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The Governor of the State of Osun, Adegboyega Oyetola, on Tuesday said his administration has been strategically curbing the spread of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic as seen in the outward manifestation of the government’s efforts to flatten the curve of the virus in the State.
He said the administration has also been working assiduously to ensure quick recovery of its economy through the implementation of informed and people-oriented policies designed to stimulate the economy for prosperity.
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Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State on Tuesday lamented over the activities of some foreigner in the state’s forests, saying most crimes are being perpetrated by foreigners who have turned the government reserves into their abode.
Akeredolu who stated this while receiving the zonal coordinator Zone ‘F’ of the Nigeria Immigration Service, comprising Oyo, Ondo, Osun and Ekiti States, Mrs Dora E Amahian, in his office in Akure, Ondo State capital, charged men of the Immigration Service to establish synergy with other security agencies to strengthen security at the land borders.
The governor said the rate foreigners are coming into the country through the land borders was alarming and urged the immigration officers to prevent unknown individuals from coming into the country without record and identity.
ByJames Sowole in Akure
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Southwest caucus in the House of Representatives Tuesday declared support for the action taken by the Ondo State Governor, Mr Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, against criminality in the Southwest.
The lawmakers commended Akeredolu who doubles as the Chairman of the Southwest Governors’ Forum for his pronouncement that there is no place for criminals in the zone.
Representing the seventy-two members of the caucus, Hon. Femi Fakeye (Osun), Dolapo (Lagos) and Mayowa Akinfolarin (Ondo) insisted that the cultural differences of the various ethnicities in the country must be respected.
While stressing that criminality has no ethnicity, the leader of the delegation, Hon. Fakeye who spoke on behalf of the seventy-two members of the caucus, said they were in support of any legitimate step to flush out criminals in the Southwest.