…as PDP chieftain lauds, drums support for governor
Governor, Dapo Abiodun, on Friday, commissioned the 4.5km Molusi College Road in Ijebu-Igbo, Ijebu-North Local Government Area of Ogun State, and promised to provide solar light in rural areas that are not connected to the national grid.
Abiodun also pledged that electric transformers would be distributed to boost the power supply in the rural communities while the grading of rural roads would commence soon.
“There are areas and communities across the state that we call the underserved communities where there is no provision of electricity through the grid. We will be deploying to these areas our scheme in partnership with the Rural Electrification Agency to provide electricity using solar, you will soon see us using solar in our areas that are underserved,” he said.
Abiodun said that the construction of Molusi College Road was a joint decision of the people due to its importance to the socio-economic well-being of the people in the area.
According to the governor, the road is historic as it leads to the prestigious Molusi College which has produced prominent sons and daughters of the state.
He informed the gathering that his administration had constructed a good number of roads in the Ogun East Senatorial District including; Ijebu-Ode-Epe, Ilisan-Ago-Iwoye, Oba Erinwole, Ejirin roads, among others, adding that his government would not rest until all major roads in the state are made motorable.
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He, however, assured that affordable housing units would be constructed in Ijebu Igbo.
“On our affordable housing, we’ve so far built over 1300 houses in three and half years and we are still building, by the grace of God, between now and May, we will build probably another 700 houses, totalling over 2,000 houses in three and half years.
In his goodwill message, the Awujale of Ijebuland Oba Sikiru Adetona, represented by the Dagburewe of Idowa, Oba Yinusa Adekoya, said the construction of the Molusi College Road is a plus to the administration of Governor Abiodun, expressing the hope that he would perform better in his second term starting from next year.
Meanwhile, a former chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State and Chairman of Ijebu North Council of Elders, Bayo Dayo, speaking at the event, called on the electorate to vote for character and integrity in the next year’s election.
“This is about development and not about political parties, Governor Dapo Abiodun has done well and I think he deserves to continue in office.
“The forthcoming general election isn’t about the party, it is about character, experience, antecedent, and competence. And we should leave party politics behind and follow a candidate who has a vision and the mission to rescue Nigeria.
“Our people have been saying that they will follow us if we give them a good product, I am a member of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), but I stand with a good product, a product that can deliver,” he stated
The Orimolusi of Ijebu-Igbo, Oba Lawrence Adebajo while commending Governor Abiodun for solving the interregnum involving the Orimolusi stool of over twenty-seven years, acknowledged him for embarking on the rehabilitation of the 4.5 km Orimolusi road, a road which according to him was in a bad state before his intervention.