Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has said that his administration will create a new Oyo State where basic amenities and conducive environment will be provided for business and commercial activities to thrive.
The governor, who spoke on Wednesday during an unscheduled visit to the construction site of Mokola overhead bridge in Ibadan, said that his administration would do everything possible to give the state a facelift and change it from the state of brigandage and petty trading he inherited to one where peace would reign and economy improve.
He said that he wanted his administration to be remembered as one that set a standard in good governance through the provision of basic infrastructure.
Ajimobi noted that his would be the first civilian administration to construct an overhead bridge in the state, stressing, “We want to be the government of modern Oyo State.
“The late Chief Obafemi Awolowo was outstanding as the governor of Old Western Region. We too want to be the Number One government of new Oyo State.
“I believe that by the time we do all these (overhead bridges), construct roads, put other infrastructure in place and improve business and commercial activities in the state, there will be a modern Oyo State free of thuggery, violence, brigandage and petty trading that have taken our people to nowhere.”
The governor assured the people of the state that the overhead bridge would be completed on schedule, pointing out that already, there had been an appreciable progress on the project.