Ogun Infrastructural Development Attracts Real Estate Revolution

Ogun State is gradually witnessing a real estate revolution, thanks to the heavy investment in infrastructural development both by the federal government and the Ogun State government.

Investments in road and rail transportations, as well as in a cargo airport, are beginning to attract investment in the real estate sector of the state, as both residential and business properties are springing up around the state, especially in the capital, Abeokuta, its environs, as well as in strategic belts and corridors opened up by new rail and road projects.

For instance, the 14km Ijebu Ode-Mojoda-Epe Road, which was completed in record time, has opened up 30 communities which have been reconnected and real estate development boosted. Potential for investment and industrialisation has also been enhanced with the construction of the road.

Another infrastructural project which has triggered a surge in real estate investment is the 42km Sagamu-Abeokuta Interchange. The interchange is both symbolic and significant, being the gateway to the capital of the Gateway State and stretching through critical business and residential districts.

The reconstruction of that road has significantly increased industrial and residential urbanisation of that corridor.

Coupled with the “Let There Be Light” project, which has lit up the road, the area has become the epicenter of a real estate revolution in Ogun State.

One of the new real estate developments attracted by an upgrade of infrastructure in that axis is the state-owned Kobape Housing Estate, located along the Sagamu-Abeokuta Interchange. The estate is being embarked on under the Affordable Housing Scheme of the state government to further open up the new ‘Greater Abeokuta’ districts.

Perhaps the most eye-catching real estate development in the Greater Abeokuta district is the Bethel Park Estate, by Pleasant House Limited. Located in the rapidly developing corridor of Kobape-Abeokuta axis, the Bethel Park is an exclusive site and service estate with a design of concept for bespoke luxury and lifestyle.

Like other real estate properties springing up in the area, Bethel Park Estate is taking advantage of the proximity of the greater Abeokuta district to new landmarks and infrastructure. For instance, the location is just 10 minutes drive from the Abeokuta railway terminal, from where commuters can take a 40-minute train ride to the Ebute Metta train station in Lagos.

Residents of estates such as the Kobape Housing Estate and Bethel Park Estate only have to spend 12 minutes on a well-paved road to reach Abeokuta’s central business district and 40 minutes to Lagos’ seat of power in Alausa, Ikeja by road.

What’s more, the new estates springing up in Ogun are mindful of comfort, security, ease and aesthetics. For instance, the Bethel Park Estate is complete with good road network, uninterrupted power supply, proper layout, 24 hours security and surveillance CCTV, independent water plant, green areas and recreation facilities.

Without a doubt, Ogun is a model example of how government’s investment in one sector can set off private sector-led revolution in adjoining sectors.

Patients sleep on bear floor at FMC Abeokuta - MD


The Medical Director, Federal Medical Centre (FMC) in Abeokuta, Ogun State, Prof. Adewale Musa-Olomu, has raised the alarm that some patients now sleep on bear floor at the hospital.


Olomu blamed the situation on hospital's Accident and Emergency Unit facility, which has been overstressed.


Olomu disclosed this on Friday during the official commissioning of hospital equipment and consumables donated by USA based Project C.U.R.E facilitated by Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) held at Muhammadu Buhari International Telemedicine Conference Centre, Federal Medical Centre Idi-Aba Abeokuta, Ogun state capital.


He called on well meaning Nigerians to support the Centre because the Accident and Emergency Unit is in need of Medical Facility, emphasizing that, the facility is over populated when there are large number of patients.


"I want to call on well meaning Nigerians to support Federal Medical Centre Abeokuta. Our Accident and Emergency is in need of Medical Facilities. We put our patients on bear floor because of facility at the emergency is over stressed."


Olomu earlier thanked the JAMB Registrar Prof. Ishaaq Oloyede who is a facilitator of new equipment and consumables donated to the centre for his kind gesture, describing him as a son of the soil.


He noted that, the centre can boast of medical facilities across the Local Government Areas of the state.


In his remarks, the JAMB Registrar Prof. Ishaaq Oloyede stated the commitment of the Board in both Education and Health sectors across Nigeria.


"The intervention of the Board in the area of health care delivery is a support to the Government's efforts aimed at closing the huge Medical infrastructure gap.


