A couple of 12 months and 4 months after taking management of the state, the Governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke, has moved into the Okefia Authorities Home, Osogbo, the official residence of the governor.
Adeleke was sworn in on Sunday, November 27, 2022 and as an alternative of transferring to the Authorities Home to dwell like his predecessors, he selected to return to his personal dwelling in Ede, a neighboring city to Osogbo.
Regardless of criticism from the opposition get together All Progressives Congress, Adeleke remained in his personal dwelling and generally carried out the political affairs from there.
He defined that Authorities Home was being renovated.
Nonetheless, an announcement on Sunday from his spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, mentioned the renovation had been accomplished and Adeleke had lastly moved in.
Rasheed defined that the renovation work included the principle home, the completion of an deserted multi-bedroom visitor home, the renovation of most of the buildings and the refurbishment of many dilapidated amenities.
Talking on the unveiling of the renovated Authorities Home, an occasion attended by prime officers of the Osun State Authorities, Adeleke mentioned his administration is dedicated to upgrading state belongings no matter whether or not such packages are inherited or initiated by him.
He mentioned: “I’ve modernized the Authorities Home simply as I’ve rehabilitated the Governor's Workplace. We ensured that Authorities Home was saved from the open neglect we had inherited. You may all see the improved amenities that are actually serving our State effectively in the neighborhood of States.
“I got here throughout an deserted visitor home the place prime dignitaries could be housed in lieu of big payments for out of doors lodging. I ordered its rehabilitation and immediately it’s accomplished.
“The presidential field I met on web site was in a horrible state. Our crew solved it.
“Our authorities is captivated with upgrading state belongings as they’ve been unborn for generations. We should sincerely act on the mantra that authorities is a continuum. Abandoning tasks or state belongings, as Osun has seen within the latest previous, is an indication of poor management.”
Adeleke mentioned his administration was not solely finishing inherited tasks but in addition initiating new tasks.
“To the great individuals of Osun State, your Governor has moved into Authorities Home. I pledge that we’ll redouble our efforts to realize the five-point agenda. We’re actually fixated on sustaining good governance,” he mentioned.
However in response, Chairman of Osun APC, Tajudeen Lawal, described the renovated Authorities Home as a misplaced precedence.
Lawal mentioned in an announcement: “It’s unlucky that whereas Governor Adeleke’s counterparts in different states are agitating over methods to cut back the debilitating results of the Federal Authorities’s elimination of gas subsidies by palliative measures, the Governor of Osun State was busy celebrating one thing that can’t have a constructive influence on the individuals of the state.
“We want to make it clear to Governor Adeleke and his fellow vacationers that we, like different discerning members of the general public in Osun State, should not amused by the Adeleke N1bn rehabilitated Authorities Home, which had already been rehabilitated to style by the rapid… former Governor Gboyega Oyetola, now Minister of Marine and Blue Financial system.”
