Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola
| credits: File copy
| credits: File copy
Four
governorship aspirants of Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic
Party have faulted the performance of Governor Rauf Aregbesola, saying
the days of the governor in office are numbered.
The aspirants, who addressed a joint
news conference at the party’s secretariat in Osogbo, on Monday, agreed
to work collectively for the victory of the PDP in the 2014 governorship
election.
The aspirants, who addressed the press
conference, were a former Chairman, Senate Appropriation Committee,
Chief Iyiola Omisore; a former Minister of Youth Development, Chief
Olasunkanmi Akinlabi; a former Chairman, House of Representatives
Committee on Defence, Chief Oluwole Oke; and a former Secretary to Osun
State Government, Alhaji Akinade Akinbade.
State Chairman of the party, Alhaji Gani
Olaoluwa, said the essence of the news conference was to present the
aspirants to the media, adding that the forum also provided an
opportunity for the supporters to know the manifesto of each aspirant.
The four aspirants separately condemned
the beautification project embarked upon by the Aregbesola
administration, saying it was wrong to demolish people’s kiosks “in
order to plant flowers.”
Specifically, Oke faulted the economic
policies of the Aregbesola administration, saying “infrastructural
development without socio-economic empowerment of the masses is wrong.”
Omisore said the state government should
embark on the construction of state roads instead of constructing
federal roads, whose costs would be refunded by the Federal Government.
Akinbade and Akinlabi challenged the
governor to declare the debt profile of Osun State, stressing that the
state government should devise creative means of generating funds than
resulting to borrowing for all
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