Senator Ibikunle Amosun’s Giant Strides in Ogun State

 

For the people of Ogun State, the election of Senator Ibikunle Amosun in the 2011 and 2015 general elections has added a new dimension to the art of governance in the State. Most of his people compare his achievements to the feats of Napoleon the great. They refer to him as “Gomina Mekunu,” a Yoruba word meaning “Governor of the masses.”


On assumption of office, he outlined the ‘Mission to Rebuild’ agenda of his administration, which is anchored in a five-cardinal programme:
 *Affordable and Qualitative Education
*Efficient Health Care Delivery
*Agricultural Production and Industrialization
*Affordable Housing and Urban Renewal
*Rural and Infrastructural Development/ Employment Generation.

These programs are aimed at ensuring the welfare, prosperity and security of the citizenry and the State. His administration has since recorded significant achievements in various critical sectors such as free education, stimulation of the investment environment, agriculture, women empowerment, security, massive infrastructural development and urban renewal.

Laurels and Awards:
His leadership qualities and outstanding achievements have earned him recognition nationally and internationally, some of these include:

• Best Security Conscious State Governor in West Africa by Security Watch Africa in Accra, Ghana  – October 2012
• Investment Development Icon Award for 2013 by African Leadership magazine in New York – September 2013
• Good Governance Award: Governor of the Fastest Growing State Economy by Businessday Newspaper in Lagos – November 2013
• National Honour Award: Commander of the Order of the Niger (C.O.N) by President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan – September 2014
• Governor of the Year, 2015 Vanguard Personality Award
• >Inducted Fellow, Institute of Directors, Nigeria (2016)
•  2016 Excellence Award in Good Service and Leadership(Trade Union Congress, TUC)