Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola
Femi Makinde and Jesusegun Alagbe
Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola has said all
projects embarked on by his administration will
be completed before the end of his tenure.
Aregbesola said that he was not bothered by
politicians “fabricating lies over the state of
finance of Osun State.”

The governor spoke in Osogbo, Osun State capital
at the opening of a new privately-owned radio
station, Rave FM, by the immediate past Nigerian
Ambassador to the Philippines and a chieftain of
the Peoples Democratic Party, Dr. Yemi Farounbi.

Farounbi is a veteran journalist turned politician.

At the event, Aregbesola said all “detractors and
opposition will soon come to appreciate my
administration when all projects embarked on are
completed before the end of my tenure in office.”

Though he acknowledged that things were
financially tough for the state, he said help was on
the way for the state.

He said the Gbongan-Akoda Road project and
others in the state would commence before the
first quarter of 2016 and that no project would be
abandoned by his administration at the end of its
tenure.

He said, “I will not be disturbed by bad comments
from some people about my policies because I believe in God who sent me to Osun and supports
me.

“What we are doing in Osun may not be
appreciated now, but it will become what people
will praise later; we came here and all we have
been doing has been inspired by God.”
Aregbesola described as shameful the
exaggeration of the debt profile of the state by
some parties.

He said, “If we borrowed N800bn, like some
(people) said, how could we have been able to
pay the loan interest? How could we have
survived? Though we took loan, and that is the
only way we could have brought development to
the state; as tough as it is, God and His help is on
the way and Osun shall overcome.”

Farounbi thanked the governor for his support
even though they belonged to different parties.
He said, “I remember when I was nominated as
an ambassador and I needed the support of two
senators from my state. I went to Senator
Adeyeye, who is my brother, and all the senators
in my state were from the Action Congress of
Nigeria.

“It was Adeyeye who told me that I needed not to
be bothered as the governor (Aregbesola) had
instructed all the senators from the state to
support me. Without meeting you (Aregbesola),
you made me proud. I am grateful for all you
have done, even though, I did not see you and
despite the fact that we are not from the same
political background.”

Meanwhile, the governor on Friday inaugurated
the reconstruction of Olaiya-Junction-Asubiaro-Ita
Olokan Road in Osogbo, the state capital.
The governor said the 2.8 kilometer road project
was awarded to Messrs RATCON Construction
Company Limited for N985m.

Aregbesola also said the state government would
pay N392m as compensation to those whose
buildings would be affected by the road
construction.

According to him, the project will be financed
from the money saved in a special purse by his
administration.

The governor stated that he had written to the
House of Assembly for permission to spend the
money on the project, saying he believed God
would supply the remaining fund to execute the
project.

Claiming that the project would be completed in
six months time, Aregbesola boasted that no
governor, since the creation of the state, had
worked for the development of the state than his
administration.

He praised The Apostolic Church whose building
the governor said would be demolished, for
willingly agreeing that the property should be
pulled down for the road project.

He said his administration would compensate the
church to enable it to build another church.
Aregbesola, however, said he had paid workers’
September salaries and retirees’ pensions.
But the Peoples Democratic Party accused
Aregbesola of insincerity regarding the road
project.

The spokesperson for the PDP in Osun State, Mr.
Diran Odeyemi, said in a statement that the state
government had been allocating money for the
construction of the same road in the last three
years.

The statement read, “Why reconstructing Odi
Olowo Road every year? What happened to the
money allocated to it every year? From 2012, Odi
Olowo Road has continued to be in the budget,
yet nothing was done on the road.

“In 2013 and 2014, the same road was in the
budget, contractors were paid and yet no serious
work was done. We believe the latest
inauguration is another avenue to make noise
and after that spend the money on frivolity. This
has exposed Aregbesola as a clueless governor.

“The people are dying of hunger daily, workers
are not paid, contractors are not paid yet,
Aregbesola wants to commence doing another
reconstruction that will join the list of abandoned
projects in the state.”

Source: http://punchng.com/ill-complete-all-projects-before-my-tenure-ends-aregbesola/

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Before u end the 8years of miserable leadership