AREGBESOLA & OYETOLA: NEW SCRIPTS OF STATECRAFT

A renowned leadership expert and coach,John C.Maxwell once said, " No organization can rise beyond the capacity of its leader." This insight, also reflects on every nation/state.

When Ogbeni took the mantle of leadership in Osun, with his incredibly designed vision; it crystalized Osun to a developed State.

Aregbesola's vision in governance was one that identified with the naked pulse of the masses as there's no sector in the state that the vision didn't impact.

During his time, infrastructural development was unprecedented, such that the deaf people heard it and blind people felt it like strokes of rain. Obviously,those developments came and sat, regally like a royal bard who came to pay us a surprise visit because what we were known for about seven and half years before his arival were crumbs. Nothing else!

In education sector, huge harrowing disservice descended abysmally and debasement of value was nipped in the bud by building world class schools with exquisite and serene environment that are irresistible for pupils/ students to learn.

His excellent service to humanity,governmental wits,and management skills recently spurred President Buhari to appoint him as a Minister of Interior, Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Aregbesola is no doubt a trailblazer.

A popular saying goes thus, a leader without a successor is not a leader. Another factor that emboldens Ogbeni Aregbesola's success and legacy is the emergence of his successor, Governor Gboyega Oyetola who won in Osun 2018 governship election. The journey was a dizzy frightening heights in which the PDP engaged us in a legal battle,but thankfully, the Apex Court affirmed the victory our party.

I once wrote an Opinion on this victory, entitled: VICTORY OVER A BITTER COCKTAIL OF DESPAIR. And Governor Oyetola has been consistently proving this since he came on board.

I celebrate the duo as a celebratory banquet holds today in honour of our great leaders in Osun State Government House. They're the new scripts of statecraft.