From the inception of the Prince Dapo Abiodun led-administration in Ogun State, the Governor has been up and doing in performing his statutory capabilities of securing the lives and property of residents and guaranteeing their welfare which in fact is the core of accountable and responsive governance.
To rework its imaginative and prescient into a permanent actuality, the administration adopted the ISEYA mantra by means of which it has launched into huge building and rehabilitation of roads, offered inexpensive housing schemes, healthcare amenities, and different infrastructure which were impacting positively on the welfare and wellbeing of the individuals throughout the State.
Going ahead, the methodical and impactful method by means of which it has continued to supply soothing palliatives and measures as response to ameliorate the present troublesome occasions being skilled throughout the nation present that certainly the administration is altruistic
Ogun replace recollects that in February this 12 months, Governor Abiodun introduced a N5 billion intervention fund to supply meals palliatives in addition to different succour to fulfill the academic and well being wants of the down trodden and usually cushion the impact of rising value of dwelling and inflation.
“On this route and thru focused interventions, we goal to handle these challenges by implementing a collection of phased initiatives aimed toward assuaging these burdens on all our residents. The State has taken the next steps: Training Sector: Offering a minimal of 5 train books for all 850,000 college students in our public major and secondary colleges. We’re offering a one-time N10,000 training assist grant for a minimum of 100,000 pupils in our public major and secondary colleges within the state and offering all 27,600 indigent college students in tertiary establishments nationwide with an training grant of N50,000 every.” Abiodun revealed on the Press Convention he addressed on the plans on the Olusegun Osoba Press Centre.
Recognized for his “discuss and do” posture, the governor didn’t solely put machineries in place, he personally labored to make sure fast implementation of the programmes. As at at the moment, no fewer than 70,000 beneficiaries together with pregnant girls, youngsters, the aged, market girls and different members of the casual sector had been supplied with medical insurance cowl simply as pregnant girls had been offered free pre-natal care, in addition to an extra N5,000 per delivery and free post-natal care within the State Hospitals and Major Well being Care Centres underneath the Ibidero Scheme.
As at at the moment underneath the edu-cash part of the scheme, about N245 million has been disbursed to indigent college students in public major and secondary colleges whereas over N1.2 billion naira disbursed to 24,004 college students in tertiary establishments throughout the State. Additionally it is on report that shortly after the elimination of gasoline subsidy, Governor Abiodun after session with the labour unions began paying the sum of N10,000 further to all classes of staff and pensioners throughout the State.
Not accomplished, the administration launched into the sale of rice to staff and pensioners throughout the State at sponsored costs such that 10kg was bought for paltry N8,500, 20 kg for N17, 000 and 50 kg for N42,500 at a time when a 50 kg of rice within the open market was bought for a minimum of N75,000. One of many staff who benefitted, a visibly elated Mr. Ishola Sofoluwe of the Ministry of Works and Infrastructure advised Ogun Replace that the gesture was well timed as it will go a great distance in making dwelling extra considerable for members of his household notably at the moment that the costs of meals stuffs have gone up.
Nonetheless on protecting to his promise to make meals palliative accessible to about 300,000 households throughout state, the administration of Abiodun launched into distribution of meals objects to Muslims throughout the Ramadan interval and Church buildings throughout the Easter celebration throughout the three Senatorial Districts of the State.
Reacting to this, the Grand Chief Imam, Ijebu-Ode Central Mosque, Sheik Miftaudeen Ayanbadejo, in a chat with Ogun Replace stated “I thank His Excellency, Governor Abiodun for this palliative as a result of there may be starvation within the land and no matter the federal government can do to convey reduction is welcome” Talking in the identical vein, the Bishop of Remo Diocese, Methodist Church Nigeria, The Rt. Rev. Bamidele Ibikunle, who spoke on the Rev. Mellor Methodist church, Agbowa, Sagamu, the place his members benefitted from the meals palliative, stated the gesture would go a great distance in easing the struggling of the individuals notably those that usually are not certain of the place the meals would come from throughout the Easter interval.
One other essential space the place the administration has put smiles on the faces of the individuals at this troublesome time is thru the Free Surgical procedure Intervention Scheme focused on the indigents who wanted to endure surgical procedure, however didn’t have the sources to take action. The train was carried out within the State hospitals throughout the State on the finish of which over 1,500 individuals benefitted.
Mrs. Arinola Adenuga, whose 6-year-old son benefitted expressed happiness concerning the gesture by Governor Abiodun, saying that the burden of elevating funds for the well-being of her son had been taken care of. Equally, 20-year-old Okuwobi Ayomide, 18-year-old Onaleye Solomon, and 13-year-old Olusola Abdulquazeem, who underwent totally different surgical operations had been stuffed with praises for the Governor.
One different space the place the Governor has accomplished very nicely to alleviate struggling of the individuals is the etransportation intervention. It’s on report that the Governor had earlier procured some buses for his administration’s mass transit programme. However instantly after the gasoline subsidy was eliminated, Abiodun took the bull by the horn by turning into the primary Governor to embrace the Compressed Pure Gasoline(CNG).
The buses had been transformed to CNG and deployed to totally different routes, thereby making commuters pay comparatively decrease fare. For instance, a CNG bus experience from the Governor’s workplace in Oke-Mosan to Kuto, Sapon, Omida, IyanaMortuary and Panseke in Abeokuta is N100 as towards the N300 charged by public transporters. Aside from affordability, commuters get pleasure from free wi fi within the air-conditioned buses. In response to Mr. Olaifa Sofoluwe, a businessman who lives in Abeokuta however has his enterprise at Mowe, the availability of CNG buses by the state authorities has made operations of his enterprise seamless as he now commutes Mowe, Ibadan and Lagos Island with ease.
Moreover, the introduction of E-bikes lately by governor Abiodun as various to petrol bikes is an extra demonstration that the federal government is anxious concerning the hardship persons are going by means of. A civil servant who works with the Agro Service Company in Asero, Abeokuta and owns one of many ebikes, Sulaimon Balogun, stated he deserted his automotive at dwelling for the -bike which solely prices him N1,200 to cost the 2 batteries a day in comparison with the N2,500 he spent every day to gasoline his automotive even earlier than the current enhance within the worth PMS.
He thumbed up Governor Abiodun for bringing the initiative all the way down to Ogun State to assist the individuals.
On his half, the State Chairman of the Articulate Motorbike Homeowners and Riders Affiliation of Nigeria(AMORAN); Otunba Taofeek Sokoya recommended Governor Dapo Abiodun for introducing E-bikes into the transport sector of the state, as he places it, “The e-bikes have led to a brand new regime for transport fare for industrial motorbike operators and passengers throughout the state”.
All of those interventions however, the Governor has been unrelenting in highway building such that he commissioned three of such roads again to again for 3 days within the month of Could. At this making an attempt interval when each Kobo counts, good roads would make sure that car house owners don’t spend a lot in upkeep. What concerning the silent however regular revolution occurring within the agricultural sector, certainly one of which is the rice cluster he commissioned lately in Magboro that’s able to fetching N1billion in a single tranche of harvest.
Little doubt, these are laborious occasions when most individuals, particularly the common Nigerians are going by means of numerous hardship. However Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, a person who has over the previous 5 years, made the welfare and wellbeing of the individuals his high precedence.
Alli writes from Onikolobo, Abeokuta
