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Born2conquer:
Lol, Nigeria will never move forward if you keep doing things like this.
We should celebrate him for doing 2 in 500 roads? Chai why na?
When Amosun was in power, everybody Felt presense.
Dapo did Adigbe and Elite only in Abeokuta since!!
What happened to Ago ika to elega? Elega to saje? Saje to Bode olude? Bode Olude to elega? elega to iberekodo and Akomoje? What happened to panseke to mapoly side? What happened to Car wash to camp? I can go on and on and on.

What happened to Sango ota and the rest??

The roads He’s been building, are they standard?

The Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun, at the weekend, reiterated his administration’s commitment to complete road projects awarded but abandoned by the immediate past administration.

Abiodun said these roads have direct socioeconomic benefits on the residents of the state.

The governor further said more fund would be allocated to the ongoing construction of 53KM Lafenwa-Ayetoro Road to ensure its timely completion.

He noted that the project, also awarded by his predecessor, ought to have been given more priority than it was given by the previous administration, saying work would be expedited on the project which he described as “major arterial road between Ogun Central and Ogun West”.

Abiodun stated these on the sideline of the inspection of three key road projects including Lafenwa-Ayetoro, Panseke-Adigbe-Opako and Oke-Lantoro-Elite-Idi Aba, in Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital.

He said, “We are committed to the quick completion of Lafenwa-Ayetoro Road, because it accounts for thousands of our citizens that are traveling between Ayetoro and Abeokuta for commerce, school and work. In my own opinion, this project should have been given more priority than it was given by the previous administration, we should have not come to meet this project in the state as we have met it”.

He further noted that he had seen for himself some portions of the road which required immediate attention, adding that he had ordered the contractor handling the road to as a matter of urgency move to the affected areas and make movement around the corridor motorable”.

“I have seen that there are areas and pockets of parts of this project that require immediate attention, particularly, the part and area towards Lafenwa market, which is extremely deplorable. I have consequently instructed the contractor to move to that part of this project and immediately make it motorable, so that it can bring the needed relief to the travelling passengers going from Abeokuta to Ayetoro, the governor said.

On the three kilometre Panseke-Adigbe-Opako Road, Abiodun disclosed that the road will be further extended by one and half kilometers, to solve the perennial flooding and submerging of Opako Culvert as well as to ease vehicular movement between Obafemi Owode and Abeokuta South Local Government Areas.

He, however, disclosed that he had been assured by the construction company that the road would be completed by the second week of May.

“The contractor has assured us that this project will be finished second week of May. We will be back here, we are going to hold the contractor to his words. He said May 20, that date is just about another month and a half away and we will all come back here to witness that indeed the road is completed,” Abiodun stated.

Meanwhile, the governor has assured residents on Oke-Lantoro-Elite-Idi Aba Road, that the faulty power transformer supplying electricity the area would be fixed before Easter celebration.

He also informed the residents that the drainage along the road had been redesigned to accommodate more water, adding that a canal on the road would be dredged with a retaining wall built to ensure that the water flows freely.

While calling on the people of the area to desist from dumping refuse into the canal, Abiodun disclosed that the asphalt laying of the road would commence very soon.

Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has said that regular and improved water supply would be restored to Abeokuta and its environs, as soon as the ongoing rehabilitation work on a dam at Arakanga waterworks is completed in June.

Abiodun who expressed his concerns over the non-availability of uninterrupted pipe-borne water supply in the state capital disclosed that he had directed the management of Ogun State Water Corporation to come up with other water production and distribution infrastructure financing gaps for the government’s intervention

Speaking at a stakeholders’ meeting on improved water supply and sector reform, held in Abeokuta, the governor, represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Olatokunbo Talabi, identified lack of maintenance of water production and distribution infrastructures as a critical challenge across the state.

The governor, however, tasked the management of the Ogun State Water Corporation to come up with immediate, medium and long term solutions with costs and timeframe within the next one week with a view to addressing the problem.

He noted that the stakeholders’ meeting was also to identify issues surrounding water supply challenges in other parts of the state such as Sagamu, Ijebu Ode, Ilaro, Ota and Ijebu-Igbo, and urgently find solutions to the issues and restore potable water supply and distribution in Ogun.

While expressing his displeasure at the State Water Corporation’s high monthly overhead cost, which according to him, “does not reflect with its revenue generation”, Abiodun charged the Corporation’s management to redouble its efforts by ensuring that water is restored to all parts of the state without any delay.

The meeting was also attended by the Chief of Staff to the Governor, Shuaib Salisu, Chief Economic Adviser and Commissioner of Finance, Dapo Okubadejo, Special Adviser, Water Resources and Board Chairman, Ogun State Water Corporation and the General Manager of the Corporation.

AlphaLover:
This is eye service at its peak

When did he come into power? After I will see them making noise in other tribes matters when they can't even pay pensioners but they can hail touts like oluomo.

Come to Edo state we don't owe pensioners we never have we never will owe salaries or pensions

Yet one so called sophisticated region will be making noise with their lagos this is a glorified slum gutter rat infested hiv coven

Kriss216:
Biodun acting like he's paying them with his own money. All of a sudden you now realized your parents are also pensioners. Rubbish!


