{"id":134061,"date":"2023-12-22T11:20:28","date_gmt":"2023-12-22T11:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/22\/there-cant-be-development-if-s-west-states-dont-share-intelligence-to-improve-regions-security-gov-abiodun\/"},"modified":"2023-12-22T11:20:28","modified_gmt":"2023-12-22T11:20:28","slug":"there-cant-be-development-if-s-west-states-dont-share-intelligence-to-improve-regions-security-gov-abiodun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/22\/there-cant-be-development-if-s-west-states-dont-share-intelligence-to-improve-regions-security-gov-abiodun\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;There Can&#8217;t Be Development If S\/West States Don&#8217;t Share Intelligence To Improve Region&#8217;s Security&#8217; \u2014 Gov. 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Anything that happens in Lagos, within a few minutes, you will begin to feel the impact,\u201d the governor said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe see ourselves as providing services that have to do with buying of land, setting up industry, people that want to live close to Lagos as possible and of course, people that are travelling from Lagos to the rest of the country all pass through Ogun, Oyo and at times, Osun, before going to the rest of the country,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-7\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div data-advadstrackid=\"890536\" data-advadstrackbid=\"1\" class=\"infor-target\" id=\"infor-2090754899\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/300x250b.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State, on Thursday, averred that States in the South-West must share intelligence to improve the security of the region. 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