…Insist Gov’s Sterling Performance Unprecedented
Fifty-four traditional rulers in Ogun Central senatorial district of Ogun State, under the auspice of Egba Traditional Council, have unanimously endorsed the governor of the state, Prince Dapo Abiodun, for second term in office.
The endorsement of Abiodun for a second term in office was announced on Wednesday, November 22, by the president of the Council, the Alake and paramount ruler of Egbaland, His Imperial Majesty, Oba Adedotun Aremu Gbadebo.
Oba Gbadebo hinged the monarchs’ support and endorsement for the governor’s second term bid on his sterling and unprecedented performance since he assumed office in 2019.
Oba Gbadebo insisted that Prince Abiodun has done creditably well and deserves a second term to finish what he has started.
Noting that in the last 16 years, governors in the state have served two terms in office, Oba Gbadebo stressed that Governor Abiodun, “having done so well, also deserves a second term.”
He added, “The governor has done very very well. In the last 16 years, two governors have done second terms, why is our governor, who has done so well will not do a second term?”
Oba Gbadebo appreciated the governor for completing some abandoned projects in Egbaland; and helping to complete the Traditional Council’s Hall in the Alake’s Palace, and called on the state government to construct the road leading to the railway station in Abeokuta.
Also speaking, the Osile of Oke-Ona Egba, Oba Adedapo Tejuoso, said that the entire people and traditional rulers in Egbaland are in full support of the governor’s second term bid, just as the Olowu of Owu, Oba Saka Matemilola and the Agura of Gbagura, Oba Sobur Bakre, expressed confidence that the governor would perform better if given another opportunity.
In his response, Governor Abiodun expressed his gratitude to the monarchs for the confidence they have in his capacity to move Ogun to greater heights.
He said that his administration has been fair in the distribution of projects, as well as appointments, to all parts of the state.
Enumerating some of the projects executed in the Ogun Central senatorial district by his administration, Abiodun side that plans were underway to finalize the concession of the 250-bed hospital in Abeokuta to an international hospital management company, who would complete, operate and transfer, COT, the hospital.
Prince Abiodun said “The hospital is a world class health care facility of excellence that will attract health tourism from all over the South-West and Nigeria.
“We are working assiduously on the establishment of the Kajola Dry Port and the Wasimi Export and Logistics Hub, which will decongest Lagos port, thereby making it more efficient and further create an enabling environment for industries and manufacturers in Ogun.
“We will soon begin the urban regeneration of Ibara GRA and Mowe-Ofada. We are completing, or have completed all inherited projects that are of economic importance to our people in line with our promises.”
Describing traditional rulers as the link between the divine being and the world; custodian of African culture who have assisted in maintaining peace in their various communities, Governor Abiodun said, “I commend our royal fathers from the Egba Traditional Council, who have continued to keep the flag flying for the progress and development of Egbaland and by extension, Ogun State. This endorsement of our candidature for another term of four years is another appreciation of our untiring efforts in developing all sectors of our state economy, across the three senatorial districts of our state.”
The Ogun helmsman added that the endorsement by the monarchs of his second term bid is another affirmation of the progress the state has recorded in the last three and half years, emphasizing that the success story of his administration could not be documented without the support received from the people of Egbaland.
Insisting that the endorsement would motivate and spur him to do more, Prince Abiodun pleaded with the people to play politics without bitterness, as politics is not a do-or-die affair.
