Baale of Ekotedo Community, Elder Taye Ayorinde
In the light of the upcoming 6th Anniversary of the administration of the Oyo State Governor, Abiola Ajimobi, the Baale of Ekotedo Community in Ibadan, Elder Taye Ayorinde has commended the efforts and achievements of the Ajimobi-led administration in the last six years.
Elder Ayorinde gave this commendation during an exclusive interview on ‘Community Today’ an online television programme on the platform of CEOAfrica, adding that Governor Ajimobi’s administration has considerably improved Oyo State.
Priding himself as an objective, patriotic and frank Nigerian, Elder Ayorinde stated during the media chat that his commendation of the Oyo State governor was not based on sentimentality, but on genuine observations.
Elder Ayorinde explained that before the administration of Ajimobi, Ibadan was very dirty and disorganised which prompted the Governor to lay out plans to make the state cleaner, more organised and more developed.
“When Ajimobi became the Governor, he took care of indiscriminate refuse dumping in the state, cleared the roads of street traders, built shops and constructed roads which considerably reduced the menace of traffic grid lock that used to characterise Ibadan,” the Baale stated.
While highlighting the achievements of the Governor, Elder Ayorinde who is also the traditional chief in charge of the jurisdiction of the Igbo community in Ibadan stated the Ajimobi still has more projects planned to be accomplished within the two years left in his tenure.
Elder Ayorinde revealed that some of projects the Governor has planned include; boosting industrialisation in the state by inviting investors from China, as well as the construction of the Ibadan circular road, a project which according to Elder Ayorinde, could not be accomplished by the past administrations because of lack of funds.
The Baale however further observed that the areas the Governor needs to focus on are issues relating to the civil service and the local government officials. He also enjoined the people of Oyo state to embrace the policies implemented by the Governor as they are geared towards positive change.