I stay up for governing Osun once more – Oyetola

Outgoing Osun Governor Gboyega Oyetola has bid the state farewell as his four-year tenure ends November 27, 2022.

In a farewell message launched late Saturday, Oyetola stated he can be stepping apart as a law-abiding citizen, including that the result of the Osun governorship election that produced Ademola Adeleke was nonetheless being challenged in court docket.

Oyetola additionally stated he seemed ahead to proceed governing Osun once more, as he anticipated victory from court docket.

Learn the complete speech of Oyetola’s farewell message:

“My Pricey Good Folks of Osun,

“As I step apart at this time (Sunday) following the conclusion of the four-year tenure you freely gave me, I thank God and I thanks to your assist, cooperation and prayers over time.

“I recall how the journey started 4 years in the past; how by your perception in me and your conviction within the plans and programmes of our Social gathering, you exercised your proper to vote for me.

“Motivated by God’s promise, my conviction, we promised that we might serve you with regular coronary heart and arms. We promised that we might hit the bottom operating as soon as we assume workplace. We gave our phrases that we might put you first and run a people-centred authorities. We pledged to uphold one of the best beliefs befitting of an Omoluabi.

“As we draw the curtain on this primary tenure, we’re satisfied that we neither reneged on our guarantees nor dissatisfied you. We saved religion with you and maintained constancy with our electoral guarantees. It was our want to proceed to serve you however we’re constrained by the result of the July 16 governorship election which we’re already difficult in court docket.

“As a law-abiding citizen and authorities, we’re stepping apart to permit the regulation take its course.

“Nonetheless, we stay up for proceed to serve you in no distant future. We have now absolute belief in God that we will be again quickly, as we’ve got implicit belief and confidence within the judiciary to do justice within the case earlier than it.

“We’re assured that this era of momentary political eclipse shall cross. The solar shall shine once more, brighter and hotter and the sustainable growth and participatory governance that we enthroned, which have been applauded by native and worldwide organisations, shall be restored and placed on a surer and higher footing.

“There could be no substitute to people-oriented and growth savvy governance in a democracy. The faucet roots of the unprecedented good governance, inclusive and participatory governance that we launched, which delivered large equitable tasks and programmes are too robust to be uprooted.

“My Pricey good folks of Osun, I can’t thanks sufficient for not solely supporting us all through our tenure however for additionally standing by us even after the result of the July 16 election. Your goodwill inspired us to proceed with all our tasks until the final day.

“Let me reiterate right here that on this first tenure, we have been capable of deal with the fears and evil of fiscal indiscipline and lack of implementation, which hamper tasks and companies within the nation’s public service. This may be seen within the myriad of people-centred and masses-focused tasks we delivered for the usage of the folks of the dtate on this first time period.

“We proved that infrastructure and financial growth are doable in a depressed economic system and that stagnated growth in a struggling economic system is a product of mental laziness, dearth of creativity, scarcity of innovation and lack of political will.

“The laudable and people-centred tasks we have been capable of ship embody the feeding of 30,000 susceptible individuals in Osun on a month-to-month foundation by way of the Osun Meals Help Scheme and monetary assist for the aged and widows; opening up of the Mining sector that attracted massive buyers to the state; reforming of the tutorial sector, together with the recruitment of two,500 lecturers; assessment of the only faculty uniform regime amongst others according to the demand of the folks; renovation of faculty buildings, distribution of academic supplies to our pupils, provision of free schooling and free meals to them in addition to coaching and re-training of our lecturers to supply high quality schooling for our kids to reinforce their efficiency as leaders of tomorrow.

“With a purpose to improve entry to high quality and equitable schooling in any respect ranges with a view to empowering Osun residents to grasp their full potential, we upgraded the present Osun State School of Schooling, Ilesa to a full-fledged Iniversity of Ilesa, with a world-class funding methods that may not exert pointless stress on the funds of the state; fixing of the State Specialist Hospital, Asubiaro and equipping identical with state-of-the-art gear, the place we constructed120-bed ward and 30 items of Physician’s Quarters; rehabilitation of the Ejigbo and Ifetedo Normal Hospitals; we additionally instituted the Osun Well being Insurance coverage Scheme to ship reasonably priced healthcare to our employees whereas providing free well being companies to the susceptible below the scheme; revitalisation of 332 Main Well being Centres – one per ward throughout the state.

