The newly inaugurated Governor of Osun State, Ademola
Adeleke, has frozen all government accounts in the state.
Adeleke directed this in his first executive order upon
inauguration on Sunday.
Adeleke, in his speech delivered at the inauguration,
alleged that the erstwhile governor of the state, Adegboyega Oyetola, carried
out some actions “maliciously” after he (Adeleke) won the July 16 governorship
election, including “hurried” employments without provisions to sustain them.
He claimed these actions were roadblocks channeled at making
things difficult in his administration difficult.
Adeleke also reversed the state name from ‘State of Osun’ to
‘Osun State’, saying the former was alien to the constitution.
“My Good People of Osun, since you elected me as your
governor on the July 16, 2022, which the Independent National Electoral
Commission announced on July 17, 2022, the former Governor, Alhaji Gboyega
Oyetola, maliciously started putting road blocks to make things difficult and
almost impossible for the new administration to serve you.
“Mass employment were carried out without budgetary
provisions for salary payments for the new employees; even when the state was
struggling to pay salaries and deliver other services. Various hurried and
criminally backdated contracts were awarded and again without budgetary
provisions.
“Appointments of several Obas were hurriedly done without
following due process, just to mention a few.
“All efforts to get
the governor set up a Transition Committee and submit hand-over notes in line
with best practices proved abortive.
“It is therefore my desire to ask for your patience and
understanding to give my administration a few weeks to review and sort out all
the actions and malicious confusions which the immediate past administration
has created since July 17, 2022. Those actions were indeed vindictive measures
against the people of Osun State for voting them out of office,” Adeleke said.
Giving new orders, he said, “Consequently, I hereby issue
the following directives which will be backed up with appropriate Executive
orders:
“Immediate freezing of all government accounts in banks and
other financial institutions;
“Immediate establishment of a panel to carry out an
inventory and recover all government asset.
“An immediate establishment of a panel to review all
appointments and major decisions of the immediate past administration taken
after July 17, 2022.
“An immediate reversal to the constitutionally recognised
name of our state, ‘Osun State’. All government insignia, correspondences and
signages should henceforth reflect Osun State rather than State of Osun which
is unknown to the Nigerian constitution.”
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