Tag: Dapo Abiodun

“NNPC Fuel subsidy, a scam that cost Nigeria huge revenue” – Gov. Abiodun

Aminu Imam

Ogun State Governor and former Chairman of the Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria, Dapo Abiodun has described fuel subsidy as a scam, saying its removal by President Bola Tinubu would improve the lot of Nigerians. Abiodun said this yesterday while speaking with newsmen shortly after a two-Raka’at prayer to mark this year’s Eid-el-Kabir at Lantoro praying ground in Abeokuta, Ogun State. The governor, who was represented by his former Chief of Staff, now a Senator, representing Ogun-Central Senatorial district, Shu’aib Afolabi Salis, said with the removal of the subsidy more…

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Ogun Gov grants all students automatic promotion to next class as schools set to reopen

Ishaku Yohanna

The Ogun state government has announced that all students have been given automatic promotion to the next class, including automatic placement for primary 6 students in public primary schools into JSS1 of public secondary schools. The state government has said schools should reopen on September 21st for the first term of 2020/2021 session, after they have been closed for five months to curb the spread of COVID-19. This was made known in a statement by Kunle Somorin, the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Dapo Abiodun, on Monday. He noted that…

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Ogun makes U-turn, says ‘COVID-19 test for students now free’

Ishaku Yohanna

Ogun State government has made a U-turn, making COVID-19 tests free for all returning SS3 boarding students. Governor Dapo Abiodun, on Monday, ordered the stepping down of the COVID-19 test as a mandatory requirement for returning students in the exit classes, and equally directed that the government laboratories carry out tests for all returning SS3 boarding students at no cost. Those that have paid for tests will be refunded. Governor Abiodun, who gave the directives while reacting to the protest embarked on by parents of final year students in private…

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