Two months into his second year in office as governor, the people of Ogun State have begun to express worry over Prince Dapo Abiodun’s alleged sluggish approach to governance. Nigeria DapoAbiodun OgunState
Ogun State citizens, who say they are losing patience over the governor’s snail speed, maintain that the nature of his emergence, especially the stiff opposition to his emergence from his predecessor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, was enough to spur him into expeditious performance.
The people of Ogun State hold the belief that the administration has so far performed below expectation, noting that although Abiodun’s mien portrays him as a humble servant with the interest of his people at heart, he appears to be faltering in his approach to governance. To the average resident, the governor seems to have taken up a responsibility that he was not equipped for, considering the way and manner he handles state matters.
According to Sowunmi, who contrasted the current administration with its predecessors, including those of Chief Olusegun Osoba in 1999, Otunba Gbenga Daniel and Amosun, Governor Abiodun “is going about things in a rather snail slow speed, which suggests a lack of preparedness. Perhaps, based on the people’s expectations, Abiodun promised extensive rehabilitation of the road, which actually took off, but was abruptly abandoned mid-way, thereby worsening the situation.
Sources also disclosed that some other projects were left untouched since the governor assumed office, just as the government abruptly stopped contractors working on others. On November 15, 2019, when the governor visited the scene of a fatal tanker fire accident, at the old Tollgate, Sango, which killed two persons and 17 vehicles burnt, he did not only shed tears, but also promised: “We shall do everything humanly possible to forestall future recurrence.”
He said: “I don’t think it has taken any of his predecessors so long to appoint commissioners. The excuse tabled by his supporters and party members on the issue of funds were not tenable. How do you expect results, when the necessary parameters were not put in place on time? “All the previous governors were sworn in with one united and very loyal party structure behind them, unlike in Dapo’s case, where the crisis keeps festering, until its present position that threatens an implosion. Nonetheless, after the administration settled down and fully stabilised, he got his government policies, projects and programmes speaking for his administration.
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