The model new yr 2025 is right here and Governor Dapo Abiodun has left nobody doubtful that with renewed, daring and audacious approaches, he’ll proceed the achievement of his marketing campaign guarantees to the great individuals of Ogun State.
In his new yr message, Governor Abiodun stated, 2025 can be a time to deal with among the main challenges going through the state, utilizing his deep understanding of the assorted socio-economic components.
Utilizing the governor’s fantastic performances and rankings in 2024 as yardsticks, pundits are already predicting that Abiodun will ship on extra of his guarantees to the benefit of the great individuals of the totally different elements of Ogun state.
Final yr, the great listener that he’s, he calmly however intently examined the numerous constructive criticisms directed at his individual and his administration by sincerely involved stakeholders in addition to the harmful and tirades of opposition politicians at numerous occasions, in search of to additional perceive the wants of his individuals in his quest to depart Ogun state and its residents significantly better than he met each in 2019.
Since his emergence as governor, he has been redefining the obligations of presidency in Ogun State. The silent operator that he’s, inside a brief time period, his administration has constructed about 700kilometres of roads, unfold throughout the three senatorial districts of the state.
These accomplished roads are beside the a number of different ongoing highway tasks as we converse. All the time wanting to promptly deal with the considerations raised at any time, Governor Abiodun in 2024, gave ultimatums to contractors dealing with roads and different tasks throughout the state.
The Ogun State helmsman who additionally acquired elected because the Chairman of the Southern Governors’ Discussion board in 2024, ended the yr tackling the highway deficit in lots of elements of the state, together with Akute, Agbara, Sango-Otta, Mowe, and so on, with renewed vigour. He has promised to proceed with that.
Already, following the agency directions and inspection visits by the governor and different main figures of his administration, as on the time of scripting this piece, contractors had been virtually finished laying asphalt alongside the Alagbole-Ajuwon highway in Ifo Native Authorities Space. The highway has suffered many years of neglect like many others throughout the state earlier than Governor Abiodun not too long ago took up the duty of easing the struggling of the residents of the world.
Equally, as I write this piece, asphalt laying commenced on the finished sections of the Ota-Abeokuta expressway. Like many different profitable tasks of this administration, the highway will quickly be commissioned. That is one other promising preserving act of Governor Abiodun. It adopted his resolution to take over the rehabilitation of this vital federal highway as a part of his dedication to ease the harrowing troubles encountered every day by customers of the highway.
Additionally, the Atan-Lsada-Agbara highway in Ogun Central Senatorial District is progressing speedily towards being delivered by Governor Abiodun. Already, the binder asphalt layer of the right-hand aspect of the highway stretching from the Lagos-Badagry Expressway/Agbara junction to Atan on the Ota-Idi Iroko highway, has been accomplished. As promised by the governor, development actions has now shifted to the left-hand aspect of the highway.
In Ogun East, a go to to the continued Tai Solarin Method highway undertaking in Ikenne city confirmed that intensive work has been finished with asphalt laying already in progress. The highway undertaking is exemplifies the plan of Governor Abiodun to make all elements of the state, city and rural, accessible as a part of his drive to industrialise and develop the Ogun state quickly. The undertaking is predicted to be accomplished and commissioned quickly.
Asphalt has additionally been efficiently laid alongside Liberty highway in Oru city situated in Ijebu North Native Authorities Space. The highway, given its location is a testomony to the governor’s dedication to enhance the standard of life in Ogun state by the availability of sturdy and well-constructed roads that connects communities and enhance native financial actions. Equally, work is ongoing on the Iperu-Ode-Sapade highway in Remo North Native Authorities Space of the state.
Work on the important Ijeja-Igbore hyperlink bridge in Abeokuta South Native Authorities can be progressing impressively. Residents of the 2 communities are filled with praises for the governor for remembering them and dealing onerous to hyperlink Ijeja and Igbore with the bridge. Throughout a latest go to to the undertaking web site, the governor promised that your entire Ijeja-Igbore highway will even be rehabilitated by his administration.
The continuing development work on Toyin-Giwa-Hercules highway in Ifo constituency 2, geared toward addressing age-long problems with accessibility and flooding, is one other nice feat of the Dapo Abiodun administration. The development consists of highway enlargement, drainages, in addition to floor repairs to make sure extra sturdy roadway for the residents of the numerous communities within the space. The undertaking is predicted to be accomplished on schedule.
