MAKING NIGERIA AN OPEN DEFECATION FREE NATION BY 2025, WITH EMPHASIS ON OYO STATE IS THE FOCUS OF TODAY’S VIEWPOINT. IT IS WRITTEN BY ADURA AKINLADE OF OUR PROGRAMMES DEPARTMENT Open defecation is a critical public health and environmental issue that affects many developing countries, including Nigeria. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) and…
By Yetunde Oke The Oyo State government says all misconceptions about vaccines in the state are false, therefore, are safe for use. The State Health Educator, Mr Olarinde Olaoye made this known in an interview with Pensioners’ FM Correspondent. According to Mr Olaoye, no government would roll out vaccines for its residents without testing its…
By : Babatunde Tiamiyu Communities in Oyo State have been advised to engage in regular interactions with government and its agencies to attain meaningful developments. The Legislator, representing Oluyole Local Government in Oyo State House of Assembly, Hon Waidi Akintayo gave the advice when he received the Executives of Egbeda-Atuba Descendants Union who paid him…
By Yetunde Oke Oyo State Ministry of Health in collaboration with the Oyo State World Sight Day Committee has called on stakeholders to support the drive toward reducing the burden of preventable blindness in the state. The Commissioner for Health in the State, Dr Oluwaserimi Ajetunmobi made this known at an event organised in Ibadan,…
By Adebayo Yusuf The National Association of Pepper Sellers, NAPS, Oyo state chapter, says the state will soon become a business hub for all pepper sellers across the country. The President of NAPS in the State, Alhaja Fausat Azeez made this known at the inauguration of the association’s secretariat at Oderinlo, Mapo, Ibadan. Alhaja Azeez appreciated…
By Babatunde Tiamiyu The Oyo State government has warned trespassers against the encroachment of landed properties belonging to public schools across the state. The Commissioner for Education Science and Technology, Prof. Abdulwaheed Adelabu gave the warning during a routine check at St. Agnes Basic School, Iluju, Ogbomoso, on Friday in Oyo State. The commissioner decried…
By: Michael Adeyemo The Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, Oyo State wing, has assured that inadequate teachers in public primary schools in the state will be addressed by the government in the first quarter of next year. The Chairman of NUT in the state, Alhaji Oladimeji Raji, made this known in an interview with…
By Michael Adeyemo An education management expert, Dr Ademola Atanda, has called on the Oyo State government to look into the dilapidated condition of some public schools in the state. Dr Atanda, who is the immediate past Head of Educational Management Department, University of Ibadan, made this known on ‘Isejoba Rere’ a development agenda weekly…
By Augustine Afolo and Adebayo Yusuf Some hoodlums, again on Tuesday, carted away bags of rice meant for vulnerable residents of Ibadan North West local government, Onireke. Pensioners FM had reported on Monday that some hoodlums attacked the team distributing the palliatives and went away with some bags of rice. Speaking with our correspondent, Head,…