Governor Abiola Ajimobi of 0yo State said last week that his administration is determined to even do more to ensure a better life for the people.
According to him, the focus shall be on the construction of the 110 kilometre Ibadan Circular Road, which will serve as the epicentre of the development of the new Oyo State.
In his radio and television broadcast in Ibadan to mark this year’s democracy day, Ajimobi said in appreciation of the pivotal role that higher education institutions play in the rapid development of host communities, “we shall ensure the early take-off of the Technical University in the state.”
In the area of economic development, he stated that government would rigorously pursue the development of a Cargo Airport to serve, not only the state but neighboring states and West Africa.
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“We shall also continue our programme of infrastructure development and a holistic transformation of our education, energy and health sectors” he added.
While reeling out his achievements in the last two years he stated “we looked at Oyo State, not in isolation of the global paradigm, but as a member of the community of states of the world.”
Following the paradigm shift, he noted that peace and security are necessary conditions for development.
According to him, this explains why, at inception, Government committed itself to changing the status of our state as one afflicted by violence, thuggery and brigandage.
“We also reckoned that a dirty Oyo State or a dirty Ibadan – the capital of the state – which the United Nations Development Programme, some years back, ranked as one of the filthiest in Nigeria, was not acceptable to us. We reckoned that a clean and welcoming environment will invariably attract investors to our state, thereby creating employment and expanding our economy, to the benefit of our people.”
He pointed out that public infrastructure is a major condition for development adding that the roads inherited were deplorable, mostly narrow, pot-hole laden, limited in reach and grossly inadequate to serve the rapid economic development that is envisioned for the state.
“We have constructed more than 215 quality roads in all the 33 local government areas of the state. We have gone a notch higher by dualizing all the major entry points to major towns in the state. Thus, we have road dualization going on in Ibadan/Ibarapa, Ogbomosho, Oyo and Iseyin, covering all the geo-political zones of the state.”
