The governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke has promised to issue an executive order to ensure that Minister of Interior Rauf Aregbesola would be protected whenever he visited the state.
Yesterday, Adeleke made the promise during Aregbesola's commissioning of the Ilesa Passport Production Centre and Passport Front at the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) in the state's Ilesa East Local Council.
He said it was his first face-to-face meeting with Aregbesola, adding that the former governor has contributed so much to the state's development.
The governor said, “No matter the party you are in, a progressive is a progressive. If you are doing what the people want, you are a progressive. When Aregbesola was the governor, he loved Osun State and the people. All the projects he did were abandoned and I promised during the election campaign that I would complete them. I have started doing that.
“No matter the party you belong to, when you see progressives, you must key into them. Aregbesola is the man of the people and I will continue with the abandoned projects.
“I am assuring you (Aregbesola) that this is your state and I am issuing an executive order on that. Nobody can chase you away. You are welcome at any time.
Aregbesola stated earlier in his speech that Adeleke attended the commissioning without receiving an official invitation or phone call from him and that he had only once recorded Adeleke's attendance at his official events.
He said, “I only recorded once the presence of the governor that succeeded me and that was during commissioning of an edifice in Osogbo. But a governor of another party, this is my first official ceremony since he assumed office. I didn’t make any private calls to him. The governor is here with everybody in his office and administration.”
The minister reiterated the Federal Government's commitment to reducing the difficulties Nigerians face when applying for and obtaining the Nigerian Passport through improved service delivery and streamlining its operations. Additionally, the minister stated that the government was diligently working to adequately address the growing number of Nigerians who require the passport for other reasons.
He noticed that the flood in the quantity of utilizations requires the foundation of more visa front workplaces the nation over through the assurance of President Muhammadu Buhari organization to additional make the cycle consistent.
