The governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun State Sen. Solomon Olamilekan Adeola popularly called Yayi has said Ilaro the administrative headquarters of Ogun West Senatorial District is becoming a ”small London’ in fulfilment of the promise he made at the inception of his senatorial mandate.
He said the infrastructural development he had facilitated for the town in the area of roads health care education security electricity among others had changed the outlook of the town.
Speaking at a programme organised by ‘Ilaro Parapo for Yayi’ with the theme: ‘Unity Development and Political Future of Ilaro District ‘ attended by thousands of Ilaro indigenes Yayi said: ‘I made a promise to turn Ilaro and its environs to ‘small London’ and I have worked towards this in the area of infrastructural development I’ve facilitated for the town.
‘I also facilitated the making of the town a university town through the enactment of the law that upgraded Federal Polytechnic Ilaro to Federal University of Technology Ilaro.’
He said a vote for him and other APC candidates was a vote for themselves and future development adding that he expected more than 60000 votes from Ilaro District of Yewa South Local Government.
A prominent indigene of the area Omoba Segun Adewale (OSA) says Senator Adeola is 100 per cent from Ilaro and residents of the town are determined to deliver 100 per cent votes of the 80000 registered voters that have collected their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) for him.
He said the decision to vote for Senator Adeola was based on his work as well as the struggle to end 50 years of injustice against Ogun West Senatorial District for not being able to produce a governor for the state.
‘However voting for Senator Adeola is not only for projects and development in Ilaro and Ogun West but also for Ogun State as he has started work in other senatorial districts of the state’ Adewale added.
Three academicians from Ilaro Professor Tope Popoola Professor Taiwo Edun and Dr. Mukhail Akinde delivered papers on the theme and pleaded for unity and massive votes for Senator Adeola.
Among the dignitaries at the event were Minister of State for Health and Social Services Dr. Kunle Salako; Third Republic state legislator Muftau Ajibola; Deputy Speaker of Ogun State House of Assembly Latefat Ajayi; Tommy Akintomide an engineer; Chief Mrs. Iyabo Apampa APC senatorial candidate for Ogun West Jimoh Ojugbele among others.