The All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Ogun State Senator Solomon Olamilekan Adeola kick-started a statewide stakeholders’ town hall meeting in Ewekoro Local Government Area on Monday.
He assured residents of Ogun State that critical roads and health challenges in the LG will be addressed in the months ahead.
Addressing the gathering including the electorate the Council of Baales members and leaders of Community Development Committees artisans market women and the youths at the meeting held in Itori town Adeola said the forum was to gather feedback on his representation and to interact with the people on areas of need and implementable solutions for Ogun State.
He added that the meeting was also to meet directly with the people at the grassroots and to seek their support in his bid to emerge as the next governor of the state.
He said ‘You are not only the electorate but you are also equally important stakeholders. I am standing before you today to assure you that my administration will deliver the benefits of democracy to Ewekoro if I am given the mandate to govern the state next year.
‘As a Senator representing Ogun West I have already set a standard for myself by facilitating various projects to the Ewekoro Local Government Area. I promise you that if I emerge governor in 2027 I will work for the socioeconomic development of this local government.
‘Of course my various interventions have not totally bridged the infrastructural deficit in Ewekoro but I am assuring everyone here that as your next governor by the grace of God my administration will work assiduously to deliver good governance to the people of this important LG’ Adeola stated.
He disclosed that over 900 infrastructure projects have been facilitated and completed across Ogun State including roads school buildings ICT centres health facilities markets police stations and solar lights.
In Ewekoro specifically he listed completed projects including an ultra-modern market at Obada-Oko the rehabilitation of Papalanto-Oteyi Road the renovation of Obada-Oko Primary Health Centre and a solar borehole and solar lights at Obada Market. Meanwhile Iyana Complex Junction Road Obada Central Community Road Wasimi ultra-modern market blocks of 12 classrooms at Government Technical College Ajegunle and Itori Comprehensive High School and a mini-grid at Obada-Oko General Hospital are ongoing.
Adeola said he was aware of challenges on Old Ilaro Road Ejio Road Afowowa-Sogade Road Pateleri Road and the need for a health centre at Abalabi assuring that they will be addressed going forward.
While urging the gathering to vote massively for all the candidates of the APC including President Bola Ahmed Tinubu the Senator representing Ogun Central Shuaib Salis Adijat Adeleye the party’s House of Representatives candidate for the Ifo/Ewekoro Federal Constituency and the House of Assembly candidate for the Ewekoro State Constituency Biodun Adeleye he told the gathering that voting for the party all through will expedite socioeconomic development of the local government.
According to him a solid foundation had been laid for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda over the last three and a half years noting that he was fully involved in laying that foundation in the legislative arm.
The senator listed gains of the reforms to include inflation dropping from 34.8 per cent in 2024 to 14.6 per cent in September 2026 debt service-to-revenue ratio cut from 97 per cent to below 50 per cent external reserves rising to $58.8 billion in October 2026 from $859 million clearance of $7 billion forex backlog payment of N750 billion 17-year pension backlog and introduction of NELFUND which has benefitted over 1.5 million students with N300 billion.
He added that the administration has disbursed N250000 each to over 8 million NIN- and BVN-verified households totalling N330 billion; created four new Army Divisions; recruited 139000 Forest Guards; and commenced restructuring through six Development Commissions and State Police with over 30 states acceding to the constitutional amendment.
Adeola said Ogun State is a major beneficiary of the Renewed Hope Agenda citing the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway Badagry-Sokoto Superhighway Sagamu-Benin Expressway reconstruction with solar lights and the South-West regional headquarters of the National Food Bank under First Lady Senator Oluremi Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Initiative.
He also commended Governor Dapo Abiodun for completing over 1700 kilometres of roads 3640 housing units the Gateway International Cargo Airport at Iperu and the $7 billion MOU for the Gateway Deep Sea Port at Ogun Waterside with inland dry ports at Ijebu-Ode and Abeokuta.
Giving his scorecard in the Senate Adeola said that as Appropriations Chairman and Vice Chairman of National Security and Intelligence and member of 11 other committees he sponsored 15 bills and 4 motions making him one of the top 10 bill sponsors. He said his bill upgrading Federal Polytechnic Ilaro to University of Technology Ilaro has been signed into law while his ICAN Act amendment bill has passed public hearing.
He also said his Scholarship and Bursary Board has benefited about 10000 indigent brilliant students with N100000 to N200000 each while over 20000 market women and men have received N50000 to N75000 cash grants across the state including beneficiaries from Ewekoro and pledged to expand the scheme.
The APC governorship candidate said he will continue effective representation until May 29 2027 and will faithfully implement his 9-Pillar ITESIWAJU Agenda if elected urging residents to continue supporting and voting for APC at all levels.
Earlier in his remarks the Director-General of the Ogun APC Campaign Council Senator Lekan Mustapha noted that the meeting was organized to enable the governorship candidate to interact directly with the electorate and key stakeholders in Ewekoro LG.
Welcoming the APC governorship candidate and his entourage to the local government the council chairman Sikiru Adesina said kick-starting the stakeholders meeting from Ewekoro LG was a testament to Senator Adeola’s love for the people of the council.
He applauded the APC governorship candidate for carrying out several interventions including infrastructural projects such as roads classrooms markets solar-powered lighting and water boreholes among others across the local government.
Among the dignitaries and stakeholders present were Engr. Noimot Salako-Oyeleye Ogun State Deputy Governor; Chief Yemi Sanusi Ogun State APC Chairman; Alhaja Kudirat Abiodun Adegunwa-Balogun APC Deputy Governorship candidate; and Senator Lekan Mustapha Director General APC Presidential and Governorship Campaign Council.
Others are Senator Shuaib Afolabi (APC Ogun Central) Hon. Isiaka Adekunle House of Representatives Deputy Whip Hon. Kayode Oladele Ogun State Federal Commissioner Federal Character Commission FRC Olu of Itori Oba Abdulfatai Akorode Akamo Hon. Jamiu Omoniyi Commissioner for Housing Alhaji Ganiyu Hamzat Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs and Hon. Adijat Adeleye Akande APC House of Representatives Candidate.
The governorship candidate’s entourage later moved to Ifo Local Government where he held a similar engagement meeting with the stakeholders.