Whats more Oyeyemi a Governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party Oyo state asserts that Governor Adebayo Alao Akala has wasted the resources of Oyo State which could have been used to transform Oyo state Into a New york State.
Lastly The Government of Oyo state under the headship of Adebayo Alao Akala had revealed a vision of having a Place like Madison square, New York City in Oyo State.
There are some other interesting developments between New York state and Oyo state:
New York City in New York state is the Largest City of the U.S.
Ibadan City in Oyo state is the largest City in Nigeria.
New york city is the cultural capital of the U.S.
Ibadan City used to be the Cultural Capital of Nigeria.
New York City is the Publishing capital of the Us. and Ibadan the publishing
capital of Nigeria.
In New york you have a well known monument to Liberty-The statue of Liberty.
In Ibadan there is also a well known monument to Liberty-The Liberty Stadium.
New York state and Oyo state have the best places for Agricultural research of their respective countries.In the Us. it is the Cornell University,Ithaca and in Oyo state it is the International Institute of tropical Agriculture (IITA).
State University of New york, the largest in New york state was founded in 1948,
1948 also saw the founding of University of Ibadan the largest in Oyo state.
In New York state and Oyo state we had Franklin Delano Roosevelt and James Ajibola Ige respectively. Rooosevelt was Governor of New York state and Ige Governor of Old Oyo State.Both of them served for four years.
Roosevelt became President of the United States and Ige, Presidential aspirant.
Franklin Roosevelts Father, James Roosevelt,invested in the railway business;
whereas Bola Ige's Father, Solomom Ige was a Railway Officer.
Roosevelt and Ige both studied at the Premier degree awarding Institutions of their respective countries. Harvard college Cambridge and Universty Colege, Ibadan.
Roosevelt and Ige were both Lawyers.
Rooosevelt and Ige have both been described as Orators.
Roosevelt and Ige both died in Office.
The seat of the Office of the Governor of New York is at Albany;
whereas the seat of the Office of the Governor of Oyo state is at Agodi
Bola Ige refered to Ibadan as a Black Harlem. Harlem is a neighbourhood of New York city and prior to his assasination was to resume as a member of the International Law Commission in New York.
Written by Augustine Togonu-Bickersteth, London Friday, 19 November 2010
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