With ONE, the sun will shine again; brighter and better. — Ige Asemudara
One cannot but conceed the omnipresence of the person and contributions of Chief Olusola Nehemiah Ebiseni (ONE) in Ondo State in the last 34 years. He is the father of the modern Ilaje/Ese-Odo LGA development plans, one of the brains behind the creation of OSOPADEC and a foremost crusader for the successful recognition of Ondo State as an oil producing state and the resultant restoration of oil fields and wells, hitherto credited to Delta State, to Ondo State.
His persistent beautification and preservation of the Ondo environment through his works in the Ministry of Environment where he thrice held sway, are ever-green. He is the architect of the Ondo Policy on the Environment which engenders a sustainable development of the State, a roadmap that is now sadly being deviated from.
ONE has through his legal works touched all the nooks and crannies of the state especially in the areas of chieftaincy and inter-state boundaries which has endeared him to the heart of the numerous local communities in the State.
He is a consistent voice in the Nigerian project especially in the agitation for true federalism; resource control, decentralised policing, efficient Local Government Administration and equity in governance. His contributions are most noticeable in the 2014 Confab report and complemented by his numerous interventions in newspapers’ articles and Afenifere’s objective positions.
Ondo State has never fallen below his standard of statesmanship. We cannot afford less. No aspirant across all parties measures up to him, it is time to “solar-power” the state again. The sun has dimmed down. With ONE, the sun will shine again; brighter and better.