OJODU LCDA CELEBRATES NEW CHAIR, DAVID ODUNMBAKU; HOSTS THANKSGIVING IN HIS HONOUR
By Oki Samson, Trek Africa Newspaper
L-R: Wife of the Council Chairman; Chairman, Ojodu LCDA, Hon David Segun Odunmbaku (2nd left); Leader of the Legislative House, Ojodu LCDA, Hon. Ahmed Apatira (right) during the swearing-in reception at the Council Secretariat, Ojodu.
It was a celebratory atmosphere over the weekend as the people of Ojodu LCDA trooped out in their numbers in a thanksgiving service and reception to honour their new Executive Chairman, David Olusegun Odunmbaku in over the weekend. The thanksgiving which held days after the swearing-in ceremony had leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ojodu, former councillors, newly-elected councillors, women groups, youth movements, political support groups, family, friends, and wellwishers of the new Ojodu council boss gathered in the council secretariat.
The council boss Segun Odunmbaku who was delighted at the support he got from the party primaries to the LG/LCDA polls and the swearing-in was full of praises to everyone who was part of the success story. He promised a youth-centric focus that will enable several people to get equipped for the workplace. ‘We will train existing employees. We will upgrade our ICT centre. We will provide an enabling environment for skills to be acquired. I am very sure that our policies will impact the communities.’
L-R: Wife of the Council Chairman and the Chairman, Ojodu LCDA, Hon David Segun Odunmbaku
The Leader of the House in Ojodu LCDA, Hon. Ahmed Apatira in a brief Interview with Oki Samson of Trek Africa Newspaper also pledged a harmonious relationship between the Executive and the Legislature. ‘The first thing that our people should expect is cohesion between the legislature and executive arm. Once there is cohesion, there will be progress. The main agenda of this administration is HEYS – Health, Education, Youth, and Social development.’
Present at the event, a businesswoman, Princess Oloyede Mogaab noted: ‘Our able chairman took after his father. He is a man of integrity which I believe will make him successful. He is a part and parcel of the council, so I know he will do great things in the council. Women like people with a soft heart and wherever women are, there will be favour. My advice to him is to keep to what he has promised.’
The Chairman’s younger sibling, Mr. Michael Olusola Odunmbaku also shared the hopes that his brother will deliver the dividends to the good people of Ojodu LCDA. ‘He is someone that is very exposed. He is about the youth and he is about the people. He is a listener. It is a new dawn in Ojodu LCDA.’
Mr. Michael Olusola Odunmbaku
Some of the Ojodu LCDA Legislative House Councillors with the Leader of the House in Ojodu LCDA, Hon. Ahmed Apatira (m).
Princess Oloyede Mogaab (2nd right); Princess Olateru Olagbegi (right). 
Princess Oloyede Mogaab (2nd right); Princess Olateru Olagbegi (3rd left); Chairman, NURTW Ojodu-Akute, Elewedu (3rd right) and others at the reception.
