Prince Dapo Abiodun, the governor of Ogun State has declared that his administration consistently focused on the speedy development of Ogun West Senatorial District due to age-long neglect of the zone by previous administrations.
Abiodun, who spoke on Sunday at this year’s grand finale of the Oronna Day Celebration held at Ilaro, in Yewa South Local Government, noted that despite the zone being the largest non-oil revenue earner and the food basket of the state, it was not given the needed attention.
He said, “When I assumed office and for some reason, most of my predecessors did not accord this zone the place and attention it deserved, Kabiyesi called me and said ‘Before you, all that happened here is that they will do some groundbreaking but they never inaugurated any project in this local government or in this zone.’ And I told Kabiyesi that the narrative would change.
“We will do groundbreaking and we will also inaugurate projects. I beat my chest and proudly say that we have done just that. The very important arterial road that connects the local government area to the Ado/Odo-Ota Local Government Area and the other five local government areas, that is the Ilaro -Owode road, we totally reconstructed it and the journey that took probably two and a half hours now take few minutes.
“We have inaugurated at least one road in each local government in this zone and some even have more.”
Abiodun identified the importance of the zone to the state as it is home to the Agbara Industrial Estate with about 500 industries just as the largest deposit of limestone and the largest cement factory is located in the zone.
He said his administration had completed the construction of one lane of the Atan-Lusada-Agbara dual carriageway, adding that efforts were on to complete the second lane.
Deputy Senate President, Senator Barau Jubril, in his speech, appreciated the state government’s efforts at galvanising the people for community development.
He said the celebration, apart from serving as a cultural awakening and survival, could be used as a developmental tool and source of foreign exchange earnings.
The chairman of the occasion and the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Dr. BosunTijani, represented by Senator Iyabo Anisulowo, said the occasion was the celebration of the people’s heritage that would engender development.
Oba Olugbenle, in his remarks, appreciated Governor Abiodun for keeping to his promise to extend developmental projects to all sections of the state, appealing to him to work towards commissioning the housing estate sited in the town.
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