We Are Working Tirelessly, says Oyetola

Adegboyega Oyetola, governor of Osun, says his administration is working tirelessly to improve the state.

Speaking on Thursday when he was conferred with the “Business Day Newspaper Best Governor of the Year 2020 Award”, he said people are the reason why he is in government.

The award was presented to him at a colourful event held both virtually and physically at the Congress Hall of Trancorp Hilton,  Abuja.

Aminu Ado Bayero, emir of Kano, who was the Royal Father of the Day, presented the award to him.

Oyetola, who was accompanied by the wife, Kafayat; his son, Femi; and some political functionaries from the state, said he was humbled by the recognition.

He said if the administration’s modest efforts at giving its best to Osun people in the most-challenging two years in the country have earned it the highly-coveted award, it is an invitation to do more and surpass its accomplishments in the two years ahead.

“Our people are the reason we are in government and are at the centre of all we do as an Administration. We came into office on the platform (mandate) of Ilerioluwa (God’s Promise), which is undeniable but comes with responsibility. As expected, God performed His own side by giving us electoral victory, thus compelling us to fulfil our own portion of the pact, which we anchored on our Development Agenda,” he said.

“This award is therefore a product of two years of fidelity to the content of our mandate, the Development Agenda, which involves provision of adequate, qualitative and equitable services to the people across sectors and the employment of creativity and probity in an economy in tatters, to power the Agenda.

“While the creativity slant includes collaborating with development partners, encouraging and developing our personnel, the probity leg involves prudent management of our resources, plugging wastages and cutting excesses to fund our projects and programmes.”

He said although he had spent two years in office, he had barely 12 months to work in the real sense.

Oyetola said once men of honour and integrity are in the saddle, it is possible to provide services to the people and build sustainable economy and development in the public service, the inherent challenges, including bureaucracy and paucity of funds, notwithstanding.