POLICE TAKES OVER GOVERNORS OFFICE IN OGUN

The political situation in ogun state is daily assuming a dangerous dimension as policemen today took over the entire governors office in oke-mosan Abeokuta. Majority of the civil servants that repoeted for duties today were shocked at the number of both regular and mobile ploicemen that were deployed at the secretariat to ensure the safety of the area. The development was unconnected with the impeachment of the former speaker of the house, tunji egbetokun by 9 of the 24 lawmakers in the state.
Palpable fear gripped majority of the civil servants as the two gates leading to the secretariat were under the survailance of the policemen who turned back majority of the civil servants and other people who have one business or the other to transact in the area.

cholera in ogun

The attention of the Ogun State Government has been drawn to some newspaper publications listing Ogun State among 10 other states that have recently recorded cholera outbreak.

The State Government wishes to state that there was no iota of truth in this reports credited to he Chief Epidemiologist in the Federal Ministry f Health, Dr. Henry Akpan.

I wish to bring t the attention of he public that he Federal Chief Epidemiologist, probably mixed he issue of food poisoning reported in the part of the state which was brought to the attention of the Federal Ministry of Health, where 9 members of the same family were affected due to pesticide contamination of the food container. However no death was recorded.

“Early this month a case of food poison involving nine members of the same family occurred and there was no death recorded, and there was no time Ogun State recorded any case of cholera this year.

The case of food poison was caused by the contamination of the food container with pesticide”

“I wish to emphasis that immediately the issue of food poison came to the notice of the Sate Government, appropriate agencies took up the issue and had brought it under control.”

The State Government wishes to assure the members of the public that the issue of health of the people is of paramount interest to the present administration. Government however wishes to appeal to all citizens to maintain clean environments so as to avoid any issue of cholera outbreak.

ogun pdp crisis

Confusion and uncertainties now pervades the political atmosphere in ogun state as the crisis between the executives and the legislatives arms of government in the state assumed a frighten dimension on Monday.
 Residents of the state who have been expecting a robust debate between the two arms of government on Wednesday over the controversial bond attempt by the Daniel led administration woke up to the news of the alleged impeachment of the speaker, Tunji Egbetokun.
When Galaxy News visited the premises of the state house of assembly around 9am , a detachment of mobile policemen were seen on ground while staff of the assembly as well as journalists was prevented from gaining entrance into the complex.

There was a drama entrance of the assembly as one of the top police officers in the state queried the mobile policemen who manned the entrance to the complex on who ordered them to blocked the entrance. Galaxy news captured the altercation between the top police officer and mobile policemen.

ogun and the politics of bitterness

Politicians in ogun state have been advised to eschew all forms of bitterness and allow peace to reign in the state before, during and after the 2011 general elections. This was the view of stakeholders at the first ogun west youth summit where the youths in ogun west senatorial district vowed to do everything possible to ensure that aspirant from the zone emerged as the governor of hte state come 2011.
They blamed the lack of concensus among the leaders and aspirants in the zones as reason for the marginalisation of the senatorial district since the creation of the state adding that such will not be allowed to happened in the coming elections.

LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOUR

Love is the gift from God, infact, God himself is love. Whosoever loves is of God and know God, so let us not love in words but let love ourselves in action. Love is the only phenomenon that makes the world go round, without love, peace cannot be achieved while meaningful development cannot be realised without love. What we are witnessing today in nigeria is due largely to absence of love between the leader and the led. For the country to realise her potentials,there must be love across board, so let us love ourselves because love makes the world go round.

LIST OF OGUN ASPIRNTS SWELLS

The list of aspirants for the 2011 general elections in ogun state is increasing by the day as the race for the poll draw nearer. Already, some politicians who want to contest for one post or the other have been moving ropund the 20 local government areas in the state canvassing for the post of the electorate. As at the last count, about ten aspirants have sinified their intention to succed the incumbent governor, otunba ngbenga daniel while no fewer than twelve others including daniel are contesting for the six senatorial slots in the state. Not only this, over fourty asdpirants are presently vying for the twenty-four slots at the state house of assembly, the list is endless. However, there is this concensus among members of pdp in ogun state that the people of ogun west senatorial district should be allowed to produced the next governor in the state since it has never produce a governor since the creation of ogun state. This is not to say that other senatorial district will be folding their arms., for instance, we have governorship aspirants already from both ogun central and ogun east senatorial districts. The event of the next few months will be revealing.

OGUN PDP URGE DANIEL TO CONTEST FOR SENATE SEAT

The leadership of the peoples democratic party in ogun state today urged the incumbent governor of the state, otunba gbenga daniel to contest for the ogun north-east senatorial seat in the 2011 general elections. To show their determination on the issue, the leaders comprising the 20 local government chairmen in the state obtained a form of intention which cost about 2.5million for the governor. The pdp leaders who spoke at the occasion based their decision to obtain the form for daniel on his good performance as the governor of ogun state in the past seven years. They later took the form to the governor in sagamu, where the incumbent thanke4d the leaders for their solidarity.

LIFE IS SHORT

Life is short, it presents every living soul the opprtunity to make impact and contreibute to the wellbeing of his or her co-sojourners on this planet. Friends, think about this poser, how have you been living your life on this planet? Do you realise that it a rare privelidge for you to be among the co-travellers on this planet? Within the shortest period that you have spent on this planet, what level of impact have you made? Kindly understand that you only paas through this life but once, what will be your account of how you live your life?. Think about this and make sure you have a positive approach to life. Do everything within your capacity to allow others feel your inpact and existence on this planet. KNOW THAT YOU WILL ONLY LIVE BUT ONCE ON THIS PLANET, LIFE IS A GIFT, KINDLY CHERISH IT.

2011

The race for the 2011 general elections in Nigeria is becoming interesting as various contenders have continue to flex muscles although the umpire for the much expected poll has not roll out the time table for the contest that will determine the future of this great country. The federal government through the approval of the national assembly has graciously granted the reguest by the Independent National Electoral Commission for the smooth conduct of the elections.
However, for the coming election to be successful,  all stakeholders need to come together and cooperat6e with the umpire for the success of the poll because INEC alone cannot bear the responsibilities. Nigerians both at home and in the diaspora must understand that our future is in our hands which require that we must not fail ourselves. We have no other country that we can call our own, this is our beloved country, we must do every possible to make it great.
 We all know that Nigeria is a great nation with a lot of both human and natural resources, we have no escuse for failure.This is the time for us to join hands together to rebuild our nation. GOD BLESS NIGERIA.