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Governor Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya has called on National Youth Service Corp (NYSC) members who completed their mandatory one year service to the nation in Gombe State to continue with their nation building even after their service year.

He made the call in Gombe at the passing out ceremony of batch ‘A’ stream 1 of the corp members deployed to the State Thursday morning at the Pantami Township Stadium.

According to him, “the task of nation building is painstaking and continuous. You should therefore continue to be critical participants in our nation’s regeneration project”.

He said “the nation is immensely grateful to you for your dedication and patriotism. It is my hope that your faith in Nigeria will persist and permeate your souls as you strive for greater heights for which you are all destined”.

Governor Inuwa also encouraged them to be innovative and determined to discover the vast opportunities that abound in the nation by being self employees.

“You should exploit the goldmine inherent in agriculture, manufacturing, mining and rendering of social services among other business ventures. I urge you to key into the policies and programmes of the Federal Republic of Nigeria geared towards youth empowerment, self-employment and economic development”, he stated.

He commended them for what he described as their invaluable contributions to the State through group and individual community development projects in the nooks and crannies of the State in various spheres of life such as education, sports, agriculture and other critical sectors of socio-economic development.

“We thank you for the selfless efforts in making our communities better, particularly the strengthening of our health initiatives for Rural Dwellers Programme across the state by providing free medical interventions”, Governor Inuwa stressed.

The Majority Leader at the House of Representatives, Hon. Alhassan Ado Doguwa has donated N5 million each to the Department of Mass Communication and its mother faculty being an alumnus.

 He donated the money at the venue of the  40th Anniversary of the Department of Mass Communication held at the Convocation Arena of the Bayero University, Kano Saturday.

Doguwa pledged to support whatever program the department, faculty, and the university community embark on at any time.

According to him, Bayero University has played a major role in his political and other social struggles, and “for that reason as a good son my thoughts have always been, how can I pay my parents back with all the love, care, and attention given to me”?

  The House Leader confessed that he would forever be indebted to the Bayero University community where he spent one year at the School of General Studies ( SGS), three years as an undergraduate student at the Mass Communication department, and another one year for his master’s degree program.

  The Class’90 Mass Communication graduate did not also forget his classmates as he donated N1 million to the 1990 set where he belongs.

Furthermore, Hon. Doguwa gave out N200,000 to one of his classmates recovering from partial paralysis.

 He added that plans are underway to see how he could key into scholarship awards to indigent students who find it difficult to cope within  the academic environment

Hon. Doguwa was the President of the Mass Communication Students Association (MACOSA) in 1990

By Joseph Edegbo :

The Chief Press Secretary to Osun Governor, Ismail Omipidan, has declared that former Governor of the State and Interior Minister, Rauf Aregbesola, is not God and therefore, cannot determine the fate of his principal, Adegboyega Oyetola.

He said this on Tuesday while fielding questions from journalists in Ila, on the sidelines of the Ila Federal Constituency stakeholders’ meeting.

According to him: “the general belief among most Africans that ‘a man’s life is preordained and ruled by God’ has continued to play out in the political trajectory of Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of Osun.

“From 2011 when he was appointed Chief of Staff to 2018 when, against all odds, he emerged, first as the candidate of the APC, and later, Governor of the State, at a time when many thought it was all over for him, it was obvious that he was on a divine political course.

“My Principal has absolute faith in God and the people of Osun. In these last three years plus, the people can tell the difference in terms of responsible and responsive governance and politics.

“Before we came in, Osun West was literally neglected in terms of infrastructure. But since we came in, we have done roads that had been abandoned for close to 20 years in that district. This, perhaps, explains why leaders and critical stakeholders from the area are already appealing to themselves to allow Oyetola take another shot at the governorship for the second term.

“Just about a week ago, the Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi, charged the people of the town to vote for incumbent Governor Oyetola.

“Oluwo, who advised his subjects not to waste their resources and energy working against the re-election bid of the governor, said only those who are not interested in the growth and development of the town in particular and Osun State in general would want to run against Oyetola.

“The royal father said by the special Grace of God and the support of the people of Osun, Oyetola will be re-elected to consolidate the achievements he has so far recorded. Now, Aregbesola’s anointed candidate is from Iwo. So you be the judge.

“As the 2022 governorship contest draws closer, like the saying goes, there is no point comparing the sun with the moon, both shine when it is their time. For now, it’s Oyetola’s sun that is shining by the permission and Grace of God and the power of the people of Osun. And as the majority are already saying, this sun will shine beyond 2022.

“Therefore, it is God and Osun people that will determine Oyetola’s fate, not an individual trying to play God,” Omipidan said.