Sentences with phrase «south west governors»

«I am happy that in the next few days, we will be holding another South West Governors» Meeting in Abeokuta and we will also like to use that as an opportunity for us to continue to speak to the future of the Yoruba nation so that we ensure that the future of the region is guaranteed,» Governor Ambode said.

South West Governors on Monday met in Abeokuta, capital of Ogun State where they expressed their resolve to forge ahead with the regional integration plan, especially in key sectors such as agriculture, security, economy, among others, in the overall benefit of the Yoruba nation.

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They would crow that the tactical AD routing of 2003 (no thanks to Olusegun Obasanjo's well reported electoral double - cross of the then AD South West governors) is, in 2016, resulting in a strategic triumph, with the Ondo AD vanquishing both APC and PDP — one, the current federal ruling party, the other, the former one.

Besides, the police chief praised the South West Governors for demonstrating clear commitment to combat crime in the region, saying that the communiqué issued in Abeokuta with respect to creation of Joint Security Task Force for the region, is already yielding positive result.

According to a statement by the Bureau of Communication and Strategy, Office of the Governor, signed by its Director Semiu Okanlawon, both Ilori and Adekilekun were quoted as stating that the timely move was in tandem with the regional integration agenda of the South West governors who desire cooperation for the enhanced growth of the geo - political zone.

Fayose who made the remarks at the opening of the Quarterly meeting of the South West Governor's economic meeting in Ado Ekiti, the state capital, lamented that the only capital project allocated to Ekiti State in the current budget is the 45 kilometre Akure — Ado Ekiti road to which N250 million was earmarked.

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The South - West Progressive Youths and People's Movement, has called on concerned stakeholders to make a former governor of Lagos State, Bola Ahmed Tinubu chairman of the...

Speakers from South West State Houses of Assembly, on Sunday paid a condolence visit to Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo state in Ibadan over the death...

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, South West Stakeholders / Reconciliation meeting chaired by the Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose kick - started on Wednesday at the Ekiti State Government House, Ado Ekiti.

Speakers from South West State Houses of Assembly, on Sunday paid a condolence visit to Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo state in Ibadan over the death of the Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Hon. Michael Adeyemo.

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The meeting was attended by former Deputy National Chairman of the party, Chief Olabode George; former Oyo State Governor, Senator Rasheed Ladoja, former Minister of Communications, Chief Dapo Sarumi and former PDP National Chairman (South - West), Alhaji Tajudeen Oladipo

Governors of the South - West region yesterday adopted policies for the pursuit of common educational, security and agricultural policies for the zone.

In his goodwill message, Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode said that the proposed extension of the Lagos - Ibadan Rail Project would go a long way to open up the economy of the South West region as well as facilitate regional integration and growth.

The five witnesses who were present and testified before the panel include; the Chief Medical Director (CMD), Biket Hospital, Osogbo, Dr. Adebisi Adenle, Chairman Osun West Senatorial District of the All Progressives Congress APC, Hon. Amobi Akintola, Executive Secretary of Ede South, Hon. Johnson Ojo, Osun State Deputy Governor, Mrs. Titilaoye Tomori and the Chief Medical Director of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Teaching Hospital and Prof. Akeem Lasis.

The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, in a statement issued on Sunday in Ado Ekiti, also said he took the decision to join his other colleagues in the South West in the spirit of unity of the region.

With specific reference to Fayose, the group alleged that the South - West politicians were using the Ekiti State Governor to champion their cause.

«I want to use this occasion to call on all and sundry in the state to support the Governor by paying all levies and taxes in his effort to transform Osun to a state where we will all be proud of within the South - West and Nigeria as a whole».

You could, of course, counter, as Rauf Aregbesola, the perspicacious Osun governor, argued at the occasion, that a South West faction had always been in government since 1960.

Adekilekun, a Buckingham, United Kingdom - based Pharmacist, who sought a ticket into the House of Representatives in the 2015 elections, said Aregbesola's action is worthy of emulation, adding that lack of peace in any part of Yorubaland should be seen as common headache by all the governors of the South - West.

