Governor Ademola Adeleke has welcomed the intervention of the Federal Ministry of Mines on the state’s tax disputes with Thors Explorations Limited, clarifying that the state has validated claims within the context of the Constitution and extant laws.
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GOVERNOR ADELEKE CONGRATULATES DEPUTY GOVERNOR, PRINCE KOLA ADEWUSI, ON HIS BIRTHDAY
OSOGBO– 05/10/2024– Osunstate.gov.ng
The Executive Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke has congratulated his deputy, Prince Kola Adewusi, on the auspicious occasion of his birthday, hailing him as a dependable partner in the push to transform Osun state for the better.
Governor Adeleke notes the worthy contributions to the incredible achievements that his administration has recorded in 23 months, commending him for providing the needed balance that has better shaped the administration’s focus to deliver for the people.
The Governor lauds the Deputy Governor’s steadfastness and loyalty to the shared objectives of easing the pains of Osun people necessitated by past misgovernance and entrenches a relishing experience of a better tomorrow, saying he’s a best partner that anyone would ever wished for.
“I’m thrilled to celebrate my hardworking deputy, His Excellency Prince Kola Adewusi, on the auspicious occasion of his birthday. Prince Adewusi is a partner anyone will wished for and I am always at ease knowing that he is beside me in the arduous task of making Osun a better place,” the Governor was quoted as saying in a congratulatory message.
“In the 23 months of our administration, Prince Adewusi showed true sense of purpose and zeal towards the delivery of good governance. I am proud of the great things we have achieved together and have no doubt that we will go on to achieve even more in the future.”
While affirming his faith in him to continue to be of service to the people, Governor Adeleke prays to God Almighty to bestow on Prince Adewusi good health, long life and enduring grace to make more impacts in Osun and beyond.
Signed:
Mallam Olawale Rasheed,
The Spokesperson to the Governor
Governor Ademola Adeleke has expressed readiness of the state government to localise modern livestock innovations with a view to develop Osun dairy and livestock sub-sectors.
OSOGBO– 03/10/2024– Osunstate.gov.ng
The Senior Special Assistant to the Osun State Governor on Medla, Hon. Hezekiah Oladele Bamiji has derided the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), Mr. Bola Oyebamiji, on his assessment of the extent of development in Osun state under Governor Ademola Adeleke, saying it is too pedestrian for anyone to deny the monumental infrastructural imprints of the Adeleke administration.
Hon. Bamiji chided Mr Oyebamiji for trying to misrepresent the facts on the true state of things in Osun state, noting that, Governor Adeleke is not only building new infrastructures across sectors but also completing many of the developmental projects that the administration which Mr Oyebamiji was an integral part of abandoned without any justification other than political bickrings with his former boss in office.
“It is a cruel irony that Mr. Bola Oyebamiji who was part of a government that left Osun in shambles could brazenly deny the progress that Osun is witnessing under the Governor Ademola Adeleke administration in all spheres,” he noted.
“Contrary to the erroneous impression that Mr. Oyebamiji tried to create, the Oyetola administration had more than enough resources to make meaningful impacts on the state and its people but bungled the opportunity largely due to mismanagement, misplaced priorities and incompetence. Anyone with a sound understanding of finances, as against what Mr Oyebamiji tried to make us believe in the past, will know that there is nothing significant in the accrued revenue to the state in the light of the skyrocketing inflation and the over 70 percent loss in the value of the nations currency.
“Yet, Governor Adeleke has been up and doing. In terms of welfare, Governor Adeleke is not only paying the salary of active workers regularly contrary to Apc evil expectations, but also paying the salary owed by the APC administration and cleared the cooperative deductions running into hundreds of millions also also wickedly withheld and misappropriated by the government Mr Oyebamiji served as Finance Commissioner.
On infrastructure, Governor Adeleke has constructed over 100km of roads and another batch of nearly 100km is at various stages of completion across the state, including Mr. Oyebamiji’s hometown of Ikire.
“In Osogbo, 10-span and 4-span overhead bridges are at advanced stages of completion and will connect the Old Garage-Lameco dual-carriage road, while another overhead in Ile-Ife, the first in the cradle of Yoruba nation, is ongoing as we speak.
Again In Ilesa, a dual-carriage road is also being constructed while the Akoda-Ede dual carriage road with a series of features like bridges, will soon be completed. Oyebanji should just cover himself in shame for being a part of the monumental failure of the Apc government in Osun!
“In the health sector, a total of 345 primary healthcare centres are being rehabilitated with the installation of 24-hour power and water systems in line with the World Bank standard, just as dozens of public schools across the state have equally been refurbished and equipped with necessary furniture and other essential amenities. The failed Commissioner of Finance seems too dazed to be aware of all that.
Hon. Bamiji maintains that Osun has taken a turn for the better under Governor Adeleke and that only those who are still hunted by the realities of the failure they exuded during their hellish spell, will pretend about these facts. He enjoined Mr Oyebamiji to get over the shame of the ignoble past of the APC which stares him in the face and accept the reality of the transformation that Governor Adeleke’s good governance has projected into manifestation in less than two years.
“While Mr. Oyebamiji may still be finding it hard to tell Osun people what the government he was part of did with the over N400bn aggregated revenues that accrued to it in the four years it lasted, even when inflation was still being humanely managed, he should swallow his pride to come to the reality of the positive turnaround that Osun has witnessed under Governor Adeleke,” he stressed.
