Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has directed the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs to take action on the ugly development at Ipetumodu where the king was recently jailed in the United States of America.
There have been agitations in Ipetumodu for selection of new monarch after the US court jailed the monarch for fraud.
A statement by the Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Kolapo Alimi, yesterday, stated that Adeleke gave the directive at an Executive Council meeting held on Friday evening.
He explained that critical state policies were reviewed and implementation directives issued to ministries and agencies at the meeting, which dragged late into the night.
The governor said the Ministry of Works is working hard to deliver the ongoing infrastructure projects on schedule, noting that the administration is speeding up the execution of the Ilesa dualization, the Ile Ife flyover bridge, the Oke Fia/Lameco flyover bridges and the Iwo dualisation, among others.
He explained that the governor had set up a high-powered committee to urgently address the issue of manpower requirements within the health and the education sectors.
“On the State Electricity Market law passed by the House of Assembly, the Governor directed the Commissioner for Energy to develop an implementation plan which should include seeking supportive assistance from the National Electricity Regulatory Commission.
“He further instructed the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs to take action on the ugly development at Ipetumodu where the King was recently jailed in the United States of America.
“For the Ministry of Science and Innovations, the Governor urged the fast tracking of implementation plans and timelines for the two major policies recently endorsed namely the State ICT policy and the State Tech Innovation policy.
While commending the ministry on the recently unveiled Imole Wifi Initiative, he charged the Ministry of Science and Tech to develop a state road map for the applications of Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain technology.