"In order to uplift the faces of the Health care services and Educational institutions in the country, the Board would continue to prune down it expenses through prudent, the adoption of relevant cost-saving technology, and other efficient strategies to free up resources and support the major stakeholders such as the tertiary health and educational institutions through this type of intervention and its flagship programme of NATAP-M Award through which the Board has supported tertiary institutions infrastructure with over a Billion Naira in last Three editions."


In his address, the Alake and paramount ruler of Egba Land, Oba Adedotun Aremu Gbadebo represented by Baaroyin of Egbaland, Chief Layi Labode described Prof. Oloyede as a special representation of Egbaland and thanked him for his kind gesture towards the Federal Medical Centre Abeokuta.


He also congratulated the Medical Director of the centre for his laudable work since his assumption of office.


The former President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo GCFR ably represented by his wife Chief Mrs. Bola Obasanjo appreciated the JAMB registrar for the donation to the Centre, imploring him to do more.


Mrs. Obasanjo charged the staff of FMC to give maximum support to the Medical Director for more achievement.

MAPOLY ranks top 10 in JAMB's admission compliants' list

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has ranked the Ogun State Government owned Moshood Abiola Polytechnic MAPOLY Abeokuta among top 10 polytechnics and monothechnics who complied strictly with its Central Admission Processing System CAPS for the 2021 admission exercise

CAPS was introduced by JAMB to regulate admission of students into Institutions of higher learning in Nigeria through a centralized system

MAPOLY is ranked behind Kaduna Polytechnic, Kaduna State, Yaba College of Technology, Lagos State, Federal Polytechnic Offa, Kwara State, Lagos State Polytechnic, Ikorodu, Federal Polytechnic Ilaro, Ogun State, Federal Polytechnic,Oko Anambra State, and Kano State Polytechnic while Federal Polytechnic, Nekede, Imo State in 9th position and Auchi Polytechnic, Edo state completed the top ten

Head, Public Relations Unit of the Institution, Yemi Ajibola who made this known in Abeokuta on Wednesday, said was MAPOLY recognized for strictly adherence to the 2,600 quota allocated by the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE)

According to him, this is first time the Polytechnic would be so recognized by the examination body after the Institution's initial challenges of 2017

Ajibola however said that the polytechnic would increase its carrying capacity after NBTE accreditation visitation team to the school in August, during which 17 additional academic programmes introduced by the Institution are expected to be given accreditation

FMC Abeokuta not in crisis -Management


The management of the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) at Idi-Aba, Abeokuta, Ogun State has denied rumours that the centre has been engulfed in crisis.

The clarification follows news being peddled by some bloggers that war and disunity have taken over the hospital.

But the institution's Head of Public Relations, Mr. Segun Orisajo, said on Monday that the centre is at peace and it's services are being rendered uninterrupted.

Orisajo, in a statement in Abeokuta, dispelled what he described as 'make-belief insinuations by authors of the falsehood publications'.

The FMC spokesperson said the management viewed the latest publications as the handiwork of some disgruntled elements, who are hell bent at fanning embers of acrimony and disaffection among the ranks and file of the hospital workforce.

He described, as laughable the news contents of the publications, saying it was rehash of the old issues that have been well trashed by some competent government authorities.

He said, "For clarity purposes, I wish to place on record that the past five years of the present administration in the Centre had been the most peaceful in the sense that no single internal strike by unions or workers has been recorded.

"It is, therefore, unfortunate that the issues being referred to in the publications and interpreted as war or crisis were purely family affairs that had since been amicably resolved.

"Members of the public are hereby enjoined to disregard any publication suggestive of war or crisis in the centre.

"Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta is peaceful and progressing while patients' satisfaction is at its best under the present administration of Professor Adewale Musa-Olomu."

Aerofield Homes Bags Excellence Recognition Award


The Chief Executive Officer of Aerofield Homes, Lagos, Mr Armstrong 'Tope Akintunde was all smiles over the weekend as his property company bagged Excellence Recognition award as the real estate company of the year. The award was packaged by Global Excellence Magazine.

In a letter signed by the publisher of the magazine, Mayor Akinpelu, Aerofield Homes was said to have merited this keenly contested award for its committed interest in closing housing deficit in the country as well as contributions to social-economic development of the country.

Armstrong alongside other eminent Nigerians were presented with their awards at a colourful dinner held on Sunday at Ikeja, Lagos State capital.