“Instead of trying to divert attention from the abysmal record of the previous government, Mr Oyebamiji should bring himself to recognise those abandoned projects by his government that Governor Adeleke is completing, the litany of ongoing projects across the state among other positive developments.
“The candid truth is that the APC administration, which Mr Oyebamiji served failed in Osun, and anyone involved in that ignoble failure will always see nothing but failure in others too, just as the former Commissioner of Finance is demonstrating. It is even important to ask Mr Oyebamiji to provide Osun people with answers on what happened to the over N11 billion received from the Federal Government by the Oyetola administration for road projects executed by the Rauf Aregbesola government and that of the over $20million grant to renovate health facilities in Osun State, in which the present Government of His Excellency, Governor Ademola Adeleke now have to start all over again to bring to shape.”
“Available records indicated that Mr. Oyebamiji is the worst Finance Commissioner in Osun’s history going by the gross mismanagement that characterised the government he served as head of Finance Ministry. So, if he is coming up with the jejune narrative to prepare himself for the 2026 governorship contest, he should rather rid himself of the penchant for misinformation as Osun people are too smart to fall for such baby tactics.”
Signed:
Hon. Hezekiah Oladele Bamiji,
The Senior Special Assistant to the Osun State Governor on Medla
03/10/2024
The Executive Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke has felicitated a former Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff and Chief of Defence Staff, Lt. Gen. Ipoola Alani Akinrinade, on the auspicious occasion of his 85th birthday, celebrating his life of contributions to national growth and stability.
OSOGBO- 03/10/2024- Osunstate.gov.ng
The Governor of Osun state, Senator Ademola Nurudeen Jakson Adeleke, has approved the appointment of a tested medical practitioner and entrepreneur, Dr. Afolabi Babatunde Adeola as the Chief Medical Director of Uniosun Teaching Hospital, Osogbo.
The appointee was one of the nine applicants who were extensively screened by the panel instituted for that purpose by the State Governor.
Membership of the Committee includes Mr. Mufutau Oyeleke Oluwadare,
(Chairman, Osun State Civil Service Commission), Dr. Muyiwa Oladimeji (Chairman, Osun Health Insurance Scheme), Dr. Kingsley K. Akinroye(Chairman, Osun State Hospitals’ Management
Board), Prof. C.O. Adeoti, Prof. Bolaji Omitola, Mr. Busayo Oladejo, Mr. Kolawole Najeem Akintola, among others.
The names of the nine applicants screened by the panel are
Dr. Afolabi Adeola Babatunde, Prof. Adekanle Adebode Daniel, Prof. Adebami Joseph Olusegun, Prof. Adeleke Ajao Najeemdeem, Dr. Oyeniran Olaolu Ayodeji,Prof. Esimai Olapeju, Prof. Fadiora Olufemi Solomon, Dr. Adebayo Olaide Kazeem and Dr. Akindokun Samson
Segun.
Dr Afolabi Babatunde is a distinguished medical professional born on December 22, 1972, in Inisha, Osun State, Nigeria. He hails from Ekosin, Odo Otin Local Government Area.
He obtained his medical degree from the University of Ilorin (1990-1998) and completed his residency training at the then LAUTECH Teaching Hospital, Osogbo. He completed his N.Y.S.C National Service at National Hospital Dala, Kano.
He is a fellow and examiner of the West African College of Physicians and member of the National Postgraduate Medical College. He has held various leadership positions at Osun State University Teaching Hospital, including Casualty Officer, Accident and Emergency; Chief Resident, Family Medicine; Head, Department of Family Medicine; Head, National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS); Chairman , Staff Centric Clinic ,
Acting Chairman, Medical Advisory Committee; and two-term Chairman, Medical Advisory Committee ( last CMAC of LAUTECH and 1st CMAC of UTH).
Dr. Afolabi B. A. is an active member of several prestigious professional organizations, including the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria (MDCAN), West African College of Physicians (WACP), Society of Family Physicians of Nigeria (SOFPON), Deacon of Baptist Family, and member of Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP). Notably, he serves as the present Chairman, SOFPON, Osun State chapter, and also the Chairman of Baptist Health Fellowship of Osun Baptist Conference.
He is happily married to Dr. (Mrs.) Afolabi Adebimpe, a consultant pediatrician & and pediatric cardiologist.
Signed:
Mallam Olawale Rasheed,
Spokesperson to the State Governor.
Governor of Osun State, His Excellency, Senator Dr Ademola Jackson Nurudeen Adeleke, has again approved a whopping sum of Three billion and Three hundred naira only (#3,300,000,000.00) for the payment of accrued rights (bond certificates) of a number of workers who retired under the Contributory Pension Scheme across the State.
Governor Ademola Adeleke has threatened to direct his lawyers to sue a media director of Osun state All Progressive Congress (APC), Mr Kolawole Olabisi for Five Billion Naira as damages over a defamatory statement issued today in Osun state.
The Executive Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke has congratulated the lawmaker representing Ede North/Ede South/Ejigbo/Egbedore in the House of Representatives, Honourable Bamidele Salam, on the occasion of his 55th birthday, saying the Awo-born legislator remains a suitable reference for impactful representation.
Governor Ademola Adeleke has expressed surprise that a major town around Ifeland, Garage Olode, has had no power supply for the past 15 years, consequently directing the Ministry of Energy to take up the issue without further delay.
