You are a bunch of political jobbers, nonentities, ogun state government tells coalition for united political parties

The Ogun State Government has described members of the Coalition for United Political Parties (CUPP) as political jobbers and nonentities desperately seeking relevance by concocting falsehood to dent image of the authorities.

Penpushing reports that this was contained in a statement faulting claim by the coalition led by Femi Sholuade accusing the Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun of plunging 68.1 percent of people living in Ogun State into poverty

The Government in the statement issued by Special Adviser on Media and Strategy to the Governor Kayode Akinmade challenged the coalition to release the statistical evidence backing its claims or remain silent forever in the gutter of irrelevance to which it belongs.

Penpushing further reports that the Special Adviser emphasized that the government was not surprised by the antics of corrupt and perfidious individuals who can only thrive in mushroom parties that they use as meal tickets.

“Were it not for the need to disabuse the minds of innocent people who may be taken in by CUPP and its tales by moonlight, it would have been entirely unnecessary to dignify the utter gibberish by CUPP and its sponsors with a reply, but we owe the nation a record to curtail the spread of fake news released with the intent to create chaos in Ogun State’, Akinmade wrote

Penpushing also reports that the statement wondered how the Governor had pauperized Ogun State through investments such as the $400 million Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Arise Integrated Industrial Platform on the development of Olokola Free Trade Zone and Remo Agro Processing Zone, the $500 million investment by the African Industries Group.

The statement added that the Canadian Government’s promised investment in the agricultural and technological sectors of the Ogun economy to strengthen over 60 years of bilateral relationship with Nigeria.

Penpushing reports that Akinmade explained that the $500 million investment by the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to enhance power infrastructure in Ogun State, the Galaxy Steel Company Limited’s $300 million investment to establish a new steel plant for the production of specialized steel products in Ogun State, and the $5 million battery recycling plant by a British company, among others.

“As Governor Abiodun himself has said, Ogun remains the safest state in the country due to the security architecture put in place, while over 600 km of roads have been constructed and various reforms and policies have been put in place to help improve the Ease of Doing Business ranking of the state’, he stated.

“CUPP and its sponsors are just playing to the gallery because some politicians gave them money to rubbish the achievements of the governor in various sectors. Most of these so-called CUPP members lack integrity; they should be disregarded. Only the blind will fail to see these achievements’, the statement read

‘Their hearts being full of mischief and evil, we understand why CUPP and its sponsors are willfully and deliberately blind and cannot see the numerous achievements of Governor Dapo Abiodun, for which the good people of Ogun State remain deeply appreciative’, Akinmade added.

“CUPP’s statement is nothing but a vainglorious, irredeemably illiterate, and utterly mischievous concoction that can only excite ignoramuses. Just how can anyone who claims sanity say that a governor who has been radically transforming Ogun State and has made it an investment destination has plunged the populace into poverty by doing so?

“On a weekly basis, the Ogun State Governor inaugurates new roads. In November last year, during the commissioning of the Ojodu Abiodun-Denro-Ishasi-Akute Road, Governor Dapo Abiodun announced plans to award contracts within the next two weeks for the construction of the Alagbole-Akute and Akute-Oke-Aro-Ijoko roads in the Ifo Local Government Area, arguing that a robust road network is essential for development. That is his style’.

‘The Ogun State Government did not give out houses freely; it is not a bazaar. People paid and were allocated the houses. The government made advertisements on housing schemes, people applied, and were allocated houses accordingly. If CUPP has concrete evidence of wrongdoing, we challenge it to publish it’.

“It is a pity that Femi Sholuade says that many states in the federation are evolving into solar or going into independent power projects in order to improve their economic fortunes with stable supplies of electricity, without paying attention to happenings in his own state. The law establishing an Ogun Electricity Market (OGEM) to ensure increased quality and quantity of services to Ogun residents has just been assented to by the Governor’.

“It will provide a deregulated market for electricity, including several major players like the transmission and distribution companies, among others; provide a framework and map for the private sector, commercial viability, service, improve the people’s well-being, facilitate business, enhance industrialization, and promote peace and development across the State’

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