Osun APC and Adeleke Clash on Assessment of First-Year Performance
As Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke's administration marks its first anniversary, the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) alleges a strategic move, asserting that Adeleke's overseas travel is a deliberate attempt to evade accountability for his leadership.
In a statement released on Sunday, Osun APC Chairman, Mr Tajudeen Lawal, accuses Adeleke of steering the state in the wrong direction since assuming office on November 27, 2022.
Lawal states, "Adeleke fled abroad because he was afraid of facing the people after he mismanaged the revenue accrued to the state in the last year."
The opposition party said, “No one can begrudge another for falling sick or nursing an ailment as such is beyond the control of any human being but God Almighty, but it behooves those who are holding the people’s mandate in trust to always tell the truth and stand by the truth.
“We know very well that Governor Adeleke has absconded from the state so he would not be able to give due account of his stewardship to the people of the state.
“Since November 2022 when he came on board, Governor Adeleke has run the state aground with his sheer incompetence, lack of proper education and zero administrative acumen. He is afraid to disclose to the Osun people how he has mismanaged over N130bn revenue accrued to his government in the last year.
“He is afraid to tell them how he has allocated in the supplementary budget over N10 billion for his food, entertainment and office use while the parents of UNIOSUN students are struggling to pay increased school fees his regime forced on them to pay.”
But Adeleke, in a statement signed by his spokesperson, Rasheed, declared that his administration surpassed the annual good governance target it set while assuming office.
The governor said, “When I assumed office, we had benchmarks and deliverables according to each sector. Our team sets milestones to achieve in health, education, infrastructures, ICT, agriculture, youth, and women, among others. I looked back and I can tell you we performed beyond our plans.
