Amosun’s Chief of Staff, commissioner, 8 others quit

The Chief of Staff to Ogun State Governor, Tolu Odebiyi and the Commissioner for Youths and Sports, Afolabi Afuape yesterday resigned.

Other aides who equally resigned are: Lanre Edun; Tola Banjo; Bolanle Gbeleyi; Muse Lamidi; Bayo Adeyemi; Sunday Bamiwola; Dewunmi Onanuga and Sola Arobieke.

Odebiyi, who is the candidate of To commemorate the World AIDS Day, a coalition of groups has kicked-off an advocacy campaign targeting 30,000 people across seven high-risk states ofLagos, Oyo, Imo, Akwa-Ibom, Anambra, Gombe, Kano and Federal the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Ogun West Senatorial District, dropped his letter on Friday, said he resigned to pursue his senatorial ambition.

In a statement he issued in Abeokuta, Odebiyi expressed “deep appreciation to Amosun for the opportunity given him to serve.”

Odebiyi also expressed gratitude to members of the State Executive Council for their support and cooperation Capital Territory (FCT).

The coalition is made up of Red-Ribbon Coalition, Youth Empowerment Foundation (YEF), Society for Family Health (SFH), Development Communications Network and convened by Coca-Cola, Nigeria.

Advocacy will include during the period he served.

Meanwhile, Amosun has formally accepted the resignation of his former appointees, saying they all resigned to “pursue their various political aspirations.”

Amosun in a statement signed by Director of Administration and Supplies, Bureau of Political Affairs and Administration at the Governor’s office, Samuel Oluwasanmi thanked them for their services to the state.

World AIDS Day: Coalition targets 7 high-risk states, FCT

a combination of media awareness, voluntary counseling and testing, public education and awareness sessions as well as entertainment using drama and football.

A statement jointly signed by Iwalola Akin-Jimoh and FunkeAdewoyin of YEF and SFH respectively quoted the National HIV/AIDS Reproductive Health Survey 2012 Plus II as stating that Nigeria has the second largest HIV disease burden in the world, with 3.2million people living with HIV, after South Africa which has 6.8 million burden of the disease.