Uniosun: We must resolve to stop avoidable disruptions in our university system -Oyetola

Uniosun:  We must resolve to stop avoidable disruptions in our university system -Oyetola

.Charges graduates to be good ambassadors

Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, on Saturday, charged management of the state university and all stakeholders in the education sector, to ensure that incessant disruptions in the university calendar are done away with.

This is even as he said that the state government has so far demonstrated its commitment to rebuilding and repositioning education in the state, especially through improved funding of the sector.

He said his government would continue to support and invest in education and use the sector as a template and bedrock to impact on the lives of the people and advance the economy of the state.

Oyetola, who is the Visitor to the Osun State University (Uniosun) spoke at the institution's 8th convocation ceremonies.

He called for the overhauling of the nation's education sector, particularly the tertiary education which according to him has the capacity to rescue the country out of her present socioeconomic predicaments.

The governor, who harped on merit in the award of academic excellence and accolade, admonished ranks and files in the education sector on the need for them to pursue the lofty ideals of education that emphasise learning and character.

He further said: "As you are all aware, the certificates that you will receive from this university are awarded to you on the basis of character and learning. In the order of importance, character comes before learning. It is character that opened the door to knowledge and kept it open until you completed your courses and earned a degree.

"The world is replete with persons of talents, but is looking for persons of character who are in short supply. I therefore enjoin you to be good ambassadors of the university and the state by displaying the highest level of character anywhere you find yourselves.

"Your university and the state of Osun are waiting for you to enter into the World Hall of Fame in your chosen endeavours.

"Modern universities are cradles of knowledge for world order and sustainable development. I challenge the university to join the comity of global universities to adopt best practices in its operations. Let us resolve that never again will our university be part of unnecessary disruptions that rob the nation's universities of their competitive edge in the global arena.

"The university should find the resolve to continue to be and remain a centre of excellence. It has all it takes to be the best State University in Nigeria and use the achievement as a ladder to emerge the nation’s and Africa's best, “Oyetola added.



While congratulating the graduates, the governor tasked them to pursue things that could help to effect change and bring about positive impacts on the nation's economy.

"I congratulate the graduands here today for the successful completion of their programmes and graduation. They are young men and women who have been baked in the best tradition of Uniosun and whose lives and accomplishments hold great promise for the state, Nigeria, and the world.
"I also congratulate their parents and guardians for their huge investment in their children and wards and for donating them to the world.

"Distinguished graduands, there is no gain-saying the fact that this is a great day for you as you have transited from the class of students to responsible persons who are ready to shape and transform the world.

"Your university has imbued you with analytical skills, competencies, knowledge, attitude and character during your years of study. The world is waiting for you to employ all these to contribute to humanity and improve the society,” the governor added.

Health: Oyetola inaugurates governing boards for Osun health insurance agency, primary healthcare, tasks members on selfless service

Health: Oyetola inaugurates governing boards for Osun health insurance agency, primary healthcare, tasks members on selfless service

The Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, on Friday, inaugurated the Governing Boards of Osun Health Insurance Agency and Osun Primary Healthcare Board.

He said the boards were inaugurated as part of the administration's commitment to ensure quality, qualitative, affordable and accessible healthcare delivery to the people of the state.

This was even as the governor charged members of the newly inaugurated boards to discharge their duties with a high sense of responsibility, probity, selflessness, commitment and diligence.

Inaugurating the boards in his office, Oyetola noted that the constitution and the inauguration of the boards marked the effective take-off of the health programme of the administration.

Members of the  board of Osun Health Insurance Agency, include: Hon. Adeoye Andrew Adelakun (Chairman); Executive Secretary, Osun Health Insurance Scheme, Dr. Niyi Ogini; Director Health Planning and Statistics, Ministry of Health, Mr. Gbenga Oyebode; Director Medical Services, Dr. Ayobami Oni; Coordinating Director Ministry of Economic Planning, Budget and Development, Mr Akinola Adekunle Layiwola and Director Ministry of Finance, Mrs. Abolude Ganiyat Titilola.

