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Ondo state: lawmakers get vehicles worth N390 million

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-Ondo State to purchase 26 vehicles for members of the State House of Assembly.

-The government also plans to revamp the state’s educational sector.

-The decisions were taken at the executive council meeting of the state. 

The Governor of Ondo state, Chief Rotimi Akeredolu, has given approval for the purchase of vehicles worth N390 million for members of the state House of Assembly.

Although the actual brand of cars to be bought or the unit price for each car was not disclosed, it was however confirmed that 26 units of vehicles will be purchased for the legislators.

The cost also excludes the official vehicles for the Speaker and the Deputy of the house, which is put at a cost of N80million and another N48million as cost for pilot vehicles and escorts vehicles for the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker.

The expenses are all contained in the 2017 budget approved by the state House of Assembly and signed into law by Governor Rotimi Akeredolu.

 

The information was released to journalists after the state executive council meeting on Thursday in Akure, by the Commissioner for Finance, Wale Akinteriwa, along with his colleagues in Information & Orientation, Yemi Olowolabi; Physical Planning and Urban Development, Solagbade Amodeni and Local Government & Chieftaincy Affairs, Lola Fagbemi.

Other decisions reached at the state executive council meeting as disclosed to journalists, is to raise a matching fund of N3.9 billion to be able to access the funds from the Universal Basic Education Commission(UBEC) which will be used to re position the state’s education sector.

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“We have been able to raise the required counterpart fund of N3.9 billion, which would attract another N3.9 billion from UBEC at the national level,” he said.

“The fund is meant to help tremendously, in the improvement of our educational infrastructure and would as well, enhance the quality of education of our students when fully put in place in the state.”

The Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Mr. Amodeni, also revealed the state government had approved the lifting of the embargo on development along Arakale road corridors.

“As you are all aware, Arakale road has been dualised and commissioned. Before now, embargo has been placed on development along its corridors,” he explained.

“Surprisingly many buildings have sprang up along the corridor without approvals. Owners of these buildings will have to submit their various plans for approval along with their integrity test approval.

“In addition, every other building which government had earlier paid compensations for and has been reconstructed along the corridors, will be demolished, and any structure erected in the areas not approved, will also be demolished.”

Mr. Amodeni added that trucks would no longer be allowed to offload or load goods between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m along the corridor in order to create sanity along the ever busy road while the commissioner further revealed that henceforth, the minimum building to be approved for Arakale corridor is henceforth two plots, because it is the commercial nerve of the city.