OGD and His LEGACIES....By Chief Dapo Oke

Irrespective of our political affiliations,I think certain facts in the governance of Ogun State are undeniable. I have read with utmost disappointment the claims by some people that the last administration in Ogun State did nothing through out its eight years rule, this of course to me is the height of political immaturity and insincerity to say the least. One need to ask if those category of public commentators ever lived in Ogun state or never had cause to come into direct contact with some of the landmarks projects of the administration which are quite visible for visionary sights.

A government should not only be judged by ordinary improvement of existing infrastructures but by combination of the amount of innovative ideas and social welfare services deliveryin key goals of employment generation,poverty alleviation and improvement of the life of citizenry. I stand to be corrected that the last administration contributed in mo small measures to sustainable development of Ogun state through generation of profitable investments, good return on investment and execution of public-private partnership projects in the state. the amount of socio economic transformation that took place can only be understood by those who posses the special abilities to see and understand good visions.

People should learn to reward excellence and good performance. Obviously, no amount of critical ill-feeling can destroy the physical legacies of excellent sports development, Opic plaza,the three stadia , TASUED and other Institutions, modern markets, free trade zones, LADERIN workers estates and other numerous housing estates across the state, Oba complex , the State secretariat complex to mention just a few . Rather than deceiving the incumbent government that it had out classed the last regime within one year of it operations , we need to let the Administration come to the reality that the shoe on ground is too big for small and medium legs and that it requires reviewing and building on existing structures and plans to surpass the past administrations.