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Osun: Fire Destroy Property Worth N15.3bn in 2024

    Osun State Fire Service says property worth N15,308,651,017 were lost to fire outbreaks in the state between January and December 2024. The losses were recorded in the state fire service's annual ‘fire incident record,’ which the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) obtained on Friday in Oshogbo. According to the data, the state fire service received 103 fire outbreak calls in the year under review, and it attended to 16 additional non-fire-related calls. The data also reflected that the majority of the fire outbreaks took place in February and December when 20 fire outbreaks were recorded each. READ:  Soun appoints Rev Owoade as Palace Chaplain However, the highest property loss was recorded in December, with N12.580 billion in property lost to fire outbreaks. This was followed by the month of May when property worth N1.249 billion was destroyed during five recorded fire incidents. According to the data, seven persons died from the fire incidents, with one death recorded in ...
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CSOs oppose bill seeking pay rise for Osun public officers

 

A coalition of civil society groups based in Osun State, The Osun Masterminds, on Monday, accused Governor Ademola Adeleke of indiscriminate appointment of aides.

The coalition also warned the governor against giving assent to a recently passed bill, proposing an increase in salary for public officeholders in the state.

Addressing journalists in Osogbo, the Executive Director of the group, Prof Wasiu Oyedokun-Alli, said he was disappointed with the large retinue of governor’s aides.

He said the fact that the state House of Assembly would still consider increasing the salaries of political officeholders, especially when the revenue available to the government was insufficient, was regrettable.

Oyedokun-Alli, who advised Adeleke not to sign the bill passed by the Assembly, also raised concerns over the quality of the job being done by the contractor handling the Oke Fia flyover.

He called on the state government to intensify monitoring of the flyover project, to ensure that the contractor not only delivered quality but also conformed to global engineering standards of quality and safety.

“We recently read in the news that the House of Assembly had passed a bill to increase the emoluments of political office holders in the state. This is grossly insensitive and illogical.

 

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