Who is gbenga daniel

Apart from being the first governor of the state to complete a second time, he was also the first governor of the state to align with the government at the centre.

His tenure as a governor brought about unprecedented developments to the state. His successor, Ibikunle Amosun, who became governor on the platform of the Action Congress of Nigeria, had given OGD a deadly blow; many of his property, including his multimillion Naira hotel in the state, were allegedly seized.

Amosun had, a few months after he was sworn in, set up a Truth Commission to probe the activities of Daniel and his aides between and Eventually, the committee made its recommendations. Consequently, the hotel was taken over by security personnel, who barred the former governor from gaining access to his private property. The hotel, which is located at Presidential Boulevard along Oke-Mosan, opposite the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, Abeokuta, was said to have been erroneously constructed on an illegal land belonging to Golf Resort.

As he was fighting to keep his property, he was also struggling to keep his political career from collapsing before his very eyes in a match against his political ally in PDP, the late Senator Buruji Kashamu.

He was kayoed politically by the Ijebu-Igbo-born politician and almost lost his voice in the party. In reminiscence, things got so bad that he even announced his retirement from active politics at a point. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Telegram. Southwest leaders strategising for PDP national chairmanship. Dapo Abiodun: Trudging between governance and political bickering. Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun may have scored himself high marks in terms of performance during the one-year anniversary on May The debate over whether a particular section of Nigerians or some personalities do not buy into the agitation of Nigeria being restructured to true federalism or adopt full autonomy.

Fight insecurity with job creation, Daniel tells FG. Former Governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, yesterday advised the Federal Government to provide employment opportunities for the youths to overcome the mirage insecurity challenges confronting it.

Fayemi, Kalu, Daniel, others task government on economy.