An apology without changed behavior is just manipulation.

Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun on Wednesday apologised to pensioners in the state for the unpaid gratuities since 2011.

Abiodun tendered the apology in Abeokuta during the payment of N500m gratuity to retirees of the State and Local Governments.

The governor who expressed concern over the backlog of gratuities, said he tendered the apology on behalf of the previous administration because the entitlements were inherited liabilities.

Abiodun said as a son of retired teachers, he could not have turned a blind eye to the plight of pensioners.

“I have living parents, they are also pensioners and there is no way I would have wished this upon my parents and I’m sure no child will wish their parents go through what you are going through.

“On behalf of the previous administration, I apologise,” he said.

He said the N500m presented to 257 beneficiaries represented the quarterly payment of gratuity to the state retirees.

Abiodun assured them of his commitment to the payment pensions and gratuities, just as urged the senior citizens to take advantage of the administration’s various social intervention programmes.

He said “Though these payments are inherited liabilities from past Government but I am assuring you that the process of paying these gratuities have started and will definitely continue. This is a promise made and promise kept. I promise to do this on a quarterly basis.

“Apart from the payment of monetary entitlements, let me also assure our elder statesmen and women that we are committed to providing other opportunities for them under our social welfare scheme.”

In his address, the Chairman of Nigerian Union of Pensioners (NUP), Waheed Oloyede urged the governor to increase the quarterly gratuity payment from N500m to N1billion.

Oloyede applauded the governor for his commitment to the welfare of the pensioners and workers in the state.

Charmingrascal:
Yet some nonentity think the clamour for Oduduwa Nation is out of order.

Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has called on the Joint Task Force on Anti-Smuggling, comprising of men of the Nigeria Army and the Nigeria Customs to be more civil in the discharge of their duties in the State.

Abiodun who made this known at the Executive Chambers of the Governor’s Office, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta when he received the General Officer Commanding 81 Division of the Nigeria Army, said that his administration had to come in several times to manage the crisis caused by the death of some people of the state as a result of stray bullets from the joint patrol on smuggling.

“Your men are involved with the men of the Nigeria Customs in joint patrol taskforce that prevents smuggling across our border areas, but, what we’ve seen lately is that in the process of trying to contain smuggling, there have been incidences where shots are fired and innocent civilians lose their lives.

“Lately, we’ve had cases of innocent Ogun State indigenes being killed because men of the Nigeria Custom and this task force are trying to curb smuggling. I know our people are sensitive to this kind of things where school children are coming from or going to school, they get hit by stray bullets, commuters on motorcycles and traders in their shop getting hit by stray bullets, time and time again, this has happened and we have had to come in to manage those situations.

“I will like you to help us look into how we can be more civil in dealing with this issue of smugglers and stray bullets killing our citizens,” he said.

The Governor while urging the joint task force on Anti-Smuggling to be careful while on duty, said that his administration would continue to support the men of the Nigeria Army.

Abiodun who also appreciated men of the Nigeria Army and other law enforcement agencies for standing tall in the wake of the farmers and herdsmen crisis, said his administration will continue to create the enabling environment needed by the security architecture in the state to make the state a safe haven for the people.

Earlier in his response, the General Officer Commanding 81 Division, Major General Lawrence Fejokwu, while calling on the Governor to use every channel at his disposal to help the Nigeria Army by supplying them with information, said that they would work hard to curb crime.

“We want you to use every channel available to you to continue to enhance our operations, I know that you have channels of Communication and channels through which information gets to you, I will please request that you use those channels to avail us information, so that we nib any threat in the bud before it becomes bigger,” he said.

OlayemiAshraf:
#shobolabasa ... I'll like to join this gang

TrueNigerian300:
The question you are not asking yourself is are yorubas raping, killing and kidnapping people in Borno? If yorubas are doing so and he is supporting them then his house should not only be burnt, he should be killed also.

Either the fulanis are from Niger or wherever is not the point. Their leader supporting them and making excuses for them is what people are angry about. Gumi wants amnesty for them yet they are not Nigerians according to you and them. Bala said they can carry AK47 and kill Nigerians in their own country and they came all the way from Niger. Should they be supporting Nigerians or fulanis from Niger?

Instead of Seriki to point out the bad elements he decided to be the middle man and collect ransom, what does that tell you?

If they had tampered with any member of your family this kind of vomit will not come out of your mouth. People are being killed raped and kidnapped on their own land and the leader of the group is supporting it, yet you question why people should not burn down his house. Smh!

Michelle55:
Does that include the men in your family?
The last time I checked, my dad, cousins and some of the real men out there ain't one.

chyzoo4u:
4th Jan 2009 to Feb 2013 = 4 years (faithful)

Feb 2013 to July 2015 = flirting.

July 2015 to July 2018 = 3 years (not faithful, lessons learned)

March 2019 to Feb 2020 = 1 year. Got back to 2nd ex to complete it to 4 years. (Not faithful)

Feb 2020 till now = Faithfully searching for wife.

Michelle55:
I thought this thread has hit front page before? All this mods sef

AsomughaChuks02:
What happened to the leaders of fulani FUNAM who admitted to attacking the governor? The loyalty of the Nigerian police and Army is obviously to Fulani herdsmen.