OYSCATECH finally gets ICAN Accreditation Certificate for Accountancy Programme

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) has finally issued accreditation certificate to Oyo State College of Agriculture and Technology, Igboora for accountancy programme.

The accreditation certificate for National Diploma in Accountancy was presented to the Rector of the Institution, Prof. Akinola Akinlabi who was ably represented by the Deputy Rector, Dr. Taiwo Akinyemi at a special event in Lagos.

Receiving the certificate, the Rector, who spoke through his deputy, commended the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria for counting the institution worthy of the accreditation.

The Rector thanked the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria for its past donations to Oyo State College of Agriculture and Technology, Igboora both at the national and district level. 

He also commended ICAN for its interest in the advancement of accounting programme of the Oyo State College of Agriculture and Technology, Igboora. 

Dr. Akinyemi also commended all stakeholders including the immediate past Bursar, Dr. Sarafa Agbogun for facilitating the ICAN accreditation exercise and eventual issuance of the certificate.

The Dean, Faculty of Management and Communications, Mr. Mumini Tiamiyu also expressed joy over the achievement, while commending Dr. Sarafa Agbogun for his support in that direction. 

While speaking on the development, the Head of Accountancy Department, Mr Baanu Olayinka who could not hide his joy, explained that with the accreditation, the National Diploma graduates of the Oyo State College of Agriculture and Technology, Igboora will be exempted from ATS I &II Examinations of the Institute but will automatically proceed to ATS III.Mr. Baanu Olayinka listed other benefits of the ICAN accreditation to include; grants for students during their week and scholarship opportunity for distinction students across all the departments.

It would be recalled that the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) Team had earlier visited the Oyo State College of Agriculture and Technology (OYSCATECH), Igboora on Tuesday, September 6, 2022 for the accreditation of Accountancy Programme of the Institution, wherein the ICAN accreditation team leader, Dr. Olabamiji Ogunlade scored the institution high in terms of compliance with admission requirement for accountancy programme, vibrant students’ association and staff development.

The accreditation visit equally provided the opportunity for ICAN accreditation Team to interact with Accountancy, Business Administration and Public Administration Students at the 800 Seater Lecture Theatre of the institution.

Recall that the Ibadan District Society of the Institute of Chartered Accountant of Nigeria under the leadership of its 21st Chairman, Abiodun Adedeji donated the first round of textbooks for eight different courses in accounting, to the Accountancy Department of Oyo State College of Agriculture and Technology, Igboora.

 The donated textbooks included Business Communication and Research Methodology, Principles of Audit, Information Technology, Management Information System, Cost Accounting, Principles and practice of Financial Accounting, Business and Management. 

 While the ICAN for the second time under its 57th President, Mrs. Comfort Olu Eyitayo also donated another round of 400 books to the Accountancy Department of Oyo State College of Agriculture and Technology, Igboora to enhance the quality of teaching of students towards producing world class graduates.

E-signed;

Olawore H. Opeyemi anipr

Public Relations Officer

Ondo Governor Akeredolu Loses Mum

PRESS STATEMENT

The mother of Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu,SAN, Lady Evangelist Grace Akeredolu is dead.

She died peacefully in her sleep early this morning. Mama was 90 years.

She is survived by her children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and other family members.

Further announcements will be made by the family in due course.

Signed:
Richard Olatunde
Chief Press Secretary to the Governor of Ondo State.

My sọn was murdered, he did not commit suicide – bereaved mother cries out

Mother ot the 19yr old student of Ipetu-Ijesa Polytechnic, Tomiwa who was found dead at the backyard of his mother’s rented apartment with a NITEL cable around his  neck says her son did not commit suicide, but murdered.

On her Facebook Timeline,  Elemese Olubunmi said her son’s purported suicide was stage managed, calling on security agencies to dig beyond the surface to unravel circumstance surrounding his death

“With heavy heart and extreme pains I am writing this , to set the record straight and to also cry to Nigerians to come to my aid , especially Nigerian Police. How will Tomiwa commit suicide,  I have been raising the 2 of them alone since when he was 5years old, and I decided not to get marry again, so I can take care of them properly , I am not a lazy woman, I work every day , ply ibadan to ilesa many times in a week as a trader and God has been helping me to provide for their needs “. She narrated.

According to Olubunmi, Tomiwa
was a brilliant and easy going boy, who did not love  keeping friends.
” He likes indoor browsing more than keeping friends . He was not lacking in schools. He was not hungry . 
I sent pocket money to  him a day to his death.  And he told me that he  wanted to come home and pick his   laptop computer preparatory to his exams which is scheduled to commence on 22 of September,
but I was in a 3-day  program, so  I told him to come on Saturday, so I can have time for him,we both agreed that when i gets to Ikire,  he too will leave ipetu around 2pm, so we will meet at the  same time in Ilesa,, But to my surprise , he got home before me “.

