Residents of Ipele and Iyere communities, both in Owo Local Government Area of Ondo state, trooped out in their large numbers at the weekend to welcome the state Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, to their communities.

The occasion was an unscheduled inspection of the ongoing road projects in the two communities by the governor and his entourage.

The highly elated residents seeing the governor spontaneously burst into various songs of appreciation, prayers and rededication to future political exploits of the present administration in Ondo State.

The governor’s first point of call was Ipele where the township road leading to Owo totaling 8.5 Kilometers was steadily ongoing, out of which 2kilometres have been asphalted.

Welcoming the governor and his entourage, some residents of Ipele including the immediate past Caretaker Chairman of Owo Local Government, Hon. Adebayo Oke and a youth leader, Mr Bankole Balogun, appreciated the governor for fulfilling his promises to the people of the community.

The residents including women groups also used the occasion to assure the governor of their unalloyed support to enable him deliver more dividends of good governance to the people of the community and the state at large.

The story was the same on Iyere-Igbe 5Kilometres road as the people could not hold back their joy on sighting the governor with his entourage who breezed into the ancient community to inspect the ongoing road project.

During the inspection, some residents of Iyere town including Mr Jacob Ogunleye , Chief Ajibola Agunloye and Mr Rotimi Sunday commended Governor Akeredolu for alleviating the sufferings of the people in the community and its environs by giving them good road.

They equally thanked him for the completion of the Iyere dual carriage way, saying the development has eased transportation system and improved socio-economic activities in the town.

Reacting, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Lands, Works and Infrastructure, Engr. Raimi Aminu, urged the people to continue to support the governor so that the good works could continue in the interest of the state and development of the people.

He solicited the cooperation of the people at making the contractor work in accordance with the period of delivery.
Source:https://citadelng.com/ipele-iyere-laud-akeredolu/