By Halimah Olamide
•Says It’s a Shame Opposition Didn’t Go Through Profiles Before Condemnation
The Peoples Democratic Party in Osun on Saturday chided opposition All Progressive Congress for what it called its half-baked response to the release of Governor Ademola Adeleke’s commissioner- nominees. In a statement signed by the chairman of the party, Hon. Sunday Bisi, the ruling party said it is a shame on the party of the APC in Osun to condemn the list of nominees without checking out their credentials.
“The half baked response of Osun All Progressive Congress (APC) reconfirmed its incompetence and shallowness as the party is ignorantly condemning a commissioners’ list without perusing the robust profile of the nominees,” the party said
It said the APC covered up its ignorance in what it called “questionable big words and phrases,” adding “the APC state Chairman and his stone age publicist shamelessly attempted to cast aspersions on credible professionals and administrators nominated to serve the state.”
He asked further, “How do you judge nominees without at least gaining access to their profiles? How do you condemn a list with almost two third professionals, technocrats and administrators? Nominees are great patriots with enviable antecedents in private and public sectors.” The statement added that the list of nominees is made of experts in finance, education, economy, social sector, agriculture, sciences, law and engineering among others.
“The PDP government in putting up the list applied such principles as spread across federal constituencies, interest groups, professional considerations among others.
“A serious opposition party will engage in thorough research to add value to its image. Unfortunately , the Osun APC is too bewildered by its post-election trauma to dig deeper to see the great team the PDP administration is putting in place.
“Our answer to APC as a party is that before the unveiling of the nominees, Osun is already enjoying the dividends of democracy. With the new cabinet coming on board, the state is billed for further growth and development under Governor Ademola Adeleke.”