further Increases Fuel Pump Price To N617, N700 Per Litre The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has further jerked up pump prices of Petrol, known as Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) from 537 to 617 naira Per Litre. Recall that in May a day after President Tinubu was sworn into Power the Nation’s Apex Petrol…
