A Chieftain of All Progressives Congress, APC,  Dr. Ololade Kehinde who is also a member of the medical committee of All Progressives Congress in Ogun has given 50 reasons why Dr. Dapo Abiodun should be re-elected for another term in office.

He  said "Governor Dapo Abiodun, having spent three years in office, has touched practically all sectors of government, bringing renewed development to the Gateway State. This no doubt is the reason for the widespread clamour for the continuity of his term in office. A few of the countless achievements of the Prince Dapo Abiodun-led administration in Ogun State in 1095 days are highlighted here:

EDUCATION AND HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT

1.​Teacher Employment to Fill Vacancies: In March, 2021, the Ogun State Government commenced the Ogun State Teaching Experience Acquisition Channel (Ogun TEACh), a paying special-intervention two-year scheme set up to fill the existing vacancies in the public primary and secondary schools as well as technical colleges in the State. In the period under review, 5000 interns have been recruited across the 20 local government areas, LGAs of the State.

2. School Construction: In what has been popularly tagged the "Yellow Roof Revolution," the Ogun State Government within the past 1095 days has embarked on a massive overhaul of the face of education in the State. Structures erected in different schools across the State's 20 LGAs include classrooms, hostels, toilets, offices, stores, and equipped e-libraries/computer rooms. These structures are visible and verifiable in almost all public primary and secondary schools, even as the project is ongoing. At the same time, over 1000 public primary and junior secondary schools have been rehabilitated (with reconstruction, reinforcement, and reroofing) till date across Ogun State within the period under review. These schools include even the Emeritus Ogunlesi Model School in Sagamu, the construction of which was left half done by the last administration as at May 29, 2019.

3. Reward for Outstanding Performance: On 22nd April, 2021, Governor Abiodun gave special recognition to Ms Faith Odunsi and Mr Oladimeji Shotunde, amongst others. Odunsi had topped the Global Open Mathematics Competition, as Shotunde emerged Best Graduating Student of the Lagos State University, LASU. While the State Government launched an endowment fund seeded with 5million Naira for Ms Odunsi, it awarded Mr Shotunde a 2-bedroom bungalow and a 2million Naira cash prize, as 32 other teachers and students got various other prizes.

4. Schools' Security: Governor Abiodun, towards better securing the lives of pupils and students especially as the Nation battles insecurity, approved the employment of security personnel for each state-owned school.

5. Free Education Policy: Governor Abiodun instructed the implementation of a truly free education policy, with the cancellation of all forms of levies in primary and secondary schools. This was even as the state government pioneered Ogun DigiClass, televised class sessions, to compensate for physical class time lost due to the closure of schools during the COVID-19 outbreak.

6. Facilities for Schools: The administration of Prince Dapo Abiodun procured 25,000 tables and chairs for distribution to and use by pupils and students of state-owned primary and secondary schools in the State.

7. Increase in Running Cost, Feeding Allowance: For the better administration of schools, Governor Abiodun approved a 120% increase in the running cost allocated and paid to all state-owned primary and secondary schools in the State. The Governor also approved a 50% increase in feeding allowance for learners in special needs schools.

8. 2019/2020 Promotion: Following the issuing of 2016/2017 (GL02 - 13) promotion letters to teachers after Governor Abiodun's instruction in 2019, teachers due for the 2019/2020 promotion got their promotion after the express instructions of the Governor. Altogether, 10,000 teaching and non-teaching staff in the State are beneficiaries. Also, 132 principals, 122 vice principals and 4 zonal secretaries have been inducted to fill the deficit of administration across secondary schools.

9. MAPOLY/TASCE Resuscitation: Governor Abiodun facilitated the return of the prestigious Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Ojere and Tai Solarin College of Education to their status of envy. Both institutions, following numerous interventions including the inauguration of a 12-member Governing Council, are now active, with academic activities ongoing smoothly.

10. Bursary Payment: Governor Abiodun has seen to the payment of bursary to Ogun State indigenes in Nigerian tertiary institutions.

11. Education Trust Fund: In the period under review, Governor Abiodun of two hundred milllion Naira (N200,000,000) as State Education Trust Fund, meant for the development of infrstaructure in state-owned tertiary institutions.

12. EMIS Construction: The State Government, through the Ogun State Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, has seen to the repositioning and construction of the Central Education Management Information System, EMIS for data gathering, analysis and presentation.

13. State School, Most Compliant Nationally: The Ogun State Institute of Technology, a state-owned tertiary institution, won Best Compliant Institution in Nigeria from the Joint Admission and Matriculations Board, JAMB worth 75 million Naira.

INFRASTRUCTURE

14. Road: Since he became the Executive Governor of Ogun State in May 2019, His Excellency Prince Dapo Abiodun has made good his promise to develop road infrastructure with an even distribution and commitment of resources and time to all senatorial districts of the State. In all, 270km of new roads have been constructed, while over 300km of roads have been rehabilitated. Essentially, there is a minimum of one road project in each of the State’s 20 LGAs. These records are not unconnected to the revival and operationalisation of the State’s road maintenance agency known as the Ogun State Public Works Agency, OGPWA.

In Ogun West, the reconstruction of Raypower Road and Imasayi-Ayetoro Road has been completed and the new roads are already being used by motorists, while Oke Ola Road in Imeko and Owode-Ilaro Road are currently being reconstructed. Also, the Government has reconstructed the Odo Afa Road and Bridge in Ipokia LGA. It'd be recalled that the road and bridge had been in an unfavourable condition for use over a long period of time. Of particular importance is the 19.2km Agbara-Lusada-Atan Road which had long been abandoned despite the industrial significance of the region to the State's economy.

The road project, which was flagged off by HE Prince Dapo Abiodun on Thursday, April 29, 2021, in which asphalt is now being laid on a section, is going at a commendable pace that will deliver a quality road on completion. It'd also be recalled that in the same month, the Governor commissioned the 10.25km Lusada-Igbesa Road which was constructed by the Ogun Guangdong Free Trade Zone in partnership with the Ogun State Government.

In Ogun East, completed road projects include: Oru-Awa-Ilaporu-Ibadan Road, Fusigboye-Ojofa Street Road and Asafa Oke-Asafa Isale-Ayegun-Ojofa Street Road in Ijebu Ode. Other projects, which are ongoing, include: the 14km Ijebu Ode-Epe Expressway; Oba Erinwole Dual Carriageway, Sagamu; Molusi College Road; Ilishan Market Road; 11km Atan-Erunwon Road; Ogbagba Street Road; and Ejinrin-Oluwalogbon-Mobalufon-Ibadan Road.

In Ogun Central, completed road projects include: Obantoko Road (Fajol-American Junction-Unity Estate-Gbonagun); Idi Aba-Oke Lantoro Road; and Ikoritameje-Adenrele/Olose Titun-Vespa Road. Ongoing project which are nearing completion at a commendable pace include: construction of the 42km Abeokuta-Sagamu Interchange; reconstruction of Panseke-Adigbe Road; as well as extension of the proposed gate Development at Sagamu Interchange. In Ifo LGA, roadworks are ongoing on Akute-Denro-Ishasi-Oluwakemi Road.

15. Housing: Having delivered over 1,000 units of the 2,500 housing units targeted by the Administration as at the end of 2021, a minimum of 1,000 additional units are currently being worked upon in 2022, spreading across the Prince Court Estate, Kemta, Idi-Aba, Abeokuta; Kobape in Obafemi-Owode LGA; the King’s Court Estate, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta. Others are at different stages of completion in Ijebu-Ode, Sagamu, Ilaro and Otta.

16. Water: In the period under review, the Ogun State Government has rehabilitated the Iberekodo Dam, with five new gates installed as well as gear hoists, cofferdam demolished, and water flow restored. With water flow already restored, the Ogun State Water Corporation has resumed supply. A 14.5ml water reservoir has also been constructed in Abeokuta, the State Capital.

17. Aviation: The Ogun State Government under Prince Dapo Abiodun has commenced the construction of the Ogun Agro-Cargo Airport in Iperu-Ilishan Remo. The airport, which is a major boost to the local agro-processing and export subsectors of the State, is located in the AfDB-approved Special Agro-Processing Zone, SAPZ which hosts several, major industries, and it will ease logistics of end product export.

RURAL DEVELOPMENT, WATER SUPPLY AND SANITATION

18. Potable Water Provision: The Ogun State Government, through the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency in the period under review rehabilitated a total of nine (9) hand and motorised boreholes into complete solar-powered boreholes in Odeda, while constructing two (2) new ones. In Yewa North LGA, eight (8) boreholes have been rehabilitated with solar power, while five (5) have been fully constructed. Five (5) hand and motorised boreholes were also rehabilitated in Ado Odo/Ota LGA, while thirteen (13) new ones were constructed. In Ipokia LGA, twelve (12) new solar-powered boreholes were constructed, while eight (8) were rehabilitated.

