Neglect of Ogun Communities: Time to Call out Council Chairmen Bamidele Johnson A neighbour, to whom I was close in an Ogun State community I lived, called me one Saturday morning, saying he wanted me to meet a c
A neighbour, to whom I was close in an Ogun State community I lived, called me one Saturday morning, saying he wanted me to meet a council chairmanship aspirant. I was not thrilled because the incumbent at the time and previous chairmen of Ifo Local Government Area in Ogun State, under which my neighbourhood is, had treated us with utter indifference, if not disdain and naked malevolence.
The aspirant gave his name as Ogundele. I do not remember his first name, but the cordiality evaporated immediately he said his father, Zikirullahi Ogundele had also served as council chairman. I never met his dad, but I thought his tenure as chairman was absolutely dire. I knew the dad’s house on Olusegun Osoba Way, which leads to Agbado Crossing. In front of it was a roundabout-sized crater that he did nothing about till he left office, which I immediately told the son about.
He was not touching the soft drink the host gave to him. I was drinking the wine and eating the fried meat in front of me. He argued, correctly, that his dad could not do everything we wanted, to which I responded that he did nothing. He similarly attempted to hide under canopy of governors starving councils of funds, which he said was a reason the dad could not do as much as he would have liked.
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