Former Commissioner for Works and Transportation in Osun State, Remi Omowaiye, has alleged that the incumbent governor, Ademola Adeleke, spent a staggering N2 billion on entertainment within a span of three months.
Omowaiye expressed his disappointment, asserting that Adeleke’s one year in office lacked significant achievements, deeming it uneventful. Despite the governor’s assertion of hailing from a wealthy background, the former Commissioner questioned the management of the state’s resources.
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Highlighting the achievements of the previous administration under Gboyega Oyetola, Omowaiye emphasized the strides made to propel Osun State forward. He particularly pointed out the state’s remarkable progress in healthcare indices during the transition, suggesting a stark contrast to the current state of affairs under Adeleke’s leadership.
According to him,
“Instead, in three months he spent N2bn naira on entertainment at the governor’s office, while neighbouring Kwara State has used N88m for nine months. This is a man who claims to be from a rich family. So, if you are from a rich family, why are you mismanaging our resources? Look at the health indices, when Oyetola came in, Osun used to have the highest maternal death rate.
“But when we were leaving, Osun had become one of the best states in terms of health care indices in Nigeria. This is because we painstakingly built and revitalised 332 health centres in the state.
“Not only that, we renovated and also provided basic equipment needed for those primary health care centres according to World Health Organisation standards. We also ensured that those primary health care centres were funded through basic provisions fund and the people who delivered at the primary health care centres increased annually from over 20,000 to over 50,000.
“In terms of infrastructure, we did a lot of roads and what we did was to conduct a citizen needs assessment. We didn’t just wake up and say we wanted to do something.”
