By Ayomide Mubarak
In a matter of months, the people of Ondo state will once again file out to elect a Governor, unlike the previous exercises in the state, the stakes are higher this time.
If the mood, the submissions of the multitudes that have decamped from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) so far, the rate of hardship and the retrogressive movement of the state’s vehicle are anything to go by, it must henceforth, Ondo State must be governed by one with the bragging right of service delivery and quality administrative accomplishments this time around .
At the juncture Ondo state is presently, allowing a trial and error pilot continue to direct the affairs of the state, will predictably continue to bring only one result, disaster. The people have had enough of this disastrous leadership and it’s time for a real change.
Ondo state can’t afford another four years of servitude, where it’s choices of food, education, Agriculture, infrastructural benefits and general well being, are limited to the uninspiring regime of the APC.
The effect of the failure of the state’s pilot is what has led to the agonizing gnashing of teeths by the people of the state at the moment , but there must be a solution.
With the understanding that the state must move from it’s famine state to surplus, hence, the need to scrutinize the credentials of those who have offered to lead the state from Feb 2025.
The two major contenders, being the incumbent Governor , Lucky Aiyedatiwa, under whose watch the state’s affairs have almost grinded to a halt and His Excellency, Agboola Ajayi, who got his party’s ticket based on his proven years of democratic service delivery..
The APC candidate ,Aiyedatiwa is running a joint ticket with Oluyide Adelami who has no record of a visible achievement in the state in his long years as Deputy Clerk of the National Assembly. Ajayi of the Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP) on the other hand, is also running with an equally service oriented and results guaranteed mate, Festus Akingbaso (Fessywest) a grassroot politician , philanthropy and current member of the House of Representatives.
Why has Ajayi/ Akingbaso ticket suddenly become the hope of the Ondo people ahead of the November 16 election? What makes this ticket the preferred, over the Incumbent the people are eager to change, it boils down to antecedents.
In this first chapter of what is intended to be a series, Agboola Ajayi’s records of service deliveries will be amplified, for naysayers to know why Ajayi is the name on every lips in the state today.
In the same vein, the APC candidate, Aiyedatiwa is hereby challenged, to also publish his records of achievements and that of Adelami his deputy, as a politician , administrators and service provider, to warrant their election in November.
While hoping Aiyedatiwa will respond to the challenge immediately, below are the first in the series of Ajayi’s achievements, that qualify him to earn the people’s votes on November 16:
List of Executed Capital PROJECTS and Location when Agboola Ajayii was the Executive Chairman of Ese Odo LG:
1. Construction of 4 Classrooms (Salvation Army Primary School) – Igbohini
2. Construction of 3 Classrooms – Jeribeni
3. Constriction of 4 Classrooms – Igbotu
4. Construction of 3 Classrooms – Gbeleju-Odo
5. Construction of 3 Classrooms. – Gbeleju-oke
6. Renovation of 7 Classrooms -iluagbo
7. Renovation of Police Station. – Arogbo
8. Construction of 3 Classrooms (LA. Primary School) -kiribo
9. Construction of 4 Classrooms (Wooden) -Adolesomo
10. Construction of 6 Classroom (R. C.M.). -Kiribo
11. Renovation of Primary School. -Olomopupa
12. Renovation of 4 Classrooms – Oboro
13. Renovation of 3 Classrooms. – Ipoke
14. Renovation of Apostolic Primary School. -Igbobini
15. Construction of Health Centre. -Ipoke
16. Renovation of Health Centre -Orieran
17. Construction of Health Centre -Ojuala
18. Construction of Footbridge (200M). -Ukpe
19. Construction of Footbridge. – Ascre
20. Construction of Footbridge -Dababelebu
21. Construction of 3 Primary School -Dibichini
22. Construction of 3 Classrooms (Wooden) -Dibigbini
23. Renovation of Maternity Centre. -Igbekebo
24. Viewing Centre -igbobini
25. Renovation of community school-zoin apobi
26. Construction of of 3 Classroom (Wooden)-Ajapa
27. Renovation of ODIEC Office -igbekebo
28. Construction of Health Centre. -Ajapa
29. Construction of 3 Classroom. -New Jerusalem
30. Construction of Single Cell Culvert Comprehensive Health Centre road. -Arogbo
31. Construction of Single Cell Culvert Comprehensive Health Centre road.-Arogbo
32. Construction of 2 Boreholes -Igbobini
33. Construction of 200m foot bridge at -Adolesimo
34. Renovation of Health Centre – Asere
35.Construction of 1Borehole and Culvert.-Arogbo
36Construction of Health Centre -Akpata
37.Construction of one block 6
Classroom (FA.C.)-Arogbo
38. .Rehabilitation of 16.5Km Road. -Kiribo
39 Renovation/Rehabilitation of 6 Classroom (LA, Pry. Sch.)-Agwobin Arogbo
40. Beautification of Civic Centre. -Igbekebo
41.Renovation of Comprehensive Health Centre. -Igbobini
42. Sinking of Motorise Borehole -Igbobini
43.Construction works way General
Hospital-Igbekebo
44. Construction of Borehole General Hospital. – Igbekebo
45. Construction of Borehole- kiribo
46. Construction of Chairman Quarters-Igbekebo
47. Electrification of Health Centre.-Shabome
48.Renovation of Street Light. – Igbobini
49. Construction of Health Centre – Ukpe
50. Footbridge (100M)-Bolowo
51.Police Station-Igbekebo
52.Skill Acquisition-Igbekebo
53.Office Complex -Igbekebo
54. Opening, Widening and Grading of Road -For the entire local government
55.Construction of wooden Jetty. -New Jerusalem
56.Renovation of Office Complex. -Igbekebo
57.Renovation of N. P. C. Office. -Igbekebo
58.Cleaning of Water Ways. -Riverine
59.Renovation of Skill Acquisition Centre. -Igbekebo
50.Purchase of 4 V. Boot Mercedes Benz
(Padded) for Traditional Rulers.
Ese-Odo Local government 1.
The following Utility Vehicles were Purchased
Peugeot 406 Salon Car
1
Peugeot 505
5
Peugeot 504 Best line
1
Security Boat
1
Toyota 18 Seater Bus
Monthly Payment of allowances to 450 Old People (Aged) across
The Local Government.
While we await responses from candidates of other political parties especially the APC , we are ready to unveil more of Agboola Ajayi and Festus Akingbaso dividends of democracy that have been delivered to their people in all the political offices they have occupied till date.
