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\FG urged to revisit South Korean 100 million dollars loan deal on Ikere Gorge Dam ON JUNE 24, 20206:04 PMIN NEWS Kindly Share This Story:FacebookTwitterEmailWhatsAppPinterestShare By Adeola Badru THE Federal Government has been urged to approach the Korean Government over a loan deal that was meant to resuscitate the abandoned Ikere Gorge Dam project at Iseyin Local Government in Oyo State. A member of the 6th Senate from 2007 to 2011, Senator Gbenga Babalola gave the urge on Wednesday in Ibadan, while addressing journalists on the state of development in Oyo State since the assumption of office of the Seyi Makinde’s administration.] Also read: Comply with COVID-19 protocols, Makinde warns civil servants upon resumption Babalola who was the Chairman, Senate Committee on Agriculture in the 6th Senate, said the central importance of the Ikere Gorge Dam project moved his committee to approach the Korean government towards the end of his tenure in office for a 100million dollars loan, as the then government was complaining of resources to tackle the project. He said the conditions of the 20-year loan deal were less stringent and could have paved the way for better relationships between Nigeria and South Korea. “Towards the end of my tenure as a Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria representing Oyo North Senatorial District, after we had looked for various ways to end the unhappy abandonment of the Ikere Gorge Dam, my committee worked with the federal government to approach the government of South Korea for a $100million loan deal that could have solved the problem of reviving that project.” “We we’re almost concluding the deal before I exited the Senate, but the deal was left unpursued by the government after I left, the loan was so friendly that it could have been a conductor for better bilateral deals between the two countries.” “I urge the Federal Government to reopen the loan deal and use it to revive this project so that the dream of our political leaders that put it there would be realized and jobs and the viable economy will be achieved.” Senator Babalola in his assessment of the present administration in the state said Governor Seyi Makinde has brought a breath of fresh air into governance in the state, adding that governance has been made to look simple by the governor. He said in the next twenty-four months, the state should be self-sufficient in terms of payment of salaries and in embarking on social infrastructures without relying on federal allocation. The economist cum politician hinted that if the governor kept at his style of governance and disallowed politicians from derailing his programmes, the sky would be his limit. “With the way, he has been going, if he does not allow politicians to derail him and he sustains his focus on Agriculture and education with interest in building the local economy, then the sky is the limit.” “What attracted me to the man is the breath of fresh air that he has brought in to governance, he has made governance look so simple, no display of unnecessary wealth, I’m sure that is what irks some people that make them resort to criticism.” “Going this way, I see the state achieving a lot of development. My advice to Governor Makinde is that he should stick to his agenda for agriculture, though there is a need for more energy and support for farmers in other areas like Iseyin and the rest of Oke-Ogun like he has given interest to Ibadan and Eruwa farm settlements,” he pointed out. Vanguard Kindly Share This Story:FacebookTwitterEmailWhatsAppPinterestShare Related First Watch: An Appeal to the Oyo State Government The River Ogun has its origins in Oyo North, the river offers abundant resources to the people of Oyo State. One of the resources is the lake created by the Ikere Gorge Dam. This dam is located on the River Ogun at Ikere Village, 28km northeast of Iseyin in Oyo… March 20, 2013 Lagos allays fears of another Ogun river flood disaster July 5, 2011 Power generation: Oyo govt suffers over N5bn annually to abandoned Ikere George Dam project March 8, 2020 All rights reserved. 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