First 7 Days In Office: Governor Adeleke Explains Actions, Pledges Transparency

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Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke has given insights into the actions he took in his first seven days in office as the governor, pledges to maintain transparency.

In series of tweets on Sunday, he said, My first week as your governor was exciting and straight to business.

“I started with a few house cleaning items to ensure a smooth transition since there was no official handover.

“Another major development during the week was the ongoing briefings by Ministries, Departments and Agencies of government”, Governor Adeleke explained.

The new Governor noted that from briefings, former Osun State Governor, Mr Gboyega Oyetola, left N76 billion naira was left as debt and liabilities on salary, pension and gratuities.

My first week was mostly about house cleaning, the second week promises to be about further movement on policy implementation. I’m a multi-tasking Governor and you should expect to see me launch different sectoral reforms, while the cleaning up exercises are ongoing.

Imole 💡

— Gov Ademola Adeleke (@AAdeleke_01) December 4, 2022

“The briefing from the Ministry of Finance exposed the lie in the claim of Mr Gboyega Oyetola to have left N14 billion naira within the state treasury.

“N76 billion naira was left as debt and liabilities on salary, pension and gratuities.

“It was a shocking revelation and as your governor, I owe you a duty to be fully transparent by carrying you along”, he vowed.

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