Gov. Abiodun to open job portal, as work commences on primary schools, primary health care centres, roads rehabilitation

The Abiodun-led administration in
Ogun State will soon commence the rehabilitation of schools, roads, primary health care centres and open job portal.

Governor Abiodun disclosed this
at a closed door meeting with the leadership of All Progressives Congress (APC),
Ogun State chapter, on Monday in Abeokuta.

Meanwhile, the governor was surprised at the spin given to the essence of the Monday meeting. Rather than focus on the developmental issues discussed, attention has been focused on the good gesture of the governor to secure loan to pay the May salaries of the workforce.

However, the government has chosen to be forward looking and not be distracted.
 

In a statement signed by the
Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr. Kunle Somorin, the meeting was
called to harmonise the position of government with that of the party on how to
move the state forward and ensure that dividends of democracy percolate to the
grassroots level.

The statement further said that
the governor unfolded how he would build one primary health care centre in each
of the 236 wards of the state, using local manpower.

It added that Governor Abiodun gave
assurance that he would rehabilitate 236 primary schools; one in each of every
ward in the state, and set up a job portal to enable his administration have
accurate statistics of skilled and unskilled labour, as well as register on a
continuous basis unemployed youths in the state with a view to providing them
jobs suitable for their trades and academic qualifications. 

The governor lauded the spirit of
magnanimity displayed by party faithful since the party won the March 9
Governorship Election, and assured them that all his developmental programmes
as enshrined in the party manifestoes are on course.

He said: “We shall be
public-private sector oriented in our governance model. Therefore, members of
our party should not be discouraged that we are going to have an inclusive
government that will utilise valuable potentials that abound in the state,
irrespective of party affiliations.  

“All graduates and those with
vocational training across the state will give their information and we will
endeavour to match them with potential employers, not only within the civil
service but also with the private sector, with whom we are partnering.

“To ensure that the citizens and
residents of the state 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”.

Abiodun 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.

“We have enumerated the roads and
mapped them, but we need your insight and buy-in on the most important roads to
our people. So, help us list your first three roads in each local government
and in the order of preference so that work can begin in earnest”, he told the
party faithful.

The governor assured that the
road rehabilitation projects would be partly handled by local contractors,
while members of the local community will 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,” the governor said.

The 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 the bedrock of his administration’s
plan to lift people out of poverty.

The interim Chairman of Ogun APC,
Chief Yemi Sanusi, presided over the meeting which had in attendance, the
leadership of 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, past and current State Assembly
members, past and current Chiefs of Staff to past and present Governors, as
well as those who served as Special Advisers and Senior Special
Assistants.