Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State expresses confidence in resolving the power challenges in the South-Western state and aims to achieve this goal before the end of his four-year term in office.
The Ogun State governor, who secured a second four-year term a few months ago, shared this during an appearance on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, affirming his preparedness to undertake further initiatives in the upcoming years.
“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,” he said on the show.
According to him, his government has also waded into the infrastructure challenge in the education sector by building and renovating schools in the last four years.
“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.”
Governor Abiodun stated that his administration has significantly increased the internally generated revenue of the state to the extent that it can thrive independently without relying on allocations 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.
“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.”