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Olusegun Rahman Mimiko
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5th civilian Governor of Ondo State
In office
2009-02 – 2017-02
Preceded byOlusegun Agagu
Succeeded byOluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu
Personal details
Born (1954-10-03) 3 October 1954 (age 70)
Ondo
Political partyLabour Party (Nigeria)
SpouseOlukemi Mimiko
OccupationMedical Doctor

Olusegun Mimiko (Yoruba: Olúṣẹ́gun Mímikò; born 3 October 1954) is a Nigerian medical doctor and politician who served as the fifth civilian Governor and 16th Governor of Ondo State, Nigeria, from February 2009, to February 2017. A member of the Labour Party, he was the first two-term governor of Ondo state and the first Labour Party governor in Nigeria. He was previously a Federal Minister for Housing and Urban Development, a Secretary to the Ondo State Government, and a two-time Ondo State Commissioner for Health.

Mimiko was born in 1954 in Ondo town, Ondo state, Nigeria. He was raised in Ondo town. At Medical School in the University of Ife, he was a member of the Students’ Representatives Council (Parliament) and served as the Public Relations Officer of the International Students’ Association of the University from 1977 to 1978. After graduating in 1980, he worked in private medical practice at in his clinic in Ondo town which he ran like a charity organization.[1] In 1983, Mimiko served as the Publicity Secretary of the Ondo Local Government chapter of the Unity Party of Nigeria. He was elected in 1990, to serve as a member of the Social Democratic Party (Nigeria) Executive Council in Ondo Local Government Council Area. He also served as a member of the Party’s Disciplinary Committee. Olusegun Mimiko was appointed Commissioner for Health and Social Services, Ondo State, in 1992 till 1993 when the Third Nigerian Republic was terminated by a military coup d’etat. In the Fourth Nigerian Republic Mimiko was made Commissioner of Health from 1999 to 2002. Mimiko was appointed Secretary to the Ondo State Government (SSG) in 2003. He held this position till July 2005, when he was appointed as the Federal Minister of Housing and Urban Development [1] Mimiko defied President Olusegun Obasanjo in 2007,[2][3] by resigning his appointment as Federal Minister to contest against the incumbent Governor of Ondo State, Olusegun Agagu in the 2007 elections.[1] Mimiko’s landslide election to the governorship was tampered with by the Independent National Electoral Commission, and eventually returned by a unanimous decision of the Tribunal Court of first instance, and the Court of Appeal after a two year legal tussle.[4]

During Mimiko’s first three years in office, his reforms in health, education, and urban renewal won him national and international recognition. In 2012 his Abiye (Safe Motherhood) Programme was recognized by the World Bank, and his free education programmes were commended by the UNICEF.[5] Mimiko, in 2012, became the second Nigerian to win the UN-Habitat Scroll of Honour Award. After winning re-election by defeating the PDP candidate Olusola Oke, and the APC candidate Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, Mimiko was sworn in for a second term in 2013. During this term, Mimiko began enforcing the implementation of the Ondo state Kaadi Igbe Ayo, Nigeria’s first residency card project which was initiated by him in 2010.[6] In 2014 an edict was passed into law establishing the Ondo State University of Medical Sciences, Nigeria’s first specialized medical university accredited by the Nigerian Universities Commission. In 2015, the first Nigerian chocolate bar produced through the administration’s Cocoa Revolution Project won a Chocolate Silver award from the Academy of Chocolate Award, held in London.[7] Mimiko, in 2017, commissioned phase one of the multi-billion naira Ore Industrial City which he inaugurated in 2010.[8][9][10] When Mimiko left office in 2017, the administration's independent 30KVA power generation project in Ore was at an advanced stage of completion [11] Mimiko left office in February, 2017. It was seen as the first time power passed from one incumbent to another without the level of violence that typified Ondo elections in time past.[12][13] Mimiko currently resides in Ondo town, and engages in public speaking nationally and internationally.

Personal life

Dr. Rahman Olusegun Mimiko, popularly known as Iroko, was born on October 3, 1954, at Ondo Town in Ondo State, Nigeria. His father, late Pa Atiku Bamidele Mimiko was the son of late Pa Famimikomi son of the late Chief Ruwase Akinmeji, grandson of late High Chief Adaja Gbegbaje of Ondo Kingdom. Mimiko’s father was a sawmill manager, and a cocoa plantation farmer. He was also an erudite social commentator of national and global developments. His mother, Madam Muinat Mimiko (nee Ogunsulie), is a shrewd trader of the eminent Ogunsulie family of Ondo town.[14] In 1990 Mimiko married Olukemi Mimiko (nee Adeniyi) who studied French language at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife. They have four children.

