‘You Failed With Your Boss’, Adeleke’s Spokesperson Attacks Oyetola’s Deputy
Mallam Olawale Rasheed, the Spokesperson to Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has asked a former deputy governor in the state, Benedict Alabi, to bury his head in shame over what he described as a misguided notion on the performance of the Governor.
Olawale said Alabi’s attempt to misrepresent the reality of things in Osun stemmed from his sense of guilt as a former number two man in a failed administration.
The Spokesperson enjoined Alabi to show some remorse for the monumental pains that policies and inadequacies of the administration he was part of caused the Osun people for years.
He said the former deputy governor was insensitive for trying to play down genuine efforts by Adeleke to clear the mess inherited from the Adegboyega Oyetola administration.
Olawale said: “The Adeleke administration has spent the last 18 months taking Osun out of the woods and setting it on the path of development and growth. Unfortunately, people like Benedict Alabi who created the mess are trying to play on the intelligence of the people, assuming Osun people have forgotten their failed records of yesterday.”
“But Our people know and feel the difference. They see appreciable progress in workers’ welfare, infrastructural expansion, health care, and responsiveness to their aspirations.
“While Alabi as Deputy Governor for four years has nothing to show in terms of physical infrastructure in his Ikire hometown, we are glad to note that the Adeleke’s administration has several road projects in the same Ikire in less than two years in office, some of which has been completed, while health facilities and schools have been renovated and equipped.
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“Instead of showing remorse and recognising the effect of good governance as demonstrated by Governor Adeleke, not just in terms of infrastructural renewal, but also welfare of the people, Alabi, just like most of his co-travelers in the shredded state APC, continues to live in denial.”
The Spokesperson emphasised the manifestation of the pro-people governance adopted by the Adeleke administration, noting that Alabi must be confused to claim in one breadth that Adeleke has nothing to show in office, whereas, in another breadth, claim that projects embarked by the Governor is controversial.
“While we understand that the confusion of Alabi stems from his inability to handle the truth of Governor Adeleke’s superlative performance, it is important to ask him whether it is the policy of paying the owed half salary that his government refused to touch that is controversial.
“Or, is the payment of inherited cooperative deductions by the current government controversial? Or is Alabi saying that the release of bonds totaling over N12 billion compared to N11.7 billion for the 12 years of APC government is controversial?
“In less than two years, Governor Adeleke has done a lot, including paying the financial implication of promotion given by the government that Alabi served in as Deputy Governor.
“The candid truth is that the APC administration, which Alabi was part of, failed in Osun, and anyone involved in that ignoble past always try to see failure in others too, as we can see with the former Deputy Governor.
“The Adeleke administration will never submit itself to the gauge of those who failed the state yesterday, as it is not prepared to fail the people too. We will continue to pursue policies and interventions that will make life much easier for the people, so that they will not be tempted to return to the horrible experience of the past, Olawale submitted.
Yusuf Oketola is a trained journalist with over five years of experience in the media industry. He has worked for both print and online medium. He is a thorough-bred professional with an eye of hindsight on issues bothering on social justice, purposeful leadership, and a society where the leaders charge and work for the prosperity of the people.
