Adeleke takes oat of office, promises inclusive governance
By Charles Okonji
The Governor electe of Osun State, Senator, Ademola Jackson Adeleke has promised an all inclusive governance.
Adeleke stated this on Sunday in the Osun State capital, Osogbo, during his inaugural ceremony.
According to him, “Your Governor will be a people’s Governor. I will be accessible, responsive, consultative and proactive in handling small and big matters of State Governance.”
The Governor noted that expectations of the workers, traders, artisans, farmers, business owners, students, pensioners, traditional and religious leaders would be addressed.
Pledging to correct the misgivings of previous administrations, he said, “Under my watch as the Governor of Osun State, I will boldly correct all past injustice, corrupt acts or policies by any previous administration which are against the collective interest of our people.”
Senator Adeleke expressed that he will prioritize on education, health, mining sector, agriculture, road infrastructure and supply of portable water, stressing that it will no longer be business as usual.
“Our administration will demonstrate a high sense of urgency, transparency, justice and innovation to tackle and solve the problems of poverty, illiteracy, disease, and poor infrastructure.
” Ladies and Gentlemen, you will recall that our party, the Peoples Democratic Party campaigned on a five point agenda namely, welfare of workers and pensioners; Boosting the state’s economy, home-grown infrastructure policy, people-focused policy on education, affordable healthcare, security and social Welfare; agro-based Industrialization for wealth and job creations.”
Governor Adeleke pointed out that detailed programme of action will soon be unveiled on each of 5-point agenda.
Regretting the state’s position in education rating, the Governor said, “It is disheartening to see our State at the bottom of the national educational ratings, especially in public primary and secondary schools examinations. My administration will launch reform with direct focus on improvement of learning environment and outcome. Our target is to reverse the poor performance of students in public examinations within the next few years.
“To achieve this target, we will prioritise in-service training and welfare of teachers, enhancement of school environment, entrenchment of discipline in the school system as well as involvement of the Parents-Teachers Association in our school administration system.
“Our administration will soon convene an emergency Education Conference to articulate our blueprint on the restoration of the state’s education glory.
” We regard as critical the need to boost wealth creation, job opportunities and food security through innovative agricultural reforms covering all the agricultural value chains.
“Aside the introduction of modern agricultural practices, we will shift attention to agriculture for export to take advantage of global markets. While we target agriculture export earnings, we will establish modern farmers’ markets where producers and off takers can transact businesses.”
