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  The Ondo State Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, has organized a brainstorming session for it senior professional Officers to expose them to modern ethical principles in the education sector. The session held in Akure, was also aimed at intimating the senior Education Officers on contemporary acceptable rules and standard of conduct for enhanced effective service delivery. Addressing the session, the Ondo State Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Mr Olaolu Akindolire, said the programme was timely, particularly at a time when the ugly trend of declining ethical values that are undermining the rules of engagement is rampant in the Civil Service. "Over the time, we have witnessed cases of indiscipline, misconduct and gross abuse of delegated authority among our Officers. Therefore, the need to address these identified gaps and further intimate the senior Officers on standard ethnical practices informed the session" The Commissioner added that the ...

  The Ondo State Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Mr Olaolu Akindolire has pledged to partner notable youth organizations across the state to ensure the success of Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa during the November 2024 gubernatorial poll. The Commissioner made the pledge in Akure while playing host to leaders and convener of Community Engagement for Lucky Aiyedatiwa (CELA), a youth organization working for the victory of the All Progressive Congress, APC, and the return to power of Governor Lucky Orimisan Ayedatiwa in Ondo State. The Community Engagement for Lucky Aiyedatiwa (CELA), a youth organization working towards ensuring a landslide victory for the incumbent Governor at the November poll, is presently taking its campaign to rural communities across the eighteen local government areas of the state to seek the support of the people. The strategy includes accessing the needs of farmers and assisting them with agricultural inputs in line with the rural development...

  The Ondo State Government has expressed worry over the destruction of street furniture such as traffic barriers, bollards, streetlamps, traffic lights, traffic signs, bus stops, fountains, public sculptures, waste receptacles among others in Akure, the state capital, and other major towns across the state. The Special Adviser to the Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, on Transportation, Dr. Olugbenga Omole, expressed the worry during a meeting with stakeholders in the transportation industry in Akure, the state capital. The Special Adviser noted that the street furniture do not only serve as guides to road users but also beautify the roads, and serve as monuments indicating notable places and events as well as adding to the aesthetics the city. He said the administration of Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa seriously frowns at the incessant destruction of these furniture which he described as government property, posing that government would not ...

The Special Adviser to the Ondo State Governor on Energy, Hon. Johnson Alabi, has tasked the management of the Benin Electricity Distribution Company, BEDC on optimum performance and efficient service delivery for the benefit of the citizenry. At a meeting with  the State Committee on Electricity Regulatory Transition, and Management of BEDC PLC in Akure, Hon. Alabi noted that the complaints of electricity consumers are enormous, and tasked the distribution company to seek ways to lessen the travails and pains of the people. He tasked BEDC to make metering processing less cumbersome, ensure easy access to electricity and guide against estimated billings which some consumers describe as killing. The special Adviser, tasked the distribution company to urgently address other factors affecting its smooth and efficient service delivery in communities where it operates. He said the administration of Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa is committed to improving electricity infrastructure and ...

  The Ondo State Governor, Lucky Ayedatiwa, has directed the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency (RUWASSA) to assess the functionality of all water schemes across the state with the aim of reactivating them. Commissioner for Water Resources, Public Sanitation, and Hygiene, Mr Sunday Akinwalire, in compliance with the directive, was on assessment  visit to the KAJOLA community in ODIGBO LGA, along with his team to evaluate the KAMOMI water scheme. Mr Akinwalire explained that the directive by Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa to activate non-functional boreholes across the state was to enable residents have access to clean and potable water. The Commissioner noted that the KAMOMI water scheme, which is entirely solar-powered, has been operational since December, 2020 and has consistently served the KAJOLA community. While urging the community to protect the water scheme jealously by treating it as their personal property, Mr Akinwalire also enjoined them to guide against vand...

The Ondo State Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, has released the school calendar for 2024/2025 academic session in the state. A circular by the ministry of education, science and Technology, says the First-Term academic session for the calendar year, will run for 14 weeks, as schools will resume on Monday, 16th September, 2024 and proceed on vacation on Friday, 20th December, 2024. There will be a mid-term break on either Monday 25th or Friday 28th October, 2024, while the First-Term holiday will run for three weeks, beginning from Monday 23rd December, 2024 to Friday 10th January, 2025. The Second-Term academic session will run for 13 weeks, beginning from Friday 13th January to 11th April, 2025. There will be a mid-term break either on Friday 14th or Monday 17th February, 2025, while the second term holiday will run for 3 weeks, beginning from Monday 14th April to Friday 2nd May, 2025 Also, the Third-Term 2024/2025 academy session will run for 12 weeks, beginning f...

  The Ondo State Government has commended the Federal Government's initiative aimed at addressing food insecurity and nutritional status of its citizens across the nation. The State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Mrs Lola Fagbemi, said no government would be happy seeing it's citizens malnourished or die of hunger, hence the aptness of the Federal Government's initiative, especially at this critical period. The Commissioner, while receiving a team from the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, in her office in Akure said the challenges of food security in Nigeria were enormous, and enjoined all and sundry to embark on house gardening so as to stamp out hunger in our homes. She called for urgent and genuine collaborative efforts among stakeholders to invest massively in the agriculture sector to address food shortages and forestall imminent famine in the country. Mrs Fagbemi expressed concern over the decline in farming activities wh...

  The Special Adviser to the Ondo State Governor on Infrastructure,  Lands and Housing,  Pastor Ayoade Babalola, has described good roads and Infrastructure a necessity that must be provided by government to the people. Pastor Babalola made stated this when the  Transition Commitee Chairman of Oyemekun Local Council Development Area, and other members of the LCDA paid him a courtesy visit in his office in Akure, the State capital. According to him, one of the visions of Governor Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa is to provide good roads and light up the major  streets of various cities and towns of Ondo State, especially Akure, the State capital. He informed that rehabilitation and covering of pot holes are ongoing in all the three senatorial districts of the State, and rural roads would be graded in order to ease transportation problems for the citizenry. The Special Adviser, commended the  Committee for their vision to make the LCDA one of the best in the St...

The Ondo State Government has released the list of collectibles in public primary and secondary schools across the state during the 2024/2025 academic session. A circular released by the state Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, and signed by the Permanent Secretary, Mrs Folasade Adegoke, puts the total amount of collectibles from new intake into public primary schools at N5,000. Also, new intakes into public secondary school will pay a total of not more than N14,000 while returning students, JSS2- SS3 will pay N11,000 The amount covers PTA levy, Examinations, ICT, Sports development, utility, medical, security, entrepreneur/agric, CASS,  running expenses and administrative charges for external examinations among others. In addition, all new intakes are to come to their school of choice with the following items, one hoe, one cutlass, a locker and a chair, a broom and two file jackets during the registration exercise. The circular also warned that no school has the...

  The Ondo State Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Mr Olaolu Akindolire has warned against collection of unapproved levies from admission seekers into the State's Public Primary and Secondary Schools. The Commissioner handed down the warning during a meeting with representatives of the All Nigeria Confederation of Principals of Secondary Schools (ANCOPSS), Academic Staff Union of Secondary School (ASUSS), Association of Primary School Headteachers of Nigeria (AOPSHON) and Parents/Teachers Association (PTA) in Akure, Ondo. He said government has an approved list of collectibles in all public primary and secondary schools across the state and would soon make it available to all principals, headmasters and other heads of public institutions. Mr Olaolu Akindolire, while warning against collecting levies that is not on the approved list during admission process, said the government of Mr. Lucky Ayedatiwa was aware of the prevailing economic situation in the country...