The Chairman of Ojodu Local Council Development Area, Segun Odunmbaku, on Tuesday swore in the 21 newly appointed supervisors and special advisers, urging them to put politics aside and focus on delivering development and good governance to residents.
According to a statement made available to The PUNCH on Tuesday, the swearing-in ceremony was held at the council secretariat.
The statement noted that Odunmbaku urged the new appointees that the council and his administration need their cooperation and commitment.
He reminded them that the time to play politics had ended, noting that it was now time for work. He also told them to be loyal to the party and his administration and to work for the progress of the council.
The statement quoted Odunmbaku as saying, “To the new supervisors, the community needs you. This is the time to work, not to play politics. You must show you can add value to the community and administration because people are taking note of what we are doing.
“Nobody is bigger than our party because the party is supreme, and there’s a lot for us to achieve. Politics has ended, work has started. This is the moment to cherish for you.
Ojodu LCDA is home. I always look out for everybody, so there’s nothing to fear. The party is supreme.”
In his remarks, the Vice Chairman, Ojodu LCDA, Funmilayo Layeni, commended the chairman for his “large and good heart.”
She also charged the appointees with loyalty to the administration and the party.
“We are 100 per cent behind and beside you. I commend you for allowing peace to reign. As new appointees, you are coming to this local government not to divide us but to unite us,” she said.
Also speaking, the Assistant Treasurer of the Lagos State APC, Oludele Sonola, urged the appointees to embrace unity and cooperate with the chairman, adding that Odunmbaku had been adjudged the third most performing chairman out of the 57 council chairmen in Lagos State.
Speaking on behalf of the new appointees, Femi Fadeyi thanked Odunmbaku for his fatherly role in Ojodu.
“You have considered a few of us among all the people in Ojodu to be part of your administration, which means you saw something in us. We are ready to move Ojodu forward,” he promised.
The statement identified the new appointees as Alaba Adekunle, Christianah Oluwadamilola Fayoyin, Omobola Faola, Taiwo Tifase, Apampa Lukman, Lekan Peters, Lanre Shotomi , Lateef Akanbi, Tolu Dada, Adedapo Adeoye Ayannniyi, and Olalekan Oyejide.
Others are Funke Akinwale, Foluke Adams, Femi Fadeyi, Femi Olatunji, Omolade Omolabi, Orungbamila Folayomi, Prince Adeniji Adele, Rasheed Aro, Adebowale Laide and Olatunbosun Seye Oyekan.
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