APPRECIATION! The Entire family of *Hon. Tajudeen Adeniyi Adigun (ATU) - The Political Head of Ibadan West LCDA* wish to appreciate everyone that was present at *8th Day Fidau Prayer & final Burial Ceremony of our mother at Liberty Stadium.

  APPRECIATION!

The Entire family of *Hon. Tajudeen Adeniyi Adigun (ATU) - The Political Head of Ibadan West LCDA* wish to appreciate everyone that was present at *8th Day Fidau Prayer & final Burial Ceremony of our mother at Liberty Stadium.

We appreciate your prayers, support, presence, friendliness, gifts 🎁 and family love shown to us. The PDP family as a whole, Governor’s representatives, The State Executives present, ALGON, NULGE, all Friends and well wishers. We appreciate you all.

May we all continue to have good things to celebrate with each other.

Stay blessed!

Signed:

*Hon. T. A. Adigun (ATU)*

*The Political Head of Ibadan West LCDA*

HON KEHINDE AKANDE APPLAUD HIS EXCELLENCY GOV SEYI MAKINDE ON HIS 1O0 DAYS IN OFFICE

 HON KEHINDE AKANDE APPLAUD HIS EXCELLENCY GOV SEYI MAKINDE ON HIS 1O0 DAYS IN OFFICE 

I am writing to extend my heartfelt congratulations on your 100 days in office as the Governor of Oyo State , For your second term in office sir,  It is with immense pleasure that I commend your exceptional achievements and initiatives geared towards sustainable development and the welfare of the citizens of our great state.

In this short span of time, you have demonstrated unwavering commitment and dedication to the progress of Oyo State. Your vision for a better future, characterized by inclusive growth and sustainable development, has resonated with the people and garnered immense support from all corners of the state.

One of the most commendable aspects of your administration's efforts has been the prioritization of the needs and well-being of the citizens. Your provision of palliatives, such as food items, during the challenging times in our nation, showcases your compassion and empathy towards those who are most vulnerable. The reduction in transportation fare is another remarkable step that has eased the burden on the daily commuters and helped to make transportation more affordable for all.

The strides made in sustainable development across Oyo State have also not gone unnoticed. Your administration's commitment to infrastructural development, education, healthcare, and security has laid a solid foundation for future growth and prosperity. Your strategic approach, coupled with a keen understanding of the needs of the people, has been instrumental in achieving these commendable milestones.

On behalf of the Ibadan South West Local Government and its residents, I extend my deepest appreciation for your transformative leadership and your commitment to the welfare of the people of Oyo State. Your 100 days in office have proven that you are a man of action, dedicated to serving the people and advancing our beloved state.

Congratulations  sir

Respectfully yours,

Honorable Kehinde Akande

Chairman, Ibadan South West Local Government

  

                 H.E GSM Omituntun 2:0 

Honourables Akinbiyi Olayinka  Adebayo SSA to Executive Chairman Ibadan South West LG 

Ambassador Hon Oyedeji Olusegun Abayomi CEO RBFD blogger / GSM Volunteer People with Disability Omituntun 2:0

SPORTS: PHOTOS: Makinde Watches 2023 US Open Grandslam Finals, Congratulates Djokovic, Coco Gauf On Victories

 SPORTS: 

PHOTOS: Makinde Watches 2023 US Open Grandslam Finals, Congratulates Djokovic, Coco Gauf On Victories

Oyo State Governor, Engr Seyi Makinde has congratulated  winners of the 2023 US Grandslam Tennis  Championship, Serbia Novak Djokovic and America’s Coco Gauf on their victories in the last Grandslam of the year.

Makinde is a Tennis and Golf player and enthusiast. Also, recall that the Oyo State Governor participated in the last Marathon race in the US alongside his daughter.

He is equally a fan of Manchester United football club of England.

We watched 19-year-old Coco Gauff and 36-year-old Novak Djokovic make history at this year’s US Open Women and Men’s Championships.

Coco’s rise has been slow but steady, whilst Djokovic has remained tenacious.

Their wins reminded us that with hard work and a clear focus, Nigeria can achieve its full potential as we compete on the world stage.

“For us in Oyo State, our administration will continue to put in the work required to ensure that this happens.”

How I wish MAKINSSON will be on the ballot paper in 2027 - IJOBA AUTHORITY MOE

 How I wish MAKINSSON will be on the ballot paper in 2027 - IJOBA AUTHORITY MOE 

One of the reasons why I soliloquize most times in a closet is that, can we still have a Man like Engr. Abiodun Oluseyi (Saheed) Makinde FNSE on the ballot in 2027?

