In Pictures: New Exco Of Mandate Estate Residents Association Inaugurated In Ilorin

Alhaji Abdulganiyu Oloyin, a lecturer at the Kwara state College of Education,  Oro, was on Monday sworn in as Chairman of the Mandate Estate Residents Association, MERA, and he has promised to hit the ground running immediately while urging co-residents to give his exco the needed support and cooperation.

 Mandate Estate is located in Olorunsogo area of Ilorin. Members of the new exco include Alhaji Abdulganiyu Oloyin-Chairman, Dr Adewara Zubair- Vice Chairman, Mr Ismail Isa Ajikobi- Secretary ,  Mr. Biliaminu Ibrahim-Treasurer Adeyeye Akeem-Auditor, Mr Faruq -Assistant Secretary and Kehinde Abdulrahman-Welfare Secretary.

 Dignitaries that attended the year-end party and the inauguration of new  MERA exco which was held at   the   open  field of the estate include Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq’s Special Adviser on Special Duties, Alhaji Abdulrazaq Jiddah, representative of Kwara Central APC  senate candidate, Mallam Salihu Mustapha, Hon Tunji Buhari , representative of Balogun Alanamu, who is also the Daudu Egbejila,  Alhaji Lanre Dasuki Alanamu , Kwara Central NNPP senate candidate, Alhaji Abdulahi Goga Aiyelabegan , Lieutenant Colonel Maruf Jimoh , Dr Abdulrasheed Alada, Mr Mohammed Otthman ,and Sosi Umaru Woru.

‘ Actually,  there is a need to get things done and improve the lives of residents  of the estate. For instance we need to take necessary steps with regard to getting roads in the estate fixed.

  We will equally work on getting a very standard clinic established here to attend to the health needs of residents and others who may choose to visit the health facility.

  Apart from that,  we will prioritize the welfare of the people, for instance, the issue of electricity, the issue of water reticulation and others.  I will actually adopt the committee system because we have people  living in the estate who are experienced and can give us  ideas on how to get things done.

They will be in charge and they will be giving us reports. These are some of the things that we feel if we do it, we’ll be able to carry people along and people will be interested in contributing ideas.

There will also be a suggestion box to allow people give us advice, ideas and also let us know their observations.

We will definitely make sure we work towards buying into new ideas and suggestions because our priority will be the development of the estate’ Alhaji Abdulganiyu Oloyin   told journalists including Team@orientactualmags.com .

He also said immediate action will be required in respect of fixing water problem and rehabilitating roads in the estate, urging the state government to  take necessary steps in this direction.

‘It is not that there is no water, but we discovered there are some issues in the estate that needed to be addressed to ensure smooth flow of water from the tap at every home instead of sinking boreholes. And you know the implications, if everybody should sink borehole, it has a negative implication in the future. So we want to try to avoid that so if the government can come to our aid to help us do something about our water problem, we’ll definitely appreciate that. We also want our roads fixed’ he added.

Earlier in his welcome speech, Oloyin’s immediate predecessor, Dr. (Engr.) Lambe Mutalub Adesina, a lecturer at the Kwara state University, Malete,  had thanked residents of the estate for giving  maximum support  to ‘our administration’ while urging them to extend the same level of support to his successor.

He listed accomplishments recorded on his watch to include facilitation of  allocation of an electoral polling booth (Polling Booth 30) to the estate with  389 registered voters, reconstruction of  the Entrance Gate House, rehabilitation of  two vandalized Substations , reconstruction of collapsed  perimeter  fence, culverts and drainages, commitment to equipping the MERA secretariat with a  Computer LAPTOP, 3 in 1 Printer, reintroduction of  a system that allows  MERA leaders to emerge through elections , review of  the constitution of MERA for the first time   since 2010 , recruitment of extra 3 new  security guards  and 1 Gardener, introduction of new uniform  for MERA staff , liaising  with IBEDC to secure free installation of single-phase prepaid meters for some residents as well as  free 3 Phase meter for metering secretariat, gate house and water pumping machines, procurement  of  a high-tension ladder for revenue generation, repair of hand-mower  and maintenance of electrical and water supply facilities   to ease things for  the residents, provision of  bore-hole pumping machine in phase 1 and the purchase of other accessories required for its installation, introduction of year-end party , cutting down of  trees near houses in  Phase 1 and 2, extension of phase 2 transformer substation to  ease maintenance of the transformer  in line with expert’s  recommendation, personal donation of  an automatic switch control  for the street lights by  Dr. Lambe Adesina in April, 2021 which was valued at  N170,000 and provision of security accessories  including  a set of whistles, Torchlight, Land Phone with Sim Card, etc’ .

 Alhaji Abdulrazaq Jiddah , Alhaji Tunji Buhari and Alhaji Abdulahi Goga  in their separate speeches ,pledged continued support for the  estate.

Mallam Salihu Mustapha  later donated  N1.9 million  to the estate and  N100,000 to Khadija Abiola Saka, who had been a staff of the estate  for 13 unbroken  years , Alhaji  Jiddah also gifted her N50,000.

Despite political differences, Alhaji Jiddah was also the one who called for a moment of silence and prayed for a PDP chieftain, Hon Abdulrazaq Aladire  , a resident of the estate, who had passed away on Sunday.

Highlights of the event include presentation of Awards of Excellence to some residents ,who had come to  the aid of MERA in times of need, including Alhaja Medinat Shagaya,  Alhaji Abdulfatah Yasir and Alhaji  ,Abdulganiyu Raji ,  a Chief Superintendent of Police- Team@orientactualmags.com Do you have any information you wish to share with us? Do you want us to cover your event or programme? Kindly send SMS to 08059100286, 09094171980. Thank you