By Oluwatosin Maliki
Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun has expressed his intention to bring long lasting solutions to the dwindling electricity supply witnessed in the state before leaving office.
Abiodun, who was recently re-elected in to office for second term, disclosed this on Channels TV Sunday Politics where he affirmed his readiness to do more in the coming years.
He stated on the show, “The fact is that in the next four years, my target is to ensure we implement our Light Up Ogun State project where before I leave office, light will not blink in Ogun State”.
Furthermore, he said that the government also looked into the infrastructure challenge faced in the education sector by building and renovating schools in the last four years.
Abiodun noted, “Over 1,000 schools have been rebuilt or renovated in four years,” he said on the current affairs show, adding that his government has also built roads, and hospitals and helped in the creation of job opportunities for the teeming masses”.
Meanwhile, he said that his government has increased the internally generated revenue base of the state, to the extent of surving without allocation from the Federal Government.
“I am sure that you are aware of a recent release by Budgit that showed Ogun State as the number one in the most improved for internally generated revenue – by miles ahead of any other state,” the governor said.
He added, “At the same time, we are also, I believe, maybe number five or seven on the list of most resilient states and one of the few states that can actually survive peradventure there is no allocation from the Federal Government.”