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About 7,241 teaching and non-teaching staff of the Oyo State Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM), are sitting for the 2022 promotion examination in the state. According to a statement by the Chairman, TESCOM, Pastor Akinade Alamu on Wednesday, Governor Seyi Makinde approved the conduct of promotion examinations for all categories of teaching and non-teaching staff of TESCOM for the year 2022. The promotion interview is for eligible staff across the Ten Zones of the Commission in the State. The conduct which is in progress commenced on Wednesday 6th of December, 2023...

The Oyo State government has commenced the process to review its minimum health service package, which patients can access at primary health care facilities across the state.  Delivering her speech at the review meeting in Oyo town, the State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Oluwaserimi Ajetunmobi, said that the minimum service package needs to be standardized. She revealed that the primary objective of the review meeting is to meet the basic health needs of the entire people of the state. Dr. Ajetunmobi hinted that the initiative is a priority set of...

...AS OYO BEGINS FINALS OF SCHOOL SPORTS COMPETITION The Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), through its Digital Resource Centre (DRC), is training thirty teachers and other personnel for the smooth take-off of the Smart Model School in Sogunro, Akinyele, Ibadan. The Commissioner for Education, Science, and Technology, Prof. Abdulwaheed Adelabu, led a monitoring team to the Smart School, where he disclosed that the training was designed to equip the personnel with requisite skills for the commencement of operations during the third term of 2023/2024 academic session in the state. He...

No fewer than One Thousand, three hundred and Ninety-five pupils, on Monday sat for the year 23/24 e-based Entrance Examination into Oyo State Model Smart School. The pupils were tested in English language, Mathematics, and General knowledge at the Smart School, Sogunro, Akinyele Local Government Area, Ibadan. The Executive Secretary, SUBEB, Jacob Dairo stated that the exercise was smooth and hitch-free in the centre, adding that seven hundred and ninety-six candidates were disqualified, as a result of double entry. Mr. Dairo added that the turnout was very impressive. The Executive...

The Oyo State Government said it has cleared all the non-statutory deductions of civil servants in the state workforce, adding that it is in fulfillment of Governor Seyi Makinde's promise that their deduction arrears will be paid along with their August salaries. In a statement issued by the Honourable Commissioner, Ministry of Information and Orientation, Prince Dotun Oyelade, said the pledge by Governor Seyi Makinde in a state broadcast in the wake of the week-long protest by the State Chapter of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), the government released over...

Commissioner for Women Affairs, 2nd right, the woman (in white) and her children after the rescue The Oyo State Government during the course of the week, reiterated its commitment to ending the menace of vagrancy, street begging, and other societal ills, while it rescued a homeless woman and her twin daughters off the streets within the Ibadan metropolis. The rescue team, which comprises top management officers of the Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Inclusion, was led by the Commissioner, Hon (Mrs.) Toyin Balogun on Thursday. This exercise, according to...

The 15-man Palliative Committee on Sustainable Action for Economic Recovery (SAfER) has assured residents of Oyo state that it will start disbursement of palliatives soon. The Committee, headed by the Chief of Staff, Hon. Segun Ogunwuyi has divided itself into 5 sub-committees to fast-track the implementation of the palliatives, as directed by Governor Seyi Makinde. This is contained in a statement by the Commissioner of Information and Orientation, Prince Dotun Oyelade on Tuesday in Ibadan. Ogunwuyi said the state government was not unaware of the anticipation by citizens to benefit...

The Oyo State Government on Thursday, met Egungun Worshipers (Alagbaas) and other stakeholders, to set aside a day in the year for a uniform celebration of the Egungun Festival. The Honourable Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Dr. Wasiu Olatunbosun, said the new move is part of the present administration's bid to set the tone for harnessing tourism and culture in Oyo State under Omituntun 2.0. Speaking with the stakeholders, Dr. Olatubosun said tourism has become a focal point of Governor Seyi Makinde’s Omituntun 2.0 Agenda.  According to Dr. Olatubosun, the...