Tag: Kunle Somorin

Inside Ogun Politics That Made State Lost $18.5bn Dangote Refinery to Lagos

ADEOLA YUSUF

Characters in the politics that cost Ogun state the siting of Dangote refinery have turned toxic tongues throwing tantrums. While the states IGR begins to suffer, none of the actors wants his head to be used to break the proverbial coconut, reports Adeola Yusuf   The siting and commissioning of Dangote’s $18.5bn Refinery could have been held on Ogun state soil. And so, it became a reopened wound on Monday, May 22, 2023, when the refinery in Lekki played host to five presidents from West African countries, top diplomats from…

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Tricycle Ambulance Initiative To Serve Rural Areas -Ogun Govt

Abibat Babalola

The Ogun State Government has said that the introduction of tricycle ambulances in the state is to tackle the threat of maternal and infant mortality in rural areas. This was disclosed in a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Kunle Somorin, on Sunday. According to the statement, the tricycle ambulances were officially introduced in February 2022 after the state government purchased 50 tricycles, the Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals donated 30 more, and 10 more tricycles—for a total of…

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Ogun Declares Tuesday, Wednesday, Work-Free Days for PVC Collection

Abibat Babalola

Ogun State Government has declared Tuesday, 24th, and Wednesday, 25th January, as work-free days for workers in the state public service. According to a statement issued on Sunday in Abeokuta by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Kunle Somorin, “Following the extension of Permanent Voter Cards collection till Sunday, January 29, 2023, by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Governor Dapo Abiodun has graciously approved two days – Tuesday, 24th and Wednesday, 25th January as work-free days to enable public servants to collect their PVCs from their respective local…

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