By Ahmed Idris
The governor-elect of Osun state, Mr. Adegboyega Oyetola, on Friday had a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
Oyetola won the governorship election with 255,505 votes to beat Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who got 255,023 votes.
The governor-elect was accompanied to the State House by out-going Governor Rauf Aregbesola, and Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano state, who served as chairman of the APC campaign committee for Osun state governorship election.
Fielding questions from State House correspondents after the meeting with the President Buhari, Oyetola said he would consolidate on the achievements of the out-going governor of the state.
“I came to say a big thank you to Mr. President for the support he gave to us during the election and to thank the leadership of our party all over the country for being with us throughout the period. I also assure him that by the grace of God, I must run a very transparent government.
“The governor and the party have done so well in Osun and I will want to continue to consolidate on those achievements and improve on them in the area of infrastructure, particularly the economy.
“It is a continuation of the legacies that he built. I believe that the people have confidence in our party, they believe in us and we will not abuse the opportunity given to us to continue to be in government,’’ he said.
Oyetola also promised to review the state’s revenue sources with a view to enhance Internally Generated Revenue (IGR), adding that payment of workers’ salaries and pensions would continue to receive the deserved attention by his administration.
“We have actually been addressing that (salary). Recently, we have paid about four months of salary backlog and I believe we will settle all the outstanding and we have started even paying full salary.
“I believe we will be able to sustain it by the grace of God. We will review our (Internally Generated Revenue) IGR to ensure that we are able to look inward for sustainability,’’ he said.
