Our urban renewal programme not to inflict hardship on Oyo people -
Ajimobi
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| : Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State (third right), his deputy, Chief Moses Adeyemo (second right), Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Hon. Monsurat Sunmonu (fourth left), State Chairman of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Chief Akin Oke (second left), Senator Oluremi Tinubu (third left), Senator Bayo Adewusi (right) and Senator Gbnenga Obadara (left), from Ogun State, at the commissioning of the Bodija/Secretariat bridge, now christened Restoration Bridge, in Ibadan on Monday. PIC: OYO GOVERNMENT HOUSE |
Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has said that the urban
renewal programme currently being executed by his administration is not meant
to inflict unnecessary hardship on the lives of the people but to give the
state necessary facelift.
The governor stated while speaking at this year’s edition of
Edi-El-Maulud celebrations organized by the state government at the Government
House Arcade, Ibadan on Sunday.
Governor Ajimobi, while acknowledging the fact that the
programme had forced the affected people to make some adjustments, assured that
the current pain would soon turn into gains.
``It is a known fact that Oyo used to have the renown of
being the dirtiest state in the whole of Nigeria. But today, even those coming
outside the state will testify that things are fast changing for the better.
This, I think, should be our collective joy.
``So everything we have been doing has been with good
intention and not to witch-hunt anybody. We know that it may bring some pains
but I can assure you that the pains will soon turn into gains for us all in Oyo
State,’’ he said.
Governor Ajimobi said that the Eid-El-Maulud celebration was
instituted on annual basis by his administration so as to further uplift Islam,
increase people’s knowledge about the religion and to continue feeling the
pause of the people of the state, particularly opinion leaders and moulders.
The Guest Lecturer at the occasion, Alhaji Muideen Salman
Hussein, in his lecture cautioned Muslims against unnecessary fundamentalism,
saying that there was no need attacking adherents of other faiths under the
guise of promoting Islam.
He also stressed the need for tolerance and peaceful
co-existence in order to promote peace and harmony in the society.
