Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has said that his performance in office would break the myth of second term in office in the state.
He made this known during a meeting with automobile dealers association in Ibadan on Friday.
According to him, the myth of second term in office in the state had been stretched beyond its relevance as the idea of a performing governor who is serving the people was not factored into it.
Ajimobi said that this was also the myth that was represented in the notion that the Ibadan people do not serve a governor twice, stating that since he was the one serving the people of Ibadan and Oyo State in general, the notion does not apply to him.
The governor referred to all the sleepless nights he spends as the governor and the daily inconveniences he undergoes in the process of changing the state and concluded that he was the one serving the state and not the other way round.
“We are serving the people, not the people serving us. The notion that no governor had ever served twice in Oyo State is wrong because Awolowo and Akintola ruled the state twice. You can see that no government has ever done what we are doing in Oyo State today. I am ready to serve the people as long as the constitution permits,” the governor said.
Ajimobi, who went philosophical on the concept of power, said that it behooves anyone who occupies a position of power to make good use of it as whatever anyone does with what God had given them would be recorded by posterity.
“Those in position of authority should always make good use of the opportunity and make positive impacts in the lives of the people and do this with the fear of God,” he said.
While counseling the car dealers to eschew violence and bickering among themselves, he said he was the governor of all, irrespective of party affiliations.
“As a governor, I am apolitical. I am the father of all, no matter your political affiliation. I urge all of you to be more united and shun all forms of violence, bearing in mind that no meaningful development can take place where there is rancor and hatred,” he said.
Ajimobi said that his midas-touch of peace in the state was that he told all the warring road transport union workers that his government was not interested in making use of them for election as was done in the past, as his government was that of a gentleman.
In his response, Chairman of the association, Kamorudeen Jayeola, praised the governor for the peace that his administration had brought to the state, as well as the spate of infrastructural developments, stating that the governor had surpassed the expectations of all the people of the state.
