Kazeem Badmus
A civil society organisation, Transparency Group, has commended the Governor of the State of Osun, Senator Ademola Adeleke, for what it described as laudable performance since he took over the affairs of the State.
The group noted that Adeleke has been daring to do the right thing despite the paucity of funds, adding that his action is contributing in no small measure to the welfare of civil servants and residents of the State.
Spokesperson of the group, Ayo Oloogun, in a statement made available to OSUN DEFENDER yesterday, encouraged the Governor to continue to ensure that the welfare of the people of the State comes first in his approach to government decisions.
The statement reads in part: “I have keenly monitored events in the State since the inception of the government led by Gov. Ademola Jackson Nurudeen Adeleke. Like every democratic government, he has succeeded in certain areas that we must commend, while we also must not fail to criticise the areas he has failed.
“I commend the Governor’s remobilisation 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 can fully enjoy 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 I 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”.
Ologun, however, tasked the government to come out with the findings of the various committees inaugurated to look into actions of the past government, adding that, it owed it a duty for the people to know the truth.
He urged the state government to use the occasion of its 100 days anniversary to update the people on how far it has gone with her findings.
“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’s accounts that the Governor ordered a freeze on in his inaugural speech. If Mr. Governor ordered a freeze on the State’s accounts to carry out important investigations and make this intention public knowledge, the people deserve to know what his government found out before it dipped its hands in the same accounts 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 the 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, the government destabilised 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.
“I am 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. I 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”.