Education

Mimiko began school at St. Joseph’s Primary School Aponmu near Akure, St. Patrick Primary School, Yaba at Ondo in the early 1960s. He attended St. Joseph’s College, Ondo from 1966-1971. He was a Higher School Certificate (HSC) Student at the Gboluji Grammar School, Ile-Oluji between 1971 and 1972 Mimiko began Medical school at the University of Ife in 1972. During his stay at the university, he was student Representative Council (parliament) 1975-1976 and Chairman of its Special Honours Committee (1976-1977), Member Student’s Union Electoral Commission 1976-1977 and Public Relations Officer International Students Association 1977-1978. He bagged a B.Sc. Health Science Degree in 1976, and the MB; CH.B Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery in 1980. Mimiko is registered with the Nigerian Medical and Dental Council as a Medical Practitioner.[14][15]

Medical career

Mimiko was a House Officer with the Ondo State Health Management Board under which he worked at the General (now State Specialist) Hospital, Ado-Ekiti between 1980 and 1981. He then worked at the Nigerian Naval College (NNS Onura), Onne, Port Harcourt (1981-1982) before returning in 1982, to the hospital as a medical officer. He practiced in Lagos as a Medical Officer at Apagun Clinic, Yaba and Acting Medical Director at Alleluyah Hospital, Oshodi from 1983-1984. In 1985, he set up his own private Medical Practice MONA MEDI-CLINICS in Ondo town.[14][15]

Political Trajectory

Mimiko’s involvement in politics dates back to his undergraduate days in Medical School at the University of Ife in the late 70s. He was mostly identified with symposia and Student Union activism at the University. At various periods, Mimiko was a member of the Students’ Representatives Council (Parliament), 1975/76, and Chairman of its Special Honours Committee. Asides serving in the Union Legislative House, in 1976/77, he served on the University of Ife Students’ Union Electoral Commission. Between 1977 and 1978, he was the Public Relations Official of the International Students’ Association of the University[16]

Upon graduating from Medical School, Mimiko sought political expression and identity in Chief Obafemi Awolowo's Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN) during the Second Nigerian Republic. Mimiko took up membership of the party after his return from the National Youth Service scheme. In 1983, Mimiko served as the Publicity Secretary of the Ondo Local Government chapter of the UPN. The Ondo Study Group (OSG) was created in 1987, and headed by Mimiko. In 1988, the OSG General Assembly urged its members to participate fully in politics, with Mimiko leading the initiative.

In 1989, General Ibrahim Babangida lifted the ban on political activity, which had been in place since the coup of 1983, and his Government established two political parties for the nation, namely the center-left Social Democratic Party (SDP) and the center-right National Republican Convention (NRC). In 1990, Mimiko, was supported unsuccessfully by the OSG to run for office as chairman of the former Ondo Local Government now Ondo East and Ondo West Local Government Areas under the new Social Democratic Party. Later that year, Mimiko was elected twice and served as an ex-officio member of the SDP Executive Council in Ondo Local Government Council Area. Mimiko was extensively involvement in grassroots mobilization and also served as a member of the Party’s Disciplinary Committee.[14][15] Mimiko's OSG played a pivotal role in the organization of Evangelist Olumilua's campaign for the office of the Governor of Ondo State.[17]

Commissioner for Health, Ondo State (now Ondo & Ekiti States) of Nigeria 1992-1993

In January 1992, under the Governor Bamidele Olumilua administration, Olusegun Mimiko was appointed Commissioner for Health and Social Services, old Ondo state, which originally included what is now known as Ekiti State. He facilitated the setting up of a Pharmacy Shop System under which 24-hour pharmacy services were being provided in the main hospitals around the State. He also conceived and brought into reality the idea of what came to be known as Accident and Emergency Centres in some of the Ondo State Hospitals. These centres were furnished with state-of-the-art equipment to attend to accident and other emergency cases confronting government hospitals everywhere in the country. On November 17, 1993, a military Coup d'état led by General Sani Abacha terminated the Third Nigerian Republic and the administration of Governor Olumilua.[14][15]

