‘A visionary leader’ — Oyintiloye celebrates Oyetola at 70

Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says Adegboyega Oyetola, minister of marine and blue economy, is a visionary and responsive leader.

Oyintiloye made the remark in a goodwill message on Friday to celebrate Oyetola on his 70th birthday.

The former lawmaker lauded Oyetola for his life of simplicity and selfless service to the people.

Oyintiloye said Oyetola implemented people-centered policies and developmental programs during his tenure as governor of Osun state.

“There is no doubt that during his administration as the governor, he embarked on different developmental strides, which included massive revitalisation and upgrading of 332 primary health facilities,” he said.

“Infrastructure development through construction and rehabilitated road networks across the nine federal constituencies of the state”

Oyintiloye added that key sectors like health, education, agriculture, infrastructure, and rural development underwent significant transformation, boosting the state’s economy and social well-being.

“Despite the fact that the federal allocation at that time was meager, Oyetola, due to his rich experience from both private and public sectors, was able to utilise the meager resources in such a way that every sector was touched which affected the lives of the masses in the state positively,” he said.

“Oyetola is worthy of celebration more than ever before because he has shown uncommon leadership by managing socio-economic affairs of the state.

“Fulfilling his electoral promises in the face of dwindling resources and further consolidating the developmental stride during his administration.

“With Oyetola at the helm of affairs in osun, it is clear to all, even the doubting Thomases, that Osun is in safe hands of a progressive gentleman and committed leader whose sole interest is the uplifting of the people.

“In the ministry he was assigned to by the president, he is significantly boosting the country’s economy by redefining sustainable growth in the gross domestic product (GDP) to serve as an alternative source of revenue generation for the country by unlocking the potentials in the ministry to revamp dwindling economy and reduce over dependency on crude oil.”