SOS ON THE STATE OF ROADS IN OTA

The State of Ojuore Roundabout

The deplorable condition of various roads within Ota and environs has become an embarrassing stigma as there is hardly any part of the major and feeder roads that can be considered motor able. Most all the roads – Trunk A (federal), Trunk B (state) or Trunk C (local government) – are in terrible states. ; the manner of neglect by the relevant authorities is equally worrisome.

Adalemo Bus -Stop

Portion of Adalemo Turning, Lagos - Abeokuta Express Road

Take a look from the entry point into Ota, just after toll gate going into Sango, different portions of the road has broken down and the government seem to just look away with reckless abandonment . All we get is the banal excuse of ‘’most of the road roads are federal government roads’’. And so what? I know for a fact that the Lagos/Abeokuta expressway is a federal road, I also know how the Lagos State Public Works Corporation (LSPWC) do carry out routine repairs and rehabilitation works on this road (one of such was done very recently) and expectedly leaving out the Ogun State end of the road that stretch from toll gate upward. For me, that action of the Lagos State Government is responsiveness. Why can’t the Ogun State government take a cue from this?

Senator Gbolahan Dada advocates death penalty for corruption

 

 

Gbolahan Dada (APC-Ogun West) has advocated capital punishment for corrupt officials in the country.
Mr. Dada, who made the suggestion during interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Friday, said “corruption is the bane of this country and the only way out is heavy penalty, even death sentence, for those found guilty.
“The only way you can stop corruption is through death sentence”.
Mr. Dada noted that there were so many laws that should be promulgated at this stage of Nigeria’s development, pointing out that England did so too at a stage in her life.
He accused civil servants of being the major culprits, pointing out that they had access to public funds which made it easy for them to steal from the national treasury.
“This is why some of them, after stealing so much money from government, set up personal businesses but collapse soon after because they only know how to steal, not to create wealth.
“Wealth creation is a process that must be sustained but you go bankrupt the day you are taken away from the source where you steal,” he said.
The lawmaker said about 1.2 million houses built with stolen money in Lagos and Abuja were in the market for sale with nobody to buy them.

“That is why you find houses everywhere unoccupied because they steal this money and they ask the contractor to go and build houses for them. Go to Lekki, you will find them there and here in Abuja.
“If you borrowed money from the bank will you be able to lock up the houses unoccupied,” he asked.
Mr. Dada implored the Federal Government to impose property tax on all unoccupied houses in the country, promising that he would soon sponsor a bill to identify who owns each building in the country using modern platforms on the internet.
These include Bank Verification Numbers, E-passports, GSM numbers, company registration numbers, national identity card numbers, driver’s license and DNA, to know who owns which building in Nigeria.
Mr. Dada said corruption had devastated the country’s economy so much that the only way to stop it is the death penalty.
He said although the developed nations would frown against it, people should read the history of England.
“Who killed King James?” he asked. “At that time, that was what could solve the problem for them, we are not civilized here, we think we are, because we are riding exotic cars, in fact we are in the 14th in Nigeria.”
He said Nigeria had disappointed the world not just Africa “because in every group of Africans you see, five are Nigerians.
“So, the whole world expected us to be trail blazers that would lead Africa out of poverty.
“Today, many in Russian, Malaysian, Thailand, Indian and Great Britain prisons are Nigerians. Why? It is because of indiscipline in the society,’’ he said.
He said Nigeria was gradually getting to the stage the Republic of Liberia was when the war broke out. “The major danger here is the large population of youths who are unemployed.
“When you have a large population of youths who are under-educated, under-housed, under-developed and you have a handful minority in the ruling elite class monopolising the government apparatus, you are courting trouble.
“Nigeria as an oil producing nation is an enabler for job creation.
“My worry is that if nothing is done, the crisis would start from starvation, food shortage. Texas in the United States is bigger than Nigeria and the population of Texas is about 20 million and Nigeria, in about ten years time, will be 200 Million.

“The land is not expanding, yet population is increasing. We are not like India and China sub-continents. India is bigger than Nigeria. So, they can accommodate large population but that is not the issue.
“The issue is that they have a productive economy. So, we can’t compare them with Nigeria at all.
“Let Nigeria compare herself with neighboring West African countries. We had an opportunity to turn Nigeria into a productive economy for 40 years but we wasted the opportunity.
“All the money made from oil was wasted. We have no petro-chemical industry, now we import virtually everything.
“The few industries that were left by the colonial European administration have all collapsed,’’ the lawmaker said.
Mr. Dada said that was a great mistake and that Europeans should have been left to run their industries while Nigerians took over governance.