Commissioner for Health Ondo State 1999-2002

In 1999 Mimiko was prevailed upon by Adebayo Adefarati to shelve his gubernatorial ambition for Adefarati's governorship race. Mimiko later stated that he supported Adefarati on the condition that Adefarati would run for one term. Mimiko’s goodwill in Ondo state contributed extensively to the victory of the Alliance for Democracy (AD) in the state’s 1999 governorship election. Mimiko was appointed the Honourable Commissioner for Health in the State, making it the second time he would hold the office. Within the first 100 days of Adefarati's administration, the Ministry of Health, headed by Mimiko, completed and equipped the Millennium Eye Centre, Akure, which still ranks among the best in Nigeria. The Festivals of Surgery, which provided hundreds of free surgical operations were carried out to restore the sight of blind and partially blind patients and to relief those with hernia, were widely received across the State, and copied in many others. Through the instrumentally of his Health Rangers Scheme, Mimiko facilitated the delivery of health services to the innermost parts of Ondo State, providing thousands of rural dwellers with their real first contact with government.[14][15]

By 2002, Mimiko, dissatisfied with the Adefarati government which had become embroiled in the ‘Plot 90 Gate’ scandal [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] resigned his appointment as State Commissioner for Health. On November 7, 2002 Mimiko formally announced his intention to contest the governorship election on the platform of the Alliance for Democracy (AD). He gave a rousing speech on the 19th of November 2002, at a crowded Press Conference in Akure, expressing his conviction that for Ondo State, there were “brighter days ahead”, a catchphrase which coined from the name of his group, Brighter Days Network.

Following issues relating to the AD primary elections which he perceived as undemocratic, Mimiko left the party and pulled out his political structure.[25] By 2003, Dr Olusegun Agagu, the Ondo State gubernatorial candidate of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), having failed to win the governorship election in 1999, needed to forge political alliances with influencers in the State. A win by the conservative PDP in the traditionally progressive Ondo state was considered a political challenge. Mimiko was perceived as crucial to the realisation of Agagu’s ambition and an accord was struck with him, which many believe was key to Agagu dislodging Adefarati in the 2003 elections.[26] In April 2003, the erstwhile unpopular PDP won, and Olusegun Agagu became the Governor of Ondo State.

Secretary to the Ondo State Government 2003-2005

Mimiko was appointed as the Secretary to the Ondo State Government (SSG) in 2003. He held this position till July 2005, when he was appointed by President Olusegun Obasanjo as the Federal Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development. Untypically, Mimiko as SSG represented Governor Agagu for official duties more than the Deputy Governor, Otunba Omolade Oluwateru. Olusegun Mimiko, as SSG played a pivotal role in the formation of the administration’s Road Map to Progress, which mapped out what the administration wanted to achieve within a specified period of time. ‘RESULTS’, the State’s initiative to rescue the education sector was Mimiko’s brain-child.[26] Mimiko stated later that Governor Agagu’s decision to run for a second term came as a surprise to him as he had put aside his gubernatorial ambition to support Agagu on the condition that Agagu would serve a term of office and support him, Mimiko to take over in 2007.[1]

In 2005 the Federal Minister of Housing Alice Mobolaji Osomo from Ondo State was sacked by President Obasanjo following a scandal.[27][28] As replacement for the ministerial slot, Governor Agagu nominated Ambassador Bayo Yusuf who was however disqualified by the Senate during the prerequisite screening and clearance process.[29] [30] [31] President Obasanjo subsequently nominated Mimiko for the position. Olusegun Mimiko was confirmed by the Senate as Minister of Lands, Housing, and Urban Development after a remarkable performance at the screening exercise.[4]

Minister for Housing and Urban Development, Federal Republic of Nigeria 2005-2006

Mimiko coordinated the Obasanjo administration’s Reform Programme in the Housing and Urban Development sector, bringing about a major shift in policy from direct construction of houses to increased involvement of the private sector; redevelopment of government landed properties through private sector real estate developers to increase housing stock; and a focus on the mortgage sector in the on-going re-organization of Nigeria’s financial system. The Ministry under Mimiko was able for the first time in the history of the nation to produce the first ever National Building Code. Mimiko also ensured the gradual withdrawal of government from direct provision of residential housing to public servants through the monetization policy; the re-organization and re-capitalization of the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria for more robust operation; and the enhancement of the operations of the National Housing Fund (NHF). The re-positioning of the Federal Housing Authority (FHA); the creation of an enabling environment for sustainable mass production of houses through the National Housing Data Bank, and a framework for housing delivery and urban management through co-operatives, and the Social Housing Programme were also accomplished under Dr Mimiko’s watch.[15]

