The Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has said that no part of Ogun State has been left out of the developmental projects of his administration in the 2025-2027 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and the 2025 Budget.
According to him, projects were evenly distributed to the three Senatorial Districts in accordance with the 2024 budget.
Abiodun made this known during the town hall meeting on the 2025-2027 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and 2025 Budget held on Wednesday at Bisi Rodipe Event Center, Ijebu-Ode.
The governor, who lauded all stakeholders for their inputs during consultations towards putting together the 2024 budget, said his administration has approved the reconstruction of some major roads in the Ogun East Senatorial District.
The roads, according to the governor, are Imoro-Imegun-Opopo road, Igbeba-Eid praying ground to Prison road, Imoru road in Ijebu-Ode, and the Odelewu-Ladeshi-Ishiwo road.
The governor, who was represented by the Chief Economic Adviser and Commissioner for Finance, Mr. Dapo Okubadejo, noted that despite the fiscal pressures on its resources, his administration has also commenced the construction of over 64 kilometres of rural roads across the state.
The construction of the rural roads, Abiodun said, marks pivotal steps in his administration’s ongoing commitment towards expanding infrastructural development for easy rural accessibility and boosting agricultural productivity in the state.
He said, “In continuation of our infrastructural development, our administration recently approved the reconstruction of the Imoro-Imegun-Opopo road in Ijebu-North-East, Igbeba road to Eid praying ground to Prison, Imoru road in Ijebu-Ode, and Odelewu-Ladeshi-Ishiwo road.
“Despite the fiscal pressures and increased government spending, infrastructural investments to promote rural development and the economy have equally gained attention.
“Our administration is constructing 64 kilometres of rural roads in select local government areas in the state, including within the Ijebu division”.
He disclosed that his administration, in collaboration with the Lagos and Oyo State governments, has procured an additional 25 patrol vans and surveillance drones to monitor activities along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway.
The governor noted that the construction and imminent completion of the Gateway International Agro-cargo Airport would position the state as the major logistics hub in the sub-region while taking advantage of the Africa Quality Assurance Center developed by the Africa Export-Import Bank.
Abiodun said that his administration has constructed over 600 kilometers of road across the state, with 243.3 kilometers completed in the Ogun East Senatorial District.
The governor listed some of the completed roads including Chris-Ogunbajo-Erunwon Road, Palace Road, Ijebu-Itele, Club Road, Balogun Kuku Road, Ijebu-Ode, and the reconstruction of internal roads within Olabisi Onabanjo University, adding that work has also commenced on the double self-culvert on Alaran River, Isiwo, Ijebu-Ode, Liberty road, Oru, and the Awokoya road in Ijebu-Ode.
Earlier in his welcome address, the Commissioner for Budget and Planning, Mr. Olaolu Olabimtan, disclosed that 377 inputs were received during the last town hall meetings held in 2023, adding that 90%, which represents 340 inputs, were included in the budget, even as he pledged that the remaining 40 inputs would be included in the 2025 budget and the MTEF.
Olabimtan also disclosed that projects were equally implemented among the six local government areas of the district, urging the people of the Senatorial District to submit their input towards the planning and eventual implementation of the budget.
In their separate remarks, the Gbegande of Ososa, Oba Toye Alatishe, and the Ebumawe of Ago-Iwoye, Oba Abdul-Rasaq Adenugba, commended the present administration for sustaining the town hall meeting
The royal fathers said that the meeting served as an avenue for the people to make their inputs into the budget, saying monarchs in the district would continue to support the vision and mission of the present administration in the state.