The umbrella body for Oke Ogun people of Oyo State, Oke Ogun Development Consultative Forum, ODCF, has lauded Governor Seyi Makinde for the establishment and commissioning of Police Mobile Force, PMF, 72 Squadron, in the area as well as provision of farm inputs to farmers.
The forum in press release signed by its president, Dr. Olusegun Ajuwon; general secretary, Mr. Zachaeus Adepoju and the publicity secretary, Comrade Jare Ajayi, described the commissioning of the Squadron at Ago-Are, Atisbo LCDA, Oke-Ogun, as a welcome and commendable development.
It would be recalled that the state governor inaugurated the mobile police squadron on Wednesday last week and provided the outfit with six Hilux trucks for its smooth operation.
These were in addition to motorcycles that would be provided while the governor also had a stopover at Ipapo where he commissioned a magnificent school building and distributed farm inputs to farmers in the area.
Farm inputs were also distributed by the governor at Iseyin and Ago-Are in addition to some palliative materials.
ODCF recalled that during the election campaign, Governor Makinde and his deputy, Remi Olaniyan, promised to bring development to all sections of the state including Oke-Ogun, an area that had been long neglected.
The release reads in part, “From all indications, Seyi Makinde administration has been making efforts to fulfill its campaign promises. We noticed with satisfaction the ongoing work on Moniya-Iseyin road, the return of the headquarters of Oyo State Agricultural Development Programme (OYSADEP) to Saki, the plan by the governor to build a Government House Annex in Oke-Ogun as well as sundry other things like the Mobile Squadron that is meant to tackle security challenges in our area.”
The forum also expressed appreciation to Governor Makinde for appointing retired General Kunle Togun as chairman of the newly established Amotekun Security outfit in the state.
They seized the opportunity to congratulate the governor for marking one year in office and urged the government not to relent in bringing more development programmes to their area, while assuring that their people would continue to support the administration.
“For being purposeful and for demonstrating the desire to really uplift our dear state, we in Oke-Ogun assure Governor Makinde and his administration of our unflinching support,” they stated.
