…approves digital training for 2,175 civil servants
Oyo State Government has approved the release of ₦4,787,468,000 for further food security inputs and Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) support.
The support includes subsidised tractor facilities, credit facilities fund for the Oyo State Youth Entrepreneurship in Agribusiness Project (YEAP) and smallholder farmers, low-interest rate loans to artisans, traders and small businesses.
Dotun Oyelade, Commissioner for Information, who stated this, noted that Governor Seyi Makinde had expressed satisfaction with the impact of the Administration’s intervention to support the masses under the ongoing Sustainable Action for Economic Recovery (SAfER) project.
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According to him, the governor said that, unlike other States, his administration will continue to intervene in the lives of the poorest of the poor and vulnerable across all Local Government areas of the State, which is a direct result of the hardship encountered after the fuel subsidy removal.
Oyelade, who revealed that the State Executive Council had approved the request, further stated that operational routes for the fifty five buses currently being used to transport commuters had increased from thirty one to thirty nine and over 30,000 commuters are enjoying fare reduction by 50% every day while the physically challenged, school children, the aged and the civil servants still enjoy transport services free of charge.
While saying that was one of the resolutions at the Executive Council meeting, he said the Governor had approved 50 extra luxury buses to complement the fifty-five already being used, adding that the fifty extra buses would be available before the 50th anniversary of the State next year.
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Also, in order to infuse efficiency into the Civil Service, the Council also approved Virtual Digital and Soft Skill Training for 2,175 civil servants in the State at a cost of ₦367,540,000.
The Commissioner for Information said that the review of the cost of two ongoing projects was approved, which were the bus terminal projects at Iwo road, New Ife road, Challenge and Ojoo and the construction of modern monumental structures at the Dr. Omololu Olunloyo Park at a cost of ₦8,536,415,000.
On security, the Commissioner said the Council approved the discussions currently going on betweenthe Government and the Military to occupy the Old Oyo National Park to discourage activities of terrorists and illegal miners in the enclaves.
