GOV. AJIMOBI BEGINS WORK ON HIS LEGACY
PROJECTS ALL ACROSS OYO STATE
written by City People
March 19, 2017



Have you gone round Ibadan lately and
noticed the ongoing transformation of
the city? Have you also noticed the new
road projects that have been flagged off
across the various senatorial districts?
Last week, City People went round
Ibadan and saw the new legacy
projects being embarked upon by Oyo
State governor, Senator Ajimobi. “These
are projects that have far reaching
impact on the community and he has
prioritised on those projects’ Yomi
Layinka, the Special Adviser to the Oyo
State Governor on Communications &
Strategy explained to City People. He
said after the lull of the last few years,
the governor has been able to engineer
some new measures which include
finding some financing for some of
these projects that need to be done. He
is at the point where he is consolidating
on what he has done in the last 6 years
and building on them. Such that we
may end up with what he calls Legacy
Projects. These are projects that will
outlast him because of the depth and
impact of those projects on the lives of
the citizens. These are projects that are
far reaching in their implications, for
social good, and like he put it, they are
projects based on his legendary
emphasis on Quality.”


“For instance, the roads that the
governor has constructed in the last 6
years are roads that will endure,
because of the Quality and Depth of not
only the design, but the quality of
execution. So right now, he is pushing
to define his government as one that
has brought about the modernization of
ethos into Oyo State. His challenge is to
build on the legacies left by the
Awolowos. He is leaning very heavily
on that tradition that sought to see the
future, and work towards that future,
rather than be constrained by the
immediate.”


What many people do not know is that
Ajimobi has embarked on a series of
projects. And there was roll out of
about 5 major road projects across
Ibadan and the state. One of it is the
expansion of the road that leads from
Agodi Gate, Oke Adu junction, all
through Idi Ape down into Iwo Road,
on to the Iwo Road Interchange.
Although the road has already been
dualised, the plan is to expand it into a
3 lane road on either side, making it a
6 lane road. That is the one within the
city centre here.
“There is another road that goes from
Agodi Gate all through old Ife Road,
Loyola College , up to under the bridge,
to burst out at Alakia, just around the
Airport, to burst out on the new Ife
Road. The whole stretch is also being
expanded.


As you probably know, there is Ogunpa
Market there, and the population of
road users has grown exponentially, in
the last decade or so and there is a
perpetual hold up on those roads. And
that is why government thought, hey,
we need to expand this road; not to
only facilitate movement, but to also
take care of the health of the citizens,
because so many lives have been lost
due to exhaustion on highways, traffic
congestion and so on.


Then, there is the Bashorun Road, from
Idi-Ape. This is another project. It starts
from Idi-Ape, it goes all through because
Broadcasting House, and then burst out
at Akobo. From Akobo, it burst out to
the Odogo Cantonment, the Military
Barracks out there. That is another
major road project that has called for
attention forever because of the share
quantum of human and vehicular
traffic. “It is interesting how Ibadan,
just like many cosmopolitan cities,
keeps expanding. And the share volume
of the people on that axis, is mind-
boggling. In the last 30 years that the
original road was constructed, the
number of people who have put up
buildings in that area, who have
expanded their businesses are a lot. Yet
they are still using that particular road.
Unlike anything we ever knew before,
that Bashorun-Akobo road has become
something that was used to be an
exclusive Lagos habit of leaving their
homes at 5 o’clock in the morning, just
to beat traffic, because of the share
volume of people. And it is perpetually
experiencing hold up. That is another
major expansion project, which
includes the construction or the
redesigning of the bridge, and then the
construction of a new one. So, two
bridges are coming into that axis”.
“And then, there is the Eleyele-
Ologuneru Road that goes to Eruwa.


That is another major project. Again, I
am sure the citizens of these areas that
live around those roads are so
prayerful, so thankful that finally one
government has answered their
prayers, particularly the Ologun eru
Road and Akobo Road like I said to
you. Over the years, every time on
radio and TV programme you keep
hearing people begging and pleading,
for government to please come and
open up these roads because of the
huge volume of people who live in
those areas and the inadequacies of the
current road design to meet with the
expanded demand of road users in
those areas”.
“Even outside of town, there has been
a flag-off, of the Saki Metropole Road,
that goes through Saki Polytechnic. It is
similar to what was done in the
governor’s first term in Iseyin. In
Iseyin, we also had a dual carriage
way, going right through the city. For
the first time in Iseyinland they had
never had a dual carriage way until
this government came into place. Saki
is experiencing that same
modernization efforts.


There are several other roads and
projects coming on stream. But how
will the Oyo State government fund
these seemingly ambitious projects
across all the senatorial zones, City
People asked Layinka. “Funding is in
place,” Yomi Layinka explained. “It
takes a lot of financial engineering
skills, which this governor has
demonstrated over and over again. By
that I mean the capacity to conceive of
big and impactful projects and manage
the financing in such a way that it does
not strain the government and people
beyond their capacity. Specifically in
this instance, what the government has
been doing is engaging contractors who
have the Capacity and the ability to
carry on such major projects with a
financing mechanism that the state can
bear. In other words, spreading out the
risks, spreading out the costs without
straining the state as to bring it down
to its knees. So, it is a combination of
these financial management elements,
using internal resources, spanning out
risks and investments, and getting the
financing to the contractor – funded.
That is where a critical question comes
in: what kind of contractors are we
using? We are essentially using
contractors that have not only the
technical but the financial wherewithal
to carry out projects at that level.
Projects that costs quite some sums
requires contractors with the pedigree
and technical capacity to dig deep
enough to carry out such projects at
those levels.


The trick is a combination of the
governor’s long held notion about
frugality and yet ambition, yet
futuristic calculation about Return on
Investment. Today, when we went out
to inspect some projects, the governor
said he does not intend to leave behind
any debt profile of any unmanageable
proportion for his successor. In other
words, he is conscious enough to
understand that whatever he is doing
must be sustainable and for that
reason, he is a deep thinking,
calculating person. He has done an in-
depth risk analysis to tell the people of
the state let’s go there because I know I
can do it.

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After two years, he still planning when his mates are executing

calberian:
After two years, he still planning when his mates are executing

...lolz..he is trying sha.Because work has started already.I reside in Ibadan.

auhunnn

Basic123:
...lolz..he is trying sha.Because work has started already.I reside in Ibadan.

So, what has he done to earn your claim that he is "trying"?

calberian:


So, what has he done to earn your claim that he is "trying"?

To me,in term of infrastructure especially roads in ibadan.

If he is not trying to you,I will not argue about that.One can not satisfy everybody,you may be one of them,which is just normal and not bad.

Stupid governor.
Instead of him to pay workers salary, he is busy planning to expand a dualized roads. Sometimes I wonder whether these politicians have brains at all.
The only state university is turned upside down, playing with peoples destiny.
He will sit there claiming senseless constituted authority.
Bunch of wicked souls. God will judge you.