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The Ondo State Government has indicated its readiness to partner with organizations, relevant professional bodies and other stakeholders to regulate construction of buildings in the state with a view to preventing incessant collapse being experienced in other states of the federation. The state Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Hon. Gbenga Olaniyi, stated this while playing host to the Executives of the Nigerian Institute of Architects, Ondo State chapter, during a courtesy call on him in his office in Akure. The Commissioner while noting the rising cases of building collapse across the country, affirmed that Governor Ayedatiwa led administration would leave no stone unturned to guide against disaster of building collapse in the state. Hon. Olaniyi enjoined the leadership and members of the Institute to continue to partner with his Ministry to achieve success in its mandate of ensuring physical and urban development of towns and cities in the state in line w...

  Concerned Revolutionary Youths, the organizers of EndBadGovernanceinNigeria has pulled out of planned protest in Ondo State. The planned nationwide protest scheduled to begin tomorrow, was to enable Nigerians register their grievances against the harsh economic situation occasioned by the removal of fuel subsidy by the President Ahmed Bola Tinubu led administration. Briefing newsmen on the decision to pull out the planned protest, the leader of the group in Ondo State, Mr Ogundipe Seyi Olaniyi, said the decision followed the interventions of prominent indigenes of the state. He said the group was neither induced financially or intimidated, but resolved to pull out of the planned protest due to the interventions and security reports that some groups were preparing to hijack the protest to settle ethnic scores. "It is easy to accuse Nigerian youth of having being bought over financially, but I want to assure you that the group did not indulge in any financial gratification, bu...

  The Special Adviser to Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa on Gender Matters, Chief (Mrs.) Olamide Falana has called on women to caution their wards against joining the planned End-Bad-Governance protest, pleading with Nigerian youths to seek alternative means of pressing home their demands. Speaking with newsmen in Akure, Chief Falana, a staunch advocate of policy changes and initiatives that positively affect youths and gender,  said it was highly necessary to respond to the planned hunger protest because it is capable of crippling the nation's economy and bring the country to its kneels. She said similar protests in the past have led to looting of goods as well as wanton destruction of both public and personal property, leaving tales of woes and creating wounds that took decades to heal. She said, although it is a right of the citizens to protest against any form of policy they are not comfortable with, however, there is the need to exercise caution as the good intent of the or...

  The Ondo State Government has created a new session, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Department in the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, to expose learners to necessary skills, knowledge and practical experience that can make them self-reliant after leaving school. Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Mr Olaolu Akindolire at a meeting with the Permanent Secretary and Directors in the the ministry, explained that the intent of the state government was to stimulate the potentials and skills of students in the state public secondary schools by building in them entrepreneurial mindsets that can make them self-reliant after Secondary School education. He explained further that the new department would work towards stimulating the potentials and skills of the students and reawakening the entrepreneurial potentials in them to reduce unemployment rate by ensuring that every one of them is equipped with at least one skill while leaving secondary school. T...

  The Ondo State Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Mr Olaolu Akindolire says government establishments in the education sector of the state must harmonize all the assisted programmes for effective coordination and benefit of students. The Commissioner maintained that agencies and parastatals in the education sector of the state should involve  the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology in all assisted programmes to avoid duplication and overlap. While hosting the officials of ACCENT Entrepreneur Development Initiative and School-To-work Scheme of SUBEB in his office, Mr. Akindolire said there should be a seamless cooperation among all players in the education sector since all are working towards the same goal of providing all-round education for the young ones. He particularly charged the State Universal Basic Education Board SUBEB, to always harmonize any of it programmes that has to do with Junior Secondary School, JSS1-3 with that of the State M...

An Akure based legal practitioner, Mr. John Olowokere has sought the intervention of the Ondo State Police Command over a attempt by land grabbers to convert a parcel of land belonging to the Apostolic Faith Church to personal use. The parcel of land, located at the GRA, Alagbaka extension, was acquired some years ago by the Apostolic Faith Church for establishment of a secondary school. In his letter to the Ondo State Police Command, Mr John Olowookere, stated that the land was purchased sometimes in 2013 and that the church had already commenced construction work on the site. He explained that one of the family members that sold the land to the church eleven years ago, started using armed thugs to forcefully eject the church from the land and illegally transfer the same property to new buyers. According to him, the family member has forcefully removed some building materials, mainly iron rods brought to the site for the school building project by the church. He appealed to secu...

The Ondo State Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Mr. Olaolu Akindolire has urged indigent students of the state in tertiary institutions across the country to urgently apply for the Nigeria Education Loan Fund, NELFUND. The Commissioner, while speaking in Akure, said the State Governor, Lucky Ayedatiwa urged every indigent student of the state to benefit from the Federal Government Loan Scheme meant for students in tertiary institutions across the country. Mr. Akindolire directed that students should log on to the loan portal:  https://portal.nelf.gov.ng  to register for the fund. The Nigeria Education Loan Fund, NELFUND, was introduced by the Government of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR. and passed into law in June 2023, to ensure that no Nigerian student is denied access to education by providing succour to students in payment of school fees. Meanwhile, the disbursement of the loan to beneficiaries commences next week, and the Commissioner for Educa...

  The Ondo State Government has expressed its readiness to partner any reliable organization working towards enhancing the standard of education and quality of learners in the state through quality programmes. Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Mr Olaolu Akindolire, said the Governor Lucky Ayedatiwa's administration in the state is in a hurry to turnaround the education sector and ensure that students across the state get nothing less than the best in terms of quality and qualitative education. The Commissioner stated this in Akure while receiving the executives of Teesas Education, a pioneering and innovative Education Technology firm, committed towards transforming education across Africa through empowering learners, educators and institutions with cutting-edge digital solutions that allow access to education content via Mobile and web platforms without interest access. The organization proposes to provide a robust self-funded educational solution that would...