The Ijebu Traditional Council, led by the Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona, publicly endorsed the Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, giving him a boost in his bid for a second term.
The royal fathers gathered at the Palace of Awujale in Ijebu Ode overwhelmingly supported the governor’s campaign for re-election, praising his excellent work since taking office in 2019.
At the conclusion of their monthly meeting, which was presided over by the Council’s President, the Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikirulai Kayode Adetona, the traditional leaders expressed their support in a communiqué that was read by the Secretary of the Council, Obiri of Ayepe-Ijebu, Oba Rosiji Ogunbanjo.
Reading the communique, Oba Ogunbanjo, said after reviewing happenings in Ijebuland and Ogun State in general, under the leadership of Governor Abiodun, the Council unanimously endorsed him to continue in office beyond 2023.
The monarchs commended the governor for signing into law, the Obas and Chiefs Laws of Ogun State 2021, which according to them has positively reformed installation and burial rites of traditional rulers in the State.
The traditional rulers who noted that the governor has demonstrated inclusive governance that has brought down drastically, the political heat in the state, also lauded him for carrying out projects equitably in the four divisions of the state.
They listed projects such as the ljebu-Ode-Epe dual carriage way; the Agro-Cargo Airport located in iperu-Remo; the reconstruction of Sagamu-Abeokuta Expressway; Kobape Housing Estate; the Ray-Power Road; llaro-Owode Road; Imasayi Ayetoro Road among infrastructural projects carried by Abiodun-led administration.
The communique read, “The Ijebu Traditional Council noted the governor’s pledge on the development of the deep seaport in Ogun Waterside Local Government and we encourage him to see to the actualization of the project”
“The governor has attracted an unprecedented inflow of direct
foreign investments to the state and making the state the preferred investment destination”
“The governor has increased the Internally Generated Revenue of the state to a record level that has made the state number three in Nigeria according to BudgIT Report 2021″
“The governor and his officials continue to accord regard and
reverence to traditional rulers and institutions in Ogun State”
“Taking the sterling performance of the governor and his team into
cognisance, members deliberated further on the future of the state, and therefore, the ljebu Traditional Council (ITC) unanimously endorsed the second term bid of Governor Dapo Abiodun as governor of Ogun state, for him to continue his good, people-oriented developmental projects and services in the state beyond 2023”.
Earlier in his remarks, the Dagburewe of Idowa, Oba Yunusa Adekoya, declared that another four years of Abiodun’s leadership will turn Ogun to the utopia area.
Responding, Governor Abiodun thanked the monarchs for their support and declaration of their endorsement for his contuinuity in office.
Abiodun, who extolled the virtue of Adetona, said the monarch, is a father to him recalling some of the good things he had benefitted personally from the traditional ruler.
Abiodun, who highlighted some of the developmental and infrastructural projects executed by his administration in Ijebuland and the state in general, said the Agro Cargo Airport alone, had attracted multi-billion naira projects to the state.
According to him, the Airport project that he inherited from his predecessor, had earned the state a cheque of N3.5billion from the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), for 100 hectares of land.
In addition, the governor said one of the partners of the state, had paid $400million dollars to invest in the Cargo Airport area.
Abiodun said for these investments, the state only contributed land.
The governor, who appreciated the people of the state for their support, promised not to rest on his oars, as he continues in 2023.