Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State on Wednesday attributed successes which his administration had recorded in the last six years to his ability to take hard decisions on some policies and programmes in the state.
Ajimobi stated this during the inauguration of an Information and Communication Technology (ICT), building donated by his wife, Mrs. Florence Ajimobi to Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo.
The donation was part of activities marking the 58th birthday of the governor’s wife.
Other activities lined up to mark the birthday included the inauguration of the rehabilitated Office of the Wife of the Governor, which was gutted by fire in 2016 as well as a thanksgiving service held at the Government House Chapel.
Ajimobi said that anybody who desired success in life must exhibit some elements of stubbornness
“For anybody to succeed in life, such a person must be stubborn. That is why when some people say I am stubborn, I know what I am doing. Were it not for my stubbornness, I probably would not have achieved anything since I became governor.
“Besides, if I had resigned to fate when they said that we didn’t win the 2007 governorship election, and had not exhibited that stubbornness again in 2011, we would not have been where we are today.
“It was also that stubbornness that made me to seek a re-election in 2015 and thank God that the good people of Oyo State gave me their mandate again, thus making me to break the second term jinx,’’ he said.
Ajimobi who expressed his happiness to witness what he termed ‘the foundation of development’ through the inauguration of the project, said his wife’s gesture was one of the many efforts through which she had contributed her quota to the progress of humanity.
“My joy knows no bound as my wife brought us here to witness the foundation of development through this project.
“We all know that education is the fountain of development and a major part of education today is information technology”, he said.
The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi 111 described ICT as an invention which would outlive the present generation, saying it contributed immensely in dissemination of information as a major tool in ending the Cold War in 1989.
The royal father described the donor as a gift to humanity, especially with her humanitarian and philanthropic disposition.
“I salute your support to your husband’s administration. Your dedication, commitment and passion to help the less-privileged in the society are highly commendable,’’ the royal father remarked.
The celebrant, Mrs. Ajimobi said the ICT would aid teaching of new skills in the area of information technology, particularly in this era when the world had become a global village.
She said that no fewer than 2,000 people had benefitted from her ICT training centre, as she described information technology as an aspect of life with endless opportunities.
Vice-Chancellor of the university, Professor Dapo Asaju disclosed that since the establishment of the institution 11 years ago, only the administration of Governor Abiola Ajimobi had shown tremendous support through donations of cash and materials.
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