Otunba Osho Lauds Dapo Abiodun On The Success Of The LG Election, Breaks Silence, On Matter Arising In Sagamu Local Government.

Otunba Osho Lauds Dapo Abiodun On The Success Of The LG Election, Breaks Silence, On Matter Arising In Sagamu Local Government.

A party chieftain and stakeholder of APC in Sagamu, also one of the advisory committe to the Governor, Otunba Shamsudeen Adedapo Osho, a chief that bagged the title of Otunba Oloore at Epe Kingdom has been in clue for a long time until he break silence

Otunba Osho in his interview with Eaglesforesight, used the avenue to hail the state Governor, Dapo Abiodun for giving OGSIEC the opportunity to conduct what we call free and fair election in the state with maturity and competence, describing the process as ‘‘Another dimensions to create division of power that will bring in development to the state through the Executive chairmen.’’

He particularly commended all the aspirants that couldn’t make it to the polls and also the candidates in the just concluded elections for their cooperation and support for making peace to reign afterwards and he charged them to work hand in glove with the Executive chairmen of each Local Government in the state.

‘‘Your ability to govern in the best interests of the people depends to a great deal on effective collaboration and partnership between the Chairman and the Governor. Otunba said

‘‘Otunba said, the obligation to check and balance each other shouldn’t be an invitation to conflict, and it should not be characterised by quarrelsome disagreement when consultation, engagements and compromise have proven time and again to be a more effective approach. He advised

He however call the attention of the Sagamu decision makers, party leaders and elders, in constituting the Local Government Executives to permit the Chairman, Hon Afolabi Odulate (Afo) to have a mind of his own in other to give him privilege to select those who he thinks that can work with him successfully in the Local Government administrations.

In Otunba’s observation, based on experiences he gathered in the pasts, the chieftain said, in the process of selections, it is very dangerous for the chairman to choose any of those who contested with him to the primary level, that’s if he doesn’t want his administration to give him too much administrative challenge and obstacles.

‘‘To the Governor, Baba Osho said, His Excellency have distinguished himself by his conduct in office, by the scale and quality of his office and legislative interventions, and by their capacity for engaging with the difficult questions facing the state with maturity and competence,’’ he said.

“The Governor has started well and he will surely ends well, I could remembered vividly during the electioneering period, he came to campaign at Ward 10, Ogijo where he promised to fix the dilapidated roads within the axis when elected.

Otunba listed some accomplishments of the Governor in Sagamu Local Government ranging from Sagamu Express junction, through Oba Erinwole road, Baruwa-Eleja-Surulere axis, his interventions to end the Insecurities challenge in Sagamu, and many few others which he could not mention all but few.  Yet he is reminding the governor to remember to always still be the man of his words, by using everything in his capacity to ensure that the dividend of Democracy touches the rural areas in the Local Government, most especially Ogijo axis where the state is generating more Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) and Taxes to the state treasury account.

“It’s with great pleasure we received the committee sent down by Mr Governor immediately after the election to survey the Sagamu, Ogijo-Ikorodu Federal road, to see how it could be fixed, afterall the roads have been abandoned for decades.

“Otunba said, he is once again calling upon Hon. Segun Shitta that’s representing Sagamu Constituency 1 OGHA, Otunba Adewunmi Ijaya Member House Of Rep representing Remo Federal Constituency at the lower chamber and Senator Lekan Mustapha at the upper chamber from Ogun East, to please come to our aid urgently by working together with the state Governor to urgently intervene in Ogijo Federal road and other community roads in that axis, we hope they would yield to the yearnings of their people, we from Ogijo voted massively for this people but aside the Governor who has made a move in rehabilitating the roads, we are yet to behold the fulfilment of the promises of these Lawmakers.

‘‘You all have also succeeded in overcoming the political and other obstacles that have, for some months been a challenge to you before elections, now you are respectively a Honourable at ward and Local Government level. It is high time you people get to work to show the people that truly, they have voted for the right person. Otunba advise the Executive Chairman and Councilors

‘‘I congratulate you all, and charging you to positively contribute to the difficult, yet necessary task of nation building.’’ Igbega ipinle Ogun ni k’oje wa logun.

The chieftain noted that the Executive Chairman and Councilors came into office at a time of significant challenges for the Local Government.

‘‘Overcoming these challenges require that we finally confront long ignored questions of economics, politics, law and history that are often at the root of our Local Government problems.

‘‘This moment in history requires us to make hard choices, take difficult decisions and act with diligence and patriotism to ensure that our state, particularly Local Government can survive and thrive long after we have all left.

‘‘What this means in effect is that our jobs will not get any easier. However, the objectives we seek, and will work together to achieve, deserve our best efforts regardless the sacrifice,’’ he said.

‘‘This way, we can prioritise activities and allocate the resources necessary to ensure that in the lifetime of this Council, and of the administration, we can complete the work, Dapo Abiodun have started, and leave behind a record of achievement that will stand all of us in good stead in the assessment of history,’’ he said.

Otunba said he looked forward to seeing the Chairman and Councilors to collaborating and partnership between the Governor and Legislative arms of the state government, working together to achieve a shared vision of a peaceful and prosperous state.

‘‘In the circumstances, we must do everything within our power, without consideration of distractions, to put an end to every challenging activities and bring them to book.

‘‘We the stakeholders will be guiding, so you all shouldn’t allow yourselves to be distracted from this objective, or waver in our commitment, and I am confident that together we will triumph in our present efforts,’’ he said.