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O yo State governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, on Wednesday directed the execution of a drainage masterplan under the  Ibadan Urban Flood Management Project within the next 18 months. The governor, who gave the directive while on an on-the-spot assessment of the flood affected areas of Ibadan said that the measure would help prevent perennial flood disaster in the state.              The governor, on a tour of the areas including Oke- Omi, Ikumapayi, Olodo and Onipepeye Bridges at Sawmill all in Ibadan on Wednesday, added that he has directed the Local Chairmen in the areas to begin work on the affected bridges immediately. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Makinde, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, quoted the governor as further declaring that the Ministry of Environment should  enumerate the properties affected by the flood at Olodo area with a view to relocating some of the residents to other areas.  He said: “Like we can see out there, the bridge is undersized. There is a drainage m

A former Media Adviser to Late Senator Abiola Ajimobi, Dr Festus Adedayo has revealed how he benefitted from the former Governor of Oyo State’s policy of being ‘stubborn’. Adedayo made the revelation on Tuesday while featuring on Parrot Xtra Hour On Radio, a weekly radio show anchored by Olayinka Agboola broadcast live on Space 90.1fm, Ibadan, the capital city of the state. The popular columnist said he was almost dropped from the team that worked with ex-Gov Ajimobi during his first term in office. According to the experienced journalist “Governor Ajimobi had gone to see his political mentor, Alhaji Lam Adesina with the list of his first set of appointees during his first term and the list had my name as the Media Adviser, Dr Adeolu Akande as the Chief of Staff and the name of the Secretary to the State Government. My name was singled out to be dropped because I had been hard on Alhaji Adesina when he was the governor of Oyo State. “It is important to note here that since 1998 when I