LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Oyetola And The New Chapter
Gboyega Oyetola was returned elected at a date with much significance to the state on the 27th of September 2018.On the 27th was also the day the state was carved out of the ancient Oyo. Today, November 27, he will be taking the oath of office at the Osogbo township stadium in the presence of those he seeks to govern.
Besides, he came to the fray at a time the state needed someone who would guide the progressive path it’s threading.
It’s a time of cheer for the people of the state. At the helm of affairs after the Ogbeni’s exit is a competent hand. Of course, you may not like is shrewdness or the soft cadence with which he speaks but you will admire him for a lot more worthwhile than this. He is someone with a solid intellectual status who is expected deliver to the people the state of their dreams.
But he is in the eyes of the storm, having straddled the world of private sector for years, making a success of his voyage there. His eight years stint in the public sector as the chief of staff to his predecessor. Truth be told, he has not fared bad in fact, he has been on several occasions said to be the brain behind the success recorded of the last administration. Aregbesola at the last interactive session he had with both journalists and stakeholders in the state confirmed this, saying, “Oyetola is a calm cool and collected person. He is very brilliant, a goal getter, objective. Although he is not mercurial like me, not radical like me and he does not have my swagger. If you must know, the governor is too engaged to be able to do what he must do. The person that does most his works in the executive administration is the chief of staff; simply put the chief of staff is the head of government and so whatever accolades you want to give to me he deserves three quarter of it. He is a silent achiever, he does not make noise, he does not grandstand, he is not mercurial but he is intelligent”, Aregbesola spoke of his successor.
Filling the big shoes of Ogbeni, Oyetola knows that he has a trailer loads of expectation with him. He must first make himself the governor of all, whether or not they voted for him, especially in the civil service. He must understand like Ogbeni quipped that what happened was democracy at play, with the people having a right to their preference.
However, he must deliver on his consolidation promises and see to the human capital development which according to Bill Gate was capable of shooting out the country from the current state to a better one.
His entrance is a beginning of a new chapter in the state and the people of the state must not be made to wallow in pains. He should understand that four years would lapse before we say jack and would be repaid during the next poll which will mean that the state will have no option to settle for another party.
All we want from him is to give to us a peaceful state, an improved state in the area of human capital development and lastly a state everyone would be proud they are indigenes or residents of.
