In its bid to further ensure security, the Executive council of Oyo State on Tuesday, August 27, increased the number of vehicles for Operation Burst to 60.
This is as a result of the procurement of 40 extra security vehicles for the agency.
Addressing the media after the Executive Council Meeting, the Commissioner for Information, Prince Dotun Oyelade, said that other security arms like the Army, the Nigeria Police Force, and Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, among others, were also given additional vehicles.
The Commissioner revealed that already, the state Amotekun has the largest number of security vehicles for its operations totalling 150, the largest number of personnel of about 2,000 and the best paid in Southwest Nigeria.
Prince Oyelade further revealed that the State Executive Council also approved ₦850 million as investment in the Oyo Sugarcane Processing Limited, Iseyin through the state-owned Pacesetter Holdings Limited.
The sugar plant currently valued at ₦4.9 billion is at 90 percent completion.
The Commissioner said that by investing in the project, the state economy would be stimulated with the injection of 3,000 direct and indirect job opportunities.
The Sugar plant is expected to be completed in 2025.
Also during the media briefing, the Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Prof. Saliu Adelabu, said that the State Executive Council has approved half a billion naira as capital grant for Abiola Ajimobi Technical University, Ibadan.
Prof. Adelabu said the ₦500 million grant would aid the accreditation of the Institution’s new and old programmes for the 2024/2025 academic session by the National Universities Commission.
The Commissioner for Education further disclosed that the state government has approved over ₦900 million as counterpart fund to partner with the World Bank which had earlier donated ₦1 billion to the state through the Better Education Service Delivery for All (BESDA).
According to Prof. Adelabu, the funding, aiming to boost education development in the State, would be used to eradicate out-of-school children, upgrade infrastructures and renovate school structures across the state.
