Adeleke Orders Action On Osun Monarch Jailed In US

Following the condemnation of Oba Joseph Oloyede by a tribunal successful the USA, Osun State governor, Ademola Adeleke, has ordered the authorities commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters, Mr Dosu Babatunde, to instrumentality the indispensable actions connected the brewing situation implicit the stool of Apetumodu kingdom.

The governor’s directive astatine the State Executives Council Meeting to the commissioner is coming connected the heels of agitations implicit the vacant stool betwixt those successful favour of Oba Oloyede who privation the stool vacant till his instrumentality to the kingdom and those who privation the convicted monarch replaced.

It would beryllium recalled that Oba Oloyede, the 27th Apetumodu of Ipetumodu, was precocious sentenced to much than 4 years’ imprisonment successful the US for COVID-19 indebtedness fraud.

The meeting, which dragged precocious into the night, appraised developments wrong each assemblage and appreciated the galore endorsements and commendations the medication has received from each cadres of radical successful Osun State.

“We indispensable congratulate ourselves connected the bid of endorsements and support rallies and declarations from assorted involvement groups successful the state. Our occupation show standing is astatine a precise precocious level and our authorities is rated precise precocious by each categories of Osun people”, the politician told furniture members successful his address.

While urging furniture members not to relent successful the transportation of antiauthoritarian dividends, the politician said, “Despite the challenges facing us, we are fulfilling our obligations, particularly successful captious areas of governance.”

The politician said the Ministry of Works is moving hard to present connected schedule, the ongoing infrastructure projects, noting that the medication is speeding up the execution of the Ilesa dualisation, the Ile-Ife flyover, the Oke Fia/Lameco flyover, the Iwo dualization, among others.

On the State Electricity Market instrumentality passed by the House of Assembly, the politician directed the commissioner for Energy to make an implementation plan, which should see seeking supportive assistance from the National Electricity Regulatory Commission.

For the Ministry of Science and Innovations, the politician urged the fast-tracking of implementation plans and timelines for the 2 large policies precocious endorsed, namely, the ICT argumentation and the State Tech Innovation policy.

While commending the ministry connected the precocious unveiled Imole Wifi Initiative, helium charged the Ministry of Science and Tech to make a authorities roadworthy representation for the applications of Artificial Intelligence and Block concatenation technology.

For the Ministry of Agriculture, the politician requested urgent actions for the afloat implementation of the Statewide Youth Agropreneurship task which was launched astatine Oriade, directing that ministry should particulate its program and guarantee the programme commences crossed each section governments successful the state.