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A group, The Osun Masterminds (TOM), has commended Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, on the occasion of his 100 days in office.
The Osun Masterminds said Adeleke started righting the wrongs of salary modulation of the former Governor Rauf Aregbesola’s administration, adding that the move contributed in no small measure to the welfare of civil servants in Osun State.
The group said this at a press conference in Osogbo, Osun State on Wednesday.
It said, “It is noteworthy and highly commendable that within his first 100 days in office, he has started righting the wrongs of salary modulation of the Aregbesola administration. We commend the Governor for daring to do the right thing despite paucity of funds. We note with delight that the action is contributing in no small measure to the welfare of civil servants in the State.
“We also commend the Governor’s remobilization of contractors to the Osogbo-Ilaodo boundary road construction. The project being one so strategic to the continued development of our dear State, has to be sustained to full completion so that the State and all communities on the route are able to fully enjot the intended benefits of that road.
“Worthy of note is also the Government’s intention to release retirement Bond certificates to retirees who have been on the waiting list for a fairly long time. This is highly commendable and we encourage the Governor to continue in this direction, ensuring that the welfare of the people of the State comes first in his approach to government decisions.”
The Osun Masterminds, however, called on Governor Adeleke to release information on the state government’s account which was earlier frozen by his administration.
The governor had ordered a freeze of the Osun State Government’s during his inaugural speech in November 2022.
The group added, “When this administration came into power, the Spokesperson of Mr. Governor released statement upon statement, accusing the past administration of certain wrong practices and announcing the Adeleke government’s approach to righting those actions that it saw as wrongs.
“Several committees were formed to review such actions that the government deemed wrong, but 100 days after the inception of this administration, the people of the State are still waiting to know what the committees found out and what the government will be doing about those findings.
“The State people want to know when the Adeleke Government unfroze the State account that the Governor ordered a freeze on in his inaugural speech. If Mr. Governor orders a freeze on the State’s account to carry out important investigations and make this intention public knowledge, the people deserve to know what his government found out before it dipped hands in the same account to fund government expenses it has undertaken since inception.
“The people also deserve to know what the various committees found out with their investigations. If a Contract award committee was commissioned to find out the wrongdoings of the past administrations in its contractual obligations, the people should know when government finished its findings and decided to continue the construction of Osogbo-Ila odo boundary road.
“The people also deserve to know what became of the Kingship review committee that the Adeleke government set up. By a single order, government destabilized the traditional institutions of several towns and villages in the State. Government can therefore not rightly keep mute on the outcome of this committee that has thrown confusion into the Obaship institution of our important towns and villages.
“We are concerned that this government made loud its suspicion of the past administration’s intentions and its own resolution to probe the actions it suspected to be wrong. We believe that since whoever comes to equity must come with clean hands, government, the Governor particularly, owes it a duty to our people to tell them what it found out through the several committees it formed earlier.
“Mr. Governor who was open enough to address a meeting of traditional rulers to tell them he met humongous debts, cannot now become secretive as to how he is managing that debt and how he is holding the perpetrators accountable for throwing the State into such huge indebtedness.
“We do not want to assume that the government discovered that it acted hastily earlier and had such resolved to keep quiet now. We do not want to assume that this government hastily started a process it did not have the will to finish. We call on the State government to use the occasion of its 100 days anniversary to update our people on the issues it opened up by itself,” The Osun Masterminds said.
The group, while calling on Governor Adeleke to tackle the rising insecurity in the state, urged politicians in the state to ensure they abide by the rules of the forthcoming governorship and House of Assembly elections and desist from all form of actions that can promote violence on Saturday.
“We are duty bound as an organization, to encourage our people, to participate in the process, and ensure that, they are not manipulated by desperate politicians,” it stressed.
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