52 traditional rulers in the Ijebu Traditional Council, on Thursday, announced their endorsement of the Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, for another term in office.

The monarchs, who converged on the Awujale’s palace, Ijebu Ode, unanimously threw their weight behind the governor’s re-election bid, citing his performance since he assumed office in 2019.

A statement issued on Thursday by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Kunle Somorin, said the traditional rulers conveyed their endorsement via a communique read by the Secretary of the council, Obiri of Ayepe-Ijebu, Oba Rosiji Ogunbanjo, at the end of their monthly meeting presided over by the President of the council, the Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikirulai Kayode Adetona.

The Awujale said he was proud of the governor’s giant strides and advised those nursing governorship ambition to wait till 2027.

“Dapo Abiodun is simply the best for now. We do not intend to change him,” the traditional ruler said as he prayed for Governor Abiodun.

Reading the communique, Oba Ogunbanjo, said after reviewing happenings in Ijebuland and Ogun State under the administration of Abiodun, the council unanimously endorsed him to continue in office beyond 2023.

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The monarchs further commended the governor for signing into law, the Obas and Chiefs Laws of Ogun State 2021, which according to them has positively reformed installation and burial rights of traditional rulers in Ogun State.

The traditional rulers, who noted that the governor has demonstrated inclusive governance that has brought down drastically, the political heat in the state, also lauded him for carrying out projects equitably in the various divisions of the state.

They listed projects such as the ljebu-Ode-Epe dual carriage way; the Agro-Cargo Airport located in iperu-Remo; the reconstruction of Sagamu-Abeokuta Expressway; Kobape Housing Estate; the Ray-Power Road; llaro-Owode Road; Imasayi-Ayetoro Road, among infrastructural projects carried by Abiodun-led administration.

In his remarks, the Dagburewe of Idowa, Oba Yunusa Adekoya, said another four years of Abiodun’s leadership will turn Ogun State to the utopia area.

Responding, Governor Abiodun thanked the monarchs for their support and declaration of their endorsement for his continuity in office.

Speaking at the event, Abiodun, who extolled the virtue of Adetona, said the monarch is a father, to him recalling some of good things he had benefitted personally from the traditional ruler.

Abiodun, who highlighted some of the developmental and infrastructural projects executed by his administration in Ijebuland and the state in general, said the Agro Cargo Airport alone has attracted multi-billion naira projects to the state.

According to him, the airport project that he inherited from his predecessor has earned the state a cheque of N3.5 billion from the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) for 100 hectares of land.

In addition, the governor said one of the partners of the state has paid $400 million dollars to invest in the Cargo Airport area.

The governor, who appreciated the people of the state for their support, promised not to rest on his oars if elected for another term in 2023.

The Star