At the just held stakeholders engahement event, The governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress in Ogun State, Senator Solomon Olamilekan Adeola popularly known as Yayi has said development of rural areas will get priority attention if he eventually becomes the governor in 2027.

He declared this on Monday November 9, 2026 during his conversation with the  Stakeholders gathering with interest groups, unions, artisans, religious and ethnic nationalities in Ado Odo/Ota Local Government Area of the state.

At the well attended event held at Ota, Yayi noted that in the stakeholders engagements he has had in different Local Governments across the state, the same complaints of infrastructure deficit kept cropping up from the residents and interest groups.

“If I am voted in 2027 as the governor of Ogun State, rural communities will receive adequate attention. We will construct roads, build and equip more hospitals, construct and equip more schools, build more markets and provide other infrastructure to make life meaningful to our people,” he said.

Senator Yayi who said in three and half years he had been representing Ogun West Senatorial District at the upper chamber he had facilitated 206 different projects, which were fully completed and delivered in Ado Odo/Ota Local Government, added that there was no part of the state that has not benefitted from the array of projects he had brought during his tenure so far.

The affable politician who is the Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee said he would not reduce the tempo of the infrastructure development across the state but rather improve on it.

The deputy Governor, Engr Noimot Salako-Oyedele noted that Ado Odo/Ota LGA in the past had not been adequately compensated for the massive votes normally recorded in the area during elections, but she was happy that things are changing for the better as Ogun West has now produced a candidate for the governorship position.

While she lamented the absence of public tertiary institutions either by state or Federal government in Ota, she appealed to the Federal Government to revisit the abandoned pipe borne water project in Ota and ensure its completion.

The Executive Chairman Ado Odo/ Ota Local Government, Hon. Wasiu Lawal, commended Senator Yayi for the infrastructure development he had brought to the Communities in the Local Government Area, urging him not to forget them when he eventually becomes the governor.

While he also lauded the Stakeholders Engagement stating that this was the only way to feel the pulse of the people in areas of identifying their needs and articulating them in his policies and programmes.

Hon. Lawal who sought Senator Yayi’s help in construction of a befitting Legislative Chamber for the councillors, because according to him, where they currently sit for legislative matters is not befitting, lauded him for constructing no fewer than 45 roads in the LGA.

On his part, the Olota of Ota, Oba (Prof.) Abdulkabir Adeyemi Obalanlege, while also commending Senator Yayi for the development strides he brought to the LGA, demanded that he should consider approving the Awori Traditional Council, because according to him, “there is Egba Traditional Council, there is Yewa Traditional Council, there is the Remo Traditional Council and there is the Ijebu Traditional Council, so why not Awori Traditional Council?”

The monarch also sought the APC governorship candidate’s assistance in the construction of a befitting Arcade in Ota, to which the Senator has acceded provided there is land to be made available for the project.

The event also featured charter of demands from the Community Development Committees, the Council of Baales, among other interest groups and unions which were there in their numbers.

The stakeholders promised the governorship candidate and President Bola Tinubu massive votes during the upcoming 2027 general elections.