Umartins1: I bear no personal grudge against anyone or any government but the truth must be said.
Do the people of OSUN really have a GOVERNOR??

I dont want to be tagged a member of the opposition party but I believe that 80% of Osun indigens will support my claim.

POOR ECONOMY

During the reign of PDP, the economy was in a bliss. Market women and men chant gladily. Civil service workers enjoyed thier entitlements. Boys and girls,youngs and olds felt the truth dividends of democracy.
The salt, as sweet as it is, still has its enemies. Everyone born of man is bound to have his antis. Such could be said of the then Governor of the state, the prince, that transformed Osun from a zero economy state to a state boasting of a luxurious standard of living.
He was plotted against and was impeached in the name of rigging during election, which I considered as irrelevant.
Now, Osun has who they wanted. A man that calls himself an advocate of God but still indulges in the 'dirty game'.
I am not campaigning nor nursing a grudge against anyone but my dear people of Osun, what has the man done for you??
He rarely stays in the state he governs and care-less about his party members. For the fear of my prestige, I will be putting a halt to my address. But I want to implore Osun to
ENJOY WHAT SHE HAS GOTTEN................. Poor standard of living!

Beaf: Aregbe takes the price.

[size=14pt]"Pally! To hell wit Osun!"
"I like Lagos o! Lagosu! Lagosuuuu!! Lagosuuuuuuuuuuuu!!!!!"[/size]

Fhemmmy: How do u know he rarely stays in Oshun

[size=14pt]QUESTION: You are running a government in Osun and at the same time having an eye on Lagos State. Your opponents are asking why can’t you devote your attention to Osun?[/size]

GOVERNOR AREGBESOLA: I can never leave Lagos and Lagos can never leave me. I am in Osun now, who are the people you see here? Lagos people! Let us not deceive ourselves and do not allow misdirected and irrational people to deceive all of us, because nature is not artificial, it is natural; it cannot be manipulated. Therefore; how can a man operate in a state for close to 30 years and just because he has been here since November 26, 2010 he will have nothing to do with that area. Is it naturally possible? Is it possible for a man to live in a place for 30 years, and then relocate to a place for just about 10 months and severe all relationships with where he had stayed for 30 years? It does not follow logic. Those who are peddling this think if they continue it, it would attract some sympathy for them, here again they have failed. Our people are reasonable; they understand the fact of life. If my 30 years seem far-fetched, let us look at what is obvious, I came into public limelight in Lagos with my appointment as Commissioner for Works in 1999, one thing that cannot be mistaken is that you cannot attain that height in any political setting without sufficient network at the grassroots; which means I must have had grassroots network before I emerged as a commissioner. Let us just put that at 5 years of work, and 12 years of service; that is 17 years of serious political work, where will the people in my network go?

[size=14pt]QUESTION: But where does that leave the people of Osun State that you govern? Are they not being short-changed?[/size]

GOVERNOR AREGBESOLA: Are they complaining? Does it in any way affect our operation in the state? It would be an issue if the presence of visiting Lagos people here affects my effectiveness as a governor, honestly it might be an issue. But the truth is that the state had not had it this good in recent past. I work 18 hours in a day. The last government closed from office 12noon every day. So, how can you compare us? I have organised myself so well that as I am large in Lagos, I am larger in Osun. Something has proved it beyond reasonable doubt, I have Alimosho in Lagos, we won, the opposition had no answer to us; and when we went for the rally, our strength again was shown by the turnout, and when I spoke there, the whole world knew that there was somebody here. To further demonstrate that Alimosho was not a fluke, we won all the seats contested in Osun State. We give the glory to God. President Jonathan won everywhere, but when he got here, he met a brick wall. We gave Nuhu Ribadu the state.
[size=14pt]
QUESTION: Is it your long association with Lagos that has made you introduce a seemingly strange model of government to the state, a model where the Chief of Staff has more powers than the SSG, a model whereby you as the governor also holds on to the Works portfolio?[/size]

