As the race to clinch the APC candidacy in the forthcoming local government elections gets hotter, one of the three shortlisted aspirants in Abeokuta South Local Government has revealed his plan for the premier local government.
Bola Odetayo, a professional in politics, grassroot mobilizer and core loyalist of the Governor of Ogun State, Prince Dapo Abiodun (MFR), made the disclosure in the course of his campaign which earned him a top-three nomination.
The program dubbed “The Ten-Point Plan – A pathway to wealth and human dignity for the good people of Abeokuta South LGA”. Odetayo listed agricultural development, investment attraction to the established industrial suburbia of Abeokuta and provisions of grants to SMEs alongside tourism and sports development as his key plans.
Also highlighted in his program are provision of basic infrastructural needs, including green infrastructure with utmost consideration for local content, Improved revenue generation, and investment in primary healthcare delivery and environmental health.
Odetayo also plans to compliment the efforts of the State Government in the transport sector by providing effective transportation system for optimal energy consumption to achieve sustainability. He as well aspire to create an atmosphere for improved human capital development via investment in education and digital innovation.
Synergy between community-based security outfits and state actors for effective policing and the initiative to provide child care benefit for low-income households complete the list.
As the robustness of Bola Odetayo’s vision and his entrenchment in grassroot politics keep eliciting support from party faithfuls in the premier local government, only time will tell who gets the APC ticket.
THE TENPOINT TEN-POINT PLAN (TPP) are:
1. INVESTMENT IN AGRICULTURE AS A TOOL FOR REDUCTION OF UNEMPLOYMENT
2. COMPLEMENTING THE STATE GOVERNMENT’S FOREIGN INVESTMENT DRIVE BY ATTRACTING INVESTORS INTO THE ESTABLISHED INDUSTRIAL SUBURBIA OF ABEOKUTA AND PROVISION OF GRANTS TO SMES FOR REDUCTION OF UNEMPLOYMENT
3. TAPPING THE LATENT TOURISM POTENTIALS AND INVESTMENT IN SPORTS DEVELOPMENT FOR JOB CREATION AND YOUTH ENGAGEMENT.
4. DELIVERY OF BASIC INFRASTRUCTURAL NEEDS, INCLUDING GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE WITH UTMOST CONSIDERATION FOR LOCAL CONTENT
5. IMPROVED INTERNALLY GENERATED REVENUE VIA RATES, TAXES AND LEVIES.
6. INVESTMENT IN PRIMARY HEALTH CARE DELIVERY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH.
7. EFFECTIVE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM FOR OPTIMAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION TO ACHIEVE SUSTAINABILITY
8. IMPROVED HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT VIA INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION AND DIGITAL INNOVATION.
9. FACILITATING SEAMLESS SYNERGY BETWEEN LOCAL AND COMMUNITY-BASED SECURITY OUTFITS AND STATE ACTORS FOR EFFECTIVE POLICING.
10. CHILD CARE BENEFIT FOR LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS