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The administration of Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola is poised to empower the people in the grassroots, as they are important to his administration.
This assertion was given by the Caretaker Committee Chairman of Ife South Local Government Council Area, Honourable Timothy Fayemi in Ifetedo, the headquarters of the council, while distributing motorcycles and grinding machines to some beneficiaries in the council area, as a token for the support given to his administration.
Honourable Fayemi stressed the importance of the people of the council area and their sacrifice to entrench the government of the day, as a worthwhile effort, which needed to be appreciated and rewarded.
He stressed the peaceful atmosphere that prevails in the council area since the inception of the administration of Ogbeni Aregbesola.
He also lauded the steps taken by the state government to empower the youths in the state, through its laudable projects, such as OYES, OREAP and the recently introduced OTECH, which were set up to train participants in vocational training for six months, with a view to empowering them for life.
Speaking on the occasion, the President of Oranmiyan Worldwide, Prince Felix Awofisayo, commended the people of the council area, for the support given to administration of Ogbeni Aregbesola.
He added that the burden of the debilitating loan acquired by the former administration in the state, was responsible for the initial hardship faced by the entire populace in the state, but added that Aregbesola's government has started repaying the loans without incurring additional debt from elsewhere.
Prince Awofisayo then enjoined the youths in the council area, to make use of the opportunities offered them by the state government, to learn and be established in a trade, through OTECH programme recently introduced by the state government.
The ACN leader also added that the much-desired dividends of democracy would soon get to all and sundry, as the government would soon begin to execute various projects across the state that will better the lots of the people.
In his word at the occasion, Honourable Folorunso Bamisaye, representing Ife South State Constituency in the State House of Assembly said that all electedpolitical officers in the council area, have resolved to be good ambassadors, as well as deliver the dividends of democracy to the people in their constituencies.
Honourable Kunle Adeniyi in his own contributions, sued for peace and understanding among the party members, as all of them would be economically empowered by the current administration.
Later on the occasion, the beneficiaries, mainly youths, were presented with motorcycles and grinding machines.
One of the beneficiaries said that the gesture of the caretaker committee chairman was commendable, while urging him to do more for the people in the council area.
He then pledged the support of the people for Aregbesola's government, as he described the governor as a youth-lover and a focused leader.
Osun Defender