BY: KOLA SODEINDE, ABEOKUTA
Chairman, Abeokuta North Local Government Akomoje, Dr. ‘Lanre Oyegbola-Sodipo on Wednesday 23rd July, 2026 solicited for promising partnership with Private Companies within the Local Government Area to fast-track grassroots development, infrastructure, and youth empowerment in the Area.
The meeting was typically focused on creating job training, educational supports, primary healthcare, youth empowerment and skills acquisition, Environmental Sanitation Waste Management, Road and community infrastructure, security and public safety, sports, culture, and community development.
arlier, the Senior Special Adviser on Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) and Infrastructure, Alhaji Fajobi Adewale Kamorudeen briefly highlighted the reason for the earnest call that, it is to share ideas, identify priorities and in conjunction soliciting community support for the Developmental growth in the Local Government Area.
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‎Mr. Oluwaleke Idowu an Administrative Officer from Tower Rolling and Galvanizing Company commended the Council Chairman for the tenacity in ensuring rapid developments in the Local Area that his company would in time get back by supporting the good dreams of the Local Government while equally imploring the Local Government and the entirety of the Council Area to as well patronize their wares mentioning that his company deal in/produce Roofing Sheets.
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‎Barister Chindinma Benson from Real-Fruits Company engrossed with the concept of collaboration for the rapid developments in the area maintained that her company would be elated if the council area could get farmers for them to train them believing that the Local Government has sufficient hands while in response, the “Best Local Government Chairman ever in Year 2026” Dr. Oyegbola-Sodipo explained that presently, the Local Government has 200 Hectares of land that will partner with the company and 2,000 Young farmers have shown interest but 500 has been enrolled; the next thing is just to tilt the lands, allocate them the lands, give them them the seedlings then the Real-Fruit Company may now onboard them to its specific fruit that will require it for immense production.
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‎The Council helmsman said Local Government’s development aspirations would be better achieved when both government and private work together to address societal challenges. That, the Local Government has passed into law to preventing open grazing in the Local Government Area, that cattle seen on the road or communities will be arrested and take to court.
‎Hajia Zainab FALEYE, acting Treasurer of the Local Government thanked the participants for honouring the invite optimistic and hopeful that the meeting held with the representatives would quickly result to good relationship.
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‎Those in attendance in the meeting were: the Supervisor for Water, Environmental and safety, Hon. Adepegba Adisa Lukmon, Supervisor for Works and Rural Developments, Hon Hassan Olawale Kabir, Supervisor for Agric and Natural Resources, Hon. Azeez Adedigba, Directors, Heads of the Department and Unit Head in the Local Government.
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