Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke yesterday faulted critics of his administration, saying they are jealous of his achievements.
The governor, in a statement by his spokesman, Olawale Rasheed, said within the last 23 months, he has brought in good governance in the South-Western state.
“Governor Adeleke said his focus on delivering good governance and serving only public interest worries and confounded the opposition which had failed woefully when it was given the opportunity to govern the state,” the statement read.
He also taunted the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, saying his strides in government have made the party bitter.
To the governor, his administration made it a point of duty to deliver on big and small service issues confronting the people of the state across the sectors, explaining that the approach combines thinking big and small at the same time in the best interest of the people.
He said the opposition cannot understand how his administration has done so much within such a little time, hence their resort to outright fake news, personal attacks and sinning against God by condemning his praise worshiping the giver of power and life.
Adeleke also called on religious institutions to always speak truth to power, stressing the importance of constructive engagement with political leaders.
“To my critics, I empathise and sympathize with them. When somebody succeeds where you fail, you are likely to be envious and even bitter. That is human nature. But I encourage them to place public interest above private agenda. As for me, I have no option than to succeed”, the governor submitted.
“Silence by the church and clerics generally is not an option. Clerics must speak loud about free and fair elections, the dignity of all human beings, the superiority of public good over private interests, respect for the supremacy of the constitution, observance of the rule of law and equality of all citizens before the law.
“As a sitting governor, I firmly believe the clerics should mount advocacy on what impedes good governance namely autocracy, dictatorship, arbitrariness, the culture of impunity, self-perpetuation in office, suppression of opposition, corruption and failure to respond to aspirations of the people,” he added.
