The Guardian (Nigeria)

Abiodun flags off APC campaign for local council polls

Promises more projects in Yewa North, Imeko- Afon

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OGUN State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, yesterday, flagged off the campaign for the local council election in Imeko- Afon and Yewa North local councils, with a promise to reconstruc­t the deplorable roads, including AbeokutaOl­orunda- Imeko Road.

Abiodun, who was accompanie­d on the campaign train by members of his cabinet and chieftains of the All Progressiv­es Congress ( APC), also presented the party’s flag to the chairmansh­ip candidates in the two local councils.

While Akinrogun Yaya Fadipe was given the flag in Imeko- Afon, Gabriel Ogunyomi was given that of Yewa North.

The governor, while addressing the people of both local councils, said his administra­tion had executed 52 projects in Imeko Afon and 76 projects in Yewa North in the past two years.

The chief among the projects, according to the governor, is the constructi­on of Oke Ola Road in Imeko, saying the reconstruc­tion of the Rounder- Olorunda- Imeko Road will ease the hardship being experience­d by travellers on the road.

He assured the people that the road would be nearing completion next time he would be visiting the council.

“This government belongs to you, continue to support us in prayers. On my way from Abeokuta, en- route Lafenwa to Rounder and Olorunda, until I got here, I saw how deplorable the road is, I feel your pains.

“I want to promise you today that before I come here next, this road would almost have been completed,” he stated.

Abiodun, who affirmed the supremacy of the party in the council, however, urged the people of the area to come out in large number to show their supremacy in the forthcomin­g council elections by ensuring victory for the party’s chairmansh­ip and councillor­ship candidates.

“We have seen that our party, the All Progressiv­es Congress is the only party here. We could have decided against coming here for this event because we know Imeko- Afon belongs to us, but our coming here has given us opportunit­y to see the state of the road here.

“On July 24, two weeks and two days from now, I want you to go out enmasse and vote. Even though we know that Imeko- Afon and Yewa belong to us, I want you to come out to vote and let them know through your votes that they truly belong to us. Let us all come out and vote in Yahya Fadipe and Gabriel,” the governor stated.

Earlier, a chieftain of the APC in the state, Gboyega Nasir Isiaka, appreciate­d the administra­tion of Governor Abiodun for his immense work in the state, urging the people to troop out and elect the candidates of the party at the forthcomin­g council elections.

 ??  ?? Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun ( right), All Progressiv­es Congress ( APC) Chairmansh­ip candidate for Imeko/ Afon Local Council, Yaya Fadipe and Deputy Governor, Noimot Salako- Oyedele, during the campaign for council polls at Imeko… yesterday.
Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun ( right), All Progressiv­es Congress ( APC) Chairmansh­ip candidate for Imeko/ Afon Local Council, Yaya Fadipe and Deputy Governor, Noimot Salako- Oyedele, during the campaign for council polls at Imeko… yesterday.

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