My administration won’t leave a single project uncompleted -Aregbesola

The Governor of Osun state, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has said that his administration is laying a foundation in every sphere of live that would put the state in a steady progressive path such that even after his tenure, reversing or halting such progress would be difficult or totally impossible. 

He promised that none of his ongoing projects would be left uncompleted by the time he is handing over to the next governor.

The Governor spoke both at a special edition of live interview broadcast organized by the state-owned radio and television station, OSBC and the Colloquium organised to mark the second Anniversary of the second term of his administration held in Osogbo.

‎Aregbesola held that, before coming to office, he had done his homework well, knowing that youth engagement was of immediate necessity, adding that in less than 100 days of his inauguration, he engaged 20,000 youths in public works through the Osun Youth Empowerment Scheme (OYES). ‎

‎Governor said the O’YES initiative has gone a long way in taking a lot of idle youths off the streets, redefining their lives and as well giving them hope capable of sustaining them throughout their lives.

He said his government had also impacted positively in the lives of over 40,000 youths through O’YES scheme as the good gestures had helped in turning Osun to state with the lowest crime rate in Nigeria.
He added the N200 million monthly allowances being given to O’YES volunteers had tremendously reflected to the economy of the state.

Governor said the stipends being received by the O’YES cadets goes directly into the economy of the state, adding that in less than two years, Osun GDP shot to the seventh largest in Nigeria.

On education sector, Aregbesola said his administration has expended billions in the provision of free meals for 252,000 pupils every school day, noting that the innovation was aimed at revamping agriculture, empowering farmers, cooks and food vendors in a value chain of wealth creation that cascades to at least one million homes in Osun.

He said the state under his watch has built several state-of-the-art model schools across the nooks and crannies of the state having taken seriously the importance of education to development.

According to the Governor, “I have no doubt that our monumental performances made the organisers of this event to also coin out ‘Raufnomics’ to reflect how our policies have positively affected Osun in a most fundamental sense.

“We provided E-learning tablets to final year grade 12 pupils in the state. This is an innovation that is not available anywhere in the world except Osun.

“We have also made significant investment in agriculture. We realised that food is an integral aspect of national security. No nation is secure that cannot feed its people. Agriculture is also the gateway to industrialisation.

“We have consequently empowered our people in various agriculture schemes. We have sent two batches of our youths to Germany for further training in modern agriculture practices.

“We have constructed more than 800 kilometres of quality; stone based roads with concrete drainages across the length and breadth of the state. These are not just any roads that catch our fancy. They are roads carefully selected because they impacted the most on the social and economic activities of our people.

“We incorporated the weak and vulnerable groups like the specially challenged, destitute, the aged, women and the girl child for special care and attention through special schemes”.‎

Considering the adverse effect of the present economic challenges, Aregbesola said his government has been working hard to rescue the state from the pangs of economic recession.

He pledged to continuously position the state on the path of economic stability, progress and prosperity, saying “we have made it a point that no one is left behind by our administration”. ‎