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Oyo Approves Construction Of Magistrate Court, Police Station At New Correctional Centre

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Ibadan – Oyo State Government has approved construction of a Magistrate Court and a Police Station at the newly established Correctional Centre at Olomi area, Ibadan.

The projects which which will be delivered through the Alternative Project Funding Approach (APFA) is expected to be completed in six months.

The State Executive Council which made the approval on Tuesday also approved the renovation of the Simeon Adebo Staff Development Centre, Secretariat, Ibadan.

The Chief Press Secretary to Governor Seyi Makinde, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, confirmed this in a statement

He explained that the Federal Government is proposing to relocate the Agodi Correctional Centre to Olomi in Ibadan, saying that state government decided to construct the Magistrate Court around the new Olomi Correctional Centre to ease justice delivery .

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“By constructing the Court, the state government resolved to key into the security architecture as designed by the Federal Government and strengthen the judicial system,” he said.

The State’s Commissioner for Public Works, Infrastructure and Transport, Prof. Daud Sangodoyin and the Commissioner for Establishment and Training, Hon Siju Lawal briefed journalists at the end of the weekly executive council meeting.

Sangodoyin while speaking said the council considered the construction of Magistrate Court and Police Station at Olomi Correctional Centre in Ibadan said the move will enable the state to key into the security architecture and strengthen the judicial system.

“we considered the move. This will ease justice delivery in Oyo State.

“So, today, we approved the construction of the magistrate court and police station at the cost of N456,979,164,28k to Messrs Dunton Ltd. It will go for a duration of six months through APFA.

“We have a two month moratorium after which we will pay the contractor for a year, beginning from February 2023 to January 2024.”

Àlsk speaking, the Commissioner for Establishment and Training, Siju Lawal announced that the executive council also approved the renovation of Simeon Adebo Staff Development Centre, which he said has been abandoned for many years.

“Today, we unanimously approved the general renovation of Simeon Adebo Staff Development Centre, which is a formal training school in the old Western state.

“It has been abandoned and neglected for many years but the renovation was approved.

“After the renovation, we believe it will compete favourably well with its counterparts in the whole of the federation.

“The project will cost a sum of N121, 48,978,83k and was awarded to All-time Nigeria Ltd with duration of 12 weeks.

“Thirty per cent payment has also been approved to fast-track the completion of the project.”

In addition, the Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Dr. Wasiu Olatunbosun, also told newsmen that the council discussed government’s efforts at curbing the menace of kidnapping along Lagos/Ibadan Expressway and other areas.

“At the meeting, we discussed the efforts being made by the state government to curb the menace of kidnapping along Lagos/Ibadan Expressway and other areas.

“We are also putting in place a water-tight security to ensure that people in the state can sleep with their eyes closed.

“The other one is the issue of promotion of workers. We observed that some officers who are supposed to be promoted were denied due to systematic error.

“We discovered that 1,629 were affected by this error. As a result, they were not considered for promotion, which falls within 2017 and 2020.

“So, the Council graciously approved that the officers involved be allowed to get their promotions unhindered.”

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