When Senator Abiola Ajimobi got elected as the Executive Governor of Oyo state, there was no gainsaying that the state was in a very messy situation in all areas of life.
Upon his assumption of office in May 29, 2011, Governor Abiola Ajimobi started surgical operations on all of these and in a matter of months, it was the birth of a new dawn.
Education got a boost with the recruitment of teachers and an instruction to all local government areas in the state to produce 100,000 pieces of note books while salaries of both the teaching and non teaching staff were paid promptly.
The trend continued till 2015 general elections. This, no doubt, was among the factors that made Senator Ajimobi to get a second term ticket in the state, a feat that people considered unprecedented.
Now that the hard working governor is preparing to leave office in May 29,2019, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has unanimously nominated a young, vibrant and upward mobile Chief Abdulwaheed Adebayo Adelabu as its governorship candidate.
A descendant of the late Adegoke Adelabu who, during his sojourn on earth, was well loved and admired by the movers shakers of the party.
Adelabu, the grand father of Adebayo Adelabu was the toast of all due to his grassroots style of politics as well as ability to relate well with the downtrodden.
Since his nomination as the candidate of the APC, Chief Adelabu has not left anybody in doubt of his readiness to step up the various developmental projects in the state.
Of utmost concern to the financial whizkid is the need to improve agriculture, health, education, environment, security and a host of others. For him, Governor Ajimobi has done his utmost best to raise the bar of governance in the state and he would promptly accelerate all areas of life in the state.
As for agriculture, the APC flagbearer declared that as a state blessed with vast arable land, his administration would revamp farm settlements and provide basic life thus enhancing faculties in all sections of the state to encourage the young men and women to the farms.
On education, Chief Adelabu revealed that both the elementary and tertiary institutions in the state would be more functional.
According to him,the tertiary institutions would be made more qualitative through ensuring that they achieved the basics of their establishments. He regretted the inability of polytechnics,technical schools and school of agriculture to be self sustaining adding that his administration would revive and promote the production of professionals and technical workers.
“For example, a College of Agriculture without a practical farm producing foods and livestock is of no use. My government would marry the gown with the town” he said in various fora.
On environmental sanitation, he vowed to improve the situation and make it more result-oriented while securityof lives and property would equally be given its pride of place.
Chief Adelabu also promised to ensure that health facilities are provided nearest to the people while hospitals throughout the state would be given a face lift in terms of equipment and facilities.
As for security, the APC governorship candidate reassured the electorate that as the hair of the Oyo State trust fund, he would deplore more resources to the sectors and provide jobs for youths in order to discourage them from engaging in any untoward act.
Continuing, Chief Adelabu reiterated his burning desire to ensure that all children of school age were given the opportunity of going to schools insisting that his administration will attract foreign donors and international agencies to the state to beef up the efforts of his administration to improve education and other social services in the state.
“I am going to employ the wisdom of the elders and the agility of the youth to sustain the glory of the state”, he assured. On tourism, he promised that his administration would tap the various tourism areas all over the state to provide employment opportunities and boost the internal revenue generation effort of his administration.
On the rule of law and acceptance of court judgements, Adelabu promised that as a democrat and lover of peace, his government would abide by court judgements but stated that he would embrace and employ peaceful resolutions of crisis between the state government and any organisation saying ‘my government would be predicated on the people and I would make use of Alternative Disputes Resolution (ADR) to peacefully make peace with any group or individuals”.
Chief Adelabu declared that his government would accelerate the level of growth and development in the state and make it the best among its peers in the federation.
Governor Ajimobi is the innovator of these great strides in the state but I am the accelerator. I want to call on our people to vote massively for me and all APC candidates in the state, it shall be freedom for all and life move abundant, he assured.
Oladejo is the publicity chairman, All Progressives Party (APC), Ibadan North West Local Government of Oyo State.
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