Ademola Adeleke, popularly known as the dancing Senator, has been sworn in as the sixth elected governor of Nigeria’s Osun State.
The swearing-in ceremony took place at the Osogbo City Stadium on Sunday, November 27.
At exactly 11:54 a.m, Adeleke became the governor of Osun State after the State Chief Judge, Adepele Ojo administered oaths of office and allegiance to him and his deputy, Kola Adewusi.
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Adeleke, who contested the governor election on July 16 on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), defeated Gboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who was seeking re-election.
He polled 403,371 votes in the poll to defeat his closest opponent, the then-Governor Adegboyega Oyetola who scored 375,027 votes.
Dignitaries present at the event included the PDP presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and his running mate, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa.
Also present were the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki; his Akwa Ibom State counterpart, Emmanuel Udom; Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State; Governor Duoye Diri of Bayelsa State; former Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose and the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, among others.
I left N14b for my successor– Outgoing governor
Outgoing governor of Osun, Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola, says he left N14 billion in the state’s coffers for his successor, Senator Ademola Adeleke who takes over from him Sunday, November 27.
In his farewell message released by his media aide, Ismaila Omipidan, Oyetola stated that his administration paid N97 billion from the debt it inherited in 2018 when he assumed office.
He declared that his administration did not borrow any money from anywhere to finance the state’s economy, stressing that he kept the faith and maintained fidelity to his electoral promises throughout his tenure.
“We are leaving behind a cash balance of more than N14 billion. In addition to the N14 billion cash, another N8 billion is being expected between December and January 2023 from our performance in States Fiscal Transparency, Accountability and Sustainability programme (SFTAS) and from Internally Generated Revenue.
SFTAS is a government programme designed to advance fiscal transparency, accountability and sustainability of states of the federation. For four years, we did not take any bank loan.
”We benefitted from the N3 billion monthly interventions by the Federal Government to all the states for six months to cushion the effect of deductions of budget support facility and salary bailouts taken by the previous administration.
”We paid N97 billion from the total debt we inherited in 2018” he said.
