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May 13, 2025
Osun APC Haunted by Monumental Failure of 2018 to 2022 – Adeleke’s Spokesperson
NEWS RELEASE
OSOGBO – 13/05/2025 – Osunstate.gov.ng
Osun state chapter of the All Progressive Congress (APC) is still haunted by the monumental failure of its administration between 2018 to 2022, hence its blindness to the current world acclaimed governance delivery ongoing in Osun state in the last two years plus.
Reacting to a statement on Governor Adeleke’s birthday from the state APC, the Spokesperson to the governor, Mallam Olawale Rasheed said for four years, the APC tortured Osun workers and pensioners and tormented Osun people through deprivation of good governance.
“From November 2022 to date, the story of Osun changed for the better as the birthday man, Governor Adeleke, through his five point agenda delivered on workers’ welfare, infrastructure upgrade, sports development, health access, citizen empowerment, debt reduction, education advancement and completion of several abandoned projects.
“From late 2022 to date, the Governor has received multiple unsolicited awards on good governance from local and international organisations and from reputable national newspapers. The shame is obviously too much for the Osun APC, hence its concoction of lies and disinformation on the occasion of the Governor’s birthday”, the Spokesperson noted in a statement.
The Spokesperson who described the era of APC governance in Osun state as “a monumental disaster” cited Osun 33rd position on the national examination rating and heavy state indebtedness, both of which he said Governor Adeleke has successfully addressed within the space of two years.
“The National Examination Council recently rated Osun as number seven from its 33rd position under the APC government. Is that not a sign of good governance and success story under Governor Adeleke?
“The Debt Management Office recently released a report that Osun has reduced its debt stock by 40 percent under Governor Adeleke. Is that not commendable and a marked difference from what was obtainable under the APC government?
“A top APC leader from Ijeshaland recently declared that Governor Adeleke’s performance is unprecedented in the history of Osun state. He spoke the minds of the silent majority of APC members in Osun who mostly dismissed anti-Adeleke press releases from equally disturbed media teams.
“Osun pensioners now enjoy free health care access alongside billions of naira already paid for their pensions and gratuities. Half salaries are being liquidated and Osun workers now enjoy their due entitlements on promotions and service wide training.
“Osun workers recently endorsed Mr Governor for a second term and they listed their reasons. Several segments of the Osun society streamed to the Government House with resounding testimony of good governance. They vowed never to be taken back to the tortuous era of APC governance”, Mr Rasheed posited.
The Spokesperson however commended President Bola Tinubu for his birthday message to Governor Adeleke, chiding the state APC for lacking the political will to accept the A-rating of the governor from multi-partisan sources.
“We can only advise the state APC to surrender ahead of 2026. Imagine a party so unelectable as to be propping up a man who sold Osun bank to a ponzi scheme, who denied Osun workers their pension and salaries and under whose watch several lives are being lost due to lack of innovations and competency?
Signed:
Mallam Olawale Rasheed,
Spokesperson to the State Governor.