The emergence of the Labour party and the 2007 elections

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Dr. Olusegun Mimiko returns to Labour Party in Ondo Town on Thursday, June 14, 2018

Ahead of the 2007 general elections in April, Mimiko resigned from his position as federal housing, lands, and urban development minister on December 8, 2006 to contest for the office of governor of Ondo State. He also resigned from the People's Democratic Party (PDP). Mimiko recalls that President Olusegun Obasanjo pleaded with him and threatened him not to resign from his cabinet to contest against Governor Agagu. According to Mimiko, Bola Tinubu, the then governor of Lagos State, and perceived leader of the strongest opposition party at the time, Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), had offered him the ticket to run under the party. “They were the two power brokers (Obasanjo and Tinubu), then. The natural thing to do was to go and hide behind these people. Tinubu would give me the ticket and give me money to run and I would be more immune from Baba’s (Obasanjo's) bullets. I didn’t go to him; I stood on my own.” [1]

With the help of his political allies, Olusegun Mimiko, formed the Labour Party in Ondo State. Prior to this, the party was called Party for Social Democrats (PSD) and existed only at the national level. It was relatively obscure, and completely unknown in Ondo State. He formally presented the Labour Party to a cross-section of his political supporters at Ondo on the 1st of December, 2006.[32] Exactly four months to the 2007 general elections, On December 14, 2006, the Labour Party was launched officially in the southwestern state and Dr. Olusegun Mimiko emerged as the Party’s gubernatorial candidate at a rally in the Akure city hall and was formally presented to the people by the Labour Party's national chairman, Dan Nwanyanwu.[1]

Without money to run the new party, Mimiko forged ahead to set up the structure, and candidates. The leadership of the Labour Party used existing secondary organisations, whose operations were supportive of Dr Mimiko’s aspirations. They also used organisational relics of his previous attempts to run for office, the most visible being the Brighter Days Network (BDN), the Forum for the Reinvigoration of Democracy in Nigeria (FORD Nigeria), and the Ondo Study Group (OSG) [32] The Labour Party raised donations, and enjoyed unprecedented widespread acceptance by the Ondo State citizenry, as the Party became the new political movement. Mimiko’s campaigns were famously characterized by massive crowds.[4]

In the lead up to the 2007 elections, media sources reported that President Obasanjo declared the elections a “do-or- die affair” for Nigeria and the ruling PDP.[2][33] Campaigning in Ondo State on 3 February, President Obasanjo stated that Mimiko had defied him by leaving the PDPto contest against Agagu, and threatened that the former housing minister would be paid a visit by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).[34] Leading up to the elections, the EFCC’s autonomy had been perceived to be eroded by the Presidency and used as a tool against the President’s political enemies.[35] [36]

In responding to President Obasanjo's claims, Mimiko stated in a press release “With due deference to the person and the office of Mr. President and with every sense of modesty and responsibility, I wish to state emphatically that I am not a corrupt person… During these years of service, not one of my numerous actions and decisions was motivated by any corrupt intentions." The EFCC denied the allegation by President Obasanjo, stating that it was the President’s personal comment.[4] The President’s statements against Mimiko were referenced and addressed by the Nigerian Senate on the 21st of February 2007, in the motion, ‘President Obasanjo's Utterances on General Elections in April 2007: A Call to Order’ [37]

The phrase ‘A Caring Heart’ became the manifesto of the LP’s campaign for the elections, after Mimiko’s press conference in Akure on 19 February 2007. A CARING HEART is an acronym for 'Health Care and Housing Development; Education, Employment and Empowerment; Agriculture and Integrated Rural Development; Road and Infrastructural Development; and Trade, Tourism and Industrialization'. On April 14, 2007, the people of Ondo state went to the polls. Local and foreign observers, declared the elections as the worst in the nation’s history, falling ‘far short of basic international and regional standards for democratic elections’.[38] Two days after the elections and when counting of votes was concluded, the candidate of the PDP and incumbent governor of the state Dr Agagu, was declared winner of the election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), under Professor Maurice Iwu.

