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Osun State government has described the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as a bunch of jesters, who are now seeking relevance through the backdoor, after they had failed the people of the state for seven-and-half years.
The Chief of Staff to Osun State governor, Mr. Gboyega Oyetola, spoke in Osogbo, the state capital on Monday, on the heel of the purported plan by the PDP to attack the administration of Governor Rauf Aregbesola's administration, as it clocks one year in office by inviting critics, including the ousted governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Segun Oni, to attack the administration.
Oyetola, who is the Chairman, Planning Committee of 'Rauf Aregbesola Administration At One', at a press conference to roll out the activities marking one year anniversary of Governor Rauf Aregbesola administration, said that the PDP chieftains and their supporters should rather go back home and review how they have failed the people of the state instead, rather than criticizing ignorantly.
Describing the purported arrangement as senseless, Oyetola warned that the PDP should not do anything that could lead to breakdown of law and order in the state.
He said: "I will say they are jesters. They do not talk of their woeful performance for seven-and-half years and they are arranging that another failure should come and deliver lecture here. If Segun Oni had done well in Ekiti, would he have been sent away by his people?
"So, I don't see any sense in what they are doing and we are not bothered about whatever they do. The incumbent administration is celebrating its first year of achievement and maybe they want to celebrate their failure for seven-and-half years too.
"There are achievements to the credit of our administration that everybody can see. When you talk of youths' employment, it is to the knowledge of everybody that we employed 20,000 youths within the first hundred days in office and it has become a reference point to the international communities. Even the PDP states are trying to replicate the programme. It is to the knowledge of everybody that Osun did not witness flooding this year due to the flood control measure put in place by the present administration. The achievements so far are countless
"So, I won't waste my time talking about them, but what we will emphasise is that they should not do anything that will lead to the breaking down of law and order. They must not do anything that will affect our anniversary", he noted.
Enumerating the three-week long activities to mark the one-year anniversary of Aregbesola administration in office, Oyetola stated that the celebration would feature a seven-hour interactive session with Aregbesola, tagged "Ogbeni Till Day Break" on Wednesday, November 23 at 10pm till 5am of Thursday, November, through which people would call-in and ask questions, make comments and make suggestions for the development of the state.
Among other programmes that would come up are ministerial press briefing by each of the state ministries and agencies, where the ministries and agencies would tell the people what they have done in the past year and defend their actions; Art exhibitions, as well as visits to tourists centres in the state, among others.
Osun Defender