The Executive Governor of Osun State, Ademola Jackson Adeleke today hosts the team of Leadership Newspaper Group who was on a visit to the Governor,at the Banquet hall, Governor’s House,Oshogbo to sensitize him of the Newspaper’s management decision to give him an enviable Award of Governor of The Year owing to his performance in government.
The Director of Leadership Newspaper Group, Abraham Nda Isaiah while speaking on the reason for the newspaper decision for picking Governor Adeleke as Governor of The Year,said it was done after rigorous research through their State Correspondents across the country on all the programmes of each State governors and finally picked governor Adeleke taking into crucial consideration his people’s oriented policies and programmes that are of immense benefits to residents of the State.
Apart from this, Nda said,when his team arrived in Osogbo,they confirmed the infrastructural development taking place at the nooks and crannies of the State under governor Adeleke’s watch.
According to Nda, over 20,000 residents of the State have benefited from the Free Medical Outreach Programme of Governor Adeleke across the three(3) Senatorial Districts in the last 2 years of his administration.
In his own speech, the Deputy Chairman of Leadership Newspaper Group,Mike Okpere, who led the team to Osun,said what they are doing is “part of their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR),to accord recognition to people developing their societies” . ” And this is all we saw and found worthy in your governor,His Excellency ,that he should be awarded The Governor of The Year, Okpere emphasized. “Presentation of the Award shall hold on February 8th, 2025 in Abuja” according to Okpere.
In his response, while receiving the letter from the Leadership Newspaper Group Representative,Governor Adeleke said, he was excited to host Leadership Newspaper Group Team . “Your visit is another example of positive national attention Osun has been getting since we assumed the governorship in late 2022. Osun is constantly getting recognition for what outsiders and even opposition members regard as our commendable performance”
Governor Adeleke receiving Letter of Award Information from Leadership Newspaper Group Representative from Abuja.
According to Governor Adeleke,his government has been conferred with several awards across all sectors. “Aside from reputable newspaper like the Leadership Stable,we have received accolades from several federal agencies and non-governmental bodies. The consensus from those reviewing our performance and service delivery is that we are agents of good governance,Adeleke said.
In his humble response,Governor Adeleke also said,”Iam not allowing the praises to enter my head.While it may be true that I have delivered a four-year task in under two years,Iam propelled to do more because Osun has been left behind on many fronts”.
Governor Adeleke appreciates the Leadership Newspaper Group for endorsing him for the enviable Award and quickly mentioned that the newspaper’s management yardstick for recognising his administration goes in tandem with similar reasons adduced by others.
“Very soon,I will flag off the ongoing remodeling of Oshogbo Stadium to assume international standard” ” Very soon,I will be flagging off the dualization of phase one of Odoori-post office road at Iwo as the contractor has been mobilized to site and we plan to complete the two projects within the life of this administration.”
The February 8th Award presentations in Abuja ,apart from governor Adeleke’s involvement, shall witness other performing governors in the country such as:the Governor of Kano,Yusuf Abba,the Akwa-Ibom Governor,Umo Eno, Enugu Governor,Dr. Peter Mbah and the Jigawa State Governor,Umar Namadi.
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