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Edo Regional, Urban Master Plans To Be Legislated, Incorporated Into School Curriculum, Says Obaseki

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8 months ago

October 8, 2023

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has said the etate’s 30-year development plan, which consists of the Benin City Masterplan and the Edo Regional Development Plan, will be properly legislated and incorporated into school curriculum.

The governor said incorporating the plans into the school curriculum will give children in the State insight into what the plan contains and prepare them for their roles in the implementation of the development plan.

Obaseki, who spoke while addressing journalists in Benin City, the Edo State capital, said the plan will ensure a defined template for development and growth of the state.

He said the development plan is at its completion stage and will be ready by the third quarter of next year.

The governor noted, “As we design our master plan, we are going to be very resolute and undertake actions which might not be so popular but we need to because of the next generation.

“We will make sure that the master plan which we are almost concluding, as it is in its third stage now and hopefully will come alive by the third quarter of next year, contains pillars for our State development and growth.

“The master plan will be backed by law as we will legislate the master plan and when people do contrary to the master plan, they can be charged to Court.”

He added, “It will also be made compulsory by this administration as part of the learning process of students in our schools. It will be displayed, shown and taught in schools across the State for students to know what it looks like and have an idea of how their cities should look like, and have the ability to challenge their government or authorities in ensuring that the plans are maintained.”

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‘I’ve Become An Evangelist’ – Doyin Okupe

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34 mins ago

May 21, 2024

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The former campaign director for the Labour Party during the 2023 presidential election, Doyin Okupe, has announced his new vocation as an evangelist of Jesus Christ following his recovery from cancer.

Detailing the challenges he faced with cancer, which initially appeared 16 years ago as prostate cancer and recently in the soft tissues of his right shoulder, Okupe highlighted the role of his medical treatment and divine intervention in his recovery.

“The first problem was cancer I had and the chemotherapy makes you lose appetite, you have nausea, and even as you sustain for several months, you lose weight,” he told Channels TV.

Okupe recounted how his weight dropped from 127kg to 97kg during chemotherapy and settled at 103kg after the treatment ended.

“In all these, I bear witness to God and Jesus Christ, I’m a testimony to the fact that there is nothing the Lord God Jehovah can’t do,” Okupe affirmed.

“From now on, I have become an evangelist and a witness for Christ.”

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Court Dethrones Ondo Monarch After 29 Years Of Legal Tussle

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38 mins ago

May 21, 2024

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Oba Micheal Adetunji Oluwole, the traditional ruler of Ute in the Ose local government area of Ondo state has been dethroned by a state High Court sitting in Owo, Owo local government area of the state after a legal tussle that lasted for 29 years.

Olule Omolaja Ruling House had challenged the retired Army Major’s right to ascend the throne.

Justice Ademola Enikuomehin who nullified the selection process that brought Oba Oluwole to the throne and ordered a fresh selection process into the stool, ordered Oluwole to stop parading himself as the traditional ruler of the town. The fresh selection process will be from the Olule Omoloja ruling house lineage.

According to Justice Enikuomehin, the dethroned monarch had no right to the throne as he’s not a member of the ruling house designated to fill the vacant throne of the town.

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Pro-Fubara Lawmakers Confirm Eight Commissioner-nominees

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2 hours ago

May 21, 2024

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A faction of the Rivers State House of Assembly loyal to Governor Siminalayi Fubara has confirmed eight commissioner-designates as members of the State Executive Council.

Fubara earlier sent the names of the nominees to the House led by the factional Speaker, Victor Oko-Jumbo, for screening and confirmation.

The Assembly screened the nominees during their sitting at the temporary legislative chambers at the Administrative Block of the Government House, Port Harcourt on Tuesday.

Two former Commissioners, Dr Peter Medee and Eloka Tasie-Amadi, who served under the immediate past administration of Nyesom Wike as Energy and Works Commissioners respectively were asked by the House to take a bow and go.

The other six nominees were asked a few questions by the pro-Fubara lawmakers and were consequently confirmed as commissioner-designates.

In his remarks, the Speaker, Oko-Jumbo, charged the commissioner-designates to contribute their quota in moving the state forward and assist the governor in delivering the dividends of democracy to the people.

He advised the governor not to be distracted but to continue his good works and pledged the House’s support to make him succeed.

He stated, “Those that are supposed to bring the dividends of democracy to our people. As a legislature, what we can do is to ensure that we create an atmosphere where His Excellency will do more.

“While we commend His Excellency for his numerous achievements in office, we also use this opportunity to call on His Excellency not to be distracted. We call on him to remain focused on the mandate that Rivers State’s people have given him.

“We also call on him not to be biased. He should continue to deliver the dividends of democracy to our people.”

Speaking to newsmen after the screening, the Leader of the House, Sokari Goodboy, commended the governor on the calibre of people sent to the House for screening.

“Today, we held our sitting and in the Order Paper, we had the screening of eight commissioners and we know too well that the executive arm of the state needs to be filled and we are happy and proud of the nominees,” he said.