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NEWS Ondo PDP ewe backs governorship aspirant
"'Of!! 0.",1.1 010, Allu,.. tE Central "orkin« Commlt~ (CWC) 0( ~ reople5 t'IfmocT1Itu: PI rly (rop) In ~ Ondo Cl!ntnll ~tonal Otslnct ~Jimday mdorsed Dr Otuwada~ s.d. as it!! omdicb.ae U\ tNo Ck'oI:.'eI" 20 elecbon. A5U1~t at 1M md t>l its mm~ng It IldftwIIlotel. Akun!. the 5Ule capfUl!. ",,,\ ~ and ~te from 1M six klal ~l amtS under the dlJtl"ld .re backing 8Ada. The POP candlcL.~ was the Chalnnan dIM State HlNlth M'I\II~t Bcurd (11MB) In the 0Iusq;un AS-5u adrrwu5tration I I~ was. jl;owmcrslup &5prranl of the ACN In the 2007 bot defected to the ror The loaIl gou~rrJl"ertt arut that t'ulve backed him .. ~ Akure South. Al(ut" 'kwth. ldann. liedon-. Ondo WI and
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'Nigerians should query Abiola's death' From Sul.lman Salawudeen, Ado-E~tI
OndoWer The JNr1v'1 ewe 'WggellKllhal.Ihf:Centnll SmlltonJll [)o.. lrict stiouJd produo· tne andicble The moobon for n.1Cb', adopt!on ""as moved by the fortntt Mtltonty ~oft-v Houwof AMembly. Kunlt AgunbiMle• • nd a«Onded b.., P'UlC"e 8lsi Adebiyt. Memben 01 the ewe unanim0u5ly mdOf-oed the mobOn I" II VOtt vote The meeting "1IlJ ed its ~Ue5t on the pnnaple of equity. saying the two ~ 110')0II1 di5trids - Ondo North and Ondo SOuth - have sre't f'lghl yeus and anoth« sue \"9tS .t the hdm of .ffaus In tf e Wile It nailed tholI! I~ I would be. good poIlHaI bfilnd for the
the ~ W 'f1' aU the OndoCWC mrm~; the Sm.Itonal DLstnd: dialrmm, Owirle Ad~uro; ~ CNllrme'l of ldann-, Akurt" No or1h., Ondo Wei, Ondo We, Akure South
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Ak~ North 1(01 gOVe'N1'lml aros. BabaJolI AdemoIa, ApboLl 0w0eyP. A w\bOwaJe A!oIab\. Mrs Adem. ()nj and Wemlmo OIaruran 0th!!B wert' thl!: knJ g(IY~menl ~«uliye members of the POP In the ~l; OC" al gO'l'UTUf\eflt arN5.
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FADAMA disburses Nl.Sb to boost agric in Soulhwest B, S ,"'Iman SalawudMn, A60-EIlItl
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HEThinlN',ti ....... JFADAMA Devdopmentl'Tqedhas dl5bu~ " I o;mJlion to ~lCIarie5 of the agricultural pn,m'J n the Southwet. The ~bor wd It has disbuned WSI9mlllion out of S36milhOO aI.loolttd the z.orte. with a ba1ance of $17 million 101" ~ to .."(e6. AddJft!;ing the he~lOIne a l a rorum in Ad~Eldti. ~ Eldti Sta~ ar"al, lumg the 6th JOInt World Bank and FfdfOntl Govel'tlDWnl 5upnvision Mission In the zone, Tt>am Leadt>rCJbadW, Tcnomdduld FADAMA Pf'OtKt5 an! imptemerited in 658 loal SlNe'N1'Imt an!1I5 01 tht> ftde-atJOn,. He .-ddtd th,'16f.9;¥>7 households have benefited from the profKt KrOaI the I Otlnlrf
. '"So far, 735 FA(l,AMA commuruly Q!IOOIbOnJ and 7,542 UM!r grouP'l MVt' bi>en supportt'd In the zone through the
n«utton of O'I-~ t',I35 d~ekJprncntal sub-pro,ccts. which incluae oil p;t!m a lC pm proces5InS eqUIpment, ro-d ronslrucbon and fdubiliblhon. market coruItTUctlon and other IJ1COnle ~IIn'" Il55C!ts,W Tohomdet SAId. He hailed I~kfh(lldl"n In the z(lne. sarmg 51alt:' g~ ments In tht:" an!a Ihould en5~ promp P.ymt:'nl Of tht>lr rountt'f'P"rI fulldo I .. aca:lentt> tM Implemenlation of tht:'
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rr,;.oct COOfdmil'('Ir of FADAMA, Mr, rayo Ad/!'Wunu. whit Wol!i ~ted by the Senior Commumty Devt:'1opmt:"n1 5pt:"(1&.cl!it. Dr YlCtona Agu. Wild the aim of 1M ProteCt It! to *f'V.tualt:' imp~tatJOn statU!i,. idennfy neee and AI., tont:oIid.ik ~ 10 .:hintt:' 81'"Ie-
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The Commi,S!lont>f fOf Agncullur~, Mr Babajidt:' AJ'OWOAye haded the ~ of the ProteCt in the 5ta~ Ht:' ~ UW' p7"n-ntne'lt's comnulmt:'nt 10 ('rompt reINSf' Of outstandlllS coun~rI funds (or the projKl
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ruler of Iit>-OiUli in 11t:'-OI. uji/Olt"--lgbo l..oal Govt;n'Tltnt An!a o( Dndo Stair, Oba Gtrphtn Adedught'. ~e-day cnl~ thoR aglliltlRg for ttw t:'"",,atton of lK'mr \iiI. duds, callat ao;.,-to fulf-fledged monarchs in d..r lV&1 Oba Adt:'dugbt:' te-,-d a promtnelt indig_ of alloegf!dly champiorung Uw ;'gotlitlOl'l 10 cause a ChSI5. 1M ad w~ l!'pOf1e:1'5 In Ius ".1ac? He noted th."lllf'r ts6Ue: of uPltradmg!lOm(' villaSt> '-:Is 10 ob- had beoen tal'ied bdort:' thi sta~ goy~menl, _ bt>ofort:' the ~KIn 01 1M preenl lIdnuni!itration Oba Adedugbto J~tld, wne-otuJi commUnity is ht:'adt>d by a p'U1Imounl tnidi~o"al rult:'l" wllo 15 abo tht' precribt>d authority OYe" ctudt.wtC)' malle-!! in the aIN He 15 a first-cbM oba. mOndoStalt:' ."d a o:Jnt'-limeChainnanoltht:" Statt:'Counol of CJbu. AI no lin.e In the: k15tory of t1t>-OIuji has any Otop bem madt> thfo hP let or the commuru~ W Thee monarch Solid ht> ~lIy followed up tM man~ HE
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