Osun PDP Condemns APC For Criticizing Gov Adeleke Administration’s Infrastructure Plan
Osun state PDP has described the criticism of the multi-billion-naira infrastructure plan announced by Governor Ademola Adeleke on Friday by the state APC as ‘unpatriotic, reprehensible and a display of anti-development and anti-people’s politics for which the opposition is known for’
The State PDP Chairman, Hon Sunday Bisi in a statement made available to Team@orientactualmags.com accused the APC of playing politics with ‘a development agenda’ that has according to him been widely adjudged to be commendable, long overdue, sustainable and very paramount to the economic revival of Osun state.
‘Reading through the APC statement, we see a party that is in bewilderment and severe pain at the ingenuity, innovation and financial engineering of the Adeleke administration .
We see a bunch of rejected politicians who cannot fathom the depth of strategic thinking that produced the crafting of an ambitious infra plan carefully put together with an eye on sustainability and multiplier effect on expansion of state economy and well being of our people.
The PDP government inherited a state with over 95 infrastructural deficits as at November 2022. Our internal state infra audit when PDP took over revealed that the infrastructural decay cut across all sectors education, health, roads, water among others. We then developed an initial emergency plan that led to the complete renovation of 31 schools, 45 kilometers of roads, 332 functioning boreholes, commencement of rehabilitation of water works, rewarding intervention in the health sector and major actions on such roads as Osogbo-Ikirun and the Osogbo ring road among others.
Despite the accomplishments recorded in the last 11 months, our government under Senator Ademola Adeleke decided to address the infra crisis in a more holistic way, hence the infra plan. We invite the APC to drop its poverty mindset which limited its thinking and plan for the state when it was in power.
We call on the APC to read the full speech of Mr. Governor in which he spelt out the strategies, the projects, the funding plans and sources of such funding. The APC should get educated that not all governors are interested in diverting public funds as was the practice when the opposition held sway.
The opposition, while admitting that the governor said funding will be without loans, was still confused on how such funds will be generated because under the APC government, its leaders lacked basic understanding of financial innovation and re-engineering. That lack of capacity under the past APC government was deepened by greed and overriding motive of self-enrichment and lack of genuine empathy for the immediate, short, medium and long term well being of our people.
Let’s ask the shadowy APC chairman in what way is the renovation of schools, upgrade of health centers, provision of water projects, dualization of roads and utility-driven flyovers to prevent accidents and save lives phony and white elephants projects?
On sources of funding, the governor told the state clearly that he has created a project account into which savings from leakages, refund and infra related interventions are lodged. He also narrated belt tightening measures as the government is being run on shoestring budget such that up till now the state cabinet members have no official vehicles. The past APC government left with all functional state vehicles after their defeat last year.
We also find it curious that the balkanized APC leadership is so uneducated as not to understand the nexus between infrastructure upgrade and economic development of the state. In this 21st century, it is a shame that the opposition does not know that such infra plans generate jobs, boost local SMEs, expand the state economy, drive inflow of investment and improve the livelihood and health of our people.
Even more curious is the refusal of the APC to acknowledge that the PDP government is cleaning up its mess of infra deficit, half salary and pension debt while at the same time paying monthly salaries of workers regularly. By addressing pension and half salary issues, Governor Adeleke is already handling palliative issues even outside distribution of food items as there is a close link between the formal and informal workforce in the state.
For an opposition that is married to fake news, let us clarify that only Two Billion Naira was received for palliatives and Seven Billion Naira for Infrastructure intervention. The N7 billion is a drop in the ocean of over one hundred billion naira the state is to spend on infrastructure. Nonetheless , the Seven Billion Naira is saved in the State Project Account.
The party is also happy to announce that the State Government is already in negotiation with the workers on the new minimum wage. The PDP government is not an anti- worker’s party like the state APC. The workers know their friends and allies.
Before unveiling the infra plan, Governor Adeleke told the party and I quote him as follows: ‘ The task of the leader is to think big, bigger than the present state of your society. Osun is the cradle of Yoruba nation, we must not allow the legacy of bad governance of the past to hold us hostage. A new Osun that has transited into an agro-industrially developed state with modern infrastructure and a healthy and functionally educated population is our dream. Let us go for it’ he said.
The statement also noted that the governor is a blessed leader from an exceptionally blessed pro-people family adding that his major focus is to leave a legacy of hope, development and collective prosperity-Team@orientactualmags.com
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