…Laud Tinubu’s Infrastructure Push in Ogun West via Senator Adeola Yayi
Members of the Ogun West Professionals for Yayi on Sunday, February 1, 2026, counseled the Federal Government beneath President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for what they described as unprecedented infrastructural growth throughout the Ogun West Senatorial District.
The commendation was contained in a communiqué issued on the finish of a media chat organised by the group on the Frontier Hotel Resorts, Ilaro-Yewa, Ogun State.
According to the group, the engagement fashioned a part of a broader agenda geared toward repositioning Ogun West for political inclusion and management on the highest degree in Ogun State.
In the communiqué, the professionals famous that Ogun West has by no means witnessed such intensive federal presence, each in political appointments and infrastructural tasks. On this foundation, they unanimously resolved to help President Tinubu’s second-term ambition.
The communiqué additional acknowledged that the media engagement was anchored on the collective aspiration of Ogun West to provide the subsequent Governor of Ogun State in 2027, stressing that attaining this goal would require strategic skilled engagement and the constructing of broad-based consensus throughout the district.
The media chat, themed, “The Power of Internal Coherence in Securing External Support: Roadmap for Achieving Ogun West Gubernatorial Ambition in 202”, featured Senator (Dr.) Opeyemi Bamidele, CON, Majority Leader of the tenth Senate, as Guest Speaker.
In his lecture, Senator Bamidele attributed Ogun West’s failure to provide a governor within the final 50 years to persistent inner political discord, largely pushed by the district’s various Yoruba sub-ethnic composition.
He defined that, not like Ogun Central and Ogun East senatorial districts, which have taken turns producing governors, linguistic and dialectal variations amongst elites in Ogun West have hindered consensus-building through the years.
According to him, “Ogun West, which shares an international boundary with the Republic of Benin, is home to diverse Yoruba sub-ethnic groups, including the Yewa (formerly Egbado), Awori, Ketu, Anago and Ogu. By implication, regardless of size or influence, Ogun West contends with greater ethnic divergence and, often, discordant political interests. This multiplicity of sub-ethnic groups and language or dialect differences has remained a major obstacle to elite consensus in the district.”
The Senate Majority Leader additionally blamed the delineation of wards and native authorities areas on the creation of Ogun State 50 years in the past for the political drawback Ogun West faces in its quest to provide a governor.
He acknowledged: “Available records show that the population ratios of the three senatorial districts are almost even. The 2006 census puts Ogun East, with nine local governments and 104 wards, at 1,248,338 people, representing 33.2 per cent of the state population; Ogun Central, with six local governments and 75 wards, has 1,370,820 people, or 36.4 per cent; while Ogun West, with five local governments and just 59 wards, has 1,146,006 people, or 30 per cent.
“The delineation of wards and local governments, which determines the number of delegates during party primaries, places Ogun West at a disadvantage whenever the delegate system is adopted. This lopsided allocation puts undue pressure on aspirants from Ogun West and weakens their chances at primary elections.”
Earlier, the Minister of State for Health, Dr. Iziaq Adekunle Salako, described Senator Adeola Yayi as a famend political determine with nationwide recognition, noting that his monitor report demonstrates reliability and readiness to steer Ogun State come 2027.
Dr. Salako mentioned the journey in direction of Ogun West occupying the Oke-Mosan Government House in 2027 is a phased mission that requires collective effort and sustained dedication to realize.
“We must continue to reach out to everyone. We should not make enemies of those who do not yet agree with us. Instead, we must win them over”, he urged.
He additionally counseled President Tinubu for appointing a minister from Ogun West, noting that the district had been denied such federal illustration for practically 30 years earlier than the appearance of the Tinubu-led administration.
Delivering a solidarity message on behalf of Ogun Central Senatorial District, APC chieftain Apostle Biodun Sanyaolu described Senator Adeola Yayi as not solely a outstanding political determine, however a nationwide asset broadly acknowledged for his legislative productiveness.
