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OSOGBO– 08/08/2024– Osunstate.gov.ng

The Executive Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke has rejoiced with a former House Speaker in the state, Rt. Hon. Najeem Folasayo Salam, on the auspicious occasion of his birthday, celebrating his remarkable contributions to the progress of Osun state.

The Governor hails Rt. Hon. Salam as an admirable public figure given his dedication to public good, noting that his approach to governance, particularly in the eight years he presided over the state’s legislature, underscores the premium he placed on the well-being of the people.

Governor Adeleke acknowledges the Ejigbo-born politician’s ability to bring people together, foster bipartisan cooperation, and manage ideologies, saying the celebrant’s passion to impact lives has earned him respect among friends and critics.

“I join family, friends and well-wishers to celebrate a former Speaker in Osun state, Rt. Hon. Najeem Folasayo Salam, on the auspicious occasion of his birthday. Rt. Hon. Salam is a politician who has impressed on anyone who pays attention that leadership is about the people,” the Governor noted in a congratulatory message.

“As Speaker, you upheld the value of the institution and guided the House through challenging and triumphant moments, delivering important legislations that positively impacted the state. On this occasion of your birthday, I honour the depth of your service, just as I like to appreciate your sincere interest in the progress of this state,” he said.

The Governor prayed for God’s continued grace over him as he aged on, while impressing on him to sustain contributions to the progress of Osun state in whatever capacity he found himself now or in the future.

Signed:
Mallam Olawale Rasheed,
Spokesperson to the Osun State Governor

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OSOGBO – 06/08/2024 – Osunstate.gov.ng

Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke has revealed that Imole Youth Corps, a youth empowerment scheme of his administration will soon be unveiled.

The Governor who spoke on Tuesday at the Stakeholders meeting of the Osun state chapter of People’s Democratic Party (PDP), at the Government House in Osogbo, the Osun State Capital.

Governor Adeleke also revealed that the EndBadGovernance nationwide protest which started few days ago has ended in Osun after a government delegation met and addressed the protesters, promising that the demands will be submitted to the President.

“I assure you, your government is working to deliver on out electoral promises. More good things are coming. Your government is doing a lot to bring relief to our people.

“We Just paid bursary to students; We have disbursed almost 4billion naira to cooperative bodies in Osun; We are building several roads and bridges; We Just paid almost 2billion for half salary and cooperative deductions; We are renovating health centre and educational facilities; We will soon announce the take off of Imole Youth Corps; New teachers will soon be announced”, the Governor noted.

Speaking earlier on the affairs of the ruling party, Governor Adeleke appealed to party members to remain united and never allow our issues to degenerate adding that the PDP must remain one united family.

“My only appeal to us is that we must remain united. We should never allow our issues to degenerate. We must remain one united family.

“We all know that this local government election is key for our 2026 governorship election. We must not allow personal interest to supercede the general interest of the party.

“I task us to remember that we have a wounded opposition that is desperately seeking to destroy the state. We should not give them ammunition to use against us.

“We must ensure party discipline. We must abide by decisions of the party leadership. That is the way to strengthen the party and enhances our chance to win elections”, the Governor added.

Addressing party members earlier on the forthcoming local government elections, Chairman of the party, Hon Sunday Bisi noted that there will be no imposition of candidates adding the party will only release guidelines for each local government to go and elect candidates of their choice.

“Let me take this opportunity to tell you all that there will be no imposition of candidates. We have issued guidelines for each local government to go and decide who their candidates will be.

“I can assure you that our resolve as a party is to give a level playing ground to every member of the party who is interested in being either Chairman or Councillor.

“Let me however advise you all that issues of our party should not be taken to your social media pages and henceforth we will begin to monitor and may sanction any party member who fails to comply”, he noted.

Signed:
Mallam Olawale Rasheed
Spokesperson to the Governor

THIS IS TO INFORM THE PUBLIC THAT THE MAIDEN EDITION OF A LIVE & INTERACTIVE RADIO PROGRAMME BETWEEN THE ADMINISTRATION OF SENATOR ADEMOLA JACKSON NURUDEEN ADELEKE & THE PEOPLE OF OSUN STATE, CODE NAMED STEWARDSHIP (ISE IRIJU WA), WILL HIT THE AIRWAVES SIMULTANEOUSLY ON 15 DIFFERENT RADIO STATIONS ACROSS THE STATE, THIS SATURDAY, 3RD AUGUST, 2024 BETWEEN 8 AM -10 AM

THE PROGRAMME IS ANOTHER TRANSFORMATIVE APPROACH TO GOOD GOVERNANCE AS EXEMPLIFIED BY THE PRESENT ADMINISTRATION IN OSUN STATE TO HIGHLIGHT THE ACHIEVEMENTS,
PROGRESS & CHALLENGES SO FAR MADE & STILL BEING MADE.