There has also been urban water resuscitation at Arakanga, Abeokuta North LGA, now providing water to Abeokuta and other major communities. There are also now mini water schemes in Ikenne, Igbogila, Ibooro, Odonopa, Ipokia, Idowa, Omu-Ijebu, Ago-Iwoye, Igbesa, Owode-Yewa, Imoru, Ibefun, and Ikangba, even as the powerline at Ikangba Borehole Scheme in Ijebu-Ode has been reconnected. Also, Government is introducing a community-based water supply scheme known as “water kiosking” which would ease supply to central sources in different communities.

19. Electricity: The State Government has commissioned the 100KWp solar mini-grid Hybrid Electrification System at Olooji Community. Equally, Atapa Community in Ogun Central Senatorial District and Koto Obo in Ogun West have also been provided with complete Household Solar Lighting Systems.

20. Modernising Fish Processing: The Government, through the Ministry of Rural Development, fabricated and distributed a large number of modern smoking kilns to fish processors in different LGAs including Ikenne, Sagamu, Odogbolu, Ijebo Ode, Obafemi Owode, among others. Government also constructed and continues to maintain 385 (Dug-Out – 235; Tank – 130) new fish ponds/tanks for 300 fish farmers across the State. This is as 2,815 farmers were assisted in stocking over 3,815,000 Clarias fingerlings.

21. Township Road: The 6km Koriko Village Road that leads to Association of Senior Civil Servant Housing Scheme was upgraded in the period under review, to ease hardship faced by residents and other road users.

22. Waste Management: Governor Dapo Abiodun’s Government established and has been operating effectively, the new Ogun State Waste Management Agency, OGWAMA. This has verifiably controlled indiscriminate waste disposal, drainage clogging as well as reduced the cost of state funds previously expended on dredging.

HEALTH

23. COVID-19 Containment: Despite being the state to host the index case of the dreaded coronavirus in February 2020, Ogun State contained the virus in a laudable manner with quick and effective moves taken by the State Ministry of Health up to the point of vaccination. The State has a record of low fatalities, with: over 70,200 persons tested, about 4,600 treated, around 80,000 vaccinated, and a little over 50 fatalities. Proactive measure taken include: pioneering the establishment of the first mobile COVID-19 testing booth; the first NCDC-accredited mobile molecular laboratory in Nigeria; drive-through and walk-in testing centres equipped with a specially designed protective glass box to be used by medical personnel for collecting samples.

24. PHC Renovation: In the period under review, a total of forty-two (42) Primary Healthcare Centres, PHCs have been renovated and equipped, with sixty (60) others ongoing across the 20 LGAs of the State. This leaves at least one rehabilitated in each of the 20 LGAs, and is targeted towards improving access to healthcare, especially at the grassroots.

25. Hospital Renovation: The Abiodun-led Government has renovated State General Hospitals in three (3) different locations. These are Idiroko, Ibiade and Odeda. The Government has also carried out some construction at, while also renovating, the State General Hospitals in Iberekodo and Ijebu Ife. Renovation has also been carried out at the 120-bed Mother-and-Child Ward at the State General Hospital in Iperu. This is as there is ongoing rehabilitation and upgrade of facilities at the Olabisi Onabanjo teaching Hospital, OOUTH, Sagamu.

26. Healthcare Worker Recruitment: In September 2020, Governor Abiodun approved the recruitment of medical staff across cadres, including resident doctors, nurses, pharmacists and others. The Governor gave specific instructions to all state-owned hospitals to recruit 20 consultant doctors, to address the existent shortfall at the time. Within the period under review, over three hundred and ten (310) medical staff have been employed by the State Government - from consultants to attendants.

27. Support Grant Facilitation: Ogun State Government facilitated a N2.5 billion healthcare systems support grant from the Abdul Samad Rabiu Africa Initiative, ASR Africa for the Mother and Child Hospital at the OOUTH.

28. OOUTH Mortuary, A&E: The Mortuary and Accident & Emergencies, A&E Unit of the OOUTH, Sagamu have been upgraded. This is as the State Government conducted a total overhaul of the Mortuary with six (6) freezers and renovated the A&E Unit.

29. 24-Hour Ambulance Service: In the period under review, the Ogun State Government launched its 24-hour ambulance service across the State. In addition to this clear improvement in the effectiveness of ambulances within the State, the number of available ambulances has also increased within the period under review. As at May 2019, the State had barely six (6) ambulances, but as at now, there are over twenty-one (21) ambulances, with plans underway to have about thirty (30) for easier access to prompt healthcare delivery. Already, for better access, an ambulance unit has been established in each of all nine (9) Federal Constituency in the State.