Afrigather Ismail Omipidan, Spokesman to the instant previous Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, has referred to as on Governor Ademola Adeleke, and the chief promoter of Osun Defender, Rauf Aregbesola, to cease their pointless fixation on Oyetola, cautioning them to at all times cross examine their info even when “they’re bent on portray the previous governor black.”
Omipidan famous that he had noticed a development in latest instances the place both “the State Authorities or its associates would spin lies towards the previous governor, whereas Osun Defender elevates the lies and misinformation just because Oyetola is concerned.
He urged for a extra accountable method to public discourse, devoid of private agendas or vendettas.
Omipidan was reacting to the assertion credited to Governor Ademola Adeleke over the state of technical faculties in Osun, which he described, a lie elevated by Osun Defender of their normal damaging method, with out verification.
The spokesman to Oyetola famous that within the first occasion, the technical faculties undertaking, popularly often known as the ability G undertaking, was by no means initiated by Aregbesola as claimed by Osun Defender and Governor Ademola Adeleke, including that “if Aregbesola had put in the kind of vitality my principal (Oyetola) exerted on that undertaking, the undertaking would have since been accomplished.”
He added, “for the avoidance of doubt, the undertaking was began by Governor Oyinlola who had paid a part of the undertaking sum earlier than he left Authorities.
“Opposite to the narrative by Governor Ademola Adeleke and Osun Defender, it was Governor Aregbesola that deserted the undertaking due to the mutual hatred that existed between him and Oyinlola on the time.
“As a matter of truth, a number of stakeholders pleaded with Aregbesola to proceed the undertaking however he refused. It was solely on the tail finish of his eight years administration, when it was inconceivable for him to do a lot, that he made try and revive the undertaking.
“So, when my Principal got here on board, he met Mr. Dagan and his crew in Ability G severally in a bid to revive the undertaking.
“Ability G revised the undertaking value upward by about 2 billion naira citing inflation as their purpose. It was additionally agreed that authorities ought to pay them a considerable sum to start with and as a mark of presidency seriousness to revive the undertaking. That was achieved.
“After they had been paid, Ability G organized to deliver their Isreali consultants into the nation to complete the undertaking. However sadly after they’d dedicated sources and finalised all their preparations, COVID-19 broke out and the entire world, together with Israel and Nigeria, went right into a lockdown.
“After COVID, one other effort was made by my Principal to revive the undertaking via collection of conferences involving him, Prof. Olu Aina ( a voluntary adviser to the state on technical training/ability G undertaking) and Mr Dagan and his crew. It was at one in every of such conferences that it was agreed that the excellent on the undertaking must be paid in six equal installments to allow Ability G to restart the entire undertaking and that the undertaking too must be delivered in installments starting with Osogbo and Ife technical faculties. And my principal began the cost by instalment. So, how can a person who got here this far with the undertaking be accused of abandoning the identical undertaking?
“Let me add that Oyetola has since moved on. Subsequently, these obsessive about the listening to of his identify will proceed to be suffering from the strides being recorded by him.”
