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The Ondo State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (OSOPADEC) disclosed, implicit the weekend, that N373 cardinal successful bursary and assistance arrears person been disbursed to nary less than 5,928 students wrong the mandate areas of the state.
The Secretary of the Commission, Abike Bayo-Ilawole, said that the determination volition easiness the fiscal burdens of undergraduate and postgraduate students successful Ilaje and Ese-Odo section authorities areas.
She stated that the undergraduates received N50,000, portion PGD, MSc, and PhD students volition get N150,000 each.
According to Bayo-Ilawole, the Commission verified and certified the authenticity of the returns received from assorted institutions to forestall the inclusion of shade students arsenic beneficiaries.
She commended Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa for his punctual effect and committedness to advancing the acquisition of indigenes from the state’s oil-producing communities, noting that this determination volition further promote them successful their studies.
A postgraduate pupil from Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko (AAUA), Mr. Taiwo Samuel, lauded the politician for supporting the acquisition improvement of students and commended the caput for maintaining the initiative, stating that the bursary payments volition motivate students to execute more.
Meanwhile, Bayo-Ilawole hinted that OSOPADEC had initiated inspections of ongoing projects crossed the state’s mandate areas with the purpose of interfacing with contractors on-site, assessing progress, gathering feedback straight from the section population, and identifying immoderate challenges faced by contractors.
The Secretary, who led the Commission’s method squad connected an inspection circuit of the ongoing projects successful Ilaje Local Council Area, visited the ongoing operation of the 32.725 km Alape-Araromi Road, the 28.5 km Aboto-Atijere Road, the School of Maritime Transport and Logistics astatine Olusegun Agagu University, Ugbonla, and the Aboto h2o attraction plant.
She said: “The interaction of these projects connected our radical is immense. We person assessed the roads being constructed and person seen important improvements. With the enactment of our governor, we tin place and execute our targeted projects wrong a specified period.”
She further noted that with the governor’s punctual approval, funds were precocious released for asphalt laying connected the Alape-Araromi Road. With the assurance received from the contractor, she expressed assurance that the task would beryllium delivered and commissioned soon.
The squad besides visited the 28.5-kilometre Aboto-Atijere Road and the h2o task successful Aboto, which present supplies potable h2o to the communities of Ugbonla, Ugbo, Mahin, and Igbokoda.
He said, “Plans are underway to summation the quantity of h2o supplied to conscionable the home needs of residents, arsenic the facilities person the capableness to nutrient and administer potable h2o crossed antithetic areas of Ilaje LGA.”
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