Oyo Gov names chairmen for Transport Corporation, Waste Mgt board

Oyo State Governor, Engr Seyi Makinde, has approved the appointment of
chairmen of the state Transport Corporation, Waste Management board
and a number of Special Assistants.
A statement by the Chief Press Secretary, Taiwo Adisa, confirmed on
Tuesday that Governor Makinde has approved the appointment of Mr. Dare
Adeleke as Chairman of the state’s Transport Corporation, while Prince
Seun Adelore has been named the Chairman, Oyo State Waste Management
Board (OYSWMB).
The statement also named Mr. Siju Lawal as the representative of the
state on the Board of Oyo North Road Management Agency (OYSROMA),
while Mr. Mathew Kayode Akano will represent Oyo South on the same
board.
In the same vein, Mrs. Omi-ete Kalu has been named the Special
Assistant to the Governor on Domestic Affairs, while Miss Adedibu
Ajarat Adetola has been named Special Assistant to the Governor at the
Abuja Liaison Office.
Adelore holds a Higher National Diploma in Accountancy from The
Polytechnic Ibadan and has worked in the Oil and Gas and Haulage
sectors.
Akano was educated at the St. Andrews College of Education, Oyo,
University of Ilorin and Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, where he
bagged NCE Certificate as well as Bachelor’s of Education in English,
Masters of Pubic Administration respectively.
He is currently pursuing a Masters in English degree at the Olabisi
Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye, Ogun state.
The statement indicated that Governor Makinde wished the newly
appointed success in their endeavours, while stating that the
appointments take immediate effect.
In another development, the Oyo State Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde, on
Tuesday said his administration was determined to ensure the quick and
positive turnaround in the state’s education sector through its free
education policy.
The Governor, who also declared that he was set to institutionalise
the democratically elected local government system at the grassroots
in line with the dictates of 1999 Constitution said that his
government would turn local governments to real centres of
development.
Governor Makinde stated these while inaugurating the boards of the
Local Government Commission, the Post-Primary Teaching Service
Commission (TESCOM) and the State Universal Basic Education Board
(SUBEB).
He also said that the state would focus on infrastructure of the
schools in view of the influx from private schools due to the free
education policy of the state.

…inaugurates agency for AIDS control

Oyo State Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde, on Tuesday, inaugurated the
Board of the Oyo State Agency for the Control of AIDS (SACA), noting
that dealing with the scourge of AIDS “is of utmost importance to his
administration.”
Makinde stated that though there had been some progresses with regards
to anti-retroviral medication, abstinence from sex remained the best
way to control the spread of AIDS.
A statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Taiwo
Adisa, indicated that the state’s First Lady, Engr. Tamunominini
Makinde, chairs the Board, while Dr. Lanre Abass is the Executive
Secretary.
In his speech shortly after inauguration, the Governor said: “Health
is one of the pillars which this administration is resting on, and
dealing with the scourge of HIV in our society is of utmost importance
to this administration.
“Some of you like Rev. Babatunde and Dr Titilayo [representing
inter-religious body] are also very important to this advocacy because
when you either stand on the pulpit or in front of the congregation in
mosque when you are preaching, you can also put the word out there for
people to know. There has been a lot of progress on the
anti-retroviral medication but abstinence is the best way to control
the spread of HIV/AIDS scourge.
“I don’t have any doubt in my mind that we have assembled the best
hands to manage the affairs of Oyo State Agency for control of AIDS. I
have taken time to reflect on what was the modus operandi in the past
and I can say to you clearly that the State used to be supplied with
medications that were just about to expire. They have brought some of
them to me and, please, that era should be over and be over for good
in Oyo State.”
Makinde maintained that though some people had been putting pressure
on him to probe the activities of the immediate past SACA Board headed
by the wife of the former governor of the state, Senator Abiola
Ajimobi, he had decided to be forward-looking and to focus on moving
the state forward.
Earlier, SACA’s Executive Secretary, Dr. Abass, maintained that the
Makinde administration’s focus on the health sector had seen it paying
particular attention to HIV/AIDS response by ensuring that people have
access to relevant information, HIV testing services and access to
treatment, care and support for people living with the virus.
He, however, noted that though the state had made progress in scaling
up HIV treatment and prevention services in recent time, a development
which he noted impacted positively on the prevalence rate in the
State, all stakeholders still had a lot of work to do.