Osun Govt Denies Selling Freedom Park
The Osun State Government has berated the All Progressives Congress (APC) for accusing Governor Ademola Adeleke of selling the Nelson Mandela Freedom Park, Osogbo.
The state government, in a statement by the Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Rev. Bunmi Jenyo, condemned the APC, describing the story as an imagination and an attempt to blackmail the Governor
The Commissioner urged members of the public to fact-check the ownership of the Freedom Park through the Nigerian Railway Corporation for the record.
A copy of the statement obtained by OSUN DEFENDER read: “The attention of the Honourable Commissioner for Commerce and Industry in Osun State, Rev. Dr. Bunmi Jenyo, has been drawn to a frivolous, unfounded and unthinking social media post, that the State government led by Governor Ademola Jackson Nurudeen Adeleke has sold the Nelson Mandela Freedom Park.
“The assertion is not only ridiculous, it is also barbaric. It is indeed the figment of imagination of the enemy of Osun State, who have failed in their many attempts to blackmail, malign and disrepute the personality and good governance of the State Governor, especially in the economic sector.
“The opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) with no blueprint, agenda or ideas about effective governance should, ordinarily be ignored but this is to set the record straight, once and for all.
“The Nelson Mandela Freedom Park sits on the landed property of the Federal Government, Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), but developed by the government of Osun State under Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, mainly for the purpose of Urban Renewal.
“Any interested member of the public can fact-check the ownership of the Freedom Park, through the Nigerian Railway Corporation, for the record.
“So, if some people, who are bereft of ideas about issue-based campaigns, decency and good governance, are now making laughable allegations, they should be totally ignored.
“It is abundantly clear to the public, especially the good people of Osun State that Governor Adeleke is running his government with the fear of GOD, integrity, passion and dedication to the transformation of lives of the citizens.”
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