Ogun state Indigenes will soon experience succour and rapid rural development as The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun State, Prince Dapo Abiodun, yesterday expressed his readiness to give more attention to rural development by connecting rural communities to urban centres with new link roads, if elected governor.
Abiodun said fixing of rural roads in the three senatorial districts and linking them with urban settings would ease the movement of farm produce and people from one location to another.
The governorship hopeful, who made this known while speaking at the palace of the Alaye of Ode-Remo in Remo North Local Government Area, added that rural roads connecting Ogun State with neighbouring states would also be given priority attention.
The successful entrepreneur and real estate player noted that though it is important to have flyovers in Abeokuta, but said the need for rural roads should not be sacrificed just because of the state capital.
According to him, public pipe-borne water which had disappeared in the state in the last seven and half years would return, even in rural areas, for the benefits of citizens and residents of the state.
He declared that the forthcoming governorship election is for the greater growth and development of the state and urged the people to cast their vote en-masse for him and the APC.
Abiodun said: “It is also evident that many communities in the state are without pipe-borne water and regular power supply. We will look into these challenges and attend to them.
“It is common knowledge that, while some governors, having spent eight years in office, have got nothing to show as electoral promises. But I want to assure you that ours will be different. We will make good our electoral promises.
“We are not leaving APC for another party because we know it is a great party that can bring dividends of democracy to the people of the state.
“We are going to return power to the local governments so that council chairmen can perform their statutory duties effectively. Also, we will build multi-healthcare centres in each local government area.
“Those using the portraits of President Muhammadu Buhari as their presidential candidate are not being honest to themselves because they do not belong to our party, APC