If yes we can, how can we find him? How do we know him? Who will identify him? At what time, period, or stage will he emerge? What is or are the circumstances that will showcase him?

These are various questions and many other numerous ones that come to my mind whenever I see his unrelenting hardworking spirit overing about the Oyo State heaven in other to have her own haven in a Seren atmosphere for his people.

Little wonder, some people could not understand his semantics and methods of discharging leadership capacity rather, they only observe him from afar until they come in close contact with him in the closet. Gov. Makinde is a free, simple empowered mind with undisputed virtues not commonly seen ubiquitously but infused jealously.

His coming to contest the election to become Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 2007, and 2011 wasn't a joke or a waste of time or what some people called a wasted effort in futility. He came to the rescue, responding to the yearnings of a common man who can't afford to send their children to school. He came to wrestle with unseen powered cankerworms in human flesh, eating the fabrics of the voiceless, milking and infringing on their civic right to freedom of speech, right to life, and access to Good Governance a  Politics that brings democracy to the grassroots.

He came to raise a hopeless future to have a brand new foundation to build upon, make a son of nobody become a renowned somebody, and allow Young emerging energetic minds to strive by tearing and destroying the shackles used by those at the corridor of powers dictating who becomes something at a predicted someday.

In 2015, after he had lost the elections twice to be Senator in Oyo South to the son of former PDP Chieftain, late Alh. Ariyibi Adedibu, Distinguished Sen. Kamorudeen Adedibu, and Late former Governor of Oyo State, Distinguished Sen. Isiaq Akanji Abiola Ajimobi contested Governorship ticket under the Social Democratic Party (SDP) primary and won to be on the general ballot paper but didn't succeed at that time because they never believed in him but after his money especially those who he taught were loyal to him, those he met along the political journey, the juggernauts, vilified politicians, those who believe in eat finish couldn't see what he saw and be fixed to be committed to his course for the good people of Oyo State and beyond.

After the whirlwind that

happened, and for the appointed time that came in 2019, he re-contested as Governorship candidate to be the flag-bearer of our Party, the People's Democratic Party (PDP), and won surprisingly before some small minds, though they still didn't believe he can win and were trying all their possible humanly powers to upturn the result of the will of the people to their advantage victory. Yet, God did disappoint them woefully and gallantly. This was why you see a lot of enemies behind, beside, before, and after him so as not to succeed in any areas.

Today, he has been vindicated across boards. Those who didn't think he could be successful thus far in politics and governance are now part and parcel of his stardust believing that he is God's Sent Man (GSM) to humanity and not Oyo State alone. He has proven them wrong by many standards, he has made many first achievements so far that many refer to him as Awolowo Incarnate truly.

As a young chap, for two decades studying the leadership moves, and philanthropic waves of Engr. Seyi Makinde does not doubt that he is a man of his tongues hence the reasons why I will continue to believe in him and trust his process as I wish he could make the 2027 ballot for another third term but ...........

Your's Servant Leader

A member GSM Advocate

Egalitarian Dig. Com.

Moyosoreoluwa Olamilekan Eldreez codenamed IJOBA AUTHORITY MOE Dynasty World-Wide writes from the home of Generals Ibadan North East World.

 

100km Of Inner Ibadan Roads Will Be Reconstructed- Governor Seyi Makinde Omituntun 2:0

Governor Seyi Makinde FNSE

I’ll support LG autonomy if states can determine their numbers — Makinde

• Says 100km of inner Ibadan roads to be fixed
  .Primary School Teachers to be employed
  .Kiosks around schools to go

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has said he would only support local government autonomy if states were constitutionally allowed to determine their number of local government areas.

He described the current arrangement, where 774 local government areas are stipulated in the constitution, as fraudulent.

Makinde stated this during a stakeholders’ engagement on the 2024 budget organised by the state Ministry of Budget and Planning, held at the University of Ibadan on Monday.

He stressed that he was not averse to local government autonomy, but not under the current constitutional arrangement.

The event saw Makinde explain what he described as creative ways to manage the state’s funds, especially seeing how the funds that accrue to the local government areas are being managed.

Makinde explained: “I have seen people ask where we get money in Oyo State. The local government chairmen are here. I analysed them.

“During the debate held ahead of the last election, I was asked if I were supporting local government autonomy and I said no.

