Ogun @ 40

Honorebu Global Moderator Everybody loves chicken, but I love chicken more than everyone Posts: 487	Ogun @ 40 Feb 1, 2016 14:16:25 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Honorebu on Feb 1, 2016 14:16:25 GMT *Ogun@40: Gov Amosun Speaks On Achievements So Far (PT1)*
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AgbongboAkala Ogbontarigi Omo Egbe Hate breeds anger and sorrow. Love breeds peace of mind and joy. You can never hate and be happy. Posts: 965	Ogun @ 40 Feb 1, 2016 14:19:13 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by AgbongboAkala on Feb 1, 2016 14:19:13 GMT Honorebu, did you watch it? I watched the programme live this morning. The 40th Anniversary is starting by 1600hrs. I've found out that Channel 29 Events on gotv platform is showing the programme live.
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Ogun @ 40 Feb 1, 2016 14:23:53 GMT

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Feb 1, 2016 14:19:13 GMT AgbongboAkala said:

Honorebu , did you watch it? I watched the programme live this morning. The 40th Anniversary is starting by 1600hrs. I've found out that Channel 29 Events on gotv platform is showing the programme live.

I didn't watch it live.I watched the clips

As per the Anniversary,if Channels will be airing it live on youtube, then I'll definitely watch it

1600hrs is 4:00pm. just about 38 mins more

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Honorebu Global Moderator Everybody loves chicken, but I love chicken more than everyone Posts: 487	Ogun @ 40 Feb 1, 2016 14:35:05 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Honorebu on Feb 1, 2016 14:35:05 GMT *Celeberating Ogun State @ 40. PROGRAMME OF EVENTS!*
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Honorebu Global Moderator Everybody loves chicken, but I love chicken more than everyone Posts: 487	Ogun @ 40 Feb 1, 2016 14:36:57 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Honorebu on Feb 1, 2016 14:36:57 GMT *It has even started since Friday*
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Ogun @ 40 Feb 1, 2016 14:40:55 GMT

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Celebrating Ogun State at 40

WHEN it was carved out of the old Western Region in 1976, there was no doubt as to how Ogun State will evolve.

From day one, Ogun indigenes decidedly took up the mantle and marched doggedly into progress and greatness.

Perhaps this determination lies in the fact that several of the nation’s founding fathers hailed from the state. In the fields of law, medicine and accountancy, the state had produced first class brains like Sir Adetokunbo Ademola,- the first indigenous Chief Justice of Nigeria-, Dr Elizabeth Awoliyi- the first female doctor – and Mrs Toyin Olakunri, – the first female Chartered Accountant. As far as Nigeria’s political history is concerned, the state has also produced among other noble men, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, world class citizens, who became Military Head of State and a two–term civilian President.

The State has however come very far from the mid-1970s. It has been blessed with visionary leaders, men and women of valour, who have successfully put to good use, its rich supply of natural, agricultural and human resources. Ogun is also home to tourists ‘monuments such as Olumo Rock, Abeokuta and Bilikisu Sugbo Shrine, Oke-Eri; both steeped deep in rich cultural histories.

Leading the roll call of astute politicians and fore-sighted leaders, is of course the revered late sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, an indigene of Ikenne in Ikenne Local Government of the State, who as Premier of the Western Region, tapped into the rich potentials of Cocoa and laid the foundations for deep socio-economic changes.Awolowo remained a national icon and his legacy set the pace for the state’s resilience and creativity in good governance and development.

During the years of military administrations, Ogun State was to find its dynamism and passion for breaking new grounds. The sprawling Agbara Industrial and Residential Estates were established to take advantage of the state’s proximity to Lagos State. Today, the layout serves as a template for industry and housing sectors.

Fast forward to the 1979 elections in which the State’s first civilian governor, late Chief Olabisi Onabanjo, under the Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN) came into office. Through Chief Onabanjo’s policies and programmes, he charted a way for the state. Thus, through carefully-designed socio-economic development agenda, he was able to move the state on the path of economic growth.

The Ogun State University, later renamed Olabisi Onabanjo University, was founded in 1982; located in Ago-Iwoye as a model for the ‘Gown meets Town’ development became a template for developing local manpower for the emerging giant.

