The Ogun State Government on Tuesday demolished a Primary Health Centre at Obada in Ijebu Igbo in Ijebu North Local Government Area of the state.

The health facility was said to have been undergoing renovation without approval by the senator representing Ogun East Senatorial District, Senator Buruji Kashamu, which necessitated its being pulled down by the agents of the state government.
The State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Babatunde Ipaye and the chairman, Ijebu North,Mr. Adebayo Adekoya witnessed the demolition exercise.
According to the state government which spoke through Adekoya, the lawmaker goofed by not seeking approval from either the state or the local governments before embarking on the project.
The governor alleged that the contractor working on the site, chased out staff and patients from the hospital, in addition to throwing out medical equipment and putting them by the roadside.
He said, "About two weeks ago, there was a signboard that was erected around the health centre and it was reported to me and I said, no problem if anyone wants to put up any building they will inform us.
"But to our surprise on Friday, immediately after the closing hours, they started pulling down the health Centre without notification.
"When they reported to me I was not around thinking that letter for approval might bé on the way but I never saw any notice or letter, only to discover that they had already began reconstruction on the facility.
"There is no harm in doing a constituency project ?but the structure in question is under my juridiction (Obada health centre)"
Adekoya, however, denied the claim that the facility was abandoned necessitating its renovation.
But, in his reaction, the Senator through his Media Adviser ,Austin Oniyokor said "we received with rude shock the news of the demolition of a Primary Healthcare Centre in Ijebu Igbo, Ijebu North Local Government Area of Ogun State under the direct supervision of the Ogun State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Babatunde Ipaye and the local government Chairman, Mr. Bayo Adekoya.
"Information at our disposal revealed that Ipaye and Adekoya led some thugs and Mobile policemen to the facility, which is being renovated and refurbished by the Senator representing Ogun East Senator District as part of his constituency projects, and ordered them to demolish it because they were allegedly not “carried along”.
"We condemn this act in its entirety because we think that the APC-led state and local government officials should have put the interest of the people beyond and above any other consideration. We did not encroach on the property or vandalise anything as being erroneously spread by agents of the APC-led government. We strongly believe that governance is more about the welfare of the people and not procedures and interests, be it political or otherwise.
"Even if they said they already had plans to fix the facility, why pull it down because of some flimsy excuses? One would have expected them to either encourage anyone who takes the initiative to fix it or at least compete with him by building another and better facility and not to pull down the one being built, all in the name of politics. At the end of the day, it is the people that will bear the brunt of this executive lawlessness.
"While sympathise with the APC-led State and local governments and empathise with the people of Ijebu Igbo and its environs, we will not be deterred in our resolve to continually improve on the condition of the people", he said .
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