The approval, the governor said, was in fulfilment of his promise to ensure the councillors execute projects in their various constituencies as the closest to the people at the grassroots.
Abiodun made this known at the Governor’s Office, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta when he received the councillors who came around to pass a vote of confidence on his administration and also thank him for paying their full furniture allowances.
The governor, who recently approved the full payment of furniture allowances to the councillors, also promised to ensure their continuous empowerment.
“You have reminded me of my promise to you of your constituency project. Consider that done because you are the closest to the grassroots. You are the ones representing us at the grassroots. You will not be put to shame.
“I am a promise-keeping Governor. Whatever promise I make to you, I will keep it. I want to thank you for your very kind remarks and for appreciating that I promised you I was going to pay your furniture allowances, and I remain the first governor who will pay furniture allowances to councillors 100%.
“I also promised that I was going to ensure you are sufficiently empowered. You are politicians. You must be empowered to continue to empower your various constituencies and I think I am trying,” he said.
Earlier in his remarks, the Chairman, Ogun State Forum of Councillors, Olarenwaju Adeleye, thanked the governor for approving and paying in full their furniture allowances.
Adeleye also acknowledged Abiodun for executing at least a project in each of the 236 wards of the state and commended him for not abandoning projects left unfinished by the immediate past administrations in the state.
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