Senator Solomon Olamilekan Adeola, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun State, on Wednesday, declared that he would not run a “sectional administration” but work for the benefit of everybody in the state, if elected governor in 2027.
Adeola, who said he would hinge his administration on the 9-Pillar ITESIWAJU Agenda, equally expressed his readiness to take Ogun to the next level of socioeconomic and infrastructural development, if he emerges governor next year.
The senator stated this while addressing the residents of Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area during a stakeholders town hall held at Owode town.
The statewide stakeholders meeting was kick-started on Monday at Ewekoro Local Government Area.
Addressing the gathering, Adeola said the stakeholders meeting was organized to provide a platform for him to meet and engage directly with people at the grassroots ahead of the formal commencement of campaigns.
He noted that the meeting was imperative to allow him to get first-hand information on the pressing needs of the residents of the local government.
He described the LG as strategic and contiguous to Lagos, noting that the Obafemi-Owode Local Government would be one of the focal points of his administration development of border towns in the state.
The APC flag bearer in Ogun state further stated his administration would establish Border Town Development Authority to address the infrastructural challenges confronting the local government as well as develop new towns .
He added that the town planning issue of Ofada town, which according to him has 128 polling units, will be addressed by his government if he is elected the next governor of the state.
“I will work for everyone and I will not be a sectional governor. I will hinge my administration on the 9-Point ITESIWAJU Agenda. The Obafemi-Owode Local Government is very key and strategically located, and I cannot afford to toy with the LG.
“As I stand before you, I am promising you that work will commence on Ofada-Owode road next week. Also, construction work will commence on Abisodun Road this month. A three-storey building with modern healthcare equipment will be built inside General Hospital in Owode, while 10 power transformers will also be delivered across the LG. As we speak, asphalt laying on Japo-Adigbe road is ongoing”, Adeola stated.
While calling for the support of the residents of the LG in the 2027 general election, the senator urged them to vote for all the candidates of the party, beginning from President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
In his welcome address, the Chairman of the local government, Lanre Ogunsola, thanked Adeola for the visit as well as 14 infrastructural projects he facilitated in the LG stressing that they are fully in support of his ambition having demonstrated capacity to deliver even before becoming a governor.
In a similar meeting at Sagamu where the Senator also recieved accolades facilitation of 18 projects by the Council chairman, Mr. Afolabi Odulate, he promised to develop Sagamu with border areas with Lagos as a way of boosting the economy of the state adding that with the commendable foundation laid by the Governor of the state Prince Dapo Abiodun, Ogun State can increase it monthly revenue to N100billion per month.
Among dignitaries that witnessed the two meetings were Engr. Noimot Salako-Oyedele, deputy governor of Ogun state, Alhaja Kudirat Abiodun Balogun, APC deputy governor candidate , Senator Shuaib Afolabi Salisu(APC. Ogun Central) Senator Lekan Mustapha, Director General, Ogun State APC Presidential and Governorship Campaign Council, Hon. Olumide Osoba(APC, Obafemi Owode/Abeokuta North/Odeda Federal Constituency), Rt Hon Tunji Egbetokun, former Speaker of Ogun State House of Assembly, Hon. Soneye Damilola(APC, Obafemi Owode State Constituency), Engr. Akeem Adesina, former chairman of Obafemi Owode LG, Hon. Yemi Adelani, APC State Organising Secretary, Otunba Adeleke Adedoyin, Ogun East APC Senatorial chairman, the Olu of Owode, Oba Kolawole Sowemimo, Hon. Sola Elegbeji, (APC, Sagamu/ Remo Federal Constituency), Apostle Abiodun Sanyaolu, APC. Presidential and Governorship Campaign Council (Political) and Hon. Bunkola Braimoh.
