By Peter Dansu In Badagry, the first 100 days of Hon Babatunde Hunpe’s administration have begun to read like a story of restoration, spee...
By Peter Dansu
In Badagry, the first 100 days of Hon Babatunde Hunpe’s administration have begun to read like a story of restoration, speed, and purposeful leadership. What many had dismissed as another routine transition in local governance is fast shaping into a record breaking start, one that has already stirred conversations across the Badagry Federal Constituency.
In an opinion shared after the commissioning of the newly reconstructed Pota Primary Healthcare Centre, Mr Olamilekan Quadri, Media Aide to Hon Sesi Whingan, captured what many residents have been whispering for weeks — Hunpe has hit the ground running.
Quadri recalled how, months earlier, he and other concerned citizens raised alarm over the terrible state of the Pota PHC. The facility was more of a hazard than a health centre, a reminder of long standing neglect. He admitted that he was unsure how the incoming chairman would respond. But yesterday’s commissioning provided an answer loud and clear.
According to him, Hunpe not only responded, he embodied the Yoruba wisdom that when a king’s palace burns, it returns even more beautiful. The new Pota PHC now stands proudly as the most modern primary health facility in Badagry, complete with a standard structure, equipment, and an ambulance on standby. For a town accustomed to delayed projects and abandoned sites, this transformation in just 100 days feels almost unbelievable.
His reflections did not end there. Quadri highlighted another silent crisis — the decay at L A Primary School, Yafin. Before Hunpe assumed office, the school had four buildings but only one was functional. A sixties era office block eaten by termites, a Jakande block whose roof had practically collapsed, and a Millennium building taken over by bats collectively painted a picture of hopelessness.
But today, the story has changed. Those same forgotten structures have been revived, restored, and returned to usefulness — all within Hunpe’s first 100 days.
Quadri commended the chairman for listening to the people, daring himself, and proving that leadership is not about excuses but results. He expressed hope that this momentum would continue, not just for Badagry Central but for Olorunda and Badagry West as well, noting that development must reflect the unique needs of every area.
He further encouraged Hon Hunpe to institutionalise this new pace by adopting an “every 100 days commissioning” culture, which he believes is achievable especially with the improved federal allocations to local governments under President Bola Tinubu.
In his words, if the chairman sustains this energy, Badagry is on the path to a new era, one where long abandoned projects finally meet the touch of purposeful governance.
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