Governor Abiola Ajimobi on Thursday thanked the people of Oyo and the Alaafin Of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, for his fatherly role and support spanning his two tenures, which he said had proved bookmakers wrong.
Governor Ajimobi stated this when the monarch to inaugurate the dual carriage way constructed by his administration now named after the Alaafin..
On assumption of office in 2011, he said that pundits had predicted that his then robust relationship with the Alaafin would not last long because of the monarchs known criticism of mediocrity and weak leadership.
Ajimobi said, “People predicted that my relationship with Baba Alaafin would not last on my assumption of office in 2011. I’m proud to tell them now that we are flexing daily in our relationship and this is the eighth year of my administration.
“No governor since the days of the Western Region had ruled the region or Oyo State for eight years, not even during the military misadventures. I want to sincerely thank Baba for his supportive roles and prayers, which contributed to our success story.
“I also thank the good people of Oyo State, including the people of Oyo for their love and support for me. I won elections in 2003 (Senate), 2011 and 2015 (governorship). So if I fail to win in 2019 (Senate), I still scored A1 or what you can call First Class.”
The governor said that the mediation centres were established by his administration as a practical demonstration of its repositioning agenda, particularly in enhancing peace, safety and security.
He said, “Dispute resolution is an important factor in our social existence and the more we all learn to live with our disagreements and take mutual steps towards amicable resolutions, the better for our society and communal harmony.
“This underscores the need to provide mediation services across all the zones of Oyo State. The outstanding success of the mediation centre at the ministry of justice in Ibadan provoked the conception and birth of the zonal centres, two of which are being commissioned today (yesterday) in Oyo and Ogbomoso zones.
“With today’s commissioning, Oyo State, under our leadership, would have fulfilled its electioneering promises of entrenching in the state an enduring peaceful co-existence and speedy dispensation of justice.”
