The Oyo State Government has said it remained committed to winning the war against insecurity in the Oke-Ogun Zone.
The Deputy Governor of Oyo State, Bayo Lawal said this during a Stakeholders meeting ahead of the 2024 fiscal year, held at Kisi for all the local government in Oke-Ogun Zone II adding that the present administration would stop at nothing to ensure citizens are safe in all zones in the state.
He commended the efforts of security outfits to ensure peace and stability in the state, expressing the government’s readiness to partner with all security agencies towards safeguarding the state.
The Deputy Governor also charged leaders in the Zone to synergize and come up with a template to quickly address the issues of insecurity around the zone.
Lawal stressed that all the local governments in Oke-Ogun Zone II, comprising of Olorunsogo, Oorelope, Irepo, Saki West, Saki East, and Atisbo Local Governments, need to put heads together and come up with a security template that would holistically and comprehensively address the issues of insecurity around the zone.
He stressed further that the budgetary system is critical to democracy noting, “Therefore, the people need to be consulted first before any budget preparation. This is the only expression of true democracy.”
Stressing that governance is different from politics, he assured the people that all ongoing projects in the zone would be completed as he would ensure that they were captured in the 2024 budget.
Projects such as the Saki-Ogboro-Igboho road rehabilitation would be completed as well and the dualization of Kisi Township road which the people have requested will also be done, promising that more Amotekun Corps would be recruited, across all the zones in Oke-Ogun.
In his remarks, the Commissioner for Budget, Professor Adetunji Babatunde stated that a good budget must be a budget of engagement, hence the purpose of the engagement meeting.
The meeting which was Chaired by the Deputy Governor also had in attendance other political office holders in the State such as the Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Professor Salihu Abdulwaheed Adelabu, Executive Assistant to the Governor on Finance, Budget and Economic Planning, Alh. Kolawole Gafar Bello, Honourable representing Irepo-Olorunsogo State Constituency, Hon Atanda Abdulsalam Wele, the local government chairmen under Oke-Ogun Zone II respectively.