Mimiko challenged Agagu’s victory at the courts. After a high powered legal tussle lasting approximately two years, Mimiko reclaimed his mandate with an unprecedented judgment delivered in his favour by the Ondo State Election Petition Tribunal, July 2008. The judgment was subsequently confirmed in February 2009, by the Court of Appeal of Nigeria, sitting in Benin, Edo State.[39][12] His legal team included Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN), Yusuf Olaolu Ali (SAN), Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu (SAN), Tayo Oyetibo (SAN), Femi Falana (SAN), and Dr. Olumide Ayeni.[26] The Labour Party was effectively four months and 14 days old by the election of 14 April 2007.

Governor, Ondo State 2009-2017

Mimiko competed in the gubernatorial elections on April 14, 2007, against the incumbent Olusegun Agagu. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), departing from the norm, announced election results in Abuja, the federal capital, declaring the incumbent the winner. Mimiko contested this decision at the election tribunal and was adjudged winner at the Tribunal Court and the Court of Appeal on February 23, 2009. The Appeal Court, like the court of first instance, cited massive irregularities in the 2007 election, and ordered that Agagu be replaced by Mimiko as governor. Mimiko then became the first and only member of the Labour Party to win gubernatorial office in Nigeria.[40]

Mimiko contested and won re-election on October 20, 2012, for a second term, making him the first governor in Ondo State to win a second term election. Mimiko stood in that election as the Labour Party candidate for Nigeria’s Ondo State and polled the highest votes. His tenure as governor ended on February 24, 2017.

Education Reforms

At the onset of the Mimiko administration in 2009, national statistics put Ondo State as having a school enrollment record that was the lowest in the southwestern region.[41] Mimiko called his educational intervention policy the 5Is formula; Incentive, Inspection, Institutional Management, Infrastructure development and ICT development.[42] On the 16th of September, 2010 the Quality Education Assurance Agency was established as an autonomous institution and designed after the traditional school inspection model inherited from the British Colonial government with the task of discharging supervisory duties in schools. The administration invested heavily in the provision of free education, free shuttle buses, the renovation of over 300 schools including the merging some primary schools which birthed the Caring Heart Mega primary schools, a major overhaul of the secondary and tertiary institutions, and the creation of Nigeria's first specialized University of Medicine.[43] Dr. Tokunbo Awolowo-Dosunmu, the last child of the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo, and former Nigerian ambassador to the Netherlands described Mimiko as going a step further of the legacies of Awolowo, particularly in the area of democratising access to education.[44]

The Caring Heart Mega Primary Schools

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A little pupil walks in a Caring Heart Suburban School built by the Mimiko administration in Akure, Ondo State in 2012.

Mimiko’s Mega school model which surpasses the UNESCO standard for child-friendly school environment is one of his most notable education reforms, for which the administration attracted national and international recognition as well as criticisms. The 51 schools are across the 3 senatorial districts and have been said to be created in a bid to correct the educational imbalance between the children of the rich and the poor and foster inter-social class relations by making quality primary education accessible to all.[45][46][42][47] Former presidential candidate Tunde Bakare described the Mega school initiative as reminiscent of the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo’s educational development legacy, which fast-tracked the development of the South Western states in the country.[48]

Secondary School Reforms

In 2009 when the Mimiko administration came on board the educational sector of the state was dismal, with the state ranking 33 out of the 36 states in Nigeria in the West African Education Council Examinations (WAEC)[42] The administration embarked on a rigorous structural and curricula upgrade in the state secondary schools, and a free education policy with the state government paying all external examination fees such as National Examination Council (Nigeria) (NECO) and WAEC. By 2016, Ondo state witnessed a leap from the 33rd position in 2009 to the 7th position in the West African Examination Council results.[45][49]

Free Shuttle Buses

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Mimiko's Caring Heart Free School Shuttle Bus picks up students at St. Peter's Bus Stop in Akure, Ondo State in 2012

On June 12, 2012, widely seen by the Nigerian people as the true Democracy Day in remembrance of MKO Abiola, Mimiko flagged off the Free School Shuttle buses for all primary and secondary school students. By 2016, 100 free shuttle buses ran throughout the state and 53,000 students in private and state owned schools across the state had benefited from the scheme.[50][51] The project was implemented to encourage school attendance and improve punctuality by alleviating the financial burden of education on parents and relieving many students of the realities of trekking long and exhausting distances to school. 4km to school every day.[52] In Mimiko's words, “The Mega School and free shuttle bus concepts were all targeted at bridging the gap between the children of the rich and the poor so that the poor can have a sense of belonging in the society”.[53] In 2017, the UNICEF scored the state highest in health, child survival, effort on nutrition, sanitation and education, Country Representative of the UNICEF, Mr. Mohammed Mallick Fall, noting the free shuttle scheme among other developed social protection policies which the described as " resourceful to the actualisation of SDG Vision 2030.[54]

