Edo Magazine(news_info)

  Hon. Evbareke Jenkins Osunde Chairman Oredo Local Government Council And The State Chairman of Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON)    Hon. Evbareke Jenkins Osunde is the Chairman of Oredo local government, Edo State and would be ending his three year tenure on March 4, 2021. He is also the current State Chairman of the Association of Local Government Chairmen of Nigeria (ALGON) . In this interview with  FRANCIS ONOIRIBHOLO , Osunde debunks the insinuations that the State Government occasionally interferes with the Federal allocations to the local government councils in the state. Excerpts. What was your major problem during these three years you have been in office as Oredo Council Chairman?  I will not say Oredo is a problematic Local Government, Oredo Local Government Council has had its challenges and it is not peculiar to the Local Government but one of the peculiar challenges we have had as a Local Government is the issue of teachers’ salary. There have been that

Oredo LGA Chairman Commissions Ekae Market Traders celebrate the potential economic opportunities of Ekae Market  The completion of Ekae Market is a promise earnestly fulfilled, Hon. Osunde ‘’Governor Obaseki has uniquely elevated the policy of boosting women entrepreneurship ’’  The Chairman of Oredo Local Government Area, Hon. Evbareke Jenkins Osunde , has commissioned Ekae Market featuring about  80 lock- up and 80 open stalls, an industrial borehole, water taps  and toilets in convenient locations within the market. The facility also has huge surrounding ground for car parks and extended market activities. Traders and women leaders of Edo Market Traders Association were enthusiastic as they celebrated the potential opportunities provided by the commissioning of the Ekae infrastructure for economic transactions. Hon . Osunde remarked during the ceremony that the completion of the market was ‘’an earnest fulfillment of the promise made to the  community regarding the establishment 

 " You are still under suspension," Ize-Iyamu cautions Oshiomhole Following the statement credited to Oshiomhole yesterday where he was quoted as saying the current revalidation exercise of the party is a joke and unconstitutional, Ize-Iyamu who is now the leader of the APC in Edo state, has cautioned Oshiomhole to speak less as his suspension is yet to be lifted by his ward.  Oshiomhole who is understandably unhappy about the hijack of APC in Edo state by Ize-Iyamu, lambasted the whole exercise and even went ahed to say the exercise will fall in the face of legal scrutiny. "There is nothing in the APC constitution that says a member shall revalidate or renew its membership. Once you registered when you joined the party and you have not decamped, you are a member. So, revalidation is strange to our constitution. “I have only done this because I want peace to reign but in doing this, we have to be careful not to create constitutional breach.”  He noted that between 2015

Oredo LGA/ EDUCATION  (Picture File from top:  clean and environmentally sanitized premises of Fabiyi Akpata Primary School and Omusi Primary School, handing over of a 3-classroom block and furniture to Uholor Community Primary School by Oredo LGA Chairman, Hon. Evbareke Jenkins Osunde)   ‘’Right from the inception of our administration, we have been committed to the pursuit of an educational policy aimed at giving formidable life foundation to the children in our school system, the secured future of the pupils is our obligatory concern ‘’, Hon. Osunde ‘’….of equal significance is the adherence to the guidance of Governor Obaseki by ensuring that serving teachers and retirees are duly and unfailingly paid their wages and pensions.’’ In fidelity to galvanizing the vision articulated by the Chairman of Oredo Local Government Area, Hon. Evbareke Jenkins Osunde , the Council ensures the cultivation of nurturing environment in schools before the resumption of  every new term.  There’s alway

One Year After: Edo Big Boy Tony Kabaka Laments His Neglect By APC, Regrets Actions In Edo Guber Elections. I don't know APC does not have a good heart and they don't have unity, I regretted" says Tony Kabaka I lost my Hotel Worth 500 Million Naira because of APC  Edo street politician, Comrade Tony Kabaka has taken to social media to lament the way he was treated by his party the APC. In a 29 minute video (the video link is below) laden with a deep emotional voice, Comrade Tony Kabaka cried out over the way he was treated by APC party leaders in the State. Tony Kabaka said because of the struggle he lost his Hotel which was valued at over 500 million Naira and to date he has not received any single support from the APC and the party leaders. The Edo politician said he was neglected by the party and it was as a result of his passion and full fight against Obaseki's reelection that caused his hotel to be demolished. Kabaka prayed for his party leaders who he claims neg

World-wide Pandemic /Local Governance              Oredo Council Chairman speaks at a special session of the Global Africa Congress of Journalists (GACJ) Hon. Evbareke Jenkins Osunde told the journalists’ forum that Local Governments were peculiarly significant to battling Corona Virus in Nigeria   ‘’ Governor Obaseki’s combination of competent technocracy and efficient political management remarkably moderated the devastation of the pandemic in Edo State’’, Hon. Osunde ‘’In the battle against the deadly and sinister Covid-19, the competence of third tier administrations either as City Governments , Mayors or Local  Councils  is unquestionably a crucial factor in combating the global pandemic’’, according to  Oredo Local Government Chairman, Hon. Evbareke Jenkins Osunde. Hon. Osunde made the observation yesterday during a virtual interactive session with the Health Committee of the Los Angeles (California)-based media practitioners’ organization, the Global Africa Congress of Journali

PASTOR IZE-IYAMU'S NDDC CHAIRMANSHIP AMBITION SETS EDO APC ON FIRE. The retired and embattled 2020 Edo APC Guber candidate, Pastor Osagie ize Iyamu is in the news again. This time, he is pursuing the chairmanship of the NDDC board. In a move considered by many in the APC as wicked and greedy, the embattled Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu is supporting and sponsoring one of the internally displaced Politicians in Edo State, Barr. Washington Osifo to sue the Attorney Seneral, the Senate, the minister of the Niger delta, the NDDC and the Sole Administrator. In the originating summons, filed at the Federal High Court Benin Division , Barr Washington Osifo is asking the court to sack the nddc management board as presently constituted, to pave the way for Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu is pushing to be announced as the chairman of the board. Our investigations revealed, that as a plan B, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu has also pencilled down Mr Lucky Imasuen in the event that he fails to emerge. Pastor Osagie