We’ve restored Osun’s hope in the last 2 years —Aregbesola

The governor of Osun, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, on Monday, declared that his administration had succeeded in restoring hope and upped qualitative living standard of the people in the last last two years.

He contended that he had done this through purposeful and visionary leadership, with the resolve to give the state a new lease of life.

In a statement to commemorate his two years in government, Aregbesola said, “the landmark development initiatives of the administration have brought hope back to a hitherto despondent citizenry.”

In the statement, signed by his Director, Bureau of Communications and Strategy, Mr Semiu Okanlawon, a copy of which was made available to the Nigerian Tribune, in Osogbo, the governor asserted that, “concrete achievements in the areas of education, agriculture, roads infrastructure upgrade, urban renewal and health care delivery have been recorded.

“Our determination to change the face of education is paying off noticeably as illustrated by the emerging new infrastructure in schools, development of new school curriculum, substantially increased funding of schools, innovative projects such tablets of knowledge, school uniform, school feeding programmes,” Aregbesola contended.

“On agriculture, the people have come to embrace our strategic transformation towards massive food production with loans to farmers and assistance towards formation of more productive cooperative societies; introduction of scientific approach to animal and crops productions. The acquisition of lands for agricultural purposes and training of young farmers in the use of modern methods to make farming more attractive and lucrative have all shown that the current administration has changed the game towards wealth creation,” the governor noted.

Towards ensuring job creation and positive engagement of the hitherto jobless youth, the statement added that, the administration had, in the last two years, demonstrated its capacity to solve the growing national problem of unemployment in the state.

“The OYES scheme has not only taken thousands of our youths off the streets, it has compelled the administration to look more inwards towards ensuring that those exiting at the end of the two years of the OYES participation do not go back home unemployed.

“Apart from those who have been absorbed into the state civil service, teaching, many other schemes have been established to cater for those who wish to be self-employed,” he declared.