I've got some more pictures but they're stuck in my laptop as I've been around and about. Pics on my phone are too large and I can't be bothered at the moment to edit them. Will be posting more of the visual road trip soon.

Akure=Oba Adeshida Road and environs. Sincerely as a widely travelled Nigerian, Akure is the only city outside Lagos in the Southwest with majority of its districts modern. I wonder why they've not deemed it fit to start the beautification from those rocks along Owo-Ilesha road to the red earthed entrance. That will go a long way in giving Akure a facelift to passers bye heading to Ilesha, Ife or Ibadan.

Abagworo: Akure=Oba Adeshida Road and environs. Sincerely as a widely travelled Nigerian, Akure is the only city outside Lagos in the Southwest with majority of its districts modern. I wonder why they've not deemed it fit to start the beautification from those rocks along Owo-Ilesha road to the red earthed entrance. That will go a long way in giving Akure a facelift to passers bye heading to Ilesha, Ife or Ibadan.

Quite right indeed but I don't think Ibadan is as terrible as they make it sound. There are very nice places in Ibadan as well, only problem is the eyesore seem to overwhelm the beauties. As for beautifying the rocks along owo - Ilesa, yes, I agree it'll really give Akure a good look and passers bye a pleasant scene to feast on as they journey along.

Wow! Akure is developed. Look at the skyscrappers, the industries, factories, etc.

Akure looks like New York.

Damn! The governor is working.

Interesting taxi car colors there.

Off topic, but what does "Mimiko" mean in Yoruba?

The name sounds very oriental.

Dude, I hope you know that it was not mimiko that dualised the Oba adesida and Ondo roads. That was all agagu, mimko only beautified the roads, I'm not sure he built any dual carriage road just yet. He has done well in education and health care though.


@abagworo, pls stop typing shyt. Thank you.

nrd_geek: Actually, the buildings on the right of the first picture, I believe, are some sort of factories. The area appears to be some sort of industrial area, not heavy industries though.

Yep. I've forgotten the namenog that factory but I think they produce plastic and bottle water at the back.

nnenna.1:
Interesting taxi car colors there.

Off topic, but what does "Mimiko" mean in Yoruba?

The name sounds very oriental.

Yep you're right, it definitely sounds Japanese
Mimiko is from Ondo Town though.
There's an awful lot of dialect in Ondo state that sound quite Edoish than Yoruba.
This, I think, is evidence of the mixed influence of both the Bini and Oyo empires in Ondo state.

[size=18pt]Someone should tell the nigerian government to stop painting road pavements black and white [/size]

iterator25: [size=18pt]Someone should tell the nigerian government to stop painting road pavements black and white [/size]

^^^I just don't understand them walahi......it's like they get some kinda kick out of doing it!

django1: Dude, I hope you know that it was not mimiko that dualised the Oba adesida and Ondo roads. That was all agagu, mimko only beautified the roads, I'm not sure he built any dual carriage road just yet. He has done well in education and health care though.


@abagworo, pls stop typing shyt. Thank you.

Well, for one, I know Oba Adesida was constructed in the 80's by Adekunle Ajasin and it had always been dual carriage. The dualisation from Ilesa garage to Road block, I think, is what Agagu did.

I stand to be corrected though.

Top: Pedestrian Bridge & Oba's Market reconstructed by the Agagu regime (to the right)
Below: Akure Central Mosque

Top: Back view of Oba market (Oja Oba)
Below: Akure townsfolk

Top: Old Wema building.
There's a building beside this Wema building that was supposedly burnt down during the "wetie" palaver of the old western region.
Below: Oba market (Oja Oba)

Random pictures of some old buildings in the city

4Wilywily: Ondo is progress because they did not allow Western Yorubas that have marginalized Akure for decades to come and steal their oil money.

So even in the SW, we have the "western yorubas" again All you ethnic jingoists will never cease to amaze and amuse me

Austeenx: Wow! Akure is developed. Look at the skyscrappers, the industries, factories, etc.

Akure looks like New York.

Damn! The governor is working.

Dont forget the 8 lane highways and the underground rail system

iterator25: [size=18pt]Someone should tell the nigerian government to stop painting road pavements black and white [/size]

I know.... I think they reckon it beautifies the roads or something, but they are better off using the money to cover the open drains instead and hire people to sweep the sand off the kerb sides.

Akure has improved from the last time I was there like 4 years ago.

Aside from akure and ondo township, all other places in ondo state lacks adequate government presence. Places like OKITIPUPA, IGBEKEBO, ILAJE/ESEODO-(which has several oil producing communities), AKOKO, ILE-OLUJI, IDANRE, IRELE, OKE-IGBO etc has been regretably abandoned by the olusegun mimiko's administration

The only area I commend governor Mimiko for is provision of quality healthcare for the people of the state. There is still a lot to be done in that area but his administration has gained a respectable mileage in that area.

Reptyle: The only area I commend governor Mimiko for is provision of quality healthcare for the people of the state. There is still a lot to be done in that area but his administration has gained a respectable mileage in that area.

When was the last time you visited the state specialist hospital? Specifically the one at ondo township. Adekunle ajasin university at akungba akoko which is the state university, is still a glorified secondary school. The people of ondo desreves more than want mimiko is offering them. Aside from road construction which is even heavily restricted to akure, what are the other achievements of mimiko's administration