OSOGBO — Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf
Aregbesola has denied ever slapping his
deputy, Mrs. Grace Tomori, stressing that the
rumor was aimed at causing disaffection
capable of destabilising the state.
The governor said a cordial relationship exists
between the two of them.
He added that "I have never beaten anybody
in my life. In fact, I don't beat my children, let
alone beating any other person. More so, the
Deputy Governor is older than me, so how do
I beat an elderly person."
Governor Aregbesola, who spoke during a
seven hour live programme tagged 'Ogbeni
till day break,' weekend, maintained: "I don't
have any quarrel with my Deputy, and I can't
have any with her because I intentionally
chose her and no one choose her for me.
"I think I can work with her and that is why I
chose her. So, no differences exist between
us."
The deputy governor who was also present at
the programme confirmed the claims of the
governor when she was asked to respond to
the allegation that the governor once slapped
her.
The deputy governor stressed that a cordial
relationship exists between her and the
governor,, adding that she would remain loyal
to the governor.
On the crisis rocking the Nigerian Governors'
Forum (NGF), Governor Aregbesola said: "Let
the NGF take care of itself. The forum is a
voluntary one and it is not compulsory that
every Governor is a member."
He also denied insinuation that the debt
profile of the state has risen to N300 billion,
saying that the opposition was only making
the allegation to destabilise the progress of
the state and cause confusion.
…lauded by Okonjo-Iweala, World Bank, over
good governance
The Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-
Iweala, has observed that Osun State
governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, through
his programmes, has demonstrated that good
governance is possible.
Also, the World Bank confirmed that the
Federal Government's Youth Employment and
Social Support Operation (YESSO) was
replicated from the Osun Youth
Empowerment Scheme (OYES) started by
Aregbesola.
In the same breath, the governor said that
the nation would be great economically only if
its people became very productive.
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