By Femi Adesola
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), governorship candidate, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has pilloried the Governor of Osun State, Rauf Aregbesola, for allegedly reducing workers in the state to the status of slaves as they were made to work tirelessly without pay.
He made this known at his campaign flag off at the PDP party’s secretariat in Oshogbo on Tuesday.
The PDP candidate added that, market women in the state and artisans were also gasping for their lives in the hands of tax and levy collectors sprouted by the Aregbesola’s administration in spite of low rate of turn over.
He said, “Our State is struggling with huge financial debts, our civil servants are on a daily basis dehumanized and reduced to slave status working by tirelessly without pay, our aged pensioners are ignored, our education standard has fallen so low that we are ranked 29th in student performance in WAEC, our roads have become death traps; our market women are harassed by tax and levy collectors despite low sales; our health centers have become death centres; our people are suffering.
“Our mission is to transform Osun into a state that works for all of us, we deserve a state where our people can afford a decent living, where government workers works with pride and dignity and are paid regularly and promptly, where the opportunities to grow and thrive will be accessible to every sons and daughters of Osun, where the mother and child receive quality healthcare and our aged receive the adequate ready they deserve.
“A state where our students as one of the brightest and best in Nigeria, educated by highly competent and motivated teaching staff, where our farmers are truly kings benefiting from fruits of their labour, producing good farm produce using government provided high yield seeds, trees, land, farm implements and other inputs including fertilizers.
“Where every corner is connected by a web of good road infrastructure; a state that is economically buoyant with productive employed youths; a state that will priotise spending on people impact projects that will improve the welfare of her citizens instead of building wasteful monuments and a state with zero tolerance for corruption.”Adeleke added.
Also, the State Party Chairman, Mr Soji Adagunodo, while addressing the party supporters, berated the current administration for bad governance, wanton corruption and policy summersault.
He noted that the PDP would provide a people’s friendly alternative to governance that would affect the lives of the people in positively.
The State Chairman of PDP said “PDP has resolved to provide a better, credible, sustainable and people’s friendly alternative programmes and policy to restore our dear state to path of economic prosperity, social emancipation and general well being of all and sundry.”
Adeleke however said his administration would focus on six point, which he listed as; Economic rejuvenation, Agriculture revolution Restructured education system, Improved welfare and workers condition, Improved healthcare delivery, Improved road and water infrastructure.
Meanwhile the party receives defectors in the likes of Barrister Bolaji Olukani and his followers from the Social Democratic Party, Honourable Bunmi Ibiloye from the Accord party and Mr Gbadamosi from the Peoples Democratic Movement.
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