Oyetola Fires Back At Adeleke Over Collapsed Osun Health Sector
The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Mr Adegboyega Oyetola, has responded to the allegation made against him by the Osun State Government over the deplorable state of Primary Health Care centres (PHCs) in the state.
Recall that the state government had through the office of the Commissioner for Health, Mr Jola Akintola, last week, accused Oyetola of mismanaging a whopping World Bank Grant to the tune of $20 million and claimed to have devoted the same to renovation of PHCs, which the government described as a smokescreen and mere window dressing.
The former Governor, while responding in a statement by his aide, Bolaji Akinola, launched a blistering attack on Governor Ademola Adeleke, accusing him of gross ineptitude, dereliction of duty and the wholesale collapse of primary healthcare and public education across the state.
Akinola described the current state of Primary Health Care Centres in Osun State as a damning indictment of Governor Adeleke’s administration, stressing that no serious government would still be blaming a predecessor more than three years after assuming office.
According to the Minister’s aide, Oyetola left behind a functional system and a clear development trajectory, noting that the immediate past Governor of the State performed excellently in office, particularly in healthcare reforms, workers’ welfare, and institutional strengthening.
“What Osun people are witnessing today is not inherited failure, but the direct product of Adeleke’s incompetence and lack of capacity to govern,” the statement said.
“Healthcare in Osun State has deteriorated rapidly under his watch, while his inept and underperforming Commissioner for Health, Jola Akintola, appears more interested in issuing excuses than delivering results,” he added.
Akinola noted that despite huge financial resources and statutory allocations available to the state since Adeleke assumed office over three years ago, PHCs remain abandoned, poorly staffed and ill-equipped, while rural communities are left without access to basic medical care.
Also, he lamented that the situation in public education is equally dire, with acute shortage of teachers across schools in the state, overcrowded classrooms and declining learning standards, describing it as a complete reversal of gains made under Oyetola’s administration.
“The present government in Osun State has destroyed both the healthcare and education systems it inherited. Instead of governance, Osun now has a circus of theatrics, blame-shifting, propaganda, and administrative laziness.”
Akinola further pointed to a growing wave of public anger and dissatisfaction across Osun State, saying residents in every part of the state are united in frustration over what he called the “Adeleke’s failure to justify being in the government house for three years.”
“Osun people are yearning for change,” he said. “They are tired of excuses, tired of media stunts, and tired of an administration that has nothing tangible to show for over three years in office,” he added.
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