Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has said that the state is now free from bondage of the past following fervent prayers by him, religious leaders and other residents of the state......READ THE FULL ARTICLE>>>
He said this in Osogbo during the 2024 state prayer event attended by religious leaders, traditional rulers and the entire state workforce for the New Year inter-denominational spiritual supplication.
Adeleke said he came into office in turbulent circumstances following alleged booby traps planted by his predecessor, Gboyega Oyetola, but noted that he surmounted the political deficit he inherited through prayers.
The governor said that the state prayer held in 2023 was answered by God, adding: “In those turbulent days, we had sought the Lord’s help to calm the troubled waters of state governance.
We fervently prayed for divine victory as we then entered office under a deeply hostile environment. We cried to the Lord to rescue the state from those hell bent on truncating the will of the people. Those were troubling days for our dear state.
“Today, I am overjoyed to stand before you to proclaim that our state is free from bondage of the past. Through the prayers of the just, the people of God secures victory, salvation and redemption.
A year after fervent pleas to our dear creator, we all feel and experience the hand of God in our lives and in the governance of our state. My dear people of Osun State, ours was and would continue to be a God-guided leadership.
“My dear people of faith, I have personal confessions to make. In the last one year, I directly experienced divine guidance in making state decisions.
On several occasions, God almighty was my instructor in deciding on key issues. When I told you I govern with the fear of God, It is not a joke. Our leadership is a product of divine plan and manifestation.”
He added: “The signs are everywhere even for our political opponents to see. When I assumed the governorship of our dear state, many serious problems existed. Such issues appeared to have defied all solutions.
My predecessor deliberately added petrol to the fire by laying several booby traps before he left office. Nobody expects solutions from us. The thoughts of detractors was the expectation of failure.”
“But because we have a God who does not fail his beloved ones, doors open where none exists. The governance space witnessed policy innovations and implementation, which provides answers to knotty state policy questions.
Because we have a God who props up His favoured and chosen ones, our government successfully reset the button of the state public service, frontally addressed workers’ welfare, put a smile on the faces of pensioners, restored local governance, implemented infra agenda and set the tone for sustainable governance…CONTINUE READING>>