Tukur who spoke when the former governor of Ogun state paid him a visit in his Abuja home recently, described him as an Ijebu man, with strongest political group within the political pantheon of the South West.

Governors of the South West geopolitical zone of Nigeria are currently in a meeting in Ekiti State.

Members from the Nigeria Governors» Forum (NGF) are Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State (South West), Governor Rochas Okorocha, Imo State (Souh East) Governor Hassan Dankwambo, Gombe State (South East), Governor Nyesom Wike, Rivers State (South South)

The governor noted that Atiku and his supporters were already retracing their steps back to the PDP and that the North had seen the deceit in the South - West APC leaders in pushing forward Buhari, even against the man's interest.

The former World Bank managing director also revealed a graphic encounter between her and an aggressive South - West governor (still serving) who pounced on her at a National Executive Council meeting.

Former Governor of Lagos State and Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) national leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has called on the South - west to consider regional integration, saying...

Elder statesman and chieftain of Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, has accused some former South - West governors, including Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Chief Bisi Akande and Chief Olusegun Osoba, of supporting former President Olusegun Obasanjo's re-election bid in 2003 out of selfish ambition.

In their respective submissions, the Governors underscored the strategic role of Lagos to the development of the south West, and called for concerted efforts to collaborate for the progress of the region.

The Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Akinwumi Ambode, today hosted other governors of the South West geo - political region to discuss issues concerning the region within the Nigerian federation.

One of the national leaders of the All Progressives Congress and former governor of Lagos Sttae, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, former proterm chairman of the party Chief Bisi Akande, and governors in the South West are expected to attend a crucial meeting of the party on Thursday.

while two of the former governors are said to be from the South - West, one of them is from the South - South geo - political zone.

It recalled that «The governors from the zone at a well attended meeting in Porthacourt, Rivers State, following a motion moved by governor Nyesom Wike in the presence of all stakeholders, resolved to micro-zone the position of the National Chairman to the South West.

According to him, the President had also received similar congratulatory messages from governors in South - East, South - South, South - West and North Central states of the federation.

The statement said: «We, the Collation on Niger Delta Freedom Volunteer Force and Niger Delta People Peace Force are calling on the Peoples Democratic Party's (PDP) Governors in the South to respect the micro-zoning arrangement entered by all the stakeholders in the zone where the position of the National Chairman was zoned to the South West.

He said the former Governor of Lagos State now needed the leaders in the ongoing political realignments in the South - West.

The incumbent governor and the only one from the Peoples Democratic Party in the South - West, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, has been highly vocal and critical of the President Muhammadu Buhari's administration of the All Progressives Congress.

I implore all governors in the South - West to make a policy that would make it mandatory for pupils of primary schools in Yorubaland to be taught in Yoruba language.

Sources said that members of the group and their principal were not happy with what they saw as attempts by the party leadership and the presidency to diminish Tinubu's premium contributions to Buhari's emergence as president and undermine the former Lagos State governor's leadership in his South - West power base.

Leaders of the APC present at the campaign included former Chairman of the party, Bisi Akande; former Governors of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi and Segun Oni; former Governor of Osun State, Olagunsoye Oyinlola; Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State; APC Chairman in Oyo State, Akin Oke; and South - West party executives..

He stated that the President had also received similar congratulatory messages from governors in South - East, South - South, South - West and North Central states of the federation.

The governor also urged other governors in the South West to look beyond party politics and ask questions as to the beneficiaries, repayment and -LSB-...]

He said, «I am not unmindful of the antics of a governor in the South West who claims to have taken on the toga of the «leader or voice of the opposition».

Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday described the south west region as the next frontier of food security in Nigeria, revealing that...

Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, who voted around 11.55 am at polling unit 20 Ward 9, Ibadan South West Local Government Area within the premises of Community Grammar (Jnr) High School, Oluyole Estate.

The former Deputy Governor in a statement sent to DAILY POST by his Media Coordinator, Mr. Olasina Oladele, declared that there is no doubt that Aregbesola's administration holds the record as the most inept, prodigal and corrupt in the history of the South West region.

All four APC governors from the south - west and virtually every single party leader waited on his every word and he called the shot.