Former Governor of Ogun state, Senator Ibikunle Amosun representing Ogun Central Senatorial District, has notified the Senate of his intention to contest for president in the 2023 general elections. The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, read out Amosun’s letter at the opening of plenary on Wednesday. According to the letter, the lawmaker says official declaration of…
Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun and former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo have commended the backward integration policy of Nigerian Breweries The duo who spoke at the commissioning of the company’s upgraded brewery in Ota, Ogun State enjoined other corporate organisations to follow the fruitful example of Nigerian Breweries Plc. At the ceremony, Governor Amosun, who…
Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State has declared that the state won’t be a fertile ground for hoodlums and criminal-minded elements. He made the remark while receiving the new Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Illiyasu, who was posted to the state to replace AbdulMajid Alli who was recently promoted as Assistant Inspector General (AIG) in charge…
On Tuesday, July 19, 2016, the governor of Ogun State, Ibikunle Amosun, held a meeting with members of the organized private sector. Amosun invited them to a breakfast held at the Government House, Oke-Igbein, Abeokuta, the state capital. During the session, which was well attended by captains of industries, bank executives, industrialists and literally all…
Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun, on Tuesday, received the Flag Officer, Western Naval Command, Rear Admiral Ferguson Dukas Bobai who led a team of senior officers of the Command on a courtesy visit to his Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta office. Speaking while receiving his guests, the governor thanked the Navy for setting up a presence on Tongeji…
The Ogun State Government has maintained that it does not owe any category of pensioners in the state. This followed media reports emanating from a protest by some members of the Association of Local Government Pensioners on Thursday. Reacting, the State Commissioner for Finance, Wale Osinowo said, “the Senator Ibikunle Amosun-led administration is known for…
On Tuesday, Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State hosted the league of Imams and Alfas in the state to Iftar, the daily breaking of fast-food observed by Muslim faithful during the Ramadan period. During the programme, special prayers were offered for Ogun State, Nigeria as well as President Muhammadu Buhari. A similar session was held…
Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun, has granted pardon to 17 prisoners serving various jail terms in the state. He equally commuted the death sentences on four other prisoners to life imprisonment. Senior Special Assistant on Media to the Governor, Adejuwon Soyinka, made this known in a statement issued and signed in Abeokuta on Thursday. Soyinka…
The Ogun State government has charged a couple to court in Abeokuta, the state capital, for allegedly dumping refuse on a part of the popular Lagos/Ibadan Expressway. Ibikunle Amosun, the state governor, on Sunday, disclosed that his security details pursued the couple to Ojota, Lagos, after they fled the scene, where they allegedly disposed off…
Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun, has called for the creation of a Nigerian Army Division in the state. The governor made this call, on Thursday, while playing host to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Yusuf Buratai who had paid him a courtesy visit at his Oke Mosan, Abeokuta office. While receiving the Army…