Tertiary level Interventions

The Mimiko administration invested heavily in the reformation of the existing State owned University and Polytechnic. In 2014, the United States Transparency International Standards (USTIS) rated the Adekunle Ajasin University, as the best state-owned university in Nigeria and the Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, as the best state polytechnic in Nigeria.[55] The creation of the University_of_Medical_Sciences (Unimed), Ondo, is arguably Mimiko’s most outstanding achievement in the tertiary tier of education.[56] An edict establishing the University of Medical Sciences was passed into law in December 2014. The University was accredited in April 2015 by the Nigerian Universities Commission.[57] The University is located at the Medical Village in Ondo City alongside the popular Mother and Child Hospital, Trauma and Surgical Center, the Gani Fawehinmi Diagnostic Centre and the Kidney Centre. The facilities in the Medical Village are accredited for Postgraduate training in General Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery, Anesthesiology and Radiology. It is Nigeria’s first specialized medical university to be accredited by the Commission, and the third specialized medical university in Africa.[58]

Kaadi Igbe Ayo (KIA) - The Ondo Residency Card Initiative

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Governor Olusegun Mimiko holds up an Ondo State residency card at the launch of Kaadi Igbe Ayo in Akure, Ondo State in 2013

In December 2010, Dr. Mimiko flagged off the first ever Residency Card Project in Nigeria called the Kaadi Igbe Ayo (KIA) Project (Yoruba: The good-living card), stating that the project was primarily designed for efficient service delivery and not just for identification.[59] This was done in fulfilment of his promise in his inaugural speech delivered at the Akure Township Stadium on February 24, 2009, when he told a jubilant crowd, “I want to know all of you by name. I want to know where you live. I want to know what you do for a living… I want to be able to talk to you one-on-one. I want to know the exact number seeking employment… I need to know these and many other things to be able to catalyze the joint processes and mechanism for the realization of our collective dream.” [41] The Kaadi Igbe Ayo is a home-grown project, conceived and developed by the Mimiko administration, and reviewed by the UNICEF. It is a multi-functional smart card with over 90 applications, and captures information about the citizen, ranging from bio data, occupation, family size, income level, tax records, to health records.[41] Kaadi Igbe Ayo provides access to government services including the Abiye Safe Motherhood programme, Free education, the micro-credit and economic empowerment schemes, highly-subsidised agricultural inputs and supplies.

The KIA project has been commended by officials of the UNICEF, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the World Bank, the World Health Organisation, and the Department for International Development DFID.[60][41] In 2013, the Ondo State government formally launched and began implementation of the residency card. Some criticism trailed the enforcement of the card for the State's health services, which the State government addressed, stating that the implementation of the residency card had become an imperative response to the influx of non- residents from neighbouring states, induced by the State’s subsidized healthcare services and free maternal health programme.[61][62] The administration received two international and at least three national awards for the successful implementation of the residency card between 2013 and 2016.[41][62] In 2016, Kaadi Igbe Ayo was given the E-Governance Brand of The Year Award by ConsumersNG for being the most proficient multi-application smart card and best E-governance consumer product in Nigeria.[63][64] As at February 2017, when Mimiko left office, the state government was set to begin the implementation of the card’s tax-monitoring feature.[41]

Urban Renewal

In 2012, Governor Olusegun Mimiko, was personally presented with the prestigious UN-Habitat Scroll of Honour Award at the 6th Session of the World Urban Forum held in Naples, Italy in September 2012.[65] Mimiko is the second Nigerian to win the coveted UN-Habitat Scroll of Honour Award after Professor Akin Mabogunje in 1998. The award is the most prestigious human settlements award in the world, mostly won by countries, with only a few wins by individuals and institutions since its inception in 1989.[66][67] Mimiko’s UN-Habitat Scroll of Honour [66] is premised on his bottom-up urban renewal approach to reducing urban poverty throughout Ondo state via his ‘CARING HEART’ 12-point urban development agenda which combined the physical improvement of the environment with economic empowerment and social transformation.[65] The Mimiko administration’s award winning urban renewal projects are recognized as a repudiation of the ‘trickle-down-theory’. They include low income housing, rebuilding of dilapidated schools, revival of the comatose agricultural farm settlements, improved intra and inter-city transportation, skill acquisitions for unemployed youths, city-wide infrastructure development, and urban aesthetics.[67][42]