“We constructed, reconstructed and rehabilitated rural and township roads to open up our rural areas, assist our farmers to move their produce to the market and usually convey equitable growth to our state. Aside from the Olaiya Flyover, which is an architectural masterpiece, a paragon of aesthetics and a socioeconomic signature on the financial transformation captured by the Growth Agenda we exchanged for the mandate of our folks, different main roads that have been touched by our administration are: Ada-Igbajo street, Osogbo-Kelebe-Iragbiji street, and Akindeko-Awosuru hyperlink street through Adejumo Road with Oremeji spur, Akinlade Road, Adewale Road with loop to WAEC street all in Osogbo; Military Barack (Ede)-Ara-Ejigbo township street, Moro-Yakoyo-Ipetumodu-Asipa-Ife/Ibadan Expressway Junction Street and Ereja Roundabout-Ereguru-Isaare-Oke Oye-Sabo (Irojo)-Ilesa/Akure Expressway Junction.

“Others are: Lawyer Atanda Street, Iwo; Ila-Arandun-Kwara Boundary Street; Nike Gallery – Ido – Osun Township airport with palace spur; Ikirun – Eko-Ende Street; the entry street to Fountain College, Osogbo; Osogbo (Lameco)-Okinni-Ilobu – Ifon Osun Market with Spur to Olobu’s Palace; Osogbo/Ilobu-Akari-Erin Osun Roundabout on Osun LCDA Junction; Publish Workplace-Ayetoro – Jamodo – Ifon Palace – Janta Ifon Osun; Isale-Asa-Oke Aree street, Iree, in addition to Ikire township roads amongst different interventions. There are nonetheless just a few different roads which might be nonetheless on-going, whereas some are nearing completion. Amongst these roads are: Ife Township Roads; Inisa Street and Osogbo-Iwo Street amongst others. We did all these as a result of fixing our State’s infrastructure deficit is a vital merchandise on our Growth Agenda. It is because no economic system can really succeed with out ample infrastructure to make life straightforward for residents and companies.

“We additionally restored the misplaced glory of our civil service and ensured that employees’ salaries weren’t solely promptly paid however continued to pay minimal wage regardless of the devastating impact of COVID-19 pandemic. We stood tall amongst comity of states within the struggle in opposition to COVID-19.

“We additionally resolutely defended and prioritised the welfare of employees and pensioners. For this primary time period, we expended over N50 billion to cater for our senior residents to settle their pensions and gratuities. We remitted the contributory pension as and when due, and we have been on the identical time decreasing the backlog we inherited from the earlier administration. By and huge, we have been capable of stabilise the economic system of the state below our management.

“We by no means toyed with the safety of our folks as we cooperated with different states in South-West to arrange Amotekun to assist the standard safety companies as a way to additional safe our state.

“We additionally launched the Osun Youth Coverage Doc to deal with the current and way forward for our youthful era, simply as we injected over N2 billion into the economic system by way of the Osun Microcredit Company to empower our market women and men.

“From a bit above 10billion in 2018, we’ve got been capable of develop the State Internally Generate Income by N20billion, simply as our efficiency within the World Financial institution’s States’ Fiscal Transparency, Accountability, and Sustainability has continued to earn us accolades and monetary advantages.

“In 2018 earlier than we got here into workplace, Osun was positioned thirty second on the fiscal sustainability index, ending simply forward of Taraba, Plateau, Adamawa and Kogi states.

“Nonetheless, by the most recent rating in 2021, we’ve got climbed to the nineteenth place on the index, as we are actually ranked thirteenth out of 36 states of the federation.

As we finish our first time period, be relaxation assured that Osun is extra secure economically than we met it in 2018 and it remained probably the most peaceable state within the nation below our management.

“For 4 years, we didn’t take any financial institution mortgage facility. However we benefited from the N3billion month-to-month intervention from the Federal Authorities to all of the states for six months to cushion the impact of deductions of funds assist facility and wage bailout accessed by the earlier administration, simply as we’ve got paid N97 billion from the whole debt we inherited in 2018.

“We’re abandoning money of over N14 billion. Along with the N14 billion money, one other N8 billion is being anticipated between December and January from our efficiency in SFTAS and the IGR. Additionally, one other $72 million will come to the state quickly from RAMP 3, NG-CARES, Nigeria for Ladies Venture and Ease of Doing Enterprise. These are earned, based mostly on efficiency. And we’ve got certainly carried out to earn them. It was a part of the identical efficiency that earned us the award of Greatest Governor on Effectivity of Public Expenditure and TOP Performer on Home Income Mobilisation by the World Financial institution’s States’ Fiscal Transparency, Accountability and Sustainability, SFTAS, just lately.

“We have now gone this size to let you recognize that Osun below our management was sustainable. It was carried out by way of fiscal self-discipline and private sacrifices.

“On behalf of our group, I enchantment to you all to proceed to be regulation abiding and to work assiduously to construct the Osun of our dream.

“Collectively, we will proceed to fix the damaged partitions of our pricey state and restore her glory for our collective good and that of posterity.

“Thanks all and will God proceed to bless Osun.’