GOVERNOR AREGBESOLA: Let me tell you, we make some mistakes because of our attachment to convention and I want to beg you, you will help us and your generation by always attempting to go into the etymology of everything, don’t just take it as they present themselves. Go to the root, we introduced the office of chief of staff in the entire country and we understood what that office is. Go to Wikipediea, chief of staff is almost the governor, he controls the office of the governor; you cannot have chief of staff and have any other operation outside what we have given out there, but because those who copy this thing didn’t know anything, they didn’t seek knowledge, they just operated blindly. We are operating government as it should be, it has nothing to do with individual, it is simply a question of how government must be. Don’t believe me, search for knowledge. There is nothing Lagos about it, it is about if you are executive, what is the format, the chief of staff takes responsibility for the governor, in fact for the governorate including the deputy governor. We understood what we wanted for our administration and we structured it the way we want and it’s giving us the result that we want and you will see the impact. Our governance will totally be unconventional. Let me tell you one that has not even happened in Lagos, we created a Bureau of Communication and Strategy; no government has ever had anything like that. The best that was had was a Chief Press Secretary.

Beaf:

He has said the same thing himself. Here goes:

[size=14pt]AREGBESOLA: I can never leave Lagos and Lagos can never leave me[/size]



https://www.nairaland.com/774228/aregbesola-never-leave-lagos-lagos
http://www.osundefender.org/?p=20016

Fhemmmy: How do u know he rarely stays in Oshun

whyman: I beg to disagree.

It is disheartening when people are just popping up with poor evaluation.

What really happen is that chop and share politics has reduced. He does not share money around like former govt., even his party members were complaining that it was not business as usual.

From my own point of view all those lazy politicians better find a good job because he is not ready to give out money that would not be accounted for. He asked them to form "development cooperatives" or "community development services", so that whatever he gave them would be accounted for.

People who are working - artisans, traders, etc have enough cash flow. Those "ijewuru" are simply no more there. So the cash is not as widely circulated in huge as it was then.

Please, let us change our orientation so that our collective life will change. We should not be selfish and greedy like Farouk Lawan.

Kobojunkie:

That information is no secret.

info: welcome to the 21st century ppl, he stays out of Osun doesn't mean he can't govern Osun like he was there physically

Kobojunkie:

What 21st Century? The one defined in your wee brain there??

bestview: I hear say the guy only come to Oshuun state when its time to collect allocation and immediately returns to his Ikorodu lagos residence to continue the governance of the cave and rural state of shun.

info:

cant u make a comment without insults please respect yourself

Kobojunkie:

That information is no secret.

salaksmana: Look at the interview up there, the gov asked the reporter if the people are complaining, please leave them (us) they want him and he's there, only time will tell

Umartins1: Latest: Osun civil service workers to embark on strike next week.....

Even the party members are complaining.

I'm not an indigen of Osun but an 'ambassador' of the state. This isn't what they expected of him!

koruji: What information is no secret? Where are you getting your info-lies from?

Fhemmmy:
I know, just that i never took time to look for it, and since the gentleman has saved me of time to look for it and share it, i have a better understanding of the govt of Oshun State.

koruji: You keep deceiving yourself. Upon all the accomplishments of Aregbesola played out here over the months, this is the understanding of the government of Osun that you now have.

It is not too difficult to type Aregbesola into google or NL.

alj harem:

To be honest I am yet to see anything from governor of other states apart from Lagos and Edo, are the rest sleeping ?

What happened to DAWN ?

koruji: The interview was conducted more than a year ago when the governor was just settling down.

And as everyone knew, he was a pivotal politician in Lagos even though he hailed from Osun State - he lived in Lagos for more than 30 years. That is all the point he was making - he cannot just abandon Lagos right away.

As for Beaf and his sawdust head, I wonder what Mr. Transformation is accomplishing with all the time he is spending in Abuja.

Bunch of jobless blokes.

koruji: As I mentioned the other day, the program to build 170 new schools has commenced,

koruji: as well as major road building projects.

koruji: Liar, and son of a liar.