Gov. Adeleke Faults Ambo-Adereti Agenda Sector by Sector

● Says Opposition Bereft of Governance Ideas

Osun state governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke has faulted the manifesto of the opposition, calling it “a warped plan incompatible with the needs and aspirations of Osun people”.

Speaking shortly after attending the 2026 May Day rally at Osogbo, the governor cited each of the items on the APC manifesto as ill thought-out concoction hurriedly packaged together to deceive the people and mask the confusion within the camp of Bola Oyebamiji over governance agenda.

Under economic revival, the Osun APC mentioned agro-processing zones in each senatorial district. But the Oyetola/Ambo government in their days gave less than 100m Naira per year to agriculture (Cash crops and Food Crops) between 2017 and 2022.

Governor Adeleke has however invested heavily in cash crop expansion with tractorisation and seedling initiatives. Oyebamiji's fundamental thought is warped because you can not have processing value when you don’t have agricultural production. 

Oyebamiji mentioned Internally Generated Revenue without pain but as the Finance Commissioner, he taxed the artisans, traders, and Okada riders, till his last days in office without empowering them or supporting their welfare. 

He should tell us how much Oyetola/Ambo gave out to cooperatives during their hardship tenure. Governor Adeleke on the other hand has disbursed huge funds to cooperative movements across the state.

The opposition made deceitful claims of workers and pensioners first with arrears to be cleared through structured financing. This is a lie. Ambo and his team are labour’s poison. 

Why didn’t he use structured finance to pay the 30-month half salary arrears, when he was a commissioner of finance especially as state debt increased between 2017 and 2022?

Ambo's boss, Gboyega Oyetola then said, debt funds are meant for projects, projects that are overloaded or over-priced. Was Ambo not the Finance Commissioner then?

The APC agenda promises Youth and Tech empowerment through Osun Tech City to create employment. Throughout their tenure, Osun had no state ICT policy. The Digital Economy was foreign to them. 

Governor Adeleke has however  established Osun ICT policy and legal framework which are being implemented with specific projects being scaled up for the benefits of residents. ICT initiatives to power government and render services to the people are being rolled out on regular basis.

For Oyebamiji who superintended over Osun state’s investments for close to seven years, How many jobs did he create and what happened to Osun state’s investment in Omoluabi Garment Factory, Shopping Mall, Lagos properties? Were they appropriated by his boss? He should answer these questions.

The opposition agenda also listed infrastructure that works. Osun people can compare the APC's years of locusts and the three years of Governor Adeleke's statewide delivery in the infrastructure sector. The Oyetola/Ambo period left many abandoned projects, many of which Governor Adeleke had almost completed. Osun has moved past the years of unimaginative and unambitious handling of the infra sector.

On Education and Health, Mr Oyebamiji promises functional PHCs in all 332 wards. Till date, both Oyebamiji and Mr Oyetola have failed to explain how they used the $20 million health fund meant for PHC. One of their aides just admitted on radio that part of the fund was diverted for Covid19 intervention in fragrant violation of the law. Governor Adeleke has rehabilitated over 200 health centres across the state.

The governor who said the APC manifesto was packaged to deceive, distract and hoodwink the populace urged Osun voters to ignore the scheming of the opposition.

He highlighted  his updated five point agenda to include (1) Integrated Youth, Women  and Workers' Welfare and Empowerment; (2) Infrastructure Consolidation for Citizens’ Social and Economic Wellbeing; (3) Agro-Industrial Expansion for Human Development and Collective Prosperity; (4) Affordable, Qualitative Health and Education Access; (5) Improved and Secured Business Environment for Job.

“I effectively deliver in my  first term; I will deliver more excellently in my second term”, the governor promises the people of Osun state.

Signed:
Mallam Olawale Rasheed,
Spokesperson to the State Governor.

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