According to the organiser of the award, Aerofield Homes was said to have been singled out for the honour due to its dedicated passion towards helping many Nigerians both at home and abroad to be home owners.

Receiving the award, Armstrong dedicated the award to the entire staff of Aerofield Homes praising them for their sacrifices and committment towards closing housing deficit in the country.

He said the award would no doubt encourage him and his management team to join forces with the government to further help in providing decent housing for Nigerians.

DACA backs Abiodun's second term bid, blasts critics


A political support group, Dapo Abiodun Continuity Agenda (DACA) rallying support for the second term bid of Ogun State governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has said that no amount of unwarranted attack and sponsored smear campaign can deter the people of the state from voting in Gov Dapo Abiodun for another four years term in 2023.

DACA in a statement signed by its convener, Mr Armstrong 'Tope Akintunde and made available to journalists at Abeokuta, the state capital by the group Media Consultant, Oluwaseun Joshua, revealed that those engaging in this condemnable acts are no other than those desperate politicians the residents of the state had once rejected at the poll but are hell-bent on finding relevance at all cost.

The group explained that the growing attacks against the governor of the state in recent times were nothing but the ranting of an ant and sheer product of "politics of bitterness and pull him down''.

DACA said that the people of the state are however very wise and quite discerning and as a result could read in-between the line and found out that jealousy and politics of bitterness are the major driving forces.

The group said "it is quite unfortunate that some spent forces and enemies of meaningful governance and exciting development that we have been witnessing in the state in the last three years under Gov Dapo Abiodun will keep on spewing out falsehood and all manners of gibberish just because against their expectations, the governor has continued to record ground breaking achievements in all the critical sectors

"We are also aware that the entrance of Sen Adeola Olamilekan Solomon popularly called Yayi into Ogun State politics and the warm embrace the highly enterprising and selfless politician had received from the peace loving members of Ogun APC, unlike how someone in the past had threatened to bring down the whole world crashing on him is also said to be at the heart of these anti-democratic elements"

It stated further that "we are not surprising that these frivolous petitions and all sorts of unfounded stories are flying around now because they knew that the second term of Gov Abiodun is already mission accomplished. This is what the governor had achieved with his scintillating performance in the last three years.

"It is obvious that the governor has put his whole soul in the business of raising the bar of qualitative governance in the state. The governor has invested in infrastructural development, the road construction are spread across the state, critical sectors such as education, healthcare, agriculture, housing, employment and empowerment for the youth and women have not been allowed to suffer.

"The dream of a Cargo and passenger airport at Ilisan Remo are becoming reality by December. Rather than all this distraction, I think what is needed now is to further support and cooperate with the governor so that he could be encouraged to do more for the people.

"We are also of the strong opinion that either those desperate politicians like it or not, God is involved, the people of the state also want it, so the second term ambition of our hardworking governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun is already a mission accomplished".

ALHAJA FAIDA AKINTUNDE SARUMI: A shame to womanhood

The atrocities and exploitation of the APC Abeokuta North chairperson (Alhaja Faida Sarumi) is second to known, if this is what a woman in helms of affairs of an organisation or politics portrays and stand for, then we need to have a rethink.

She is a shame to women in politics and an hindrance to the campaign for women to have a reasonable slot in gender representation( independent findings can confirm this).

She lack the character and competence, agreed for money and injustice is beyond human comprehension, above all she has collected thousands from all aspirant before anyone can declare aspiration in the local Govt.

She even bragged to have collected millions of naira from the son of a former Governor and also with a promise to get a car after the primaries from him as a gift.

She openly campaigned and mandate all delegates, wards and Local Government party Exco to vote for the son of a former Governor and a particular House of Assembly member who she said has promised her a monthly take home when the aspirant get the ticket of the party, what a shame of a party chairperson.

To worsen it, she boasted that she has the instruction of the Governor of Ogun state to campaign openly and ensure the two aspirant emerge.

During the Local Government elections, she collected money from different aspirant then, a case study is one aspirant JJ that she swindled in her ward( ward . Within a year that she became the chairperson of APC Abeokuta North local government, her greed for money, fetish oath and threat to members of the party within the LG has made most of the party loyalist leave the party while some vow to work against the party in the coming elections if she is not cub or called to order.

Howbeit, if the Governor and the APC State chairman refuse to call her to order or suspend her, the coming primary election may cause another loss to the party in Abeokuta North.