The State Government of Osun is committed to achieving a properly planned and harmonious environment within Osogbo, the state capital and her environs.

The Commissioner for Lands, Physical Planning and Urban Development, Arc. Muyiwa Ige disclosed this in Osogbo during a routing site inspecting visit to the sites of the on-going project in the State, which comprises the rehabilitation work at the train station, the market at Igbo-Kenya, the yam market located behind the Technical College,  New MDS market along Iwo-Road, Trailer park, and Salvation Army Middle School, Alekuwodo.

The Commissioner directed the Site supervisor of Sunlek investment Ltd, the construction company in-charge of the perimeter fencing, Mr. Osita Osita to rework the fencing so that no portion of the school’s land would be left out. Arc. Ige, at the site of the routine exercise, also directed some owners of the structure within the proposed neighborhood market, to furnish the Ministry with relevant land documents for verification.
On the encourage of the Commissioner were the General Manager, Capital Territory Development Authority, TPI Wole Ilori, Directors and other staff of the Ministry.
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The Government of the State of Osun will not commission any uncompleted or half done project. This was stated  by the Commissioner for Youth, Sports and Special Needs, Mr. Stephen Kola-Balogun, while receiving the executive of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) in his office.
According to him, the administration of Ogbeni Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola believes in building structures that are standard and can stand the test of time before commissioning them as the administration cannot compromise standard for commissioning.
The Commissioner said that most of the capital projects embarked upon by the present administration had to be done from the scratch in order to ensure their durability as opposed to what the government inherited from the previous administration.  In his words, he noted that none of the six stadia proposed by past the administration had indoors sport hall.
Thus, the present government had to re-draw its plans and start the reconstruction of the Osogbo stadium afresh. Mr. Kola-Balogun praised the administration of Ogbeni Aregbesola for creating a Ministry of Sports for the first time in the history of the state and for making sure that sporting activities are developed across the length and breadth of the state.  The Commissioner therefore charged SWAN to always appraise the activities of government in the sporting sector with a view to drawing government’s attention to its strength and any likely weakness.  He thanked the executive of SWAN for their interest in the Walk-to-live exercise of the government and enjoined them to participate in the exercise as a way of promoting sporting activities.
In his address, the President of Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) State of Osun Branch, Mr. Yemi Aboderin, praised the administration of Ogbeni Aregbesola for his interest in sports development.  He particularly eulogized Governor Aregbesola on the introduction of Walk-to-Live exercise, the construction works going on at the Osogbo stadium as well as sponsoring athletes from the state to various sporting activities within and outside the country.
He therefore pledged the association’s support for the government and promised to give adequate media attention to her activities on sports.
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As part of activities marking the year 2014 Valentine’s Day Celebration, Osun State Agency for the Control of AIDs (O-SACA) is organizing a free HIV Counseling and Testing for all the youths and general populace in the State.
This was contained in a press release issued and signed by the Project Manager, O-SACA, Dr. Akin Oyebade who stated that the activities is designed to sensitize the youths to avoid risky sexual behaviours, maintain abstinence and remain faithful to one partner.
According to the release, the programme holds between Wednesday 12th and Friday 14th February 2014 at O-SACA’s Secretariat, 79, Odi-Olowo Street, Osogbo by 8:30am daily.
The release enjoined all and sundry  to visit O-SACA’s  office for free counseling and testing, as well as collection of condoms and Information, Education & Communication (IEC) materials.

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The Special Adviser to the Governor on Home Affairs, Tourism and Culture, Mr. Oladipo Soyode, has charged youths to be eating traditional food to enable them live healthy instead of foreign food that has no nutritional value.

Mr. Soyode who was represented by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Mrs. Olajumoke Bello gave this charge at Osogbo during the Traditional food Festival competition Organized for the food vendors in the State.

The Special Adviser reiterated the efforts of Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola’s administration in bringing the aged long traditional food that have nutritional value to the door steps of the younger generation who may have lost real value of typical african food.