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AMOSUN IN OTA FOR ALHJI ADENIJI'S BURIAL

Ogun State Governor Senator Ibikunle Amosun, yesterday led other state functionaries and party loyalist to the burial of late Ogun State Chairman of All Progressive Congress APC  in Ota. Alhaji Roqeeb Adeniji who died on monday night at the age of 79 and was buried tuesday 22nd November 2016 according to Islamic rites.

see pics from the burial

AMOSUN PRESENT 2017 BUDGET

Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, on Tuesday, presented a total budget of N221.129bn for the 2017  fiscal year to the State House of Assembly.

The budget, which he titled, "Budget of Repositioning,"  represents an increase of 10.45 per cent compared with the 2016 budget.  

The governor further explained that the recurrent expenditure will gulp N102.82bn or 46.50 percent of the  budget while capital expenditure will gulp N118.306bn or  53.50 percent of the budget.

The governor added that, "Our Expenditure consists of Capital Expenditure of N118.306bn (53.50%) and Recurrent Expenditure of N102.823Billion (46.50%). 

"Personnel Cost, made up of Salaries and Allowances stands at N62.73 Billion while Pension and Gratuities account for N11.2Billion which is about for 5.06% of Total Expenditure.

"The balance of N28.89 Billion which accounts for 13.07% is set aside for the Overhead Costs."

He further revealed that the 2017 budget would be financed through Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) and revenue from the Federation Account.

Governor Amosun added that 51.71 percent or N114.34bn of the proposed  N221.129bn budget is to be funded through IGR while N41bn or 18 percent is expected from the federations account.

Capital receipts is expected to contribute N65.78bn or 29.75 percent of the budget.

This information is contained in a statement signed and made available by Adejuwon Soyinka,
Senior Special Assistant (Media) to the Ogun State Governor.

BREAKING NEWS: OGUN STATE APC CHAIRMAN ALHAJI ADENIJI IS DEAD

Alhaji Roqeeb Adeniji the Ogun State  Chairman of the All Progressive Party APC is dead.
Baba as he is fondly called died in the early hours of today according to one of his sons Hon. Bashiru Oladele Adeniji,who is the current executive chairman of Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government.
He told our correspondent that he was still his father yesterday and Baba even watch a football match.
The frontline politician will be buried by 4pm today according to Islamic rites. ''Baba has done his best and it is the will of Allah to call him to rest and so we submit to Allah's will''. Says Hon. Adeniji. 
A condolence register had been open at his residence in the Oju Ore area of Ota. sympathizers are seen trooping into the residence to condole with the bereaved family.

Details later......

ADO-ODO/OTA LG SET TO LAUNCH ENVIROMENTAL CAMPAIGN

The Chairman Ado-Odo/Ota  Local Government Hon. (Prince) Bashiru Oladele Adeniji and his team are set to launch a campaign on cleanliness of our environment. This campaign is coming  on the heels of the recent clampdown on some premises by officers the Ogun State Environmental Sanitation Task Force

You will recall that the Enviromatal Task Force were in Ota in the course of the week, where they seal off some premises. This action was met with protest and restrictions from many residence (this almost degenerated but for the timely intervention of the Local Government Chairman) claiming that they were not properly informed about the waste disposal policy of the government and that refuse disposal trucks do not come to pick their refuse often as they should.

The chairman who spoke to our correspondence in office on Friday, said his administration will take environmental sanitation as a major task and efforts are in the pipeline to launch an intensive campaign and sensitization on the issues of making our environment clean and how to dispose off refuse without creating frictions with the necessary authorities. He explained that the sensitization campaign will be done in English, Yoruba, Igbo and Hausa language as well as in pidgin recognizing noting that Ota is a multi-ethnic community hence the need to carry everybody along.

Hon Adeniji enjoined all residence of Ota to be peaceful and law abiding, he urge everyone to desist from indiscriminate dumping of refuse as he promised to strengthen Sanitation department in the Local Government and position it for effective service delivery .

WARNING: PLASTIC RICE FLOODS NIGERIA MARKET

 

Video of an alleged Chinese involved in manufacturing plastic rice emerge on the internet days ago. Read below how you can test your rice to be sure you are not buying or eating plastic rice that is dangerous to our health     

With the Federal Government’s announcement of imminent famine next year coupled with Nigeria’s craze for imported goods, experts have raised the alarm of possible flooding of the Nigerian market with harmful ‘plastic rice.”

