Osun Gov Inaugurates Committee That’ll Distribute Food Items To Citizens…Urges Transparency

Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun state  on Wednesday  inaugurated the  committee  that would  handle the distribution of federal government’s ‘palliatives’  to residents of the state, while restating his administration’s  commitment to making sure that the distribution process ‘is totally nonpartisan, transparent and credible as humanly possible’.

Adeleke ,who was represented by his  Deputy, Prince Kola Adewusi , clarified that the state  has not received    N5billion  from the federal government as alleged in some quarters describing  this as a baseless fabrication from the opposition party.

A statement made available to Team@orientactualmags.com quoted  Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Hon Kolapo Alimi  as saying this while presiding over the press conference held at the Governor’s office , Osogbo, on Wednesday.

He  disclosed that the state government has received the first batch  consisting of 3,000 bags of 50kg rice  but  yet to receive that of the N5 billion promised by the federal government.

‘Yes, we have received all the 3,000 bags of 50kg rice from the federal government, but we have not received anything from that of the N5 billion it promised to make available to the state. I am not speaking for any state, but here in Osun, we are still expecting it and when we get it the whole world will know.

We are still waiting for another consignment of 14,000 bags as well as 3,200MT of maize. Governor Ademola Adeleke is running an open administration, when we get it, we will definitely make public’ he said.

The statement added that the committee met immediately after getting inaugurated to deliberate on the distribution method to adopt for the bags of rice made available to the state disclosing that it has however decided to wait for the second batch before distributing the food item to the vulnerable people.

Speaking on behalf of the committee,  President of the Osun state Muslim Community, Alhaji Mustapha Adeleke Olawuyi, said:  ‘We thank His Excellency for finding us worthy and for having the trust in us to be members of this committee. We promise to be transparent; we are not going to let the governor and the state down.  We will put into consideration the people who are supposed to be given the palliatives: the deserving people’ he said.

The committee comprises representatives of Osun state Trade Union Congress, Christian Association of Nigeria, Osun state Muslim Community and others including  Chairman of the Osun state Trade Union Congress (TUC) Comrade Bimbo Fasakin, Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Rev’d John Adeleke, Very Rev’d Ajao Olayinka Faith Elijah, President of the Osun State Muslim Community, Alhaji Mustapha Adeleke Olawuyi, the Iyaloja General of Osun state Chief (Mrs.) Mary Aderonke Oyebode, Labour Union leader, Comrade Lasun Akindele, representative of the Nigerian Union of Pensioners, Comrade Oyebade Dele, representative of the Egbe Olowo Parapo,  Mrs. Hamzat Jelilat, Chairman of the Osun state Marketers Association,  Chief Ismail Olaiya, IPAC chairman, Engr. Femi Adesuyi, Alhaji Abdulfatai Jagunmolu and the  representative of Correspondents’ Chapel, Osun state council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ-Team@orientactualmags.com
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