Others are: Director, Local Government and Inspectorate Service, Mr. Olusola Adedokun; Director P.S.O, Mr. Najeem Akintola; Director Medical Laboratory Services, Mrs Gbonjubola Akinola; State Coordinator, NHIS, Mr. Ahmed Yahaya, Osun NLC Chairman, Comrade Jacob Adekomi; Mr Titus Olufemi Aiyedun; Dr Olatunji Olabisi Odebunmi and Comrade S.O Faniran.

For the Primary Healthcare Board, the members are: Executive Secretary, OPHCDB, Dr. Oluwole Fabiyi; Assistant Medical Laboratory Scientist, Mrs. Biyi Adesina; Mr. Kayode Adetola who represents Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria; Mr. Olusola Kolawole Adedokun from Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs; Dr. Oladeji Gbadamosi from Ministry of Health; Mr. Olusegun Alao Adebayo Akeem Oladepo who represents Alternative Medicine Practitioners; Comrade S. O. Faniran from National Association of Nurses and Midwives; Mr. Olaniyi Olatunji from National Association of Community Health Practitioners; Mr. Muraina Mutiu Olayinka from Health Information Managers Association of Nigeria; and Mr. Gbenga Oyebode from Medical Health Workers Union of Nigeria.

The governor, who reiterated his administration's determination to ensure equitable health service delivery, expressed confidence that the inauguration of the boards will contribute in no measure to advance the health sector in the state.

He said the boards will serve as a driven force towards the actualisation of the government’s goal at taking quality healthcare to the people's doorsteps.

The governor further said: “To underscore the importance we placed on the health of our people, our administration promptly inaugurated the Special Health Intervention and Revitalisation Committee after assuming office.

"We followed this up with collaboration with UNICEF to organise an advocacy session on paradigm shift from Free Health Services (FHS) to State Social Health Insurance Scheme (SSHIS) to enable members of the committee and other key stakeholders get a buy-in into the new scheme.

"The Special Health Intervention and Revitalisation Committee has worked assiduously to implement its mandate which includes renovation of healthcare centres, provision of equipment and drugs, training and retraining of staff and use of technology to power the healthcare services of the General Hospitals and healthcare centres.

"Government has engaged political leaders with responsibility for constituency projects, philanthropists and religious organisations to support the implementation of SSHIS to achieve Universal Health Coverage in Osun.

"We have engaged in all these initiatives and programmes to pave the way for the effective take-off and administration of the Board we are inaugurating today.

"Today's inauguration marks the effective take-off of the health programme of our administration.

"Health is wealth and it is the driver of all that we do as a government. Equitable health service delivery is at the forefront of the core cardinal objectives of our administration.

"In particular, the inauguration of the Governing Board of the State Primary healthcare Board is one of the key indices for the assessment of primary healthcare under one roof through which the state can benefit some funds from Saving One Million Lives. This inauguration is therefore germane to the success of the activities of the State Primary Healthcare Board.

"I enjoin you to regard your appointments as service to your state and a measure of the confidence government reposes in you.

"You must ensure that you give this duty your best. Discharge your duties with a high sense of responsibility, probity, selflessness, commitment and diligence. I am confident that, given your pedigree as distinguished and successful professionals, the health of the people is in safe hands and the state shall be the better for it.

"On behalf of the good people of the state, I congratulate you on your preferment and wish you all the best as you settle down to offer quality service to the state,” he added.

Earlier in his welcome remarks, the Head of Service, Dr. Festus Olowogboyega Oyebade, lauded the administration for being focused in its efforts to reposition the health sector.

He described the members of the boards as seasoned professionals, technocrats and committed individuals who are ready to give their best to bring about the desired change in the sector.

In their separate remarks, the Chairman Osun Health Insurance Agency, Hon. Adeoye Andrew Adelakun and the Executive Secretary, Osun Primary Healthcare Board, Dr. Oluwole Fabiyi, commended the governor for reposing confidence in them to serve the state.

Adelakun said: "I wish to express gratitude to Mr. Governor for the confidence reposed in us to serve the state. The Governing Board of the Osun Health Insurance Scheme is indeed a novel idea. We assure you that we will give our best in the service to the people and the state.

"We will work towards making people realise that health of the people is paramount to this government under your able leadership. No doubt, your government is destined for greatness. You would recall sir that the election that brought you to power was slated to hold on 22nd but it was later extended to 27 which is the day Osun was created.

"Incidentally, the day you were going to present your budget was postponed to 27 as well. You would agree with me that this coincidence is magical. I believe that by the end of this tenure, which by the grace of God, will be eight years, your name will be written in gold and people will never forget the role you have played in their lives".

Those who witnessed the inauguration are: Speaker Osun House of Assembly, Hon. Timothy Owoeye; Secretary to the State Government, Prince Wole Oyebamiji; Chief of Staff to the Governor, Dr. Charles Akinola; Head of Service, Dr. Festus Oyebade; State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Prince Gboyega Famodun; State Chairman, Nigeria Labour Congress, Comrade Jacob Adekomi, and members of the state Steering Committee among others.

Osun: Akande birthed legacy of prudent, transparent management of resources -Oyetola

Osun: Akande birthed legacy of prudent, transparent management of resources -Oyetola

Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, has described the former interim National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Adebisi Akande, as an encyclopaedia of governance and statesmanship whose virtues are worthy of emulation.

He also said Osun was proud to donate his politics, economics and governance dynamics to a nation striving to emplace visionary and dynamic leadership, adding that it was Akande who birthed the legacy of prudent and transparent management of men and resources in the state.

Governor Oyetola stated these on Thursday, in Lagos, at the public presentation of the book titled "The Bisi Akande Phenomenon: Governance, Economics and Politics", held at the Jelili Adebisi Omotola Hall C, University of Lagos, Akoka.

He commended Akande, who was also a former governor of the state, for his immense contributions to nation building and national integration.

Describing the book as a collection of the illustrious contributions of Akande to the building of the political edifice called Nigeria; Governor Oyetola added that Akande is a model for contemporary politicians, youths, and school children who the nation looks up to as its hope.

"His life, politics, philosophy, leadership dynamics and lifestyle accurately exemplify him as an outstanding Omoluabi and a phenomenon in the nation’s budding democracy.

"Akande represents everything Osun stands for, and radiates the honour and statesmanship our nation exudes.

"Baba Awon Omo Kekeke (father of small children), as he is fondly called is a metaphor for the future of Osun and Nigeria.

"He radiates vision, discipline, dynamism, industry and honour, which we require to overcome the raging rot to become a great player in the competitive world. This Octogenarian was a compendium of wisdom during the opposition days of the progressives and even now, a formidable guide while in power.

"Since his tutelage under the late sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Chief Akande has remained a potent voice in politics, governance and the economy. He is also widely known as a bridge between the North and the South in a nation immersed in ethnic and rotational politics.

"These rare attributes make him a phenomenon, a quintessential politician and a unifying force in a country where centrifugal forces are always gnawing at its political and economic soul.

“A visionary and dynamic leader, Chief Akande remains the architect of our beloved state, having laid a solid foundation which his successors have built on in all the sectors to announce the state to the world.

“Chief Akande birthed the legacy of prudent and transparent management of men and resources. Despite Osun’s status as one of the resource-challenged states in the country, Chief Akande employed his skills as a creative manager to build structures and institutions in a manner that dwarfed the achievements of resource-studded states in the nation.

“As students of Chief Akande’s politico-economics, we owe a huge debt of gratitude to the author of the book for codifying the activities and milestones of our principal into a compendium for us and the generations yet unborn to appropriately build bricks on the foundation that will take our fatherland to the Promised Land.

