Ghana’s premier chartered university, Valley View University, Oyibi, Accra Ghana has conferred honorary doctorate degree on Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun state for delivering on good governance in the last one year.
The vice chancellor, Prof William Koomsion at the university 30th convocation yesterday said the university reviewed the Governor’s antecedent as a businessman and former Senator alongside his ethical leadership since assuming the governorship of Osun state, Nigeria to arrive at its decision.
A statement by the governor’s spokesperson, Mallam Olawale Rasheed said Koomsion lauded the governor’s multi-million naira education scholarship as a senator, his sterling records on workers welfare, performance on infrastructure upgrades and his commitment to due process, rule of law and fear of God.
Earlier in his convocation lecture, Governor Adeleke said Africa cannot achieve good governance if the constitutions are serially violated, if elections are violently rigged, if leaders are of the sit tight model.
The problem of under development will, according to him, remain even with Africa if public resources are diverted into private pockets, if public contracts are triply inflated and poor quality projects are foisted on the populace.
Adeleke who spoke on the theme “Imparting Excellence, Integrity and Service:” insisted that democracy remains the best vehicle to deliver good governance but regretted that military rule is creeping in across Africa and the continent is at a loss as to how to stem the negative trend.
He said democracy is under serious threat by the low level of ethical leaders and prevalence of despots pretending to be democrats saying that democracy is sustainable only when leaders are governed by the rule of the game
