SIR: There is no gainsaying the fact that The Nation’s Assistant Editor; Leke Salaudeen and other contributors expressed the real situation of Oke-Ogun neglect especially by Governor Abiola Ajimobi led state government. Gbade Ojo’s rejoinder on the matter in The Nation of Thursday February 3, is therefore off the mark. I am a son of Igboho, Oke-Ogun and a member of Oke-Ogun Project. As a youth leader and former National Assistant General Secretary of Federation of Oyo State Students Union (FOSSU) for three years during ex-Governor Ladoja’s administration, I have updates on the happenings in the region.
Except Gbade Ojo wants us to believe that all his claimed achievements were done by Ajimobi between Tuesday February 2, and February 4, the day his article was published, all his claims except those of Ajimobi’s deputy, the Iseyin road which was the only road in the whole 10 local government areas of Oke- Ogun Ajimobi did for four years, Oke-Ogun Polytechnic Shaki and few deceptive appointments made in Oke-Ogun are utter lies.
The so-called School of Nursing in Okeho, Oke-Ogun hardly resembles a school for human use as no building and equipment have been moved to the site after the governor proclaimed its establishment after his second term swearing in ceremony. In fact, the Okeho community is responsible for everything regarding the administration of the school including accommodation of the lecturers and the students. Besides, the school is just a satellite campus of the College of Health Technology, Eleyele, Ibadan with just two departments and not School of Nursing claimed by Gbade Ojo. The acclaimed School of Nursing and Midwifery in Kishi is a community school taken over by the federal government based on the effort of a former Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Health. Ajimobi only promised to ensure that the state government takes it over and till date is yet to do anything. Why would Gbade now claim Ajimobi built a midwifery school in Kishi?
I can authoritatively say that no local government in Oke-Ogun has pipe-borne water. The last effort was made under Lam Adesina and other administrations had not deemed it fit to provide such so far there is water in Ibadan, Oyo and Ogbomoso. On the roads rehabilitation, what was done was not rehabilitation but patching of pot-holes which had gone from bad to worse now. My journey in January from Abeokuta to Iseyin to Shaki to Igboho and other towns in the area up to Ikoyi-Ile, Ogbomoso to Oyo and then to Ibadan was a nightmare.
From Federal Government College Ogbomosho to Takie Junction, it is pathetic as Iseyin Shaki road. Since Alao Akala left in 2011, the Iseyin-Shaki road stopped at the Polytechnic Shaki area has not been deemed worthy of completion by Ajimobi for almost five years now. In fact, it was only a week to his campaign in Shaki in November 2014 that he hurriedly directed tractors to clear the Polytechnic-Shaki road as if he was ready to construct the road. Immediately he left the campaign where he promised dualization of Shaki-Ilesa Ibaruba road, the tractors vanished and nothing more again till date.
For Oyo state, to reclaim its lost glory, it is only Oke-Ogun governor in 2019 that can bring justice and harmony to the whole state as we are trained to be fair and just in our dealings with others. Our illustrious sons have distinguished themselves notable among them are Prof. Dibu Ojerinde of JAMB that led NECO from zero to global recognition and also transformed JAMB; Adebayo Shittu is another product of Oke-Ogun currently supervising Nigerian Communication Ministry.
No comments:
Post a Comment