A former Governor of Ogun State Chief Olusegun Osoba has described the victory of Governor Dapo Abiodun in the last guber election as a miracle and counselled him and other winners to be magnanimous in victory
He restated that: ” I believe in the ability of the Governor to continue the good works he has already started in the state.”
He therefore called on all members of the party in the state to support the Governor Dapo Abiodun as he would begin another term of four years.
Chief Osoba made this remark at his Government Reservation Area (GRA) residence in Abeokuta when he received the Governor, his Deputy, the All Progressives Congress (APC) chairman in the state and other members of the party who came to present their certificates of return to him after elections victory.
“Let all of us be magnanimous in victory, this is not the time to review whatever that has happened and nobody should play the role of but for me, it is for all of us and the entire state. No matter what happened in some other areas, the situation that we found ourselves was beyond redemption for many people. I want to plead that the review of the election should be put on hold because at the moment, we are all very emotional, a review will be done thoroughly at the appropriate time”, Osoba said
“I want us to continue to give the governor support, remain focused, whatever anybody would say, the governor really worked hard and he did his best. I am sure the very first four years is just the beginning of the best, by the grace of God, in the next four years, we will see the better part of governance in Ogun State. This victory is for all of us, irrespective of where you come from. The issue of we are the ones that delivered, don’t let us discuss that now,” Osoba said.
Chief Osoba expressed his happiness about the synergy between All Progressives Congress(APC) government at the center and in the state, assuring that the people of this country would experience good governance of competence under the Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s presidency.
The Governor in response described Osoba as a good man, his political mentor and moral compass as well as political compass,and thanked him for inspiring him and his administration to do more for the people of the state.
“Baba, you are a good man, you are a very good man, you are a father, you are my father, you are my political mentor, you have watched over me and the rest of us, you continue to pray fervently over all of us, you continue to motivate and encourage us”,he said.
“You are our moral and political compass, you are the one that inspired us, whenever we see you, we are always at ease, you will live long sir, we will not disappoint you. I want to thank our party members, this is not the time to fight among ourselves, God has given us victory, we thank all those who voted for us, we also thank those who did not vote for us”, Abiodun stated.
The Governor disclosed that his administration in its second term would focus more on public utilities to ensure that the people of the state have adequate supply of potable water and uninterrupted power supply, adding that a lot would be done to ease intractable problems militating against seamless business activities in the state.
“We will now begin to focus on other things we didn’t focus on in the first four years, because we could not have attended everything in the first four years. Having invested a lot in people-oriented infrastructure, ranging from highways, roads to public infrastructure such as schools, affordable housing, our primary health care centers and hospitals”
“We are now going to be looking at public utilities to ensure that we have adequate supply of potable water, uninterrupted power supply, we are going to commit to do our best in terms of easing the ability to do business which is line with our vision to bring more people into our state,” he pointed out.
Governor Abiodun noted that the Ogun State International Agro Cargo Airport project would be completed before the end of the year, adding that investment would be brought into the state to help facilitate the beginning of the Kajola Dry Port.
“Our airport project will be completed before the end of this year, to that extent, we are going to invest in the Kajola Dry Port, which will allow the ease of the Apapa Port as well as facilitating business for our investors that are here in Ogun state alongside the completion of many projects that we started,” He declared.
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