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Ajimobi,aregbesola Restate Commitment To Regional Integration At Western Post by Prince0071(m): 5:56am On Sep 16, 2015 |
Oyo State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi and his
Osun State counterpart, Alhaji Rauf Aregbesola, on
Tuesday renewed their calls for a workable regional
integration in the South-west to advance the cause
that the founding fathers of Yoruba race stood for.
Specifically, the governors clamoured for a
development agenda that would be in tune with the
ones pursued and vigorously implemented by the
late sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo. According to
them, the development of the six states as presently
constituted under a geopolitical zone within Nigeria’s
context, remains the solution to the present drop in
federal allocation to states because of the dwindling
price of oil in the global market. They spoke on the
theme: ‘Dwindling Oil Revenue: A Case for Regional
Integration,’ during the official unveiling of the
regional newspaper, Western Post founded by Alhaji
Tunde Rahman, a renowned journalist. The launch
was well attended by media executives, including
those from THISDAY Newspapers. Ajimobi, who was
represented by his deputy, Moses Alake Adeyemo,
said it was lack of good governance in the past that
made people to advocate regional integration. “The
six South-west states of Nigeria, which comprises
Ekiti, Lagos, Ogun, Ondo Osun, and Oyo States have
firmly expressed their desire to work and act
together under a common set of development
strategies leveraging common synergies and
economies of scale whereby the region and its
people will experience enhanced human and social
development outcomes across the spheres of
existence. “The economic dangers of extreme
dependence on a single product are too obvious to
need repetition. I usually lay emphasis on present
concentration and dependence on oil and its
structural imbalance, which need to be rectified in
the interest of Nigeria’s future growth and
prosperity. “It was the lack of good governance and
transformational leadership at the centre that made
people to start looking back into regional integration.
Succinctly put, the depression of the last leadership
at the centre led to agitation of what Bola Tinubu
called common sense revolution. “This was a
remarkable step taken by homogeneous people of
the south-west Nigeria whose focus, dream, common
inheritance and development had been thwarted by
the giant father called Nigeria,” he sad. Aregbesola
who was represented by his Director of
Communication and Strategy, Mr. Semiu Okanlawon,
said Osun State was in full support of regional
integration since the inception of his administration.
“Aregbesola is fully in support of the regional
integration from the onset. He has been advocating
for the concept of the regional integration so as to
make the South-west region unique in Nigeria. “The
first thing we need is to understand the comparative
advantage of the concept. Each of the state has what
they have in common and they need to utilise it. For
instance, if you are talking of agriculture in the
South- west, you will go to Ondo and if you are
talking about education maybe you talk of Ekiti. So,
we are going to build on what each state believe in
and make it work. That is what we are saying and it
will be helpful if the region could adopt this concept,”
he emphasised. In his contribution, the former
governor of the old Western Region, Brigadier
General Oluwole Rotimi, said the South-west states
should embrace the concept regardless of their
political affiliations.
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Re: Ajimobi,aregbesola Restate Commitment To Regional Integration At Western Post by IamAtribalist: 6:00am On Sep 16, 2015 |
Re: Ajimobi,aregbesola Restate Commitment To Regional Integration At Western Post by ademega(m): 6:13am On Sep 16, 2015 |
their States never settle they are talking regional. jokes |
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