She said Tomiwa did not lack anything on campus as her elder sister with whom he often  spent his holidays always supported  him financially.
” my elder sister pays for him with ease, he spends most of his holiday with her in Ondo.  My Dad also gives him whatever he needs, so also my other siblings, why will he commit suicide?”

The bereaved mother also wrote that his murdered son neither dropped any suicide note, nor gave any warning or sent distress messages.

” He has not even entered the apartment. He had the spare key, why would  he hang outside our room and leave his bags and shoes outside ?
If he has any reasons to commit suicide,  why didn’t he do it in school?
There are lots of trees around his school and Hostel that he could have used . He was on kneeling position, begging the killer with tears rolling down his cheeks, mouth foaming,
the   throat was strangled  and was not dangling “.

” No table , No suspender.
Why would  he choose  backyard window when we have fans and table he could use inside ? How can Nitel rope kill someone ? 
The distance of the window to the floor is not enough to hang him with his height. They now tied roap on window and  around his neck as if he committed suicide”

She wants to know who  wiped  all the  call  logs, and sms messages on his phone.

“He came home by himself joyfully, greeted everyone usually like he used to do. We lives in house where more than 20 people comes daily,  it’s amazing how he was killed with no one knowledge.  Even if he commits suicide , he must have cried and screamed at the last point of his death, so painful no one came to his rescue. Could it be he was trailed from school ? If yes, how did they escaped in such environment.
He never complained about his school to me, except for the time he insisted he wanted to live alone, I rushed down to his school and spent time to get him his personal  accommodation,  and at point of making payment he told me not to worry about again as he decided to squat  with his friends”.

She called Nigerians to ensure justice for her so  who she said had no reasons whatsoever  to commit suicide. .

It will be recalled that an undergraduate of Ipetu-Ijesa Polytechnic, was found in a kneeling position with a cable round his neck in a compound at Isokun area of Ilesa, Osun State last weekend.

Meanwhile, The Police Command in Osun on Sunday said a 19-year-old student of Ipetu-Ijesa College of Technology, Olonade Tomiwa, committed suicide in Ilesa.

This is contained in a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer of the command, SP Yemisi Opalola, in Osogbo.

Opalola said the deceased was found hanging dead in the compound with a telephone cable.

She said that the case was reported at Ilesa ‘A’ Division, by one Agboola Olusola, a youth leader in the town.

The command spokesperson said no mark of violence was found on the body of the deceased when the police visited the scene of the incident.

Opalola said the police took photographs of the scene and the corpse deposited at Wesley Guild Hospital mortuary in Ilesa.

She said investigation had commenced into the matter.

Source: Facebook@Elemese Olubunmi

OSUN PDP, AC TRADE WORDS OVER ALLEGED PLANNED ATTACK ON INEC OFFICE

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State has accused the All Progressive Congress, APC, of plotting to attack Osogbo INEC office to destroy BVAS machines used during the July 16th Governorship election.

According to a statement issued in Osogbo by the State Caretaker Chairman of the party, Dr. Akindele Adekunle, the PDP said credible reports at its disposal reveal that the arson attack is to target the strong room where the machines were kept at the Osogbo office of the electoral commission.

“PDP urge the management of INEC to strengthen security protection for the state INEC office, “This threats should not be taken lightly especially after the open declaration of insurgency on the state by Mr Famodun”, the statement warned. 

The APC, Dr. Akindele posited, is desperate to get rid of any likelihood of admissibility of the BVAS Machines during ongoing hearing of the governorship petition at Osogbo, hence the alleged plot said to have reached advanced stage.

The statement further provided insight into the petition of the APC to relocate the Tribunal sitting to Abuja, noting that “the ruling party is scared of the expected ease of verification and consequent invalidation of its claim of over-voting if the Tribunal sittings continue in Osogbo.

The PDP asserts that the BVAS Machines remain the most credible tools for result verification. Due to their huge numbers and sensitivity of their content, moving them around especially to Abuja poses serious risk of compromise. Bringing them to the Tribunal at Osogbo is the best route to facilitating speedy, just and fair hearing of the petition before the Justice Kume led Tribunal. 

While reaffirming his party’s opposition to relocation of the Tribunal to Abuja, the PDP Chairman stated that the ruling party is searching for evidence to convince the Court of Appeal to approve the relocation, hence the false security reports issued from the defeated imagination of Mr. Famodun. 

REJOINDER:

In a swift response, the APC claims that the PDP’s claim that the party intends to set fire to the INEC State Headquarters with the goal of destroying the BVAS voting machines used in the state’s July 16, 2022 governorship election is untrue, laughable, gibberish, balderdash, and jabberwocky that is only befitting of a composition from an idle hand.

Kola Olabisi, the media adviser of the Osun State APC chairman, in a statement said the charge further supports the idea that not everyone who attends school is qualified to be considered educated.

“How on earth could someone who calls himself the state party caretaker chairman of a party be spreading such fallacies for reasons which could not be far from having an ulterior motive” the statement asks.

