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The Visitor to the Osun State University and Governor of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has approved the appointment of Prof Labode Popoola as the new Vice Chancellor of the University.
 
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The appointment follows the recommendation by the Council of the institution which was signed and forwarded to the Visitor by the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Council, Yusuf Ali (SAN) after considering the report of the Selection Board.
The Appointment takes effect immediately.

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The Atlantic Bond Initiative Group led by its president, Mr. Rotimi Vaughan paid Governor Aregbesola a courtesy visit.

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The Atlantic Bond Initiative Group is a United States’ friendship organisation based in Oyotunji, Sheldon city. The group seeks to promote cultural interaction and representation between South Carolina, U.S.A and Nigeria.

Governor Rauf Aregbesola said “This initiative will generate foreign exchange earnings for Nigeria, as many Africans in the Diaspora will be visiting Nigeria. This, in turn, will improve the Nigerian economy and create a strong cultural bond between Nigeria and America.”

According to Vaughan, the group aims to reconnect black people in the diaspora with their original African roots. He also said that there are plans to hold a festival in Lagos and Sheldon come December.

Vaughan says the theme of the festival is child trafficking, an evil reminder and legacy of the era of the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade.

He also said that he was in Nigeria on behalf of the group to establish and maintain strong cultural ties between Nigeria and Sheldon.

To formally unveil the Atlantic Bond Initiative (ATBONDI), a tourism workshop will be hosted in Badagry on October 29, 2016.

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The Osun Police Command has rescued the Ekiti State Administrative Secretary of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mr Muslim Omoleke, who was kidnapped in Iwaraja in Osun.

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Omoleke was reported to have been kidnapped around Iwaraja in Osun on Thursday while traveling to the  state from Akure.

The  Osun  Police Public Relation Offocer, SP Folashade Odoro, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Osogbo on Friday.

Odoro said Omoleke was rescued on Friday evening  from his abductors and  had been reunited with his family.

The PPRO said  that Omoleke  was in good condition.

He said the Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Fimihan Adeoye, led the rescue operation.

According to him, the  police will intensify efforts to apprehend the kidnappers and bring them to justice.

The PPRO did  not however give detailed information about how Omoleke was freed, but said the command would soon issue a statement on the incident.

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Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun has explained that the need to produce the total man who is useful to his society remains the rationale behind his administration’s huge investment in education in the state.
 
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The governor said whatever is invested in education is for the future adding that his government has embarked on massive construction of classrooms, reforms of the schools system, provision of other modern learning tools and others for the good of the state’s future.
Speaking at the public presentation of a book titled: The Heritage of Islam in Nigeria: Essays in Memory of Dr. Dawood Adekilekun Tijani on Saturday in Ede, Aregbesola said scholarship does not die as he noted that the huge investment in education in the defunct Western region by the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo culminated in the Western part of Nigeria having the edge it had over other parts of the country.
Aregbesola, who was represented by the Director, Bureau of Communication and Strategy, Office of the Governor, Mr. Semiu Okanlawon, said, “Scholarship does not die. Erudition does not perish and handwork does not fade away.”
The governor said the late scholar, Dawood Adekilekun Tijani, who was being honored with the book of essays on Saturday had invested energy on education, adding that this is why he is still being celebrated many years after he had departed.
“Through scholarship, the late Dr. Adekilekun Tijani was able to touch lives. Those whose lives were touched by his investment in education are today touching other lives. The lesson here for us today is that we should all endeavour to touch lives and education remains the best way to do this,” Aregbesola said
The governor said that a man taken out of ignorance has been given his weapon against poverty adding that this is the reason for his government’s heavy investment in education.
He said, “ I must state that this is the major reason functional education remains our biggest investment. A man that is knowledgeable is a man that is wealthy. And in a knowledge-based society and economy that we are advocating, functional education is the only way to be relevant and be in position to play a role.
Others present at the public presentation include the Timi of Ede, Oba Muniru Adesola Laval, former Governor of the state and senator representing Osun West senatorial district, Isiaka Adeleke, who was represented by Alhaji Olumide Laval, Speaker House of Assembly, Najeem Salam, who was represented by his media aide, Goke Butika, National Commissioner Public Complaints Commission, Prof Aderemi Abubakre, Vice Chancellor Ladoke Akintola University of Science and Technology, Prof Adenine Gbadegesin, former Commissioner for Special Duties and Regional Integration, Dr. Bashir Ajibola and others.

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The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu has commended Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun for sustaining the economy of the state through the promotion of science, technology and innovation.
He noted that Aregbesola’s great interest in science and technology has placed the state above its counterparts.
 