Also speaking at the event,the General Manager, Osun Tourism Board, Mr. Abiodun Balogun challenged the food vendors to be cooking real African food and make use of locust rather than modern maggi to allow the consumers feel the nutritional values.
Highlight of the event were the showcasing of Traditional food from Osogbo, Iwo, Ede, Ikirun, Ife, and Ijesha zones with food like: Iyan Ewu, Iyan Gbere, Eki, Sokun-Sokun, Dodo Ikire, akara Osu, Igbalo, Ojojo, Dele, Efo Ebolo, feregede, isapa, ogunmo, moin-moin, and a host of others.

At the end of the competition; Osogbo zone which comprises of Osogbo, Olorunda, orolu and ifelodun local Governments came first, Ikirun zone which comprises of Ifelodun, Boripe, Ila and odo-otin local governments came second while Iwo zone that comprises of Iwo, Ayedire, Ola-Oluwa, Ayedaade, Irewole and Isokan local governments came third.

Present at the Occasion were the Iyaloja of the State of Osun, Alhaja Awawu Asindemade, Directors and Staff of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Tourism and Culture and Osun Tourism Board.

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The new Commissioner of Police in Osun State, Mr Ibrahim Maishanu, yesterday assumed duties in the state. Mr Maishanu who hails from Yabo Local Government Area of Sokoto State succeeded Mrs. Dorothy Gimba who served as the state commissioner for one year. Mrs Gimba who is on course  at the Nigerian Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru near Jos, was affected by the recent shake up in the police force.
Maishanu, according to a statement from the spokesman of the state police command, Mrs Folashade Odoro, arrived Osogbo, the state capital, on February 10, 2014. According to the statement, the new commissioner enlisted in the force as a cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) in 1984 and rose to the rank of Commissioner of Police in 2009.
The statement said Mr Maishanu who holds a degree in Management had served at various times as Commissioner of Police in Imo, Niger, Taraba and Ekiti States. He is an alumnus of NIPSS.
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The Chairman of Osun chapter of National Union of Road Transport  Workers, Alhaji Isiaka Afolabi, says the union will not indulge in acts capable of destabilising the state during the forthcoming governorship elections.
Afolabi told newsmen in Osogbo on Wednesday.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that INEC had fixed Aug. 9 for the governorship election in the state.
He said the union was an effective organ in the maintenance of peace and good governance without political bias.
He said the union had effectively eradicated motor park thuggery in the state with a view to ensuring peaceful atmosphere. The chairman said there was no more thuggery among its members and that they would not engage in violence during the election. He said the union was committed to good governance and would stand by the government to make life easier for the people.
He commended the state government for providing 50 buses to the union through a bank-guaranteed soft loan.Government must be commended for this initiative and the payment of a one-year comprehensive insurance on each of the vehicles.
“We also thank the government for the payment of 20 per cent bank interest on the loan,” he said. Afolabi said the union would continue to support government in its activities.
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Dr Adetunji Dare is the Chief Medical Director of Hope Medical Centre in Ila Orangun, Osun state, in this interview, gives a thumb up to the Aregbesola administration for transforming the state. Excerpts:
WHAT is your opinion on the school reclassification policy in Osun State?
I sincerely believe that the vilification of the governor as a result of his decision is unfair. When he came on board, what he met on ground was nothing to write home about- there was no sense of direction. As a matter of fact, the reclassification is to rejuvenate the education sector in the state.
We have a system that does not have a sense of direction and does not have a policy template. Now that we have seen a gover
nor that is focused, I think those criticizing him are doing that out of ignorance.
But don’t you think it is contributing to the confusion in the education sector of the state?
As a matter of fact, some of us believe that whether you are a Christian or you are a Muslim, the bottom line is, ‘are you getting the right kind of education?’ Are you being given what you should get from the government? In any case, good education does not have to be provided by any religion.
People are only crying wolf where there is none. I believe that religion should not be brought into government policies. I quite know that the state governor does not have it in mind to rubbish any religion.
Governor Aregbesola has also received hard knocks over his plans to construct an interdenominational worship centre. What is your opinion on this?
The governor told everybody when he was campaigning that he was going to run an unusual government and most of the things we are witnessing in Osun State are very unusual. They are unusual on a positive note. Most of these criticisms are based on lack of what is going on.
What the government ought to have done to minimize this vilification is to sensitize the people on the advantages that are accruable to this wonderful and commendable innovation.
One thing that we lack in the state is money, but not until the advent of this government, previous governments did not take it upon themselves to generate funds for the state. If you have that interdenominational centre, it will definitely enhance the economy of that area.
Are you saying that it is an avenue to generate funds for the state?
No, but to create employment for people.
By building an interdenominational centre?
Yes. If you go for a crusade, you will not sleep on the ground because there will be satellite villages around there. That is a way of generating employment for people.
Why should the people of Osun state vote for Aregbesola for a second term because the argument by the opposition is that he has performed below expectation?
I can say it without mincing words that since the inception of Osun State, the only regime that can be compared with this one is that of Chief Bisi Akamde in terms of provision of dividends of democracy.
He has performed above board in every facet of the state. The achievements are so overwhelming. Some of us even wonder what the opposition will use to campaign because there is no facet that has not been touched by him.
Do you see INEC conducting a free and fair election in the state?
I think INEC has no choice. Even if INEC does not want to conduct free and fair elections, we are not going to support it.
Is your party not worried over the possible use of federal might during the polls?
I doubt if there is a federal might because the umbrella is already torn. We are not afraid of any federal might because Nigerians are wiser now. I only pray that Jega will not allow  himself to be used in this visionless agenda.
In Osun State, I want to assure you that nothing will scare us. We are going to vote and wait until the votes are counted.
VANGUARD

