National protest: Osun Gov to dialogue with organisers, stakeholders

By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo

Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has scheduled a comprehensive dialogue for tomorrow, Monday, with the organizers of the upcoming national protests and stakeholders from the security and civil societies.

In a statement signed by his spokesperson, Mallam Olawale Rasheed, the Governor instructed his team to reach out to representatives of various civil society groups and student bodies for a dialogue session on the state of the economy.

Adeleke, emphasizing the importance of dialogue in state governance, also requested key commanders of the Police and other security services to attend the session. Stakeholders will have the opportunity to make recommendations on grievances and expected responses from the government at all levels.

“I have instructed my team to organize a dialogue session on Monday where stakeholders can engage in discussions as part of peacemaking while exercising their constitutional rights. The session will allow parties to list grievances and what they expect the government at all levels to do,” Adeleke said.

“We will convey the outcomes of the session to government leaders, from myself to the President in Abuja. It will also be an opportunity to inform stakeholders about our efforts as a government to address the economic hardship facing our people.”

Reaffirming his firm belief in the national constitution and the rights and liberties enshrined in it, Adeleke advocated for peace and non-violent actions, including the upcoming dialogue session.

“Osun is a peaceful state where proactive steps are ongoing to ensure food security, economic revival, and state-building to deliver good governance and the dividends of democracy,” he said. “We must sustain the peace even as we express our feelings about the state of the nation to the leadership. We will listen and act in the best interest of the citizenry.”

“In the midst of the positive transformation ongoing in our dear state, we cannot afford any criminal hijacking of liberty processions. That is why the Monday dialogue promises to achieve a lot,” the Governor concluded.