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Lagos, Ogun Inaugurate Agricultural Change Management Team

The Ministry of Agriculture in Lagos and Ogun State, with the support of DAWN Commission and DFID/PERL (Partnership to Engage Reform and Learn) recently inaugurated an Agricultural Change Management Team to steer desired developmental changes in the States. The inauguration which took place at the ParkInn Hotel, Abeokuta, the Ogun State Capital and Shoregate Hotel, …

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Establishment of Cattle Ranches in Western Nigeria: An Immediate Imperative

Cattle ranching in Southwestern Nigeria Background The Nigerian livestock industry constitutes an important sector of the Nigerian economy, though marked with poor productivity as a result of crude and traditional method of her pastoral system. Of the estimated 20 million population of cattle in Nigeria, 70% of this population is located in the northern part …

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The Executive Assistant to the Governor of Oyo State on Investment, Hon. Segun Ogunwuyi, Pays Working Visit to DAWN Commission

The Director General of DAWN Commission, Seye Oyeleye, received in audience the Executive Assistant to Governor Seyi Makinde on Investment and Head of Bureau of Investment Promotion/PPP, Hon. Segun Ogunwuyi, on Thursday, 29th August, 2019. The DAWN Team in a meeting with Hon. Ogunwuyi, discussed in detail, the Western Nigeria Investment Summit (Investwest) scheduled to …

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INSECURITY: Joint Task Force Will Be Funded By Govs, Private Sector – DAWN

As governors of six states of the South-West zone of the country fine-tune plans to launch a joint security task force to check the excesses of herdsmen and other miscreants, the Development Agenda for Western Nigeria, DAWN, on Wednesday, disclosed that the security network will be funded by a zonal security trust fund. This was …

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Southwest Gets Nod to Establish Security Outfit

…Western Nigeria Security Network (WNSN) Governors in the six Southwest states are putting finishing touches to the inauguration of a joint regional security outfit codenamed Western Nigeria Security Network (WNSN). This followed the Approval in Principle given by the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) for the zone to establish a Joint Task Force …

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Despite Challenges Southwest is Where to Live, Work, Invest

The Southwest region has been prominent in the news in recent times for the wrong reasons such as rising cases of kidnapping, robbery and armed banditry. In this interview with select reporters, the Director-General (DG), Development Agenda for Western Nigeria (DAWN) Commission, Mr. Seye Oyeleye, examines the raging issues of insecurity, the clogs in the …

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Insecurity in Southwest: We’re Confronting a Different Shade of Criminality — Seye Oyeleye, DG, DAWN Commission

• Govt Should Widen Tax Net, Not Increase Taxes The Director General of the Development Agenda for Western Nigeria (DAWN) Commission, Mr. Oluseye Oyeleye spoke on the strategy to curb insecurity in the Southwest, and how the precarious situation forced the commission to postpone its Investment Summit for the zone. Muyiwa Adeyemi (Head South West …

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DAWN: The Journey So Far

…the Southwest Governors are pulling their resources together to tackle insecurity and improve the welfare of the people. Southwest governors have reiterated their commitment to the Development Agenda for Western Nigeria (DAWN), in furtherance of their collective push for regional integration. They have resolved to leverage on their resources to tackle insecurity and promote the …

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