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Photos from the Peace Meeting between Muslim and Christian parents over dress code crisis  in Baptist High School, Iwo, State of Osun

Governor State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola (4th right); his Deputy, Mrs
Titi Laoye-Tomori (4th left); Chairman, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Iwo Chapter, Catechist Paul Olagoke (3rd left); Chief
Imam Iwo, Shiekh Mudashir Akinlade (2nd right); Chairman, Christian
Council of Nigeria (CCN), Iwo Chapter, Reverend Bayo Ademuyiwa (2nd
left); Chairman Isokan Musulumi, Iwo, Sheikh Abdulrasheed Fasasi (3rd
right); Secretary CAN, Iwo Chapter, Evangelist Caleb Ayoola (left) and Otun Imam of Iwo, Alhaji Fatai Olododo (right), after a Peace Meeting between Muslim and
Christian parents over dress code crisis in Baptist High School, Iwo, State of Osun

From right, Governor State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola; Chairman,
Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Iwo Chapter, Catechist Paul
Olagoke; Chairman, Christian Council of Nigeria (CCN), Iwo Chapter,
Reverend Bayo Ademuyiwa; Secretary CAN, Iwo Chapter, Evangelist Caleb
Ayoola; Christian Education Minister, Osun Baptist Conference,
Reverend Bisi Oludamilare and Chairman, Christian Community, Iwo, Dr
Deji Ajani, after a Peace Meeting between Muslim and Christian parents over dress code crisis in Baptist High School, Iwo, State of Osun

From left, Deputy Governor, State of Osun, Mrs Titi Laoye-Tomori;
Governor Rauf Aregbesola; Chairman Isokan Musulumi, Iwo, Sheikh
Abdulrasheed Fasasi; Chief Imam Iwo, Shiekh Mudashir Akinlade and Otun
Imam of Iwo, Alhaji Fatai Olododo, after a Peace Meeting between
Muslim and Christian parents over dress code crisis in Baptist High
School, Iwo, State of Osun

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