RICH, DEEP, OPEN & ANALYTICAL,
STEWARDSHIP IS ANOTHER FEEDBACK MECHANISM APPROACH BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT & THE GOVERNED AS LISTENERS
WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS OR CONTRIBUTE TO ISSUES AS HIGHLIGHTED BY HON. COMMISSIONERS,
SPECIAL ADVISERS, HEADS OF MINISTRIES,
DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES OF GOVERNMENT IN OSUN STATE WHO WILL BE ON SEAT AS THE PROGRAMME HITS THE AIRWAVES SIMULTANEOUSLY ON THE FOLLOWING 15 RADIO STATIONS THIS SATURDAY,

1 OSBC 104.5 FM,

2. ORISUN F M, ILE IFE

3 R.R.S, IWO

4.GOLD FM,ILESHA,

5. RAVE F.M, OSOGBO
6. UNIQ FM, ILESHA
7. FRESH FM, OSOGBO
8. RAYPOWER RADIO ,OSOGBO
9. OODUA FM, ILE IFE
10. CROWN FM, ILE IFE
11. AYEKOOTO FM, IWO
12. OGUNSUA RADIO, MODAKEKE
13. DIAMOND FM,ILESHA
14. TIMSED FM, IJEBU IJESHA
15. TUNGBA FM, IGBAJO. LISTENERS OUTSIDE OSUN STATE COULD ALSO MONITOR THE PROGRAM ON ANY OF THE STATIONS ON RADIO GARDEN.

APPEARING LIVE ON THIS MAIDEN EDITION ARE
HON.B.T SALAM, HON.COMMISSIONER
FOR SPECIAL DUTIES & REGIONAL INTEGRATION,
ALH.ABDULGANIYU OLA-OLUWA,(ASEJERE)
HON.COMMISSIONER FOR RURAL & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT,
BAR.JOLA AKINTOLA, HON.COMMISSIONER FOR* HEALTH,
PRINCE BAYO OGUNGBANGBE, HON.COMMISSIONER FOR COOPERATIVES & EMPOWERMENT & HON.NIRAN ATIDADE,SPECIAL ADVISER TO THE GOVERNOR ON AGRICULTURE & FOOD SECURITY WHILE THE HON.COMMISSIONER FOR INFORMATION AND PUBLIC ENLIGHTENMENT, OLUOMO KOLAPO ALIMI IS THE CHIEF HOST ON THE TWO HOUR PROGRAMME.

JOIN US THIS SATURDAY, THE 3RD OF AUGUST, 2024 BETWEEN 8AM AND 10AM, AS THE MAIDEN EDITION OF A TWO HOUR SCORECARD ON RADIO ABOUT THE PROGRESS,
PROSPECTS & CHALLENGES OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNOR ADEMOLA JACKSON NURUDEEN ADELEKE HITS THE AIRWAVES.

ON STEWARDSHIP (ISE IRIJU WA) ,WE OPENLY DEMONSTRATE A RESOLUTE COMMITMENT TO ESTABLISHING A NEW GOVERNANCE STANDARD BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT & THE GOVERNED IN OSUN STATE AS PACKAGED BY THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND PUBLIC ENLIGHTENMENT.

ANNOUNCER;
MOSHOOD SULEIMAN
DIRECTOR,PRESS AND PUBLIC RELATIONS,
MIN.OF INFORMATION AND PUBLIC ENLIGHTENMENT

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–Promises openness, transparency
of the process

OSOGBO 29/7/2024
Osunstate.gov.ng

Osun State Government has started the receipt of the expected 43 trucks of food

Out of the total of 43 trucks being expected, 4 are Garri of 25kg with each of the trucks containing 1260 bags and another 39 trucks of 50Kg bag of Corn, containing 600 bags each.