Governor Abiodun additionally authorised the reconstruction of the 8.17kilometres Magboro-Makogi highway in Obafemi-Owode Native Authorities Space. The reconstruction undertaking will even works to be finished on the Magboro underbridge highway. The undertaking, when accomplished, will open up the world for extra improvement
A few weeks in the past, the governor commissioned the Ojodu Abiodun-Denro-Ishasi-Oluwakemi highway in Ifo Native Authorities Space. This confirmed his unwavering dedication to forsaking a extra accessible and affluent Ogun state. Decided to additional cut back the highway deficit within the space, Governor Abiodun brazenly introduced that the Alagbole-Akute highway and the Akute-Ijoko-Oke Aro highway will quickly be awarded for development in phases. Commendations have been trailing these feats from inside and outdoors the state.
Prior to now, Governor delivered the Ijebu-Ode-Epe highway, one other federal highway. What’s extra? It’s a highway that evacuates individuals from the Lekki hall in Lagos to different elements of Nigeria. As essential as it’s to each Ogun state and the nation, that highway was in complete disuse previous to the approaching of Governor Abiodun. In response to the governor himself, he needed to prioritise that highway. Right now, the highway is a hit story.
Equally, Sagamu-Abeokuta highway, the very highway resulting in the state capital, was in a horrible state for a few years earlier than the present administration got here on board. The highway turned a demise entice witnessing incessant and normally deadly highway mishaps. Individuals had been dying. When he took over in 2019, Governor Abiodun prioritised the highway, although it’s one other federal highway, and turned it into what all of us are pleased with right this moment.
Additionally onfirmed to have been accomplished by the Abiodun administration are; Owode-Siun highway in Abeokuta, Owode-Ilaro highway in Yewa South, Sagamu-Iperu-Ode highway (Phase1), Ogijo highway in Sagamu, Ijebu-Ode-Mojoda-Epe highway, Abeokuta-Siun-Interchange highway, Panseke-Adigbe highway in Abeokuta, Molusi School highway in Ijebu North, Ọba Erinwole highway In Sagamu, Ikola-Navy-Osi Ota highway in Ota, AIT-Raypower highway in Ota.
Kemta-Somorin highway in Abeokuta, Oru-Awa Ilaporu highway in Ijebu North, Joju-Iyana Ota highway, Fajol-American Junction-Gbonagun highway, Olose Titun Vespa highway in Ifo, Baruwa highway in Sagamu, Koko-Alari highway in Ipokia, Iboro-Imasayi-Ayetotro highway (Part 1), Okeola highway in Imeko, Complete-Itori township highway, Igan-Ishanmurin-Odo Shikiti highway in In the past Iwoye, Esure Street, Ijebu Imushin in Ijebu East, Sagamu-Ikenne highway, Arepo-Journalist Property highway.
Lantoro-Elite-Idi Aba highway, Ejinrin-Idowa-Awa-Ibefun-Itokin highway, Awujale highway(Awujale, Stadium, Oke Aje), Molipa-Asafa Isale-Ayegun-Ojofa highway in Ijebu Ode, Asafa Oke-Fusigboye-Ojofa road highway in Ijebu Ode, Olommore-Sanni highway in Abeokuta, NNPC – MKO Stadium highway all the way down to Kuto bridge and IBB Boulevard in Abeokuta, Idarika road raod, Araromi Sokoto road highway, Iregun-ItaOsukun-Ilisa highway.
Ogbagba Road, Ijebu-Ode, Ilishan Market highway, Ilishan, Erunwon-Atan highway, Togburin – Agodo – Tigara, Molipa specific way-Ibadan storage highway in Ijebu Ode, Oyingbo-Olisa-Saka Ashiru-Ijebu Ode highway, Ikenne-Ilishan-AgoIwoye highway, Ijebu Ode Membership highway, Ososa highway, Ajegunle highway in Sagamu, GRA highway in Ota, and plenty of extra as this record is just not exhaustive.
As well as, not lower than 100 new highway tasks (5 in every native authorities space), obtained approval from him not too long ago.
Recognising and figuring out with the rights of the residents to demand for higher dwelling situation from the federal government, Governor Abiodun has promised to hurry up the completion of the numerous ongoing highway tasks even within the New Yr. In response to him, the tempo of the outstanding strides being skilled within the state since his assumption of workplace is in fulfilment of his ‘Constructing Our Future Collectively Agenda’ and the ISEYA mantra of his authorities.
The excellent news is that the great individuals of Ogun are keen to patiently cooperate with their onerous working governor as he strives, with renew vigour, to drastically cut back the infrastructure deficit he inherited.
Odufowokan is the Senior Particular Assistant (SSA) to Governor Abiodun on Public Communications
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