Senator Reiterates Support For Cultural, Tourism Development Of Ogun West

The senator representing Ogun West Senatorial District at the National Assembly (NASS), Solomon Olamilekan Adeola, has declared that he would always support events and activities that promote tourism, cultural development and unity in the district and beyond.

Adeola equally reaffirmed his commitment to facilitating infrastructural projects to transform Ogun West.

He stated this at the grand finale of the 2025 Isaga Day Festival, held over the weekend, in Isaga town, Abeokuta North local government area of Ogun State.

Adeola, who was the chairman of the event, disclosed that he had attracted over 300 projects to complement the delivery of good governance by the state governor, Dapo Abiodun, in Ogun West and other parts of the state.

He added that the constituency projects, including roads, healthcare, educational development, security, and empowerment, had been facilitated and completed by him in over two years in office.

The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, a native of Isaga settlement, Ago Pahayi in Ilaro, Yewa South Local Government Area of Ogun State, lauded the people of Isaga for organising a colourful and violence-free event.

He emphasised that he would continue to support cultural development, particularly when it promotes tourism growth and ultimately leads to socio-economic development.

The senator lauded the traditional ruler of the community, the Onisaga of Isaga-Orile Kingdom, Oba Joseph Oladele Olusoji Tella, for his commendable strides in cultural renaissance and peaceful community development, which have enhanced unity among the indigenes of the ancient town across the 32 settlements in Nigeria and the neighbouring Benin Republic.

“Your Royal Majesty has brought in legacies of unity by attracting and bringing together all sons and daughters of Isaga Orile from across various communities in Ogun and Lagos State and worldwide to identify and contribute to the development of their original homestead”, he added.

Adeola, who disclosed that he has facilitated the construction and completion of an ultra-modern palace, internal roads fitted with streetlights, a town hall, blocks of classrooms, and furniture in the Isaga-Orile Kingdom, stated that work would soon commence on the construction of a pavilion and a modern market in the town.

While reiterating his commitment to the infrastructural and socioeconomic development of Ogun West, the senator, also known as Yayi, said work had commenced on the repair and upgrade of 10 major electric infrastructures that affect about 100 communities, resulting in perennial and months-long blackouts in the senatorial districts and beyond.

Adeola, however, saluted Governor Dapo Abiodun for his support of tourism development through the promotion of various festivals in the state, such as Ojude Oba, Oronna Ilaro, the Lisabi, Iganmode, and Akesan Day celebrations, among others.

In his remarks, the Committee Chairman of the 2025 Isaga Day Festival, Gboyega Aramide, noted that the event, with the theme “A Legacy of Unity and Progress”, was aimed at bringing indigenes of Isaga together, strengthening relationships and building bonds.

“This festival provides a unique opportunity for Isaga sons and daughters – both at home and in the diaspora – to reunite, interact and celebrate together, in honour of our founding fathers whose history dates back to around 1750, long before the Dahomey War of 1862.’’