YOUR FREE COPY january - MARCH 2013 ÀJÙMÒSEa publication of the media unit of the governor’s office, oyo state ajimObi & thE mYth OF iwO road OYSG Bridges The Infrastructure Gap with 205 Projects Nation Building According to Ajimobi · Oranyan Festival: Promoting our Rich Cultural Heritage plus Kí ÒYó Le dá’a; ÀjùmÒse GboGbo wa ni o! F E happy new Year! R-IN-CHI O DIT E E rom all of us at Ajumose, the Newsletter, we are wishing through you, TH our readers, every citizen of Oyo State, at home and in the diaspora, OM a very happy and prosperous 2013. FR F I can tell you that this year for us in Oyo State will be a very exciting one. We are excited because of many things that will be happening in the state, as the administration is breaking new ground on the road we chose to travel, The Road to Restoration; we are excited about the new projects that we’ll be embarking upon and the opportunities they will bring for all citizens of Oyo We are excited State. Also, we cannot but be excited about the due coming on stream of many about the new projects on which the administration has expended time and treasure. We are projects that we’ll sure of the positive impact these projects will have on the everyday lives of the be embarking people of Oyo State. At a very small though representative level, this edition upon and the tells the Oyo State transformational story. It is packed full of interesting articles opportunities they for your information, orientation and education. In all, we make bold to say will bring for all citizens of Oyo State. that this New Year edition is a precursor to the exciting times awaiting us all in this year 2013. Please come along with us! festus adedayo ph.d Special Adviser to the Governor on Media in this issue d nnectE StaY co E with Onlin : AJUMOSE .com/ twitter ajUmose k.com/ FaCEboo ajUmose m/ scribd.co 2 From the editor - Please come along 16 FESTIVAL - From one adeyemi to another, ajUmose with us with love at oranyan Festival E.com/ 3 in the news 19 EVERYone’s oYO STATE - From one caring youtUb 8 Cover - oYsG bridges infrastructure gap heart to thousands others ajUmose with 205 projects 20 GaLLerY 12 Feature - nation-building according to 21 PASSAGe - Lam adesina: accepted to the m/ FliCkR.co ajumose ranks of heroes Past ajUmose 14 oPINION - ajimobi and the myth of iwo road 2 ÀJÙMÒSE Kí ÒYó Le dá’a; ÀjùmÒse GboGbo wa ni o! POS Our long march to Restoration T O N Continues... E - DIR new year m essage from the governor E CT FR my dear good people of oyo state, As 2013 rolls send hearty greetings to you and congratulations on the New Year in, I make OM 2013. I trust that you would join the Oyo State Executive Council a solemn TH promise to thank the Creator for his grace and enablement that have seen us E I to you on G O enter this Year 2013. behalf of the V E Thank you for the support and the goodwill those who have felt the temporary negative Government: RN you have shown to the Oyo State Government effects of ongoing infrastructure and urban we shall O that I lead. You have appreciated our efforts at renewal efforts through demolitions and redouble R infrastructure development and rejuvenation, removal of illegal structures. We will continue efforts to as well as the efforts in education, works and to treat such cases with empathy and a human housing, general administration, welfare of face, as we urge them to note that their pain deliver civil servants, agriculture and industry. today would bring gain to them and Oyo State a richer As 2013 rolls in, I make a solemn promise tomorrow. and more to you on behalf of the Government: we shall We will ensure completion of the beautifi- meaningful redouble efforts to deliver a richer and more cation of major cities of Oyo State, which we life for Oyo meaningful life for Oyo State citizens. have begun with Ibadan, our capital. One of State citizens. We shall continue in 2013 the long journey of those infrastructure projects, the Neighbour- Restoration, Repositioning and Transformation hood Markets across the state, we will work to of Oyo State that we commenced on May 29, conclude in the first quarter of 2013. 2011. We are emboldened to make the promise I, once again, ask for your sup- to you based on what we have already done with port, cooperation and collaboration. your support. As they say in Human Resource Always bear in mind that, Ki Oyo le management, past performance is proof of da’a, ajumose gbogbo wa ni. potential. Have a prosperous 2013. Let me restate herewith our commitment to recreating the economy of Oyo State as our primary focus. We will work to empower our his exCeLLenCY, people for sustainable wealth creation and sen. abiola ajimobi, develop the capacity of all economic agents. Executive Governor of Oyo State On this note, I seek the understanding of ÀJÙMÒSE a publication of the media unit of the Governor’s advisory Board office, oyo state. 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S beyond the reach of our people, leaving them W to run from pillar to post in search of money E to treat the most common ailments.” N E The governor disclosed that govern- ment would soon launch the State Strategic Health Development Plan, which he said was IN TH developed in conjunction with development partners like World Health Organization (WHO), World Bank, UNICEF and the Federal Government to guide development of the health sector over the next five years. He added that under the plan, a State Health Steering Committee would be inaugurated which would involve all key stakeholders. Governor Ajimobi also said by next month, his administration would launch a Universal Health Insurance Initiative whose aim is to ensure that all citizens are able to minimize out-of-pocket expenses by enroll- ing in various Health Insurance Programmes which have been developed. Among the programmes, he said, were the NHIS-MDG programme, the Oyo State Community-Based Health Insurance Oyo Govt. commences Programme and Formal Sector Health Insur- ance Plans for government employees and free emergency medical the private sector. The governor also disclosed that his services administration would soon begin the renovation of government-owned hospitals he Oyo State Government has kick- primitive society that accident victims are across the state, as well as the provision of started its free emergency medical carried to the hospital in open pickup trucks, basic medical equipment. Tservices with 34 ambulances, doctors, commercial taxis or Okada, adding that He said that his government had ascer- nurses and medical technicians drawn from “such accident victims often die needlessly tained the required number of medical the state Youth Empowerment Scheme through lack of application of basic first-aid personnel and commenced recruitment pro- (YES-O) interventions. cess for a sustainable number of personnel, Speaking at the flag-off of the scheme “It is our belief that any modern society stressing that they would be complemented and the inauguration of the ambulances, must be able to respond promptly to emer- with seasonal consulting arrangements with Governor Abiola Ajimobi disclosed that gency situations, whether on the highways consultants from UI/UCH and LAUTECH emergency road points had been provided or in the homes.” Teaching Hospitals. for the ambulances and that arrangements Governor Ajimobi further stated that Governor Ajimobi urged the people to had been made with a network provider for any patient who made use of the ambulance maximize the opportunity which the pro- a toll-free number. service would be entitled to free drugs for gramme had brought to their doorstep and He added that a 24-hour control room the first 48 hours of his stay in the hospital, to cooperate fully with the operators. had been opened at the Ministry of Health, due to the N 200 million worth of essential Commissioner for Health, Dr. Muyiwa complete with a 30-feet mast and a dedicated drugs currently being distributed by the Gbadegesin, said that the free ambulance E-1 direct line, coupled with a GIS-based government. service was a new system conceived by the tracking system, to know the location of He recalled that one of the priority areas Governor to fill a gap noticed in healthcare every ambulance at any point in time to of his administration’s programme was the delivery, that is, the lack of first responder ensure the fastest possible response times. urgent need to revamp the state health sector capability usually leading to needless deaths Governor Ajimobi said that the state free and restore the quality of healthcare delivery on the roads and in homes.