Ondo Govt Approves Transfer Of UNIMED Akure Complex To FUTA
Ondo State government has approved the transfer of the University of Medical Sciences (UNIMED) Teaching Hospital complex in Akure to the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), to serve as its College of Medicine and Teaching Hospital With Immediate Effect.
Commissioner for Health, Dr. Banji Ajaka stated this in Akure while speaking with newsmen.
Dr Ajaka explained that the move followed President Bola Tinubu’s approval for FUTA to establish a College of Medicine and a Teaching Hospital.
He said the Akure complex would now be ceded to the Federal Government to serve as FUTA’s main medical sciences facility.
Dr Ajaka said the development would strengthen healthcare delivery in Ondo State while advancing FUTA’s ambition to become a leading centre for medical sciences in Nigeria.
Also speaking the Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr Olaleye Akinola announced new measures to protect farmers from the impact of the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), which banned crops cultivated from deforested areas.
Mr Akinola said the government had approved agroforestry practices across selected forests, while ensuring reserved areas remained intact.
He pointed out that Cocoa, cashew, oil palm, and rubber farmers would be permitted to continue operations under strict mapping and traceability systems.
The state government also approved an upward review of tariffs across agricultural produce and timber value chains, aligning Ondo State with other Southwest states under the DAWN Commission framework.
On his part the Commissioner for Information Mr Idowu Ajanaku clarified that each cabinet member had been directed to nominate a road project in their local government areas to impact communities directly.
Mr Ajanaku stressed that the initiative was not for private or partisan interests but to ensure equitable development across the 18 local government areas.
Furthermore the Council ratified the appointment of His Royal Highness Joseph Ilésanmí as the monarch of Sosan in Akoko South-East Local Government Area.
Speaking in this development the commissioner for local government and chieftaincy affairs Mr Hamidu Takuro said Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa, who presided over the meeting, reiterated that the administration’s decisions were guided by the interest of the people and the equitable development of all parts of the state.