After stepping in as the 15th
Governor of the coastal enclave that is Lagos State, Governor Babajide
Sanwo-Olu has hit the ground running -as he promised. Now after 100 days in
office, the newspaperman can confirm that the government has set aside N4bn as
grants to Lagosians with “ingenious business ideas”; of the 600 people
shortlisted to benefit from the initiative, 50% are expected to be women.
N2million has also been set aside for 1,700 people who will benefit from a
World Bank assisted agricultural programme. Also a 492 flat housing project
named after Lateef Jakande, first civilian governor of the State has been
completed and commissioned; an additional 1,250 homes in different parts of the
State is to be delivered in 6 months. On Education, the Sanwo-Olu government
has begun the hiring of trained teachers to strengthen quality education in its
schools; the Eti-Osa Maternal and Child Centre; the eight of its kind in the
State has also been commissioned to improve secondary Health Care facilities in
the State as well as reduce the stress expectant women go through while trying
to reach mainland. The disappearance of
heaps of garbage on major streets is also credited to the Sanwo-Olu’s
government. Corporate organisations, non-governmental organisations (NGO) and
religious institutions are to be received with open arms in partnership that
would be beneficial to the State.
Appointed since 1 st April, 2015 till date, Prof. Adepoju Adeshola Olatunde, Director-General of the Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria (FRIN) has left no room to chance. The Ph.D holder in Agricultural and Environmental Economics (2002) from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State has taken extra-ordinary steps to see the Forestry Institute to the next level of existence. One of such steps is the repositioning of FRIN outstation for better research focus. Others include renovation of dilapidated structures, repositioning of staff members for optimum performance, reclaiming/security all encroached land and resources of the Institute, successfully enacting on Act to Establish Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria for Forestry Research; Education and Training; establishing Six strategic Rural Resource Centers for communities engagement, capacity building and extension services. Prof. Adepoju who also holds B.Agric (Agricultural Economics), 1995 ...
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