Erelu Bisi Fayemi flags off Ekiti Sexual Assault Referral Centre

Wife of Ekiti State Governor, Erelu Bisi Fayemi launched the Ekiti Sexual Assault Referral Centre (Moremi Clinic) today, Tuesday 23rd June, 2020, at the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital in Ado-Ekiti.

Erelu Bisi Fayemi who frowned at  the alarming rate at which young girls and women are being molested sexually of late, said the centre would be a succour for the victims.

"The centre would give emergency treatment and care  for sexual victims, and would offer legal aid for them as well".

"The Centre would also provide  counseling for the victims, psychosocial support and all the necessary support needed.

She urged the public to direct all those who need the services available, to visit the Centre for immediate treatment and counselling.

 Her Excellency stated that the Centre would be replicated across all the sixteen Local Government Areas of the State, for prompt response and treatment.

She promised that the permanent site of the Centre  would be ready before the end of September, to the applause of all present.

The Chief Medical Director of the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Professor Kayode Olabanji, assured the Wife of the Governor, that he would deploy medical personnel with the required passion and drive, to man the Centre.

The Commissioner for Information and Values Orientation, Aare Muyiwa Olumilua, promised to give the Centre the necessary awareness needed, for the benefit of the victims of such sexual assault.

Other dignitaries who graced the launching are: Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Honourable Wale Fapohunda, Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Chief Mrs. Moji Fafure, Permanent Secretary Ministry Of Health and Human Services, Dr.(Mrs) Folake Olomojobi, and the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Woman affairs and Social Development, Dr. Mrs. Eunice Oladimeji.

 

Also present was Grip Initiative , a Non Governmental Organisation (NGO) pioneered and represented by Barrister (Mrs) Rita Ilevbare.

Oyo spent about N3b in fighting COVID-19, raised N378m cash

Oyo State Government on Tuesday said it has spent N2.779 billion in the ongoing fight against novel coronavirus.

The Government said the N378million cash raised from willing donors including individuals and corporate donors is still intact in the dedicated accounts but that all the expenditures so far are from the state coffers.

The Government gave the update through the State Commissioner of Finance, Mr Akinola Ojo while addressing Newsmen at the Governors’ Office, Agodi Secretariat, Ibadan.

According to Ojo, while N900 million was spent on palliatives and seedlings for affected farmers, about N370 milion was spent on the Infectious Disease Centre, Olodo.

Additionally, the commissioner who was flanked by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Seyi Makinde, Mr Taiwo Adisa said N453million has been spent on security and securing the state borders on the right against covid-19, N156milliin to be paid to healthworkers, including volunteers and medical and health workers as allowances.

Also, he said the sum of N118m was given to the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan as support, N321million used in buying ambulances to support the ministry of health and N614 spent on reagents, consumables, tests and cost of treating the patients in the state.

He noted that the state has also got a reassurance of the Federal Government through the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) for financial support of N100million but which is still been awaited.

Ojo said overall, the cash and materials donations received so far by the state from the various individual and corporate donors currently stands at N1.177billion saying the Coalition Against Covid-19 (CaCovid) alone donated items to the tune of N250milion. (The Nation)

Why we deployed men to APC Secretariat, by Police

The Nigeria Police has said it deployed personnel to the National Secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to ensure there was no breakdown of law and order as the two factions of the party remain at daggers drawn.

According to a statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, DCP Frank Mba, the presence of its personnel at the secretariat was not to seal off the place but to prevent any untoward situation within and around the premises.

“Personnel of the Nigeria Police Force have been deployed to the National Secretariat of the All Progressive Congress, located at Blantyre Crescent, Wuse II, Abuja. The deployment is a proactive move by the Force to maintain peace and ensure there is no breakdown of law and order at the Secretariat.

“The presence of police personnel at the Secretariat is not to seal-up the Complex as has been reported in some quarters but rather to prevent any untoward situation within and around the APC National Secretariat.

” Members of the APC as well staff of the Secretariat are therefore at liberty to conduct their legitimate businesses, in and around the Secretariat as always,” the statement read. (The Nation)

Akeredolu wants to impeach me – Deputy Governor

Ondo Deputy Governor Agboola Ajayi has raised the alarm over moves by Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu to impeach him.

Ajayi resigned from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) where he hopes to contest the governorship election.

Ajayi who insisted on no resigning his position said Governor Akeredolu planned to impeach him through illegal and unconstitutional means.

He said the ‘illegal’ impeachment would be carried out through financial inducement of members of Ondo Assembly to the tune of N10m each.

Speaking through his Chief Press Secretary, Babatope Okeowo, Ajayi alleged the Assembly complex has been besieged by men of the Nigeria Police while lawmakers that do not comply were prevented from entering the complex.

According to the statement: “We wish to state that the deputy governor is a tested politician of note, who is not unprepared for this type of kangaroo and infamous move from the desperate and drowning governor of Ondo State, Arakunrin Rotimi Akeredolu and his group.

“By joining People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Agboola Ajayi has not committed any impeachable offence. He has only exercised his constitutional right of freedom of association. Section 40 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended) provides as follows:

“Every person shall be entitled to assemble freely and associate with other persons, and in particular, he may form or belong to any political party, trade union or any association for the protection of his interests.

“For the avoidance of doubt, we state unequivocally that the Governor and his allies do not have and cannot muster the requisite majority in the House of Assembly for the removal of the Deputy Governor under the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 in any free, fair and transparent process.

“We remain undaunted in the move to throw off the combined weight of those kneeling on the neck of Ondo State. Our state shall not be allowed to suffocate. At the appropriate time, the people of Ondo State shall decide the right person, who will serve as the arrowhead of the bid to save the state from the nepotistic clique kneeling on her neck.”

Meanwhile, the Deputy Governor has directed all his sacked aides to resume duties in private capacity as his personal aides.

He advised them to return all government properties in their possession to the appropriate quarters within 24 hours.

Reacting, Ondo Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Donald Ojogo described the allegation as the height of perfidy and another pernicious warp from an intellectually challenged and treacherous personality.

“Knowledge cannot be procured, but only be acquired. For anyone to aver that lawmakers have been financially induced is a gross display of emptiness.

“It becomes more laughable when such comes from someone who had boasted about having majority members in the Assembly. Clearly, while the Executive led by Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu, SAN does not believe in inducement, it is left for our very reputable Legislative Arm to either confirm or debunk this spurious allegation,” he said.

(The Nation)

Nigeria Police seals APC secretariat

The Nigeria Police has again sealed off the National Secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abuja.

Based on the order of the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, the operatives stormed the premises on Tuesday.

Adamu will meet the two opposing camps of National Working Committee (NWC) at the Force Headquarters today, The Nation reports.

The IG order through the FCT Commissioner of Police, to the APC Chief Security Officer, directed the NWC members to stay away from their building.

A follow-up order is expected after Adamu’s meeting with the NWC camps.

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