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November 29, 2016
[SPEECH] #Raufnomics Speech By Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola At The Colloquium To Mark 6 Years Of His Administration
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3. I cannot but admit that I am flattered by the topic of this symposium, ‘Raufnomics in the Transformation of Osun’. We have had all kinds/
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4. /of ‘nomics’. Dr ws ‘Reaganomics’, coined after D economic policies introduced by D late American president, Ronald Reagan in the 1980s.
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5. There was also something like ‘Blairnomics’ to describe the economic policies of former British Prime Minister, Tony Blair….
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6. Closer home, there were ‘Obasanjonomics’ and Jonathanomics that captured the mumbo jumbo, incoherent and sometimes contradictory but/…
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7. /unarguably ruinous economic policies of the PDP in the recent past, the price of which we are still paying today.
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8. D’r even whiffs of ‘Obamanomics’,coined to describe D broad sweeping populist economic policies of D outgoing US President, Barack Obama
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13…..where we would be, what our people would be and what they would be doing.
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15. /…completed our term and left, reversing or halting this progress would be difficult, if not impossible.
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30. No nation is secure that cannot feed its people. Agriculture is also the gateway to industrialization. D history of industrial revolutn/
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31../&the recent examples of newly industrialized countries confirmed this. It is inexcusable dt we spend $20bn every year to import food.
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32. This will include $700 million we spend on fish. Yet, we have good soil, good climate, the Atlantic Ocean, thousands of miles of inland/
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33…./ waterways to give us more than enough food we need. We have consequently empowered our people in various agriculture schemes.
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39. Of course, I do not have enough time to talk about all we have done in six years. I can only mention the highlights.
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40. An angry and frustrated commentator in the media rooting for our opponents was wondering why the people keep voting for us even in the
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44. It is about strategic planning and intervention in society. It is making governance mass based and people-centric.
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45. It is guaranteeing the maximum good for the maximum number of people. It is in the words of our avatar, Chief Obafemi Awolowo,…../
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48. When I came in as Governor on Nov. 27, 2010, oil was being sold above $100. It crashed to as low as $22 and sells for $48 at present.
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49. In contrast, my wage bill rose from N1.4 billion to N3.6 billion. Yet, we must also fulfill our obligation to the people who elected us
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50. and gave us the mandate to govern. We have made it a point that no one is left behind by our administration.
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51. We are grappling with the challenge of finance and we are doing all within our power to complete all the projects we started.
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53. I will like to thank once again, the organisers for inviting me. I thank also the good people of Osun, women leaders, traders, workers,
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54. civil servants, the organized private sector, students, traditional rulers, community leaders, political parties, civil society…./
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55. ….organizations, our business partners, our supporters and well-wishers, for the understanding, support and sacrifice made on our…./
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