- Agency Report
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has vowed to ensure the return of local government areas in the state to full functionality.
Adeleke made this known during a welcome-back rally organised for him by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday in Osogbo.
NPO Reported that local government areas in the state had been in crisis since the controversial February 10 judgment by the Court of Appeal, Akure.
While the PDP claimed that the judgment did not reinstate the sacked All Progressives Congress (APC) chairmen and councillors elected in 2022, the APC insisted on their return to office.
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), thereafter, directed local government workers to withdraw their services from February 17, citing security concerns.
However, Adeleke in his address today said he would not allow anyone to hold the state back from the path of development.
“I am back to continue the good work after a short vacation.
“From 2022 to date, we have moved Osun from pity to confidence, poverty to prosperity, and hopelessness to hope.
“We will get our local governments back and running. They want to hold Osun down, but we will not allow them.
“We will continue with our transformative agenda in the state”, he said.
Adeleke also urged the electorate to participate actively in the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) to enable them exercise their voting rights in the 2026 Osun governorship election.
“Start mobilisation again. Get your voter card updated. Mobilise your people for the exercise.
“Talk to your neighbors, families, and friends. Show them our good work across sectors. Osun shall never go back to the past. We are lighting the way,” he said.
The governor, who enumerated some of his achievements in the state, said he had put smiles on the faces of pensioners, restored hope and faith among workers, and provided water in remote areas, among others.
In his remarks, the PDP chairman in the state, Sunday Bisi, said the party was prepared to win the Aug. 8 governorship election in the state.
Bisi said the governor had been delivering dividends of democracy since assuming office, adding that the good work would speak for itself.