‘Ajimobi remains father of modern Oyo State’ - Atanda Incontrovertibly, Governor Abiola Ajimobi today remains the architect and father of modern Oyo State. Between 2007 and 2011, you hardly know whether government was on ground. The administration was coming from the miscreants, while orders came from the motor garages. Ajimobi is not one of those politicians that are desperately preparing to win the next election when glaringly their previous tenure was characterised by dungeons of indiscretion, corruption, bloodshed, maladministration, misrule, oppression, tyranny and despotism. The incumbent governor has shown himself as a statesman that focus on the policies and programmes that will be of immense benefit to the contemporary and other subsequent generations. This is evident in various unprecedented achievements which include roads reconstruction simultaneously across the state, regular payment of workers’ salaries, including 13th month salaries payment, affordable public transport system, meaningful healthcare delivery, functional rural electrifications, dignity and respect for traditional institution, improved educational facilities, introduction of diligence and punctuality in public service, inauguration of special security outfit codenamed ‘’Operation Burst’’ and above all, maintenance of peace and tranquility. In Oyo State today and all other APC controlled states, people are overwhelmed and appreciative about wind of good governance featuring accountability, transparency, rule of law, human rights, free press, responsiveness, a strong civil society, social sanction, reward system, popular participation, as well as efficient systems and structures. So, come 2015, the good deeds of our amiable, God-fearing and peace-loving governor will surely speak for me and undoubtedly emerges victorious among other contestants. Never mind the large followers you see behind former governor, Adebayo Alao-Akala, because they are mere floating voters. In Ogbomoso here, we know those who really matters when it comes to election proper. There is no doubt that the former governor has electoral value, but the truth is that he [Alao-Akala] is politically waning daily in Ogbomoso. This is because people are fed up with politics of hooliganism, thuggery and gangsterism. Oladapo Atanda, a legal practitioner based in Ogbomoso is a chieftain of All Progressives Congress [APC] and member, Governing Council, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology [LAUTECH], Ogbomoso. He spoke recently with Bode Durojaiye, on issues bordering on governance, politics and security. thenationonlineng.net/new/ajimobi-remains-father-of-modern-oyo-state/
Posted on: Sun, 28 Sep 2014 20:25:23 +0000