Gov Adeleke gives account of stewardship of 10 months in office

It was first of its kind in the Ademola Adeleke led-government where delegates that represented every segment of the people in the state gathered on Thursday in Osogbo to interact with their governor at the programme tagged “Ipade Imole” as Governor Adeleke gave stewardship accounts of his administration in the last ten months, OsunReporters News gathered.

While addressing the people of the state, Adeleke maintained that the state has been positively growing under his watch, adding that some of the secrets of his success stories in terms of construction of roads and other infrastructural projects in the state was that he devoted his monthly security votes to finance these projects unlike other state governors that pocket this huge money for their private use.

He explained further that he has not borrowed a dime to finance any of his projects, noting that his administration has no plan to borrow in the nearest future.

The governor cleared the air on the boreholes project, “Our administration conceived of 332 boreholes across the 332 political wards as intervention measure. Each borehole costs one million, five hundred thousand naira. The boreholes are functioning and serving the immediate water needs of our people,” Adeleke said.

He also talked about the money meant for palliative sent by the Federal Government as N2 billion out of the expected N5 billion had been received, assuring that the fund was intact contrary to alleged diversion by opposition party, revealing that the fund would partly be used for acquisition of additional buses that would be added to existing vehicles which have been repaired and upgraded for intra-city transportation of citizens. He said the palliative fund would be channeled into the health sector for building of more medical centres and equipping of same, adding that the remaining part of the money would be used to purchase food items for distribution to vulnerable persons.

According to him, “We have demonstrated strong faith by ensuring the completion of many abandoned projects. I also retained many contractors inherited from previous governments. I have not taken a dime as a loan since I assumed office as Governor and that is not on the card in the immediate future.

“Osun people should be rest assured that this administration has not and will not borrow to fund ongoing infrastructure upgrades. From bridges to dualisation of existing roads among other infrastructures, we are pursuing value for money and public private partnership. Our financial plan is sustainable,” Adeleke stated.

On the recruitment of more teachers in the state, he said, “I have directed the Ministry of Education to conduct a needs assessment as a basis for recruitment and filling of vacancies in schools. I believe the report will soon be ready. Our government is also committed to the implementation of the report of the Education Summit.”

Governor Adeleke also spoke about the delay in taking decisions on the disputed kingship in three towns of the state, Adeleke said, “The white papers relating to kingship in Ikirun, Iree, and Igbajo are ready. In a short while, the obaship situation in the affected towns will normalize.”