Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State. Facebook
Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo state says his administration has delivered the dividends of democracy to the people of the state in the last seven years.
The governor stated this on Tuesday in a statement by his Special Adviser on Communication and Strategy, Bolaji Tunji, to mark the Democracy Day.
He gave his administration a pass mark, particularly in the areas of infrastructure development, security, education, agriculture and healthcare.
Ajimobi noted that his government had built more roads than all the previous administrations put together since the inception of the fourth republic.
He listed some the completed roads to include the dualisation of strategic township roads in Ibadan such as the Toll Gate interchange-Challenge; New Garage-Toll Gate Interchange, and Onireke-Jericho-Aleshinloye- Dugbe-Agbarigo Road, as well as the dualisation of major township roads in Oyo, Ogbomoso and Iseyin.
Ajimobi added that the construction of the Mokola flyover was the first by any civilian administration in the state, saying the revived Ibadan Circular Road project had remained a dream in the last 15 years.
He revealed that the government had also tackled the perennial water shortage in Ibadan by carrying out wholesale rehabilitation of Asejire Waterworks and the recent flag-off of rehabilitation works on the Eleyele Dam, which was badly hit by the 2011 flood disaster.
On the success recorded in the education sector, the governor noted the “Floating of the Education Trust Fund through which stakeholders now collaborate with the government to improve service delivery and boost the standard of education in the state”.