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This was even as Aregbesola stated that it is disheartening that Nigeria, ‎in the face of present economic downturn, continues to import fuel costing $7.2 billion annually without maximising the potential of its crude oil.
The Minister and Governor Aregbesola disclosed these at the ‎14th meeting of the National Council on Science and Technology holding in Osogbo.
The Minister said, “I can say this over and over again that Osun, through Mr. Governor’s innovative ideology has revived the lost glory, and decadence in education system of this country as the state widely opened the door of the schools to all children without being influenced by any socio-economic, political and religious tendencies.
“He (Aregbesola) believes that every child is entitled as enshrined in our constitution to benefit from quality, functional and qualitative education just as his administrative philosophy is based on the need to ensure that every child is educated, knowledgeable and literate in order to contribute meaningfully to national growth and development.
“We know you, and we knew that within six years of your administration, Osun has been re-energised both in human and capital potentials in building an ideal society greatly conscious of science, technology and innovation.
The minister disclosed that Osun state social intervention programmes have taken priorities in the agenda of the Federal Government just as many of these intervention programmes have been implemented by President Muhammadu Buhari led administration.
He added, “Your social intervention projects are now being implemented by Federal Government. This include; School feeding programmes, youth empowerment programmes, among others.
“So, when we talk of moving our nation from a resource-based economy to a knowledge-based economy, we can’t achieve this until we eliminate illiteracy, and this is what Governor Aregbesola has been doing in Osun.”
Onu stressed that Nigeria can make the difference in the search for economic diversification by not only nurturing indigenous technology, but creating new technology that will help improve productivity that will change the country to a producer nation.
Speaking, Governor Aregbesola noted that if the country maximises the potentials on crude oil, the country should not even export a drop of crude oil.
He pointed out that Nigeria should locally refine it’s entire production and in the process add value, create thousands of jobs, create wealth for individuals, business organisations and revenue for governments to grow the economy.
Aregbesola said, “Still, we have Geology and Petroleum Engineering and economics departments as choice placement in our universities and at least one specialised university on petroleum with hundreds of doctorate degrees and professorial chairs in these disciplines.
“How can we also be spending $20 billion on food imports, including $700 million on fish? If we leverage on our population alone, we have enough market for as many products we can come up with.
“However, we know that if wishes were horses, beggars would ride. We simply lack the capacity to produce. This includes the knowledge base, quality personnel, financial capability and entrepreneurship.

“I believe that before we begin to talk about science and technology, we should first be concerned with the making of a knowledge-driven society. There is a prevalent disdain for knowledge and scholasticism in our society,” The Governor emphasised.

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Gov. Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State has appointed Labode Popoola, a professor, as the new Vice Chancellor of the University of Osun (UNIOSUN).
 
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This is contained in a statement issued by Semiu Okanlawon, media aide to the governor, on Friday.
According to the statement, Mr. Popoola’s appointment followed the recommendation by the Governing Council of the institution.
It said the recommendation was signed and forwarded to the governor by the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Council, Yusuf Ali, for approval.
The statement said the appointment was with immediate effect.

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Governor of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, on Friday said the death of the elder statesman and chieftain of the pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, Pa Olaniwun Ajayi.
 
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In a statement by the Director, Bureau of Communication and Strategy, Office of the Governor, Mr. Semiu Okanlawon, Aregbesola said the late frontline politician believed and worked for the progress of the Yoruba race and the country as a whole.
The governor, who described the deceased politician as a giant and one of the surviving disciples of the Awolowo School of thought.
He said like the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo, the late Ajayi advocated for true federalism and resource control as panacea for the political imbalances in the country.
Aregbesola said the late politician was one of the best the country has produced as he never wavered in his political philosophy until his demise.
The statement read in part: “He was a politician of high repute and immense clout. His political horizon spread across the country and beyond. He was a giant in the battle for a better Nigeria.
“All his life, he defined his politics and pitted his tent early in life with the progressive school.
“Even after the demise of the late sage and when others abandoned the Awoist camp for other political philosophy, Pa Olaniwun Ajayi remained steadily on the Awo progressive track.
“He was, till he breathed his last, very consummate about the progress and development of Nigeria as well as that of the Yoruba race.
“To therefore describe him as a top-on-the-shelf politician and Awoist disciple of a first class hue is to aptly capture his essence as a politician.
“Nigeria as a whole and the Yoruba nation would surely miss his wealth of experience,”
Aregbesola also prayed for the repose of the late politician in the bosom of his Lord.

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The appointment of Mr. Wale Idowu as the new Acting Director-General, Osun State Broadcasting Corporation (OSBC) has been described as a smooth transition, sustainability to quality and service delivery to the Corporation as well as a reward for dedication to one’s duty in the public service.
 
