I’m Going Back To Medical Practice – Ex-Osun PDP Chair

THE former Caretaker Chairman of the Peoples Democra c Party (PDP) in the State of Osun, Dr. Adekunle Akindele, has disclosed that he will be going back to his pracce as a medical doctor a er 12 months of steering the affairs of the party in the state.

Akindele stated that he is a medical doctor before he was called to serve as the PDP Caretaker Commi ee Chairman, disclosing that he will be eager to contribute his quota if there is another call to serve the people.

He stated this while speaking with journalists on the recent judgement of the supreme court which affirmed Governor Ademola Adeleke as the duly elected governor of the state.

Akindele said: “I am a medical doctor and I was called upon to serve the people and the party and to the glory of God, I have been able to record some successes, and after now I would be going back to my prac ce. If there’s another call to serve the people and the party, I will be eager to contribute my quota.

‘”I have some special people to thank for their support in the course of my assignment in Osun. I want to thank Dr. Deji Adeleke, a father figure, and one of the biggest financiers of the party. I thank him for believing in me throughout my tour of duty in the state”.

Speaking on some of the challenges he faced during his tenure, Akindele stressed that the party has issue of mistrust among party members, which emanated from the governorship primaries in the state.

He said the APC then was taking advantage of the crisis by pouching into some of their members and winning them to their side.

According to him, “We had issue of mistrust among party members, which emanated from the governorship primaries in the state that took place before I assumed office. And it was so obvious that if we did not do anything about it and resolve all issues raised by aggrieved party members, it would have affected our July 18, 2022 governorship elec on in the state.

“One thing we ob-

I’m A Beneficiary Of The Judiciary - Adeleke

served was that All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state was already taking advantage of the crises, by pouching and encroaching into our party and winning some of our members to their side.

“At the end of the day, we were able to reconcile a sizeable number of our party members. We made them see why we had to come together as one big family to kick out the uninspiring APC administra on”.

THE Governor of the State of Osun, Sen. Ademola Adeleke has said he is a beneficiary of the judiciary, sta ng that he remains a governor because the Supreme Court validated his elec on.

Adeleke stated this on Wednesday while speaking at the 3rd dis nguished personality lecture of the Osun State University College of Law, Ifetedo Campus.

“I regard the judiciary as the home of rescue for the wronged ones, a place of succor for the oppressed. I’m on this seat today as a governor because the Supreme Court validated my elec on by the good people of osun state.

Food Security: Osun Varsity VC Advises Farmers To Embrace Smart Agric

THE Vice-Chancellor, Osun State University (UNIOSUN), Prof. Clement Adebooye, has advised Nigerian farmers to embrace smart agricultural prac ces for high yield and greater produc vity.

Adebooye gave the advice last weekend during a workshop on Scaling-up Lifelong Learning for Farmers (L3F) sponsored by the Commonwealth of Learning (COL), Canada, in conjunc on with Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) and Agricultural and Rural Management Training Ins tute (ARMTI).

He said with the advent of modern technol- ogy, farming has gone beyond the era of hoes and cutlasses, urging farmers to upgrade their skills through lifelong learning.

“Smart agriculture needs to be priori sed by farmers through indirect learning so as to have greater produc vity”, the university don.

Adebooye urged farmers to plan ahead for lifelong learning, just as he appealed to the organisers of the training to design modules for farmers to sustain lifelong learning.

Speaking at the workshop, the Director of ARMTI, Dr Olufemi Oladunni, said the training would ensure food security, agricultural produc on and support the a ainment of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Nigeria.

In the same vein, Prof. Victor Okowua of the Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Ibadan, spoke on: “Priori sing the value chain for the attainment of SDG of selfsufficiency”.

Okowua appealed to farmers to ensure that they choose par cular value chain to concentrate on so as to achieve the SDGs.

He asked the farmers to priori se value chain through acquisi on of relevant knowledge.

Also speaking, Prof. Adeolu Ayanwale of the Department of Agricultural Economics, OAU, said that the knowledge gap among the farmers was discouraging youths from farming, resul ng in lower produc vity and welfare among farmers.

“But if lifelong learning persists, there would be a posi ve change among the prospec ve youth farmers” he said.

Earlier, Head of Department of Agricultural Economics, OAU, Prof Adebayo Akinola, said that the workshop was designed to bring together farmers, ins tuons of learning, banks and informa on and communica on technology providers to facilitate learning.

According to him, the workshop would empower vulnerable farmers and their families to gain knowledge on skills development, increase their produc vity, food security and would liberate agricultural communi es from socio-economic constraints.

“On Osun case, my lord jus ces at the apex court dared all odds to stand by facts, law and the people. Permit me to again use this opportunity to pay homage to my lord jus ces. Osun people will never forget those panel of judges who validated their will.

“My convic on is that democracy is strengthened when democra c ins tuons are solidly built and provided enabling environment to thrive, this is the magic within the developed democracies.

“Our judiciary and other ins tu ons must be supported, fully funded and granted opera onal autonomy. A well mobilised judiciary has the potency to deliver equitable and impar al jus ce administra on,” Adeleke said.

The Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof Odunayo Adebooye, commended the Governor for supporting comple on of a 2-storey building of 57 office units complex of the College of Health Sciences and saved the university from losing accredita on to run MBBS and allied health course.

Adebooye noted that the newly competed building is the first project since 2011 (in 12 years) contributed by the State Government to the university.

Speaking on the tle of the Dis nguished Personality Lecture, “The Supreme Court of Nigeria and Recent Developments in Public Law,” Adebooye said, “If the Supreme Court is the apex court and has original and appellate jurisdic ons, then the logic is simply that no na on can be be er than the quality of its Supreme Court.”