The Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, on Thursday, received his Certificate of Return from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), a ceremony held at Media Centre, of the commission in Magbon, Abeokuta
Penpushing reports that Abiodun who alongside his Deputy, Mrs. Noimot Salako-Oyedele and 25 elected House of Assembly members, attributed his victory at the March 18 Governorship election to the Almighty God and the benevolence of the people of the state.
The Governor equally lauded President Muhammadu Buhari for providing the enabling environment for free, fair, credible and transparent elections in the country, stressing that the mandate was a call to a renewed hope not just for Ogun State, but the entire nation.
“This mandate is a call to a renewed hope not just for Ogun State, but the entire nation. I will continue with the people’s oriented programmes that will make life abundant to our people. Now that elections have come and gone, I call on all my opponents to come and join hands with our administration to build the future of this state we call our own together”, he said
The Governor added that his administration would work towards consolidating the gains made in the first term just as new ideas that would benefit the people would be injected into the system, and thanked the security agencies and staff of the electoral commission for working tirelessly to ensure peaceful conduct of the elections in the state.
Penpushing further reports that the National Electoral Commissioner in charge of Ogun, Osun and Ondo states, Prof. Adekunle Ajayi, in his remarks said the presentation was in accordance with the provision of the Electoral Act 72, Section 1, which stipulated that certificates should be issued to winners within 14 days after elections.
The commission boss added that the elections were highly anticipated and the electoral body made use of technology to improve the process, adding that the elections saw a high number of people, especially the youths, taking part.
Penpushing also reports that Ajayi while stressing that the lessons learnt in the course of conducting the elections, would be turned into a working document to serve as a standard for subsequent elections, said this will make the electoral body to be one of the best electoral umpires in the world.
The National Commissioner thanked the people of the state for the peaceful manner they conducted themselves during the elections, declaring that the security agencies, the Nigeria Peace Committee, development partners, the media and all relevant stakeholders, all worked towards the success of the elections.
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