“I am in full support of that tier of government, but what we have at this point is fraudulent. Why will you have 774 local government areas stipulated in the constitution of Nigeria? What is the point?

“I said I will support Local Government autonomy if you can allow Oyo State, for instance, to decide if it wants to have 80 local government areas. We’ll just be able to do it. I will support that fully, but not under this current arrangement.

“We are only talking about federal allocation; how about baking a bigger cake so that we can do more even at the level of government for our people?

“I said to them. Before now, you got about N7 billion from the federal allocation. If you remove first-line charges of about N5.3 billion, you may have about N1.6 billion or N1.7 billion. We then said, Let’s do a flat deduction of N10 million per council for security, which is N330 million.

So you have N1.4 billion or N1.5 billion left. If I divide that into 33 Local Government Areas, that is between N20 million and N40 million to go to each council monthly.

“They said I handicapped them because that N30 million or N40 million does not come to them. In our wisdom, we said that when we have serious issues in local councils, how do we tackle them? As we were having that discussion, Akesan Market got burned, and we needed about N800 million to rebuild it.

“If I were to give local government areas N40 million without doing anything per month, they would use half of our tenure to raise the money for rebuilding Akesan Market. But, because we were creative, we said, It is still your money, and you are the one to spend it, but I gave space for contingency projects.”

Addressing the concerns of stakeholders at the meeting on the infrastructure deficit, Makinde said he had directed that 100 kilometres of inner city roads in Ibadan must be reconstructed.

He said many inner roads in the state had gone bad because many of them had outlived their projected span.

This is because, as he said, a lot of money and time was needed to fix the Olowo bridge, but he assured us that it would be done.

On the school infrastructure deficit, Makinde said the state would need N12 billion a year.

He said the state was thinking outside the box to raise funds outside of UBEC, SUBEB, and the budget.

He added that the state would soon give a deadline to clear shanties and kiosks around school areas.

Also on education, Makinde promised to begin the process of employing additional teachers in primary schools this quarter.

News: Honourables Supervisory Councilors on People with Disability in the 33 Local Government areas including one SA Community paid a courtesy visit to Barrister Ayodele Adekanmbi Director General on Agency of People with Disability to the Governor and Hon Femi Timothy Sunday as Executive Assistant on People with Disability Matters to the Governor today at the Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development. By Hon Oyedeji Olusegun Abayomi

 Update and News:

Honourables Supervisory Councilors on People with Disability in the 33 Local Government areas along with one SA Deaf Community paid a courtesy visit to Barrister Adekanbi, the Director General (DG) on Agency of Persons With Disabilities (PWD) to the Governor of Oyo State and Hon Femi Timothy Sunday, EA on PWD Matters to the Governor today at the Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development.

Edited by Esike Uzochukwu Light, Esq

Firstly, on behalf of the Honourables Supervisors and the SA People with Disability in the 33 Local Government areas of Oyo State, we heartily congratulate Barrister Adekanbi as the DG on Agency of PWD and Hon Femi Timothy Sunday as EA on PWD matter to Governor for their achievements and new positions. They both truly deserve it. As our leaders, our prayer is that you both succeed as you enter this new phase of your official assignments.

It is the desire of the Honourables Supervisory on People with Disability that you both should strive to push for inclusion of the Disability community in Oyo State in more political appointments, job opportunities, and other avenues to serve as Commissioners on People with Disability in  Sports, building of schools for the deaf, and general empowerment of the PWD, etc. 

We wish Barrister Ayodele Adekanmbi Director General on Agency of People with Disability and Hon Femi Executive Assistant on PWD Matter a successful and impactful tenure.

Indeed, history will be kind to His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Oyo State, Governor Seyi Makinde for rewarding loyalty, hard work and patriotism in the choice and re- appointments of Barrister Adekanbi DG on Agency of people with Disability to Governor and Executive Assistant on PWD Matters to the Governor. They both are gifts to the Nigerian people with Disability in Oyo State. 

While addressing members, Barrister Adekanmbi pointed out that the GSM Omituntun 2:0 already approved Oyo State Disability Bill into law and it has become the law. He further stated that there is a lot of work to be done in regard to helping our people with disability.

He said that if we see something that is not right, we should speak up and fight for our people to ensure that no PWD is left behind. 

Hon. Femi Timothy EA also encouraged all Honourables Supervisory Councilors to come together and cooperate as one family so that PWDs will receive benefits and welfares under the Administration of GSM Omituntun 2:0 and everyone will work in unison toward the attainment of Sustainable Development Economic, Environment and Social goals. 