It is to be noted that, the Osun State Government is being charged the sum of #67,422,000,00( Sixty Seven Million, Four Hundred and Twenty Two Thousand Naira) by the F.G as haulage fee out of which ,the State Government, has paid the sum 45,000,000,00( Forty Five Million Naira) leaving it with a balance of 22,422,000 ( Twenty two Million, Four Hundred and Twenty Two Thousand) to be offset before the delivery of the remaining consignments would be effected.

This current food parliatives which consists of Garri and Corn was originated from the office of the National Security Adviser ( NSA) and being distributted by National Emergency Management Agency Office (NEMA), Abuja, and it’s being received by Osun State Government through the office the of Osun State Emergency Management Agency ( OSEMA),

However, for transparency, record and accountability, the
Officials of Nigeria Police, ICPC, DSS and EFCC and NEMA are readily on ground to monitor the offloading and documentation of the consignments of the food palliatives.

Accordingly, the distribution of the food palliatives to the would be beneficiaries throughout the State will commence, tomorrow, Tuesday, 30th July, 2024 and it is going to be carried out in line with an already spelt out template given by the FG which is in concomitant with the one also already mapped out by the Osun State Government.

Osun State Government started receiving and offloading the trucks of the two edibles of Garri and corns from Thursday,11th of July, 2024 at OSEMA warehouse in Osogbo, the Osun State capital.

So far, as at Sunday, the 28th of July, 2024, 4 trucks of Garri of 25kg and 21 trucks of Corns of 50kg bag, have been received. While all the 4 trucks of Garri and the 16 trucks of corns have been offloaded, the remaining 5 trucks of corn will be offloaded today as Osun State Government is still expecting 1 truck of corn today, Monday, the 29th July, 2024.

In line with the agreement earlier reached with the FG, Osun State is also to offset the cost of both offloading and distribution of the food palliatives to the would be beneficiaries in the various Local Governments in the State.

Consequently, the present administration in Osun State under the leadership of His Excellency, Senator Ademola Jackson Nurudeen Adeleke, with all sense of responsibility, is glad to announce that, the formal distribution exercise will commence with immediate effect,tomorrow, Tuesday, 30th of July, 2024 through a clean, clear, thorough and transparent process.

We wish to use this opportunity to assure the people of the State,
especially the targeted most vulnerable population, of the readiness of Senator Ademola Adeleke Government to adhere strictly to an already laid down templates for the distribution by both the State and Federal Governments.

While we also count on the continued support and cooperation of the people of Osun State, we are equally using this medium to state that, no one, especially the most targeted vulnerable population will be shortchanged whatsoever during the distribution of the food items.

Signed
Oluomo Kolapo Alimi
Hon.Commissioner
Information and Public Enlightenment, Osun State.

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OSOGBO – 26/07/2024 – Osunstate.gov.ng

Governor Ademola Adeleke is governing Osun State without borrowing a single kobo and without drawing any security votes, Spokesperson to the State Governor, Mallam Olawale Rasheed has clarified.

He made the clarifications in response to questions from reporters who quoted some opposition figures alleging the state Governor of increasing Osun debt and of accessing security votes to the tune of billions of naira.

Mr Rasheed attributed such allegations to pure mischief, ignorance of public finance and deliberate misinterpretation of state data, noting that Governor Adeleke is pursuing his many governance initiatives within the confines of available resources from federal allocations and internally generated revenue.

According to the Spokesperson, the state Governor is achieving so much through fiscal discipline, deliberate curtailing of overhead cost and widening of revenue nets, all which resulted in fiscal and financial health of the state.

Mr Rasheed posited that opposition figures displayed ignorance by ignoring the impact of the exchange rate crisis on the inherited external debt stock of Osun State, explaining that the weak naira increased the naira value of the state debt stock.

“The Debt Management Office is the national debt data repository. According to the DMO, Osun owed foreign lenders the sum of $91,779,393.97 as of December 31, 2022, and by December 31, 2023, the external debt profile of Osun stood at $87,247,488.51.

“From the figures above, Osun’s external debt dropped. The noticeable difference in the naira value of Osun external debt was due to the significant devaluation of naira. In 2022, a dollar averaged at N460, and so. The naira value of $91,779,393.97 Osun’s external debt in 2022 was N41bn compared to 2023 when a dollar averaged N1,400, which is essentially why despite the fact that Osun debt reduced to $87,247,488.51, the naira equivalent was N78bn”, the Spokesperson narrated.

