Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State on Friday assessed his administration in the last 23 months, concluding that the state is fast changing for better.
The governor stated this at a lecture organized to mark the 54th birthday of his wife, Mrs. Florence Ajimobi at the Western Hall, Secretariat, Ibadan.
He hinged the positive development that had taken place in the state since his assumption of office on his administration’s urban renewal programme, environmental sanitation, peace and security as well as the massive infrastructural development.
Governor Ajimobi expressed happiness that the state which, used to be known for violence and brigandage, and which had been largely stigmatized as the dirtiest state in the country, was now wearing a new look.
He said that the peace currently reigning in the state and the conducive business environment which his administration had created, had attracted some local and foreign investors to the state.
While congratulating his wife on the occasion of her birthday, the governor said that she was not celebrating her birthday but rather, he was celebrating her virtue of Godliness which he said was service to humanity.
``No other person epitomizes Godliness than my wife. The real measure of man is his ability to give more than he takes. I have lived with my wife more than I have lived with any other person in the world, and I can say with all sense of modesty that she has given more than she has taken,’’ he said.
In her remarks, Mrs. Ajimobi said that aside her birth, she was also happy that the Florence Ajimobi ICT Centre which she founded in October 2011, had been able to train a total of 465 women in basic computer knowledge and skill, out of whom 460 were graduating.
``I have vowed to devote my time and energy to helping women actualize their God-given potentials and I feel very fulfilled that today, these women have had value added to their lives through this ICT training programme,’’ she said.
Mrs. Ajimobi also urged women to rise up and claim their rightful positions, adding ``we are not to be relegated to the background and one of the ways of achieving this is through knowledge acquisition’’.
Also speaking, the Guest Lecturer, Prof. Janice Olawoye urged women to put aside the several challenges facing them and hold their heads high in order to achieve their potentials, saying ``if the challenges are overcome, women will do much more’’.
Prof. Olawoye, a former Dean, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ibadan, also urged women to rise above gender difference between them and their male counterparts as well as inferiority complex, adding that they should always encourage one another in order to growth and develop.
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