Ajimobi inaugurated uncompleted health facility, says Makinde

Oyo State Governor, Mr. Seyi Makinde, on Monday said his predecessor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, only did “ceremonial” inauguration of the Abiola Ajimobi Maternal and Paediatric Centre, located at the Olodo axis of Ibadan, the state capital.

Makinde, who decried the movement of the facilities originally purchased for the Maternal and Paediatric Centre, Jericho, to the Olodo centre just for “ceremonial purposes,” said his predecessor left the Jericho centre, which was at 80 percent completion at the time, empty.

He said such an action amounted to a waste of resources.

The governor, who spoke after an on-the-spot assessment and inspection of the Jericho facility, however, assured that his administration would fix and complete the project by end of the year.

He added that when completed, the new facility would host the staff of Jericho Specialist Hospital, adding that the relocation of the staff of the hospital to a new centre was informed by inadequate space at their current site.

They took all the equipment from here to do ceremonial inauguration at Olodo. I believe you can fool some people all of the time, but it is difficult to fool all of the people all of the time. It was the same story at Oyo State Road Transport Management Authority (OYRTMA).”

In a swift reaction, Ajimobi’s media aide, Mr. Bolaji Tunji said Governor Makinde’s claim was based on hearsay, which he said had become a recurrent feature of the current administration in the state.

He said: “It is rather unfortunate that the governor said the equipment from Jericho was taken to Olodo. One then wonders where His Excellency got this information. Probably, hearsay again, which has been the hallmark of the administration since it assumed office.