Section 1 to 4 of this 🛣️ roadmap has dealt extensively with how our four pillars: Economy, Education, Health and Security will contribute to sustainable development in Oyo state, including Special Education.

We already created an agency to address the issues of inclusion of people with Disability which was announced last Wednesday by  Barrister Adekanmbi as the Director General on Agency of People with Disability to the Governor and Executive Assistant on PWD Matters to the Governor. 

We the Honourables Supervisory Councilors & SA wish them both a successful tenure. May Almighty God help them & guide them in the  discharge of their duties.

The Agenda of the meeting was quickly raised by the DG on Agency of PWD to the Governor and work is ongoing. Honourables Supervisory Councilors on People with Disability 33 Oyo State were encouraged to work hard and support our people no matter the challenges, to stand up and rise together as we have a lot of work to do on behalf of our people. 

No one left behind by Honourable Oyedeji Olusegun,GSM Volunteer People with Disability, Omituntun 2:0 

Photos Speaking ......and Attendance: 

1.Hon Alabi Abidemi     

2.Hon Rasaki Aderemi 

3.Hon Okikiola 

 4. Hon Janet Omolumo 

5. Hon taiwo Hassan 

6.Hon Salami Raviu 

7.Hon Karim Suleiman 

8.Hon Abdulwasiu Yunuysa 

9.Hon Gbadebo Deborah Adekunbi 

10.Hon Alabi Araria 

11.Hon OlaniyiO luwatoyin 

12. Hon Olayika Matthew 

13. Hon Adeyemo Mary  

14. Hon Oyedeji Olusegun ( GSM Volunteer People with Disability Omituntun 2:0)

15.Hon Adekola 

16.Hon Mujidat Asawale 

17.Hon Iburayim 

Photos Speaking......

Examining Local Government Challenges In An Ideal Democratic Society

 

Examining Local Government Challenges In An Ideal Democratic Society

Local government autonomy refers to the decentralization of power and decision-making to local government units within a country. It aims to empower these local entities with the ability to govern themselves, make decisions that directly affect their communities, and manage their resources independently.

The concept of local government autonomy stems from the belief that local communities have a better understanding of their unique needs and challenges compared to a centralized authority. By granting them autonomy, governments aim to promote more effective and efficient governance, enhance citizen participation, and foster local development.

Key aspects of local government autonomy include:

Political Autonomy: This involves granting local governments the power to elect their own representatives and leaders, create their own laws and regulations (within the framework of national laws), and manage local institutions.

Administrative Autonomy: Local governments should have the authority to manage their resources, such as budgets, infrastructure development, and public services. They can tailor policies to suit the specific needs of their communities.

Financial Autonomy: Local governments should have control over their financial resources, including revenue generation and budget allocation. This enables them to fund local projects and services without depending solely on central government funding.

Functional Autonomy: Local governments should be responsible for providing essential public services like education, healthcare, sanitation, and infrastructure development, based on the needs of their residents.

Benefits of local government autonomy include:

Responsive Governance: Local governments can address local issues promptly, as they have a direct understanding of the needs and priorities of their communities.

Efficiency: Local authorities can implement policies and programs that are better suited to the local context, leading to more efficient resource allocation and utilization.

Citizen Participation: Decentralized decision-making encourages citizen involvement in local affairs, promoting accountability and transparency.

Economic Development: Local governments can tailor economic policies to encourage local business growth and attract investments, stimulating economic development at the grassroots level.

Innovation: Different regions may require unique solutions. Local autonomy allows for experimentation and innovation to tackle challenges in creative ways.

However, challenges associated with local government autonomy include:

Capacity Constraints: Local governments might lack the resources, expertise, and capacity to effectively manage their responsibilities.

Inequity: Autonomy could lead to disparities between affluent and disadvantaged regions if the latter lacks the resources to provide adequate public services.

Conflict of Interest: Striking a balance between local interests and national priorities can be complex, potentially leading to conflicts.

Fragmentation: Excessive decentralization might result in a lack of coordination between different local entities, impacting national policy implementation.

In conclusion, local government autonomy is a vital aspect of effective governance. When implemented with careful planning, it can enhance citizen engagement, lead to more tailored policies, and drive local development. Finding the right balance between autonomy and central oversight is essential to ensure the well-being of all citizens and the overall progress of a country.

I submit tentatively

Hon. Dr Ajagbe “ONIRESE”

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