Since 2011, the world was alerted to the industrial manufacture of rice by Chinese firms.

In a report by the Korean Times on the growing menace, the newspaper said; “China famous for having all, making all, has now been reported to have made rice out of plastic and has distributed it.

“The Korean-language Weekly Hong Kong in Hong Kong quoted Singapore media that “Fake rice made out of plastic is massively sold on the Chinese market.”

“According to the report, some distributors are selling fake rice in Taiyuan, Shaanxi Province, and this rice is a mixture of potatoes, sweet potatoes and plastic.

“This ‘plastic rice’ is made by forming potatoes and sweet potatoes into rice-like shape, then adding industrial synthetic resins,” said a food expert. “Since the rice is different from normal rice, it is hard like stone even when cooked.

Moreover, the synthetic resin in it is very harmful to the human body.”

One Chinese restaurant association official warns that eating three bowls of ‘plastic rice’ is the same as eating one vinyl bag. He added that since the rice is very dangerous there would be strict investigation on the rice factory.

But Nigerians can determine if the rice they have is genuine or not by following any of the simple tests:

The water test
Pour a tablespoon of raw rice into a glass filled with cold water and mix vigorously. If the rice falls to the bottom of the glass, everything is fine, if on the contrary it floats on the surface, be vigilant, because it surely contains plastic!

The fire test
Using a lighter and a match, burn a handful of rice. If it catches fire and smells of burnt plastic, you know what to do! Do not eat it!

The mortar and pestle test
When molding a few grains of rice with a mortar and pestle, the powder should be quite white. For artificial rice, you will notice a yellow discoloration instead.

The mold test
If you want to be sure that you do not risk anything with your cooked rice, put a small amount into a tupperware and leave it in a warm place. In a few days, mold will have to appear, otherwise it is that your rice is artificial.

This is how to get it right: is the rice you buy natural or artificial? Show these diff tips to all your friends so they do not take the risk of eating plastic.



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ILLEGAL CLINIC OPERATOR NABBED IN ABULE -IROKO

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested one Julius  Afolabi  for allegedly operating an illegal clinic and maternity home in Abule-Iroko, in the Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of the state.

He was said to have been arrested on Tuesday.

The state Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said trouble started when the suspect allegedly collected N200,000 from one Funmi Adelaja for a fibroid operation, but was unable to remove the fibroid.

 

He said the failure prompted  Adelaja to report the case at the Sango Police Station.

He said, “The Divisional Police Officer of the station detailed detectives to investigate the case and it was discovered that the self-acclaimed doctor and medical Director of Adeolu Afolabi Clinic and Maternity Home has never gone through any formal training that can qualify him to operate such outfit.”

Oyeyemi, an Assistant Superintendent of Police, said the state Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu, had ordered more investigation into the case with a view to charging the culprit to court on conclusion of the invest

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ENVIROMENTAL TASK FORCE SEALED PREMISES IN OTA

Officers of the Environmental Sanitation Task Force Zone A, stormed Sango and Ilo-Awela Toll gate area of Ota on Wednesday 16th November 2016, sealing off business and residential premises on both sides of the ever busy Ilo Awela road. The reason for their action according to sources was the indiscriminate dumping of refuse on the road by residence of the area.

A task force official sealing a premises

However many residence of the area came out to protest the action of the task force saying; the dumping of refuse on the road was caused by the failure of government to provide appropriate dump sites coupled with the fact that the Local Government refuse removal truck are seen only once in a week. 
A residence of Ilo-Awela area identified as Mr Ola who spoke to our correspondence was of the opinion that the action of the task force was wrong saying there was no warning before taking the action. According to him; ''the refuse were much today because people decided to put them out awaiting their trucks that usually pick them up on Thursdays during the weekly environmental sanitation''.
He further challenge the environmental sanitation authority at the Local government level to be alive to their responsibility and ensure that do come out regularly to pick up the refuse.
Attempt to speak with the task force officials were refuted.

The task force officials were still seen around sealing more premises as this morning Thursday 17th November 2016 during the weekly environmental sanitation exercise. this action we believe will send the needed signals to all residence within and around Ota for them to take the issues of sanitation very seriously and put a stop to the indiscriminate dumping on our roads.

