SOJI AJIBOLA, Ibadan
The Oyo State Government has approved N319m for procurement of 20 units of JAC FRISON TX pick-up vans in line with the drive to secure the lives and property of the people of the state.
Briefing the newsmen on the outcome of the Executive Council meeting on Wednesday, the State Commissioner for Information, Dr Wasiu Olatubosun, said an approval for the procurement of the vehicles was given in view of the current security challenges facing the country.
He said the state government had been proactive about the security challenges and to boost the efforts of the administration in further arresting the situation, would procure additional vehicles for the security agencies and for other exigency purposes.
“In view of this, the State’s Executive Council, at the 5th Exco meeting of 2021 held today, Wednesday, approved the procurement of 20 units of JAC FRISON TX pick-up vans to boost security in the state and the cost is N319,000,000,” he said.
Similarly, his counterpart in the Health Ministry, Dr. Bashiru Bello, said the council approved the renovation and reconstruction of 299 primary health care facilities in the state at the cost of N6 billion using the Alternative Project Funding Approach (APFA).
“We are here to inform you that today, the State Executive Council approved the Alternative Project Funding Approach, APFA, for the renovation and reconstruction of some primary health facilities in Oyo State.
“A total number of 299 have been given to two different firms and this is on the ground that the project will commence and within two months, over 20 per cent of the project would have been completed.
“His Excellency has approved that there will be one per ward, and since we have 351 wards, the primary health care board will take care of the remaining 52 primary health care centres to be renovated and remodelled.”