Adeleke takes over in Osun, renames state, reverses Oyetola’s appointments
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo
The newly sworn-in Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has announced an immediate return to status quo of all fresh appointments, placements and other major decisions taken by the immediate past administration with effect from the 17th of July, 2022.
To this end, Adeleke directed an immediate establishment of a panel to review all appointments and major decisions of the immediate past administration taken after the 17th July, 2022.
The governor who stated this in his inauguration speech held at the Osogbo Township Stadium also directed the immediate freezing of all government accounts in banks and other financial institutions.
“My good people of Osun, since you elected me as your governor on the 16th of July 2022, which the INEC announced on July 17th, 2022, the former Governor, Alhaji Isiaka Gboyega Oyetola maliciously started putting road blocks to make things difficult and almost impossible for the new administration to serve you.
“Mass employment were carried out without budgetary provisions for salary payments for the new employees; even when the state was struggling to pay salaries and deliver other services. Various hurried and criminally backdated contracts were awarded and again without budgetary provisions.
“Appointments of several Obas were hurriedly done without following due process, just to mention a few. All efforts to get the governor set up a Transition Committee and submit hand-over notes in line with best practices proved abortive.
“It is therefore my desire to ask for your patience and understanding to give my administration a few weeks to review and sort out all the actions and malicious confusions which the immediate past administration has created since July 17th 2022. Those actions were indeed vindictive measures against the people of Osun State for voting them out of office,” Adeleke said.
He also ordered a revert to the name of Osun State, from the State of Osun, as well as the state’s appellation, from the ‘State of the Virtuous’, to the former ‘State of the Living Spring’.
“All government insignia, correspondences and signages should henceforth reflect Osun State rather than State of Osun which is unknown to the Nigerian constitution,” he added.
He solicited the support of the people of the state, to deliver on his five-point agenda to the people.
Adeleke also said that his administration will restore the lost glory of the local governments in order to make them more responsive to the needs of the people at the grassroots, adding that all policies that are not favourable to the growth of effective local government administration will be reviewed in accordance with the law.
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP vice presidential candidate and Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa, Governors of Edo, Akwa-Ibom, Bayelsa, Godwin Obaseki, Emmanuel Udom, Douye Diri were in attendance at the inauguration.
Also, former governors of Osun, Oyo and Ekiti states, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, Rasheed Ladoja and Ayodele Fayose also graced the event.
Monarchs at the inauguration are: Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Adewusi, Timi of Ede, Oba Munirudeen Lawal, Orangun of Ila, Oba AbdulWahab Oyedotun, among other monarchs.
Some other guests at the venue included Otunba Oyewole Fasawe, wife of the PDP presidential candidate, Titi Atiku Abubakar, Lagos PDP governorship candidate, Olajide Adediran, Senator Francis Fadahunsi, former Osun State deputy governor, Erelu Olusola Obada, Hon. Oluwole Oke, Tony Elumelu, David Adeleke (Davido) among many others.
