FEDERAL GOVERNMENT COLLABORATES WITH OGUN ON MAJOR ROADS CONSTRUCTION

The Governor also  disclosed that collaboration have reached an advanced stage with Lagos State on the establishment of Lagos-Ogun Joint Development Commission, which will serve as a platform for collaborative development programmes.

‘Our Administration and Federal Government are working out agreement on the reconstruction of the three major roads crying for assistance: Ijebu Ode-Epe Road; Abeokuta-Sango-Lagos Road; and, Sagamu-Ogijo-Ikorodu Road’.

‘Indeed, we are finalising the details of the completion of the uncompleted portion of the Epe – Ijebu Ode road. Ogun State being a gateway to Nigeria, with shared borders with Benin Republic as well as some States in Nigeria, we understand the need for collaboration’.

‘As part of the collaborative effort with the others, we have reached an advanced stage with Lagos State on the establishment of Lagos-Ogun Joint Development Commission, which will serve as a platform for collaborative development programmes.

Penpushing further reports that, Abiodun said his administration, understand the fact that no meaningful development can occur without the collaborative efforts of all and sundry, stating that, for any development to take place, the people have an important role to play by contributing meaningfully and positively.

‘We therefore seek the support and cooperation of our people at all times in our quest to build a solid foundation for the future of our dear State. Let me use this medium to thank the good people of Ogun State for their belief and trust in our Administration, particularly, for entrusting the fate of Ogun State on us’.

‘We promise that we will not betray the mandate our people bestowed on us in the last gubernatorial election. I am assuring all the people of Ogun State, and all those who have made our dear State their home that we will not disappoint you’.

The Governor  assured that residents will enjoy the deserved dividends of democracy, adding, ‘we are unreservedly committed to giving Ogun Sate a focused and qualitative governance and to create the enabling environment for a Public-Private sector Partnership, which is fundamental to the creation of an enduring economic development and individual prosperity of the people of Ogun State.

Penpushing reports that, he pledged to be participatory, transparent, accountable, inclusive, fair, just, equitable and obey the rule of law, noting that the government is   not unaware of unsolicited comments from some uninformed quarters that ‘we have only focused ourselves with setting up and inaugurating Committees’.

‘Let me state that as a responsible government, we need to know where we are coming from for us to be able to know where we are heading. So, we need to ensure that whatever we do is not just done, but done well without allowing for distractions from any quarters’.

‘ Let me also state that the committees are made up of people with integrity and requisite professional backgrounds, who are ready to contribute their quotas to the successful implementation of our “Building our Future Together” agenda.

The Governor said as a responsible government, ‘we will continue to support all enterprises that will bring further development to Ogun State and our people, irrespective of gender or religious affiliations.

‘Our Administration is irrevocably committed to ensure equity, fairness and justice. We will be fair and firm in the allocation of resources and provide enabling environment for our people to maximize their potentials’.

‘We understand the importance of basic infrastructure to economic development. I must say that, amongst other efforts, all hands are already on deck to ensure that many of the roads across our dear State are rehabilitated, constructed and reconstructed as the case may be’

The Governor disclosed that suspects in the kidnapped of passengers  of 23rd and 24th July, 2019; and, 1st August, 2019, along Lagos-Ibadan expressway and Sagamu-Benin-Ore expressway, respectively, have been arrested and are undergoing interrogation.

‘I want to once again, use this occasion to sound a note of warning to criminals and their accomplices that no part of Ogun State will be a safe haven for them. We shall fish them out and hand them over to the swift hand of justice’.