BAO Is One of Our Shining Lights, Sanwo-Olu Declares at Ekiti Ring Road Commissioning

NaijaPulse 

October 23, 2025 

The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has described the Governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji, as “one of the shining lights and leading examples of purposeful governance in Nigeria.”

Governor Sanwo-Olu stated this in Ado-Ekiti during the official commissioning of the 17.5-kilometre Ekiti Ring Road Phase I, a landmark infrastructure project executed by the Oyebanji administration to decongest traffic within the capital and open up new economic corridors.

Speaking at the event, Governor Sanwo-Olu praised Oyebanji’s humility, discipline, and results-oriented leadership style, noting that his approach to governance reflects competence, compassion, and accountability.

“Your governor is one of our shining lights. Your governor is one of our leading lights. He is not only a man of humility, he is a man that once you give him an assignment, he executes it with precision, with commitment and with a sense of purpose,” he said.

Sanwo-Olu added that Ekiti State under Oyebanji has become a model of responsive and inclusive governance, where the dividends of democracy are “visible, tangible, and measurable.”

“We have listened to the people of Ekiti State and we have seen that indeed through you, purposeful governance is happening in Ekiti State. The real dividends of democracy are touching the nooks and crannies of the state. Your people can feel, see, and touch it. It is not governance that is in the air; it is governance they can demonstrate,” he added.

The Lagos Governor further lauded Oyebanji for aligning closely with President Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda, stressing that effective leadership at the sub-national level is key to national progress.

“BAO, you are an embodiment of what the President has asked all of us to go and do. Abuja cannot be everywhere. The sub-nationals are the real sense in which the Renewed Hope Agenda can be implemented,” Sanwo-Olu concluded.

The commissioning ceremony, graced by top government officials, traditional rulers, political leaders, and members of the Ekiti public, affirmed Governor Oyebanji’s commitment to infrastructure expansion, economic growth, and the overall development of Ekiti State.