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The Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has disclosed his developmental plans aimed at developing the state.
He made the disclosure at a meeting with the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abeokuta on Monday.
At the meeting Gov. Abiodun unfolded how he would rehabilitate primary health care centres in each of the 236 wards of the state, using local manpower.
This was contained in a statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Kunle Somorin.
Governor Abiodun explained that he would rehabilitate 236 primary schools, one in each of every ward in the state, and set up a job portal for his administration to have accurate statistics of skilled and unskilled labour in the state.
Abiodun who lauded the spirit of magnanimity displayed since the party won the March 9 Governorship Election assured party members that all his developmental programmes as enshrined in the Party Manifestoes are on course.
He said he has emplaced a portal to register, on a continuous basis, unemployed youths in the State with a view to providing them jobs suitable for their trade and academic qualification.
To ensure that the citizens and residents of the states are not short-changed “we will send a local content bill for legislative action, such that investors will first look inward to availability of workers in Ogun State and make our youths their primary catchment area when they site their companies here”.
The Governor said in his determination to develop and address the glaring infrastructural deficit in Ogun state, rehabilitation of roads will be on the front burner in order for people to transport their goods and services unhindered by unmotorable roads.
Gov Abiodun assured that the road rehabilitation projects would be partly handled by contractors in their local community to supply manpower and other sundry materials that would be used by the supervising public works department.
“That remains the sure path to harnessing the state’s potentials and improving the socio-economic fortunes of the people and the State at large,” contended the Governor.
The consultative meeting further agreed on the operationalization of the Governor’s food security agenda in which he promised to engage 10,000 farmers to be supported for mechanised farming with attendant value chain benefits to make agribusiness bedrock of his administration’s plan to lift people out of poverty.
Already, Governor Abiodun said 10,000 youths will be supported to plant cassava, maize and rice – crops in which the state is a leading producer.
The meeting was attended by the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, including former Deputy Governors, serving and past National Assembly members, former Ministers and Members of Boards of State and Federal Parastatals within the party.
Also at the meeting presided over by the interim chairman of the APC in the State, Chief Yemi Sanusi, were past and current State Assembly members and past and current Chiefs of staff to past and present Governors as well as those who served as Special Advisers and Senior Special Assistants.
