Ogun state civil servants have been asked to rededicate themselves to service in the New Year to enable people reap more dividends of democracy.
Head of the state civil service, Kehinde Onasanya, advised the staff while answering questions from newsmen in his office at the governor’s office, Oke Mosan, Abeokuta.
Onasanya said workers friendly policies of governor Abiodun has made the year 2024 a remarkable one for all categories of staff in the state.
He listed some of the priotized benefits which the governor implemented for workers as including the provision of quality training and seminars and the sale of rice at discounted price to them.
Others are the launch of public sector health insurance scheme, as well as the domestication of the national council on establishment matters resolutions and the N77,000 monthly minimum wage.

The Awujale and Paramount Ruler of Ijebu land, Alayeluwa Oba Dr. Sikiru Kayode Adetona GCON, paid a courtesy visit to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu today at his residence in Ikoyi, Lagos.

The visit was a reciprocal gesture following the conferring of the second-highest national honour, the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON), on the Awujale by the President on May 10, 2023.

In a statement from the Aafin Awujale, signed by the Onigegewura Akile Ijebu, Aremo Tunde Oladunjoye, the monarch expressed his deep appreciation to President Tinubu and the federal government for the prestigious award.

The GCON was awarded to the Awujale during a celebration marking his 90th birthday and 64 years on the throne as Nigeria’s longest-reigning first-class monarch. Although President Tinubu was represented by Vice President Kashim Shettima at the ceremony, today’s private visit allowed Awujale to personally thank the President.

In a historical note, it was during President Tinubu’s presidential campaign that he began his nationwide consultations from the Awujale’s palace in Ijebu Ode. True to his word, upon emerging as President, he visited the Awujale as promised, to express gratitude to the revered monarch.

The visit, held behind closed doors, saw both leaders engage in a cordial conversation.

Crisis has hit an Egba coalition group, Egbalokan agenda 2027, over the claim that Senator Olamilekan Adeola’s mother is an indigene of Abeokuta, in the Ogun central senatorial district.
The dispute has split the coalition group founded by a senior advocate, Professor Yemi Oke, into factions.
In the latest development, Professor Oke refuted claims that he was being paid to campaign for Senator Adeola, popularly called Yayi, as one of the indigenes of Abeokuta, qualified to join the 2027 governorship race as an Egba candidate.
Professor Yemi Oke in a recent social media post said no politician in Ogun state, dead or alive, had given him a dime or paid for his loyalty.
He challenged those behind the claim to identify themselves.
The crisis began when the coalition in its post, identified Senator Adeola as one of several indigenes of egba who is qualified as an Egba aspirant for the 2027 governorship poll.
A faction of the group in a counter claim by its chairman, Chief Mustapha Abdulhakeem described Professor Oke’s claim that Yayi is an Egba indigene as misleading, mischievous and fallacy.
The faction said egba is not short of qualified candidates for any level of governance that it would endorse Yayi yet to be acknowledged by the Alake of Egbaland, as an Egba son.
In response, the Yemi Oke led group had announced the expulsion of members of the faction from the coalition group.
The coalition group in a statement dated January 2, 2025 accused those expelled of attempting to confuse the public about its mission.
According to Yemi Oke, the alleged leader of the faction is a retired nurse, who just returned to Nigeria.
The group reaffirmed its commitment to inclusivity in identifying aspirants of Egba origin qualified for the 2027 Ogun state governorship race.