Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of Osun on Thursday said although he does not have money to buy private jets for monarchs or hard currencies to splash around for citizens, he had been blessed with the capacity to transform the state through good governance
He also said that Osun state was “too sophisticated for kindergarten politicians to govern. It is costly to allow such people to experiment with Osun.”
A statement issued on Thursday by his Chief Press Secretary, Ismail Omipidan said, the governor said this at the Palace of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi, during the flag-off of his re-election campