The immediate past Speaker, Osun State House of Assembly, Timothy Owoeye has described the leadership style of the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Gboyega Oyetola would pave way for the All Progressives Congress, APC’s victory in both the 2026 governorship and the general elections in 2027.
Owoeye in a statement he personally signed and made available to newsmen on Friday in Osogbo, the APC is stronger in the state today than in 2022, adding that the Minister has done a lot to reposition the party since his appointment as Minister.
According to him, the President Bola Tinubu’s development efforts in the state has further attracted the party to the teeming populace, especially the award of the N12bn road construction in Ilesa to Eti-Oni, Atakumosa East LGA, the newly created Federal University of Agriculture and Development Studies, Iragbiji, the Alternative High School for Girls in Osogbo among others.
“Oyetola’s consistent food distribution programme during all festive periods provides succour to the people of Osun, his statewide Medical Outreach, facilitation of employment for the youths in various MDAs, and FG projects in Osun are some of the impacts that stand him out. He is also a major financier of the party, its various activities and efforts to wrestle power from the PDP-led regime in Osun State.
“It is important for us to also laud the superlative performances of Oyetola in that newly created Ministry. His approach to governance and administrative acumen has reinvigorated the key agencies under him, which adjudged him the overall best-performing ministry in the Ease of Doing Business ranking by the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC).”
“For us in Osun, Oyetola has the blueprint for a Tinubu victory in 2027. He is personally playing his part, he has charged us all to play our part, and I am happy that President Tinubu is also making it easier with his interventions and economic reforms”, he added.
The former Speaker further berated the Ademola Adeleke-led administration in the state for resorting to cheap blackmail instead of concentrating on delivering good governance to the people of the state.
“I have been following the recent media drama of the Adeleke administration accusing former governor Oyetola of misappropriation of a $20 million World Bank health grant. It is disappointing to see the unnecessary circus the current regime has created against allegations that are baseless and unfounded.
“What the Osun State government has done is to effectively shut the door against future grants and donor-assisted projects from development support institutions. Why is the governor always putting the cart before the horse? Couldn’t he have waited till the completion of the investigation by the anti-graft agencies before casting aspersions on offficials of the last administration who served their state diligently? What manner of approach to governance is this, all in the name of cheap politics?.
“I remembered when he came in as governor, in his maiden meeting with members of the State traditional council, he said the State was in debt to the tune of over N400bn. As the then Speaker and out of concern for what his statement portends for the state, I had to approach the Debt Management Office (DMO) for clarity, and the figures they gave were different from what the governor was bandying.
“The interest and advancement of the state should be of utmost concern to any serious administration, but Osun seems to be unfortunate with good leadership at the moment”, he added.
