THE ADDRESS DELIVERED BY HIS EXCELLENCY, ASIWAJU SENATOR DR. ADEMOLA NURUDEEN ADELEKE AT THE TRACTOR UNVEILING AND FARM INPUT DISTRIBUTION CEREMONY HELD AT THE AGRICULTURAL INPUT SUPPLY UNIT (AISU), EDE, ON FRIDAY 30TH OF AUGUST, 2024.

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At the inception of this Administration, we crafted our policy objectives and also fashioned an agenda towards their realization which was tagged the 5-Point Action Plan. We set out the objectives of this Government to include the welfare of workers, financial inclusion, localization, people-centered infrastructure upgrade as well as social sector upliftment and agro-industrialization.

We immediately hit the ground running towards the achievement of these priorities and in less than two years into the first tenure of this Administration, we have made conscious efforts aimed at achieving these policy objectives. The 5-Point Action Plan are arranged in a methodical manner such that they complement each other.
We started by reflating the economy of the State through the prompt payment of monthly salaries and pensions, increasing the fund available for the payment of gratuities and those on the contributory pension scheme, and then the payment of backlog of half salaries which had negatively impacted the workers and the people of the State. We are also ensuring financial inclusion and localization by insisting on local contractors and patronage of local suppliers in the execution of the capital projects by this Administration. We have constructed over 100 kilometers of roads alongside several bridges and channelization projects. Another 80 kilometers are under construction. These multi-billion naira projects include four fly-over bridges, channelization of several major roads, rehabilitation of several schools and health centers with various levels of completion. All these were done in order to create an enabling environment for the social sector upliftment and agro-industrialization of the State.
In less than two years of this Administration, we have effectively touched every aspect of the 5-Point Action Plan we set out to achieve at the inception.
Today, we are distributing herbicides, cashew seedlings, cassava cuttings, various vegetable seeds and bags of Lime to our farmers, women associations, people living with disabilities and government schools with large farmlands. We are equally unveiling newly purchased tractors with full implements for the use of our farmers in Osun State which is the first phase of this project. These tractors will be released to farmers cooperative societies and associations after all necessary administrative procedures have been concluded. This is also in line with the promise made to our resourceful youthful population during the last End Bad Governance protest. We hope to provide all necessary infrastructure and resources to enhance agricultural production and ensure food security for our people. No leader with conscience would be happy that his people are struggling to make ends meet and feed their families. We have set our targets at this critical sector and we are ready to make the required investments in this regard.
I also wish to inform the public that the state is committing N8 Billion for the acquisition of tractors and farm clearing equipment within the context of due process and another N2 billion worth of farm input support.
At this juncture, it is my honour and privilege to the Glory of God and for the benefit of the good people of my beloved Osun State, that I unveil these farm inputs with the hope that it will serve as humble beginning for the agro-industrial development of the State in line with the 5-Point Action Plan of this Administration.
Long Live Osun State, Long Live the Federal Republic of Nigeria.