Triple Celebrations for Gov Abiodun

Contrary to the arguments of the English Catholic historian, politician, and writer, John Acton, great men are not always bad men. For Ogun State governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, these words are just right. The month of May particularly demonstrated the hands of providence in the life of this man, highlighting him as worthy of celebration and admiration.  He got three different awards: one from the people of Ogun state due to his second-term inauguration; the second from the national honour awarded by former president Muhammadu Buhari; and the third from life as the natural consequence of growing a year older. For all three, Abiodun is not the most ordinary of men.

His second-term ambition was initially marked by disagreements with his predecessors supposedly scheming to cut down his influence before throwing him out of the state house of power. However, that plan was foiled on account of Abiodun’s many contributions to the welfare of his people.

Meanwhile, despite zipping his bags to leave the presidential seat for President Bola Tinubu, Buhari still had the time to include Abiodun’s name in the list of people to be honoured with national awards. Thus, Abiodun got to be invested with the Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON) award before the eyes of relatives and rivals.

Also, his 63rd birthday just happened to fall in between these events. With him tottering on that edge between late youth and early agedness, Abiodun has doubtlessly increased in wisdom and is in an even better frame of mind to make even greater contributions to Ogun than he did in the past.