By the time the Military took power in 1983, the state, through Onabanjo’s efforts, had commenced broadcasting from its own television and radio stations. Ogun State Broadcasting Corporation as Onabanjo declared at the time was created: “to evolve a distinctive character of its own and come out with a choice of programmes appealing to different interests”. Tourism and the hospitality industry were also high on the administration’s agenda when he established the Gateway Hotels in Abeokuta, Ijebu-Ode and Sango Ota respectively.

Other flagship projects reaped over the past four decades across the sectors including health, education, social welfare and roads, became the norm, as Ogun continued to blossom.

The peace and stability the state has enjoyed is not without the input of its traditional rulers who without exception, have contributed immensely to the state’s rich trado-cultural harmony. The social cohesion enjoyed by the citizenry is evident throughout the state.

Mention must also be made of the civilian governors who worked assiduously from Oke-Mosan to maintain the pace and growth. Formers state governors, Chief Olusegun Osoba and Otunba Gbenga Daniel, further took Ogun State to new heights during their tenures, creating an enabling environment and human capacity building.

Under their charge, the state grew in leaps and bounds. Its vast areas of land and welcoming nature of its citizens attracted numerous private sector investors including faith-based groups to build their businesses, industries and organisations along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway axis.

Certainly over the years, Ogun State has become the investors’ destination of choice. This feat was not achieved overnight but through painstaking planning of its leaders and administrators, both military and civilian. Of course, the state’s dedicated and vibrant civil service still serves as the engine room of government’s policies and programmes.

Ogun State which comprises 20 Local Government Areas and 236 Wards is blessed with mineral and agricultural resources including Limestone, Phosphate, Cocoa, Kola nuts, Cotton, Timber scattered around the state. It has enormous potentials to become a hub for mining, or solid minerals production and agro-processing.

Perhaps in recognition of this the current administration under the leadership of Senator Ibikunle Amosun disclosed plans by his administration to produce a mineral data map to guide investors.

This laudable policy demonstrates the profound nature of the Governor’s socio-economic agenda for the state.

Governor Amosun has in recent years also altered the physical landscape of the state through his massive construction of roads and bridges as part of the drive to usher in new phases of development and investment. Indeed, the state’s first bridge constructed in Abeokuta.

The beauty of this policy is that the physical infrastructure is not limited to the state capital of Abeokuta.

Governor Amosun has through his broad-based socio-economic plan, ensured that the major towns of Ijebu-Ode and Sagamu, have also become beneficiaries of his administration’s re-building mission.

Expansive new housing estates and new model schools are some of the components of his first tenure. Indeed, the administration with its current crop of technocrats’ and politicians looks set to do even more.

As Ogun marks 40 years of existence, I salute the leaders, past and present, for their vision and the citizenry for their support and resilience.

Odeneye represents Ijebu-Ode/Odogbolu/Ijebu North East Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives

Celebrate with us

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Honorebu Global Moderator Everybody loves chicken, but I love chicken more than everyone Posts: 487	Ogun @ 40 Feb 1, 2016 14:42:07 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Honorebu on Feb 1, 2016 14:42:07 GMT AgbongboAkala , I think someone has posted this before tho Either you or colonial pikin
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Ogun @ 40 Feb 1, 2016 14:53:27 GMT

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Feb 1, 2016 14:42:07 GMT Honorebu said:

AgbongboAkala , I think someone has posted this before tho

Either you or colonial pikin

I didn't post it. But I have searched before posting it to check if someone had done so. Kindly give the page so that I can take it off.

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Ogun @ 40 Feb 1, 2016 14:55:42 GMT

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Feb 1, 2016 14:53:27 GMT AgbongboAkala said:

Feb 1, 2016 14:42:07 GMT Honorebu said:

AgbongboAkala , I think someone has posted this before tho

Either you or colonial pikin

I didn't post it. But I have searched before posting it to check if someone had done so. Kindly give the page so that I can take it off.

Hmmmn I actually thought someone has posted it but it appears not

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Honorebu Global Moderator Everybody loves chicken, but I love chicken more than everyone Posts: 487	Ogun @ 40 Feb 1, 2016 15:26:37 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Honorebu on Feb 1, 2016 15:26:37 GMT AgbongboAkala , lol them no dey show am ooo Omoluabi you dey watch am?
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