“On the allegation of security services votes included in the uploaded budget performance report, let me clarify that the subhead only referred to the cost of various security services and operations across the state which is different from the conventional concept of security votes as drawn by most state governors.

“The security service funds in the identified subhead were used among other interventions to service special peacekeeping operations, provide logistics support to quench inter communal clashes and support the operations of the different security agencies across the state”.

“The funds meant for various security related services are accessed through normal approval processes with appropriate records kept. We however firmly affirm that Mr Governor did not and is not drawing any personal security votes as is the convention before his assumption of office. This is in line with his avowed commitment to free state resources to execute his ambitious five point agenda”, the Governor’s Spokesperson noted.

He described as defeatist the recent penchant of the opposition to twist state finance data to support false narration, submitting that such failed strategy confirms the opposition has run out of ideas and initiatives in the face of Governor Adeleke’s widely acknowledged exceptional performance.

Signed:
Mallam Olawale Rasheed,
Spokesperson to the State Governor.

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● Direct Food Security Implementation Committee to Fast Track Assignment

OSOGBO- 26/07/2024 – Osunstate.gov.ng

Governor Ademola Adeleke has thrown his weight behind the traditional approach to food price control introduced by some traditional rulers in Osun State, describing it as “a local innovation to lower increasing food inflation across the state”

In a statement issued on Friday in which he tasked the State Food Security Implementation Committee to move faster, Governor Adeleke expressed happiness that traditional rulers in Osun State have acted to regulate food prices and curtail negative activities of middlemen in the marketplaces.

Governor Adeleke who condemned artificial inflation induced by market middlemen lauded the traditional rulers for moving against deliberate increment in food prices, noting that the state government supports consensus building to lower food inflation across the state.

According to the Governor, the actions of some members of the Osun State Council of Traditional Rulers on price control has assisted the government in its quest to address food insecurity in Osun State.

He praised the traditional rulers for impressing on market leaders the need to avoid unnecessary price increase, calling on all other traditional rulers in Osun State to engage market leaders on the urgency of price moderation.

“I task our royal fathers to engage market associations and stop exploitation of our people. We must engage market associations to ensure that voluntary price control is introduced.

“We recognise the importance of market associations. We see them as strong partners in governance. To that end,we call on them to join hands with government and traditional institutions to lower food inflation.

“ I am also directing my Special Adviser on Markets to move quickly to support our royal fathers in this new drive to institute traditional price control. The Iyalojas and Babalojas should be integrated into the implementation process”, the Governor directed.

● Direct Food Security Implementation Committee to Fast Track Assignment

Meanwhile, Governor Adeleke has directed the Food Security Implementation Committee to move faster to ensure realisation of a secured and accessible food supply value chain in Osun State.

He tasked the committee to quickly come up with actionable plans, deliverables and timeliness, noting that food security is a matter demanding urgent attention.

“ The Committee is composed of tested experts. It is time for action. We already have a well thought out food security report. We only need a roadmap to execution.

“ I commend the Commissioner for Agriculture for rising to the occasion on our agro-industrialisation agenda. We have started with a supply of tractors which I will be unveiling at a ceremony soon. We have embraced traditional price control through our traditional rulers.

“ We must implement a holistic agenda which addresses all segments of agric value chains. That is what we have in our Food Security Committee report and the actualisation is what I demand from the implementation committee”, the State Governor declared.

Signed:
Mallam Olawale Rasheed,
Spokesperson to the State Governor.

Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has warned developers and residents against construction of houses without approved building plans, threatening to bulldoze badly built houses posing threat to human safety.

The Executive Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke has rejoiced with the lawmaker representing Osun East Senatorial District, Senator Francis Adenigba Fadahunsi on the occasion of his birthday, hailing him as an exemplary public servant who has shown commendable interest in public good.

Governor Ademola Adeleke has reaffirmed the sanctity of Oluwo of Iwoland as the consenting authority over the three local governments constituting Iwo zone under the Iwo Traditional Council just as he restated his administration’s readiness to complete the Iwo-Osogbo road project.

Governor Ademola Adeleke today vowed to pursue the ongoing public service reform to a logical conclusion as the state staff audit consultant, Sally Tibot Consult, submitted the final report.