From Laide Raheem, Abeokuta
Senator representing Ogun West at the National Assembly, Solomon Olamilekan Adeola, has said years of siege of underdevelopment and marginalisation in the senatorial district were over, through the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Tinubu and his qualitative representation at the national assembly.
Adeola, chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, stated this in an address at the third session of the 12th Synod of the Diocese of Yewa, The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), yesterday.
Speaking on the theme, ‘The siege is broken” at Rev Fry Memorial Anglican Church, Ishaga-Orile in Ogun State, he said since his coming back home from Lagos two years ago under the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Tinubu and his complementary delivery of democracy dividends with the Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun’s APC administration, the people of Yewaland and all parts of Ogun West have witnessed unprecedented infrastructural and socio-economic development.
He recalled how he had chaired a similar synod in Ilaro five years ago, while still serving as a senator in Lagos, noting that the theme of the event, ‘But They that Wait Upon The Lord,” had eventually paid off for the people of the senatorial district with him as a senator and President Tinubu at the helm of affairs in the country.
“At the time of that Synod in Ilaro, I was the Senator representing Lagos West. It was a trying time that I made efforts to come back home to render service for my people in Yewaland, Ogun West and indeed, Ogun State. Today, by the special grace of God Almighty and the votes of the people, I am the Senator representing Ogun West in Ogun State. We waited on the lord and He answered us in His own time. The waiting is over and in the last two years, we can sing ‘Come and See What the Lord has done’ in Yewaland and Ogun West,” he stated.
Reflecting on the scriptural text that informed the theme of the Synod taken from 2 Chronicles 20:15-25, he said that just as the lord fought for the people of Israel and Judah against a host of powerful and hostile enemies, Almighty God has been fighting for him, the people of Yewaland and Ogun West since he became senator two years ago.
He added that everyone could attest to the tremendous development that the senatorial district and elsewhere had witnessed in the area of infrastructural development, particularly construction of roads, school buildings, healthcare centres, ICT centres, ultra-modern markets, town halls and police stations, electricity and solar lights, among others.
“Our mega empowerment programmes for the constituents also look like spoils collected by the Israelites after God destroyed their enemies with reference to 2 Chronicles 20: 25. As it is, the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Tinubu is yielding positive results and so far, prevented the economic collapse that faced the nation two years ago. The bold and innovative policies of the President like the removal of oil subsidy, floating of exchange rates, student loan, consumer credit and massive infrastructural development, signing the minimum wage law among others, have repositioned the nation’s economy on the path of steady and sustainable growth. And to the Glory of God, we are part of the direct beneficiaries of the Renewed Hope Agenda on infrastructure,” the senator said.
While urging the clergy to continue to pray for our nation, the armed forces and leaders as they seek solutions to the problem of insurgency, kidnappings and other criminal activities, he commended Abiodun for his giant strides in bringing development to the people in Ogun State in general and Yewaland in particular.
“Our people are witnesses to your rehabilitation of structures in the educational and health sectors, the completed housing projects and more importantly, road construction and rehabilitation with references to Ilashe-Koko- Alari Road in Ipokia; Imasayi-Ayetoro Road and ongoing work on Ilaro-Owode Road; Afa Bridge, Ipokia; Oke Ola Road, Imeko; internal road of the state hospital, Ilaro; renovation of state hospital, Ilaro and the Atan-Lusada-Agbara Road among others,” he submitted.
Earlier in his charge, the Bishop of Yewa Diocese, Rt. Rev Michael Oluwarohunbi said Adeola’s infrastructural interventions and empowerment programmes had helped in breaking the siege on Yewaland, adding, “the advent of Yayi in Ogun State is God’s answer to the prayers of the people that had changed the narratives.
“There is an infrastructural revolution in Yewaland courtesy of Senator Adeola. He has brought the first Federal University through his representation in the senate, a sign of a broken siege,” the bishop stated.