 
 
This was contained in a congratulatory message signed by the Coordinating Director, Ministry of Information, Home Affairs, Tourism and Culture, Mrs Femi Webster-Esho.
The congratulatory message described, the new Acting Director-General as a round peg in a round hole, a team player with relevant managerial skills needed to enhance revenue drive, harness corporation’s uplift in the media industry and ensure positive change.
While congratulating him on this well deserved appointment, the Coordinating Director also charged him to see the appointment as a spur to put in his best in meeting the yearnings and aspirations of the citizenry of the state, especially as it relates to the dissemination of information.
It would be recalled that until the new appointment, Mr. Wale Idowu was the Director, Marketing, Osun State Broadcasting Corporation (OSBC). His appointment takes effect immediately after the retirement of the former Director General, Mr. Sanjo Owoaje.

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The Governor of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has called on the youths in the state to be innovative in whatever they are doing as young professionals.
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Aregbesola made the call in commemoration of African Youths’ Day when the youths in the state under the aegis of Pro-Democracy Youth paid him a courtesy visit.
1st of November of every year was set aside by the African Union (AU) as African Youth Day to address issues affecting the youth on the continent.
The theme of this year’s celebration is: “Participation and Mainstreaming as a Catalyst Towards Achieving a Demographic Dividends.”
The Governor described the day as a day to reflect on the life of the Youth in the state, the nation and Africa as a whole.
He advocated for inclusiveness and engagement of the youths in every facet of the society because of the abundance of energy deposit and huge potential they possess.
According to him, his administration has provided for the youths to participate fully in government as well as created programmes such as OYES and OYESTECH to engage unemployed youths in the state.
He also disclosed that his administration established the Osun Job Centre so as to create a data base of unemployed youth across the state, train them to be employable and employed.
He said “African Youth Day is a day to reflect on the lives of our youths across the continent.
“It offers us the opportunity to assess the lives and the activities of our youths. Our administration has provided for the youths in the state as well as cater to their needs in many ways through our policies and programmes.
“We focused and are still focusing on youths in this state. We engage them and discuss regularly on things that affect them.
“No government will neglect people of this age bracket because they are very central and critical to the society.
“That is why we provide for them to participate in one way or another in our programmes and policies.
“Why they are critical and should be engage in governance is because of the huge deposit of potential they have within their capacity to deploy to anything them do.
“All I want to advise them to do is to be creative and innovative in whatever they engage in. It is by doing things differently that they can quickly make their marks in the society.”
Aregbesola also promised that his government will continue to engage the youth while looking forward to seeing their contributions to the progress and development of the state.
Earlier in an interactive session with the governor, the youths in a presentation identified three areas, education, agriculture and youth participation in government, scoring the governor’s performance very high in these areas.
The Coordinator of Pro-Democracy Youth, Semih Adabanija, acknowledged the progress Aregbesola has made in education, agriculture and youth employment in the last six years.
Adabanija commended the governor for the turnaround in the education sector both in physical structure and the curricula.
He lauded the state-of-the-art school buildings scattered across the state, saying Osun has not experienced such a huge development in recent times.
He equally commended government policies in agriculture aimed at providing sufficient food for the state as well as exporting to other states.
“You have achieved giant strides in education and provision of infrastructure, agriculture and youth inclusiveness.
“The infrastructure dotting the nooks and crannies of the state is an eloquent testimony of your achievements in education. Not only that, your administration reviewed school fees downward in all tertiary institutions in the state.
“You have sustained the school feeding programme for the pupils of elementary schools, increased grant to schools, trained and employed more teachers. We notice all these achievements.
“You have recently intervened in the crisis in Ladoke Akintola University’s crisis as well as the Osun State College of Education, Ila-Orangun.”
Adabanija also highlighted the youth engagement policies of the government such as OYES, which has employed 40, 000 youth and OYESTech which has empowered several thousand others.

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The Chairman, Visitation Panel, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN), has assured the owner states of the resolution of the crisis affecting the institution.
He gave the assurance in Ogbomoso at the inauguration of the Visitation Panel held at the university’s senate building.
 
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LAUTECH, which is jointly owned by Oyo and Osun, has been enmeshed in ownership disagreement and funding.
The situation led to an industrial action by workers since June.
Olanipekun, the pro-chancellor at Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo, said the panel would resolve the ownership disagreements and funding.
He said the panel would also ensure that the school’s highly rated academic standard was revived.
“Academic activities in the university have been paralysed due to lack of funding and disagreement between the owner-states.
Our panel was inaugurated to look into how the ownership of the institution and funding can be consolidated. We are to revive the university as a beacon of light.
“The people should expect sumptuous academic excellence, output and input from us. I believe in the capabilities of members of the panel,” he said.

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