Author: The Hope Newspaper

By Francis Akinnodi | The capacity of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs), to perform its role as the engine propelling the growth in an economy has been hampered, by challenges such as, lack of access to finance, modern technology and market among others, an expert has said. Chairman, Nigeria Association of Small Scale Industrialists (NASSI), Ondo State chapter, Greatsheyi Akintunde made this known while speaking with The Hope In Akure yesterday. He said the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) defines SMEs as an asset based business with a number of staff employed. The criteria is an asset of based…

By Francis Akinnodi | To improve performance and increase profitability, Odu’a Investment Company Limited, the company, owned by the six south-west states has mapped out ambitious growth plans that would re-position the organisation to fulfill the aspirations of the founding fathers and serve the interest of all the stakeholders now and in the future. According to the company’s Head of Corporate Affairs/Marketing, Victor Ayetoro, the Group is poised to operate with purpose and accountability with full engagement and inclusiveness of stakeholders. Ayetoro said the decision to chart a new course was made at the organisation two-day brainstorming strategy session facilitated…

By Francis Akinnodi | Electricity customers will henceforth cease to make one-off payment for meters but rather will pay for them via periodic tariff costs, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) said. A reward system that will compensate those who have acquired meters from their own purse is also in the pipeline. The Public Relations Officer of Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) in Ondo State, Mr. Mike Barnabas disclosed this in Akure yesterday. He explained that stakeholders are involved in the imperative of adopting a tariff and billing that will be determined by quality assurance and delivery. “There would be…

By Josephine Oguntoyinbo | Ondo State Government has declared that it will continue to support and partner with the Town Planners in the State to ensure that the extant law on planning of buildings is strictly adhered to. Speaking while playing host to the newly elected executive officers of the State Town Planners in his office in Akure, the State Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development ,Alhaji Rasheed Badmus stated that the State Government, through the Ministry, would from time to time involve and consult Town Planners in the state to give expertise advice on any building approvals as…

Kayode Olabanji,  Okitipupa | The Chairman of the Ondo State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Princess Oladuni Odu has declared that reelecting Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu would guarantee continuity of good governance in the state. Odu, disclosed this while meeting with the teachers in Ondo Southern Senatorial district ahead of October 10, 2020 gubernatorial election in Ondo State. The tour which began at Ese-odo, Irele and Ilaje local government areas where the SUBEB Boss met with headteachers and the leadership of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) on the achievements of Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu. The SUBEB boss who was accompanied by…

By Saheed Ibrahim & Esther Ofei | The newly inaugurated members of the Ondo state Association of Waste Managers of Nigeria, AWMN, have been charged to ensure they give their best to ensure they support the current state government in ensuring a cleaner and safer Ondo state. Permanent Secretary, Ondo State Waste Management Authority, Bola Ogidan, called on the executive members to work together and be diligent at the tasks they are charged with. National President, AWAMN, David Oluwasegun Oriyomi said that leaders must be opened to criticism, advising the state executive members to work assiduously with the state Ministry…

Victor Akinkuolie, Ado-Ekiti | The Ekiti State Police command has declared a man, Samuel Oguntoyinbo, wanted for allegedly involving in series of bank robberies and kidnappings in the state. The police also placed a prize tag of N5m on whoever assists police to apprehend him. This was contained in a statement by the Commissioner of Police, Ekiti Command, Mr. Babatunde Mobayo. Mobayo said, Ogunyoyinbo, allegedly perpetrated series of heinous crimes within the Ekiti. The statement signed by the Ekiti State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Sunday Abutu, an Assistant Superintendent of Police ASP, said Oguntoyinbo was suspected to have masterminded…

THE Lagos State Government last week announced the resumption time table for schools in the state. ACCORDING to the announced dates, students in Junior Secondary School 3 (JSS3), and Senior Secondary School 2 (SSS2) in public schools will resume on September 21, 2020. NOT to be left out in the reopening process, all classes in the private secondary schools are expected to resume on the same date. FOLLOWING stakeholders meeting that schools in the state be reopened without further delay, the Benue state government approved Monday, September 21, 2020, as reopening date for all primary, secondary and tertiary institutions in…

By Chief Seinde Arogbofa | Governance in a season of anomie: In this period of anomie, I wonder why any person or group of persons should be thinking of Utmost Good Faith in Governance. One is surprised too at the choice of words and how they have been put together: all positive and superlative – utmost, good, faith in the management of men at a time when human beings especially in Nigeria are gradually receding to the stone age: when life is very cheap, unemployment of able-bodied citizens is scaring and soaring, insecurity of life and property on its upward…

By Femi Atolagbe | The Chairman of Coalition 2020, Mr Akinsola Akinbobola has described the Coalition’s adoption of Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu as will of God. He stated this during the Coalition’s appraisal meeting held in Akure, the state capital. He commended members for their comportment during and after the adoption processes, adding that he refuted all the temptation to influence the outcome of the election by some forces. According to him, “I never collected money from the Governor to adopt him, as been peddling around, if I had collected money from him, I suppose to work for…