It states that contrary to the claims of the State PDP caretaker chairman INEC operates a central server in its national headquarters where the details of the governorship election are being safely kept.

‘The PDP chairman has to be further informed that no amount of crimes against any members of any state INEC office can skew the results of the governorship election”, the statement further reads

If notes Ondo State-born Osun State caretaker committee state chairman of the PDP who does not have a stake in the state should be mindful of false information coming from his cooking pot, stressing that the claim that the Osun APC is pushing for the governorship election tribunal to be moved to Abuja is merely a fabrication of the rumour monger.

The statement also clarifies that INEC, not the APC, is responsible for moving the tribunal, assuring that the party’s faith in the legal system is unwavering come rain or sun.

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Adeleke faults Oyetola’s mass recruitment

The Osun Governor-Elect, Senator Ademola Adeleke Transition Committee has condemned the last minute mass recruitment embarked upon by the Oyetola administration, describing it as "a deliberate ploy to expand payroll and financially cripple incoming administration. 

Reacting to plans for workers' recruitment and contract awards, the committee expressed shock and dismay at the  push of the outgoing Governor to further complicate the poor state of Osun economy due to his deep seated anger and desire to punish Osun people for voting him out of office. 

In a statement by the Chairman, Media Sub-Committee, Ademola Adeleke Transition Committee, Mallam Olawale Rasheed, the Committee noted that Oyetola administration had in the last two months, illegally employed thousands of personnel without consideration for the state's capacity to pay and without any workforce planning.

"As a newly elected Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke has a well studied plan to fill the manpower gap within the educational sector and other areas of needs within the state without further complicating the already troubled workforce and over-bloated remuneration space.

"A tested scheme is already in place to bridge the workforce gap within the educational sector and a proper financial analysis has been concluded to address the knotty question of workers' pay and entitlements. 

"The plan to illegally recruit thousands of teachers and O-Yes personnel is therefore another evil agenda designed to disrupt the incoming Governor's agenda to normalize Osun finances and restore dignity of labour through regular payment of salaries, gratuities and pensions. This move is neither altruistic nor a patriotic rendering of service. 

"The goal is to deepen financing gridlock, plunge Osun workers into another era of pain and hardship and perpetually place the workforce in poverty and the state in under-development. As an incoming Governor with a popular mandate, Senator Ademola Adeleke will not allow the inhuman agenda of Governor Oyetola to prevail on Osun people. 

The Committee advised the people of Osun State to beware of involvement in politically motivated employment process that won't stand the test of time.

They urged job seekers and all other stakeholders to distance themselves from the desperate ploy as any illegal recruitment won't be recognised by the incoming government.

Funmi Adekoya 

Oyetola rẹcruits 2,500 teachers

Osun State Governor,  Mr Adegboyega Oyetola, has approved the recruitment of additional 1500 teachers to fill the existing gaps in the education sector of the state.

This follows the initial recruitment of 1000 teachers earlier in the year through a painstaking process involving the Joint Admissions Matriculation Board, JAMB.

This new approval will bring the total number of teachers recruited by Governor Adegboyega Oyetola’s administration to 2500.

In a statement made available to newsmen after the State’s Executive Council Meeting,in Oosgbo Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Mrs Funke Egbemode, said the new approval was to further bridge the teacher/pupil ratio in Osun public schools.

Mrs Egbemode, who disclosed that priority will be given to rural areas in the distribution of manpower, stressed that a special committee had been constituted to work with the Ministry of Education in implementing the approval.

Cont/ Adeoye

Fisherman hit by robbers bullet in Osun

Just for illustration 
A fisherman identified as Asubikwe has been killed during a robbery incident on a resident at Alatise axis of Ilesa- Ijaregbe road, Obokun local government area, in the earlier hours of yesterday.

The robbers numbering about five in an attempt to escaped from the scene of their failed operation, shot sporadically to scare away the neighbours who have been alerted by the victim. 

Asubikwe who was said to have been fishing in the Opo River for more than a decade was hit by a stray bullet in an uncompleted building where  he lived and died on arrival at Wesley Guild hospital. 

Confirming  the incident, a police source at Ibokun Divisional police headquarters said a woman, name withheld, came to report a robbery incident on her residence and that some valuables were carted away. 

According to the source attempts by the robbers to escape with the victim's Toyota Camry car falled because she was able to demobilize it using a tracking device. 

" a woman came to report an attack on her house by some people suspected to be armed robbers, saying that a man was shot when the people were trying to escape",  said the source. 

Speaking on the porosity of the corridor, the Olomu of Ijaregbe, ọba Edward Adetimo emphasized the need for the police to have a post in the area. 

He said, " there is always a palpable fear among my people and other motorists plying the quiet road, because of the recurring attacks by marauders  who constantly operate in the axis."

Report says that just last week, a woman was way laid by some robbers on her way back from the market and dispossessed her of all her money and other valuables.