The transformation of the state capital Akure from “developing rural community” to urban city status is arguably one of the most renowned of Mimiko’s urban renewal achievements, and one for which he has been conferred with an honorary fellowship award by the Nigerian Institute of Town Planners (NIPT).[68][69] At a news conference in 2009, Mimiko’s presentation of a masterplan to tackle traffic flow obstruction and expand roads was met with scepticism.[70] He announced plans to outlaw the prevalent roadside sale of vehicles, remove hundreds of street traders and artisans from the main roads, and reconstruct strategic roads including the notoriously congested 35 year old Oba Adesida road, and the revered Arakale road, which had been ignored by previous administrations for fear of relocating the sacred shrines.[71] The project was predicted to consume the Mimiko administration and his chances of a second term.[72][71]

Within the first year of the Mimiko administration, 500 buildings were demolished including makeshift workshops and scores of streets traders relocated from the main roads to facilities labelled ‘Caring Heart Neighbourhood Markets’.[73][71] Mimiko’s popular neighbourhood markets, are replicated in other major towns including Okitipupa, Ondo City, Ikare, and Owo.[74] Within the same period, the governor conflated several dilapidated primary schools,[72] which were nightly criminal hideouts, into single modern structures tagged ‘Caring Heart Mega Schools’.[75] A N350million modern Auto Mart, a Mechanic Village,[76] and a modern public transport hub called the Caring Heart Motor Park,[74] was constructed by the Mimiko administration to relocate the ubiquitous roadside auto-dealers, mechanics, and road transporters.[77] Although the relocation phase was initially met with resistance, the project became a success. The Auto Mart dubbed ‘Cotonou of Ondo’ is the nucleus of vehicle sales in Ondo State, it attracts buyers from neighbouring states like Edo, Kwara, Osun and Ekiti who previously purchased from Lagos or Cotonou.[74][71]

The Mimiko administration broke the jinx, contrary to predictions; and expanded, beautified, and electrified the Oba Adesida and Arakale roads among others, compensating affected persons to the tune of N1billion [78][79]

The Dome and International Conference Centre in Akure, popularly called ‘The Dome’, is a 7000 capacity event centre which sits on a 36.05-hectare of land.[80] It was initiated and fully completed by the Mimiko administration in 2010 and 2015 respectively [81] It contains the Glass Hall Event Centre designed and built of combined steel and glass materials by Messrs Groupo Systemso of Spain[80] and the unique three in one Dome Conference Centre. Each dome is linked by tunnels and can hold different events simultaneously with the capacity for interface.[82] It has been described as “an engineering and architectural masterpiece” by the Nigerian Society of Engineers.[42] With the increasing high demand for a large multipurpose event centre in Akure, the Dome and International Conference Centre was built for practical, touristic and revenue generating purposes. The multi-billion-naira centre is projected to generate an average of N45 million monthly from hall rentals alone.[83][82] In 2015, the Nigerian Society of Engineers conference of 5000 delegates was held at the centre.[84][85] The presence of the International Conference centre generated a wave of urban renewal activities in the city. August 18, 2014, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, under a Public Private Partnership inaugurated the construction of the state’s first ever shopping mall. The N1.651bn structure and car park is located within the state-owned Owena Motels.[86][87] The Akure shopping mall which houses Shoprite and Filmhouse Cinemas opened in 2015.[88] The location of Shoprite in Akure is said to have been influenced by the proximity of the Akure mall to the Dome complex as well as road constructions which ensure that the distance from the city centre to Shoprite, Idanre Hills, and the 18-hole golf course golf in Ilara-Mokin, all fall within 30 to 35 km.[80]