“As Baba's governor, I express the gratitude of the good people of of Osun to Baba Akande for living an exemplary life worthy of emulation. Thank you Baba, for becoming an Encyclopaedia of governance and statesmanship.

“We are proud to donate Baba Akande, his politics, his economics and his governance dynamics to a nation striving to emplace visionary and dynamic leadership,” Oyetola said.

Oyetola plays host at a public presentation

Governor of the State of Osun, His Excellency Adegboyega Oyetola today Honored the Invitation as the Chief host at the public presentation of "The Bisi Akande Phenomenon : Governance, Economics and Politics, " at jelili Adebisi Omotola Hall C, University of Lagos,Akoka,Yaba Lagos.

Oyetola commends FG over establishment of zonal fire service headquarters in Osun

Oyetola commends FG over establishment of zonal fire service headquarters in Osun

Oyetola commends FG over establishment of zonal fire service headquarters in Osun

Mr Gboyega Oyetola, on Wednesday commended the federal government for being supportive to the state by approving the establishment of the zonal Fire Service Headquarters in the state.

He specifically lauded President Muhammadu Buhari and the Minister of Interior, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, for commendation, saying that the gesture would further complement the efforts of the state towards preventing and combating natural disasters.

Oyetola advocated the need for the people to always apply preventive measures and cultivate the habit that would enhance safety and strengthen the security of lives and property.

He gave the commendation in his office while receiving the Controller General of Federal Fire Service, Dr Liman Ibrahim and his entourage who were in the state to inaugurate the newly procured state-of-the-art fire fighting trucks donated by the federal government.

Osun Deputy Governor congratulates Alhaji Olorunniose as he pays condolence visit to the family of the late Chief Imam of Ikire.*

Osun Deputy Governor congratulates  Alhaji Olorunniose as he pays condolence visit to the family of the late Chief Imam of Ikire.

The Deputy Governor, State of Osun Mr Benedict Olugboyega Alabi on Wednesday paid a condolence visit to the family of the late Chief Imam of Ikire Land, Alhaji Sambakiyu Raji who died last week Monday, 10th of September 2019 after a brief illiness.

Mr Alabi  was accompanied by the Chairman Irewole Local Government Hon Remi Abass and his counterpart in Irewole North East LCDA Hon. Opeyemi Adeboye as well as a former member of Osun State House of Assembly Hon. Olasunkami Akinola and a former special adviser to the Osun State Governor on Land and physical planning who doubles as Chairman Osun Education policy trust and quality assurance Dr Ayodele Owoade.

The State Deputy Governor who was received by the widows and children of the late Chief Imam at his residence, Joliaya area Oke Ada Ikire prayed Allah to grant the late Islamic scholar aljanat fridaos and grant the family fortitude to bear the loss.

Mr Alabi later in the day paid a  congratulatory visit to the newly turbaned Chief Imam of Ikire Land Alhaji Sanusi Olorunniose at his residence moringbere area Ikire.

The State Deputy Governor  was received at the residence of the new Chief Imam to a rousing welcome by some women and party faithfuls with brooms, the symbol of APC in their hands amidst singing and dancing.

Mr. Alabi during the visit congratulated Alhaji Olorunniose on his successful selection and installation.

He wished him a successful tenure and prayed for religious peace, progress of Islam and all round development of the ancient town during his time.

Oyetola seeks France’s support on vocational education

Oyetola seeks France’s support on vocational education

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Osun State Governor Adegboyega Oyetola has solicited the support of France in the development of vocational education to tackle unemployment in the state.

Oyetola made the request when France Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Jerome Pasquier, and his team, paid a courtesy visit to the governor on Tuesday in Osogbo.

The governor said that the support of France in vocational education would assist the state in producing more people with business skills who would be self-employed.

“The conventional education as good as it is does not give skills.



“We are turning out so many graduates who are not skilled and that is why we are looking at training more people to acquire skills, and in turn set up their own businesses,” the governor said.

Oyetola, who noted that white collar jobs were no longer available, said it was not possible for government alone to absorb all unemployed youths.