PHOTOS: Oyo Speaker, Ogundoyin Gives Account Of Stewardship, Supports Constituents With Cash
Speaker, Oyo state house of assembly, Hon. Adebo Ogundoyin has promised that all new and ongoing projects in Ibarapa zone of the state would be completed in due course.
Hon. Ogundoyin made the promise while speaking at a town hall meeting held in Lanlate which had in attendance Oyo assembly lawmakers, traditional rulers, artisans, farmers, traders, student bodies and government functionaries.
At the programme held at DEC Event Centre, along Lanlate-Eruwa road on Wednesday, 300 artisans, traders and farmers were given N50,000 each to boost their businesses, 100 students got N20,000 each while 110 youths and some community members received N25,000 each
The speaker who commended the state governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde for his efforts at changing the face of the state through infrastructure, said the executive was not relenting at ensuring the speedy completion of Ido- Eruwa road and the Eruwa farm estate.
Hon. Ogundoyin also called on the sons and daughters of Ibarapaland and Oyo State, irrespective of political affiliations to join hands with political office holders to develop the the zone and the state.
The Speaker thanked the people of Ibarapa East state constituency for their support over the years, attributing his success to Almighty God and the people of the constituency.
He appealed to the people in the constituency to continue to support the present administration in the state, assuring them that all ongoing projects in Ibarapa zone will be completed.
Reiterating his commitment to the development of the constituency, Ogundoyin, who is the Chairman of the Conference of Speakers in Nigeria, disclosed that he has been contributing to the development of the constituency before his emergence as lawmaker.
He said he has built maternity centre, mosque for Muslim community, secretariat for Eruwa Youth Movement, blocks of classrooms in Lanlate and Eruwa, support security agencies with motorcycles and facilitated opportunities for constituents.
The speaker who had done other mega empowerment programmes in the past said he was facilitating a campus of the college of Nursing and Science to the zone.
Addressing the issue of security in Ibarapa land, Executive Assistant to Governor Seyi Makinde on Security, Mr. Sunday Odukoya, applauded the Speaker for organizing the programme, noting that it will go a long way in keeping the constituents abreast of government activities in Ibarapa East Local Government.
While calling on traditional leaders in the zone to join the government in fighting kidnapping and illegal mining, Mr. Odukoya charged the people to support government by providing genuine information that will enable the security agencies address security challenges even before they happen.
Odukoya, a retired Commissioner of Police, said that Oyo State is one of the most peaceful state in Nigeria, owing to the commitment of the governor and the state House of Assembly.
He said that the priority given to the security by the state government led to the establishment and recruitment of 1,500 of Oyo State Security Network code named Amotekun corp, provision of patrol vehicles to the Nigeria Police Force and other sister agencies to ensure effective policing system in the state.
While calling on traditional leaders in Ibarapa to join the government in fighting kidnapping and illegal mining, Odukoya said that Governor Seyi Makinde has played a vital role to ensure that the issue of farmers/herders clash is laid to rest especially in Igangan and iganna.
Also speaking, Commissioner for Public Works and Transport, Prof. Dahud Sangodoyin who was represented by Engr. Falade said that rehabilitation of inner roads in the Ibarapa East Local government will soon commence, explaining that all processes to mobilize the contractor have been done.
The Commissioner for Youth and Sports, Miss Wasilat Adegoke also said that the significance of the town hall meeting was to familiarize with sons and daughters of Ibarapa East Local Government and Ibarapaland by extension.
Highpoint of the town hall meeting was the empowerment of over 500 Constituents including farmers, traders and artisans.