Bus driver, conductor abduct eight Ogun schoolchildren

• The suspects Photo: Samson Folarin

There was confusion in the Ifo area of Ogun State after a bus driver, Akorede Ogunjobi, and his conductor, Kazeem Adelere, were attacked by an angry mob for allegedly abducting eight pupils of Oyes Faithful College, Ifo.

The suspects would have been lynched, but for the intervention of policemen from the state command who took them into custody.

PUNCH Metro learnt that 10 pupils of the school had on Tuesday joined the commercial bus marked, AKD-948-XJ Lagos, at the Techno bus stop after leaving the school.

It was learnt that two unidentified men sat beside the driver, while the conductor manned the bus entrance.

After two of the pupils alighted at their designated bus stop, the driver was alleged to have refused to stop for other pupils.

When the pupils indicated that they wanted to alight at the bus stop, the driver was alleged to have shunned their calls and continued speeding on the expressway.

The conductor was alleged to have stood at the bus entrance to prevent the pupils from escaping.

Our correspondent was told that one of the pupils in Senior Secondary School 1, Akorede Aliu, 13, jumped off the bus while on motion.

Some minutes later, another male Junior Secondary School 1 pupil, Ajibose Fawasi, 11, was said to have also leaped out of the bus, leaving behind six female pupils.

A motorist was reported to have blocked the commercial vehicle’s path and forced it to a halt.

A lawyer, Isaac Durowoju, told PUNCH Metro he called the police to rescue the suspects from the mob, adding that injured pupils had been taken to the hospital.

He said, “After two of the pupils alighted at Iya Abiodun bus stop, other pupils observed that the driver took to the fast lane and started speeding.

“When they told the driver and the conductor where they would alight, the two men laughed at them. While on motion, two boys jumped out at different intervals, but the driver refused to stop. This was what aroused the curiosity of a motorist, who blocked him three bus stops from where he should have stopped.”

It was learnt that the two unidentified passengers, escaped from the scene while the suspects were being mobbed.

Our correspondent gathered that the driver and the conductor denied abducting the pupils at the police station.

MAN ARRESTED FOR KILLING STEP-DAUGHTER AND SELLING HER HEAD

The Ogun state police command have arrested 63-year-old man, Korede Odubela pictured left, for allegedly killing his 16-year-old step-daughter, Amudat Oshimodi, and selling her head to his son, Seun, a herbalist, who allegedly paid N3,000 as first installment.

According to Vanguard, the suspect reportedly connived with one Lekan Lawal, to commit the crime at Imosan Area of Ijebu Ode Local Government Area of the state.

Odubela alongside Lawal strangled Amudat and then severed her hand and head which they later sold to his son who is a herbalist. When interrogated, Odubela who was paraded at the state police command yesterday, said it was the deceased's mother that asked that she should be killed because she was always stealing her money.

"It is true that Lekan Lawal and I connived to kill my step-daughter. The girl was 16 years old. She was always stealing her mother’s money. And the mother said we should kill her as a sacrifice for the other children she had. Since she normally slept at the door post outside, at 12 midnight, I invited Lekan Lawal. He held the girl by the neck and strangled her while I held her legs. That was how she died.”

When interrogated, the mother of the deceased denied the allegation that she consented to her daughter being killed.

She said she had five children from her previous marriage before marrying Odubela. She said indeed her daughter's character was dissatisfactory but she never instructed that she should be killed.

The police say both men would soon be charged to court

NB: WE ALL NEED TO BE VERY VIGILANT, EVIL PEOPLE ABOUND EVERYWHERE.

