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Abiodun Pledges to Improve on Amosun’s Template

- Femi Ogbonnikan

The governorsh­ip candidate of All Progressiv­es Congress (APC) in Ogun State, Prince Dapo Abiodun has promised to build on the performanc­e template of the incumbent governor if elected into the office.

He made the commitment at the 33rd Akesan Day held at Kesington Adebutu Civic Centre, Iperu-Remo, in Ikenne Local Government Area of the state yesterday.

Abiodun, an oil magnate, said he “is ready to bring his private sector experience to bear in improving the performanc­e bar which the state has recorded through the rare feat of Amosun.

“It is based on Amosun’s performanc­e template that I am going to work on and take Ogun State to a greater height in terms of easeof-doing business, a developmen­t that will translate to improved internal revenue generation.”

Besides, Abiodun said the APC “has come to rescue Ogun State and the entire country as a whole, in view of the bad governance of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) when it ruled the country for 16 years.

Among others, the event was graced by a business mogul, Sir Kesington Adebutu, Sen. Gbenga Obadara, Hon. Oladipupo Adebutu, Chief Bode Mustapha, Chief of Staff to Ogun State Government, Chief Tolu Odebiyi, Commission­er for Finance, Mr. Wale Oshinowo, his Local Government and Chieftainc­y Affairs counterpar­t, Chief Jide Ojuko.

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