A group under the auspices of the Civil Societies Coalition for the
Emancipation of Osun State (CSCEOS) has cautioned Osun State governor,
Mr. Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola over the newly created Local Council
Development Areas, Area Councils and Administrative Offices, insisting
that the State was not economically viable to have new LCDAs, Area
Councils and Administrative Offices.
It also stated that Osun State was not financially buoyant like Lagos
State to have more Local Council Development Areas (LCDA), Area
Councils and Administrative Offices, alleging that the motive behind
the splitting of the constitutionally recognized 30 local Government
areas and Modakeke Area office, by Mr. Aregbesola was to polarize the
people at the grassroots more in the State.
According to the statement issued and signed by the CSCEOS' Chairman,
Comrade Adeniyi, Alimi Sulaiman, which a copy was made available to
newsmen on Thursday, that Aregbesola used the creation of the new
Council areas to bamboozle the people of the State so as not to
request for the conduct of the Local government election again because
Aregbesola knew that if the local government election was conducted
today, it would not have power again to divert the council allocations
as it is presently done.
Comrade Sulaiman recalled the recent statement credited to the former
Interim National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress
(APC), Chief Bisi Akande where he advised the Federal Government to
merge some States that were not economically viable presently like
Osun State under Aregbesola's watch, querying rhetorically that how
the State like Osun that was not viable financially would create more
area councils, when their leader clamouring for merger of non-viable
States which Osun is one of them.
He described the Local Council Development Areas, Area Councils and
Administrative created by Mr. Aregbesola as misplacement of priority
when the current constitutionally recognized Local government areas of
the State could not function and compete very well with her
counterpart in other States of the federation, advising the people to
stop rejoicing over the new splitting of the existing Council areas
because the Aregbesola made- creation could not stand the test of time
like that of Lagos State which it was financially buoyant to run the
State without Federal Allocation.
Sulaiman described Aregbesola's action as misplacement of priority and
political in order to continue diverting the local government
allocations into his private pocket by denying the people in the
council areas their political participation right as stipulated in the
amended 1999 constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, advising
the people at the grass root level of the State to reject the Rauf
Aregbesola's Greek gifts of the year 2016 because people have been
short changing with this development.
He added: "The truth must be told, it is sad that the person of Mr.
Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola is currently Osun State Governor, Osun State
is not economically viable to create new Local Council Development
Areas, Area Councils and Administrative Offices. Mr. Aregbesola has
hidden political and financial agenda to perpetrate and that is the
reason why he created non-viable Council areas. The good people of
Osun State will be at the receiving end on this unconstitutional Local
Council areas.Osun people should not rejoice over it, rather, they
should reject it out rightly because the newly created Council areas
cannot stand the test of the time. Let us tell our people the bitter
truth, copy of Lagos State style of governance will spell doom for the
State. Mr. Aregbesola knows that if the local government election is
conducted, it would bring even development to the nooks and crannies
of the State but it will not give him power to divert the council fund
again".
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Written by NEWSTRAWL ONLINE UPDATE
Sodiq Oyeleke is a Media, Human Resources, Project Management and Public Relations Practitioner
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