>
The issue of regional and grassroots development will again be in focus on Saturday, January 30, 2016 as the people of Oke ogun under the auspices of Oke ogun Development Council (ODC) host the Minister of Communications, Barrister Adebayo Shittu to a civic reception.
The reception will hold at Iseyin District Grammar School , IDGS, Iseyin, Oyo state.
According a release signed by the General Secretary of the organization, Mr. Jare Ajayi, and Chairman, Reception Planning Committee, Honourable Dauda Adam, the people decided to use the civic outing for three purposes. First is to express their appreciation to President Muhammadu Buhari for appointing Shittu as a Minister. Second is to showcase Bayo Shittu as an admirable ambassador of Oke ogun and Oyo State while the third reason for the reception is to use the opportunity to call attention to the various developmental challenges confronting the people of Oke ogun.
“This was why the reception will be preceded by a working visit to Ikere Gorge Dam. The dam is capable of generating and supplying electricity and water to people in parts of Oyo, Ogun and Lagos States . It is also capable of empowering farmers to be able to be productive throughout the year rather than during the raining season only just as it would further provide job opportunities through aquatic and irrigation farming, among others”.
Among the dignitaries expected on the occasion are the Governor of Oyo State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi and his deputy, Otunba Moses Adeyemo as well as the Minister of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Chief Audu Ogbeh who will be chairman.
Ministers of Works, Housing and Power, Barrister Babatunde Raji Fashola and his counterpart in the Water Resources Ministry, Alhaji Suleiman Adamu are among other Federal Cabinet members being expected along with other top government functionaries including some state governors. The Speaker of the Oyo State House of Assembly, Hon. Michael Adeyemo and his Deputy, Hon. Wasiu Musa (an indigene of Oke ogun) will lead a retinue of the state legislators to the event.
The programme was originally slated for Saturday, January 23, 2016 but had to be postponed by a week for an unavoidable reason.
What’s your Reaction?
Like
0
Dislike
0
Laugh
0
Angry
0
Sad
0
Accurate
0