BREAKING: OGUN GOVERMENT PROHIBITS 'OMO-ONILE' ACTIVITES

 
The Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun, has signed into law, a bill prohibiting forceful takeover of land, by persons or group of individualsThe passage of the bill has formally criminalised the act, which also attracts a 25-year jail term without options of fine, for those who violate this existing law of the state.
The ceremony which took place at the Governor’s Office in Abeokuta, the state capital, was witnessed by principal officers of the State House of Assembly, members of the State Executive Council, as well as security chiefs.
This is one of the attempts being made by the state government, to re-position the state as one of the fastest growing economies in the country.
In his address, Governor Amosun said the law would prohibit forceful entry into landed properties, violent conducts, kidnapping and other allied matters.
He stressed how important the law is: “The law is so critical and important to us, that is why we gathered everybody, the Police, State Security Service and exco members. It is to show the importance we attached to this law.”
Furthermore, he said “we want people to know that Ogun state will no longer be a comfort zone for criminals and criminal activities, or the so-called ‘omo-onile’, the land grabbers, who go there kill and maim innocent people. Now, the law will go after them”
“We have said it and we are now having the enabling law to prosecute anybody who runs foul of the law. He or she will have himself or herself to blame” he stated.
Some of the dignitaries present at the event which included the Speaker of the House of Assembly, Suraj Adekunbi and the State Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu, commended the initiative and promised to implement it to the benefit of citizens.
Mr Adekunbi expressed appreciation to everyone for their contribution.
“When the bill was sent to the House, we sat on the merit and demerit of the bill and subsequently, we had the stakeholders meeting where everybody was invited, all of them made valuable contributions that led to the passage of the bill.
“I believe with the signing of the bill into law, Ogun state will be better for it,” the Speaker said.
Mr Iliyasu, also bared his mind on the law and described it as “a clarion call on criminals”.
“It is a hallmark that there is no place for them to hide in Ogun state, armed robbers, kidnappers and cultists, there is no room for them as far as Ogun state is concerned.
“We have said it and we are ready to enforce it, they should relocate and leave Ogun state.”
Stressing the government’s readiness to commence action, he said “all security agencies are working together and there is so much synergy and collaboration. So we are ready to discharge our statutory duties.

OYO DEPUTY GOVERNOR SUPPORTS LIONS CLUB PROJECTS IN OTA

His Excellency, Otunba Moses Alake Adeyemo the deputy governor of Oyo State was in Ota on Saturday 12^th November 2016 to rally support for the humanitarian project embarked upon by the Ota Doyen Loins Club. The deputy governor was the chairman at the official presentation and fund raising of the club held at One Life Wonderland Amusement Park, Idiroko Road Ota.

He congratulates the new president of Ota Doyen Lions Club, Lion Dimeji Fehintola and appreciates the entire lions club for their commitment to service, especially in making positive impact in various communities and in giving. He noted that lions club has been in the forefront of serving and giving to the needy in various capacities. Special reference was made to an ongoing project of the construction of A-block of 10 toilets at the St James Anglican Primary School, Ipate Oyinbo Ota. Otunba Adeyemo commended the club for this initiative and pledges his support towards the completion of the said project.

The Deputy Governor delivering his remark

The Deputy Governor and The Club President at The Event

The Club President and The Deputy Governor in Handshake

The deputy governor also called on the other guest and all well wisher present at the occasion to donate generously towards the course of the lions club which he describes as a noble initiative worthy of emulation, adding that government alone cannot fix the problems in various communities. He therefore called for the support and corporation of every citizen asking them to contribute their own  gota towards making our community a better place for all to live. 

The Chief host, who is the district governor  404B-1 Nigeria of the Lions club international, Lion (TPL) Waheed Kadiri  appreciated the Oyo State deputy governor and decorated him with  the clubs ‘pin’ to officially invite him to join the Lions Club International  as a mark of honour and appreciation

OTA DOYEN LIONS CLUB INSTALLS NEW PESIDENT

Ota doyen lions club a leading club in district 404B-1 Nigeria of the Lions Club International installs a new a president and other officers to steer the affairs of the club for the 2016/2017 Lions year. The new president,  Lion Dimeji Kehinde Fehintola was presented as the centennial president of the club at a ceremony that was well attended by members of lions club across the state and many other dignitaries from far and near. Top among the them is the deputy governor of Oyo State, His Excellence Otunba Moses Alake Adeyemo JP who was the chairman of the occasion, Hon. Wale Okediran (a fomer member of the house of representative) was the guest speakere at the occasion, the executive chairman of Ado –odo/Ota local Government Hon. (Prince)Bashiru Oladele Adeniji was also present at occasion. Members of the lions club were led by no other than the District Governor of the club Lion (TPL) Waheed Kadiri supported by his cabinet members

The newly installed president Lion Dimeji fehintola seizes the opportunity of the presentation to mobilize and raise fund for the club to enable them carry on with the various humanitarian projects embarked upon among which is the construction of a block of 10-room toilet at St James Anglican Primary School Ipate Oyinbo Ota. He opined in speech that ’’ the main essence of Lionism is service to the community’’. He therefore appeals to the guest present and members of lions club to donate generously towards the course of the club which is to serve humanity.