Agriculture

In 2009 the Mimiko administration established the Ondo State Wealth Creation Agency (WECA) in response to the quest for economic diversification and the creation of employment in areas relating to Agriculture & Food Security. WECA has partnered with several national and international organizations including FADAMA, the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture and the United Nations Human Settlements Programme UN-Habitat. WECA functions to drive industrialization and employment opportunities through platforms and implements policies designed for wealth creation including the aggressive promotion of small scale enterprises and indigenous products and services, and the establishment and management of Ondo State agro allied industries. On the 19th of May 2014, the administration launched the Profarmers & Agropreneurs Sustainable Scheme PASS. Under the scheme, young graduates are assigned to the state’s Agro Business Cities and other units under WECA for training and practical knowledge. The Ondo State government provides all the agricultural inputs and basic facilities such as land, accommodation, land, electricity, and a monthly stipend. The Pro farmers Agropreneurs Sustainable Scheme is a participation-ownership scheme where the participants develop agro-enterprises wholly funded by WECA. The trainees are entitled to profits from the proceeds of sale of agricultural products they produce during their stay in the agro business cities, while the capital is injected back into the business. The farm produce is bought at competitive market prices by the state government.[89][90] In 2016 the Youth development programs of the agency earned the commendation of the African Development Bank.[91] WECA re-modelled the farm settlement concept, introduced by Pa Awolowo under the old Western Region, Nigeria, and established four modern farm settlements called Agro Business Cities (ABCs) in three senatorial districts of the state.[92] Agricultural practices being carried out in the Agro business cities include poultry, fishery, cattle rearing, arable farming, sericulture, and apiculture.[93] The Ore Agro Business City is the model ABC due to its location, and the 30 megawatts power plant acquired by the administration for the Ore Industrial City.[93] It was upgraded in 2014 to international standards through its partnership with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture IITA and other institutions.[94] Thousands of pro-farmers have been trained in Agribusinesses at the ABCs by WECA.[95] In 2014, the IITA Youths Agripreneurs IYA program and the Wealth Creation Agency Program collaborated to train youths in Agribusinesses at the Ore Agribusiness City.[96][97] The ABCs include modern accommodation, amenities, and recreation facilities for participants[98][99] and are deliberately created to have an ambiance which youths would find attractive.[92] In 2016, the facilities and infrastructure at the business cities were commended by officials of the African Development Bank.[91]

The Mimiko administration established the Cocoa Revolution Project (CRP), a pilot land restoration program to aid farmers in the development of skills needed to produce premium cocoa beans.[7] The project began with the rehabilitation of the 1,744 hectares Oda Cocoa Plantation in the Akure South area and the Cocoa Catalytic Industry, Idanre. These two farm settlements were inherited from the old Western Region and had been abandoned by previous administrations[100] Ondo State signed a Memorandum of Understanding with a United States concern, SPAGnVOLA Chocolatie LLC, on the establishment of a chocolate production facility and a Cocoa training Academy. The collaboration includes the introduction of fair-trade practices and quality controls available in other cocoa producing countries[101] In 2014, CRP produced 4.7 metric tonnes of premium cocoa beans and partnered with the Federal Ministry of Agricultures and Rural Development and several organizations like the IITA, IFAD, USAID, French Association for the International Development of Exchange of Food and Agricultural Produce and Techniques, ADEPTA, and Isreali Fertilizer Production Groups.[102] SPAGnVOLA created the first Nigerian chocolate bar using the CRP Oda premium cocoa beans. In June 2015, the bar won a Chocolate Silver award from the Academy of Chocolate Award, held in London.[103][101][104]

Judiciary Reforms

On the 2nd of September 2011, after failed attempts by successive administrations to review the laws of Ondo State, the Mimiko administration broke a 35 year-old record, as the Governor presented a review of the state laws in use since 1978.[105] The Revised Edition of the laws is published in 500 volumes; it is a compendium of all the laws made in the state from its creation in 1978 to 2006. The revised laws became operational on September 20, 2011.[106] Nigeria’s first prison High court was established by Governor Mimiko. He is Nigeria’s first administrator to provide a court within the prison premises. The Court-in –Prison programme is a feature of the Ondo Rapid Justice System programme introduced in 2012, to accelerate the dispensation of justice, and decongest the state’s prisons.[107] On April 2, 2012, the State High Court in the premises of the Head Office of the Nigerian Prisons Service NPS, Olokuta Medium Security Prison, Akure commenced operation. Till date, it facilitates the swift arraignment and prosecution of awaiting trial inmates.[108][109] Under the Mimiko administration the State Customary Court of Appeal, eighteen new Magistrate Courts, and two High Courts in Idanre and Ifedore Local Government areas were established. The administration carried out a transformative renovation of all the High Courts and Magistrate courts in the State, and attracted the Federal High Court and the National Industrial Court to Ondo State. Governor Mimiko was instrumental in bringing the long anticipated Akure Division of the Court of Appeal to Ondo State.[110] [111] [112] On November 14, 2015, the Ondo State House of Assembly passed into Law the Bill for Administration of Criminal Justice 2015, to address the issue of delays in the administration of justice.[113][114]

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