BREAKING: Supreme Court declares dissolution of local governments in Oyo illegal BREAKING: Supreme Court declares dissolution of local governments in Oyo illegal
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The Supreme Court on Friday declared the dissolution of local government administrations in Oyo State and their replacement with caretaker committees as illegal.
The Association of Local Government Of Nigeria (ALGON), Oyo State chapter, had appealed the judgment of the Appeal Court in Ibadan sacking chairmen of local governments and Local Council Development Areas in the state by Governor Seyi Makinde.
The chairmen operating under the auspices of the ALGON elected in 2018 were sacked on May 29, 2019 by Governor Makinde.
Lagos women affairs ministry trains over 48,000 residents in two years Lagos women affairs ministry trains over 48,000 residents in two years
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Lagos State Ministry of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation (WAPA) said over 48,000 residents of the state have, in the last two years, benefited from its various empowerment initiatives and poverty alleviation programmes.
The commissioner, Hon Cecilia Bolaji Dada, made this known, on Tuesday, while addressing a press briefing commemorating the 2nd year in office of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, held at Alausa Secretariat, Ikeja on Tuesday.
According to her, the empowerment strategies had directly or indirectly benefited every family in the state, including men, women, adult, youths, widows and indigent residents across all the five divisions of Lagos.
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The former Vice-Chancellor, Obafemi Awolowo University, Prof. Wande Abimbola, once warned that Yoruba language faces the threat of extinction in the next 50 years if urgent steps were not taken to revive it during the third Odua Distinguished Lecture papers where he complained that the essence of Yoruba culture, which included songs, dance, dress and language, had been neglected by the government and individuals.
Abimbola had charged government, parents and guardians to endeavour to allow the young to communicate in Yoruba as this would aid learning of science and technology. His assertion then was supported by the world increasingly recording high cases of endangered languages. Endangered language is a language that is at risk of falling out of use as the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural organization (UNESCO) warned that some Nigerian languages are at the risk of dying out and falling out of the communication choice.
Asiwaju @ 69: Of a heroic generalissimo, kingmaker, nation builder and builder of men guardian.ng - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from guardian.ng Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.