At First Meeting With Workers, Adeleke Says He’ll Be Fair to All

Admit your blunders on review panels, APC tells governor Opposition parties accuse ex-ruling party of plan to set Osun on fire

Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, yesterday, held his maiden meeting with Heads of Ministries, Departments and Agencies of government, during which he expressed commitment to run an administration that would accord fairness and justice to all sectors of the state.

But the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, has described the setting up of various review panels by Adeleke as an afterthought and one designed to arrive at predetermined outcomes, advising the governor to admit an error in judgment and make amends.

In a related development, the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP), has accused the APC of ploy to set the state on fire and make it ungovernable in order to undermine the new government.

However, Adeleke, while extending a hand of fellowship to the workers with a view to moving the state forward, urged the accounting officers to work assiduously in engendering a virile civil service that could interpret well the vision and mission of the new administration.

He assured the Heads of MDAs that he would run an open door policy that would be accessible to all and sundry, with a view to bridging the gap between the executive and the civil Service.

Adeleke further tasked the workers on the need to maintain high level of dedication and commitment to service in their various MDAs, stressing that he would not condone any form of indiscipline or civil service infractions.

Secretary to the State Government, Hon Teslim Igbalaye, had earlier on behalf of the governor, presented the six new executive orders of government to the Heads of MDAS for immediate implementation.

Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Mrs Bimpe Ogunlumade, who spoke on behalf of the accounting officers thanked Adeleke for extending his hands of fellowship to the echelon of the Osun civil service, just as she promised the cooperation of the virile civil service to the new administration.

Ogunlumade also assured him that the crop of workers in the state was endowed with great capacity to translate the vision of the new government excellently.

Present at the meeting were the Deputy Governor, Kola Adewusi; the Chief of Staff, Alhaji Kazeem Akinleye; a member of the House of Representatives, representing Ede, Egbedore, Ejigbo Federal constituency, Hon Bamidele Salam; Chairman, inauguration Committee, Rev Bunmi Jenyo and Permanent Secretary, Human Resources, Capacity Building and Public Service Office, Mr Leye Aina.

APC to Adeleke: Be Humble Enough to Admit Your Blunders

The Osun APC, has described the setting up of various review Panels by Governor Ademola Adeleke as an afterthought and one designed to arrive at predetermined outcomes.

Urging him to be humble enough to accept his blunders so far, the party also called on the governor to settle down to study the handover notes so as to prevent the blunders he was committing.

Adeleke had at inauguration announced the invalidation of some of the decisions of his predecessor, Gboyega Oyetola, including the sacking of some workers and monarchs.

He however promised to back it up with an Executive Order the next day, which he did.