Don’t Abandon Inherited Project Like Previous Govt, Adeleke Tells Cabinet

• Kazeem Badmus

Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State on Friday, urged his cabinet members not to abandon projects inherited from previous administrations in the state.

This was as he issued a performance monitoring template to the cabinet members comprising 25 commissioners and 10 special advisers.

He gave the charge at the maiden State Executive Council meeting, urging them not to behave like the APC government that takes joy in abandoning inherited projects.

OSUN DEFENDER reports that the immediate past governor of the state, Mr. Gboyega Oyetola, abandoned most of the projects embarked on by his predecessor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbosola despite being in the same party.

Some of the projects embarked upon by Aregbesola but abandoned by Oyetola include, Iwo High School, Osogbo-Ikirun-Kwara boundary road, and Oba Adesoji Aderemi East Bye Pass road.

Adeleke lamented the lack of continuity in some of the policies and programmes the administration initiated within its first 100 days in office since the cabinet members took charge.

A statement signed by the state Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Mr. Kolapo Alimi, obtained in Osogbo quoted Governor Adeleke as saying, “You are expected to take note of certain issues for us to achieve collective success.

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“Projects and programmes you inherited should not be abandoned. I noticed a certain laid-back attitude in the continuity of some of our 100-day projects and policies. You did not take over ministries and agencies without ongoing programmes. I did not expect any of you to start window shopping instead of pushing ahead with existing programs. As much as I welcome innovations, we should not behave like the APC government that takes joy in abandoning inherited items.

“Secondly, I ask us to uphold public finance regulations and due process. We must avoid activities that portray us as hawks seeking to serve ourselves instead of the public. We are being watched. Let us be reminded that nothing is hidden within the public service process. I did not appoint any of you to breach the law. I will not protect anybody caught violating public service regulations.

“In our submissions and memorandum to this council, let us adopt best practices. Due diligence in project conception and design is compulsory. Bogus project estimation can land sponsors in trouble. We must be above board as a rule of operation. We are here to serve the people. We must act and conduct ourselves in service of the people. That is how to justify the confidence Osun people overwhelmingly reposed in us.”