Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, on Thursday, flagged off inmates’ enrollment in the free healthcare scheme, with optimism that President Bola Tinubu would in no distance time, eventually decide the local government issues in favour of his administration.
The governor who made the remark at the take-off of enrollment of inmates on the State’s free health insurance scheme at Ilesa Correction Centre, said “we maintain financial discipline to keep the state running, we are very hopeful that the local government crisis will soon be resolved within the context of the rule of law and respect for the federal constitution.”
“We believe His Excellency, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR, will eventually decide on the matter in our favour. My administration has maintained financial discipline to meet obligations pending the resolution of the crisis.”
“Many have asked how we are achieving all these despite the State’s lean financial situation, especially in the last seven months. The answer is simple. Aside from being strong believers in God, we embrace transparency and priority spending in the management of state funds. We have raised our internally generated revenue and we judiciously manage our special project account.”
“Permit me to appreciate the Nigerian Bar Association, our royal fathers, the various labour unions, the clerics and various strata of the society for their sustained appeal to the Federal Government and the Presidency for the release of Osun withheld allocations”.
“The huge public support in favour of the Osun state government strengthens our faith in the legality and morality of our position on the local government leadership question.”
On his government decision to enroll inmates, he said, it stems from the need to extend healthcare delivery services to all manner of persons across the state.
“We regard inmates in our correctional facilities as bonafide citizens of this State and of our country. Their healthcare and general wellbeing must remain a matter of priority. ”
“As you must all have observed, our administration does not discriminate on any basis; whether political affiliation, tribe, religion or gender in extending the dividends of democracy to all citizens and residents of Osun State”.
In his speech at the event, Dr. Razaq Akindele, the Executive Secretary of the Osun Health Insurance Agency (OSHIA), expressed his appreciation for Governor Adeleke’s leadership style. He highlighted that the governor deeply believes in the value of humanity.
According to Dr. Akindele, Governor Adeleke is an empathetic individual who cares for everyone, regardless of their class or social status.
He, however, emphasised that “the enrollment exercise would cover both Ilesa and Ile-Ife correction centers and would include both awaiting trials persons and inmates either on death row or life serving jail term.”
The executive Secretary thereafter assured that the present administration whose trade mark is: “Welfares”, would further put more smiles on the people in the state.
In his own submission, Controller of Corrections, Ilesa, Rotimi Oluwadele said, “Governor Adeleke’s gesture is a major relief to both inmates and workers of the organisation.
He, however, charged other governors in the country to emulate Adeleke to be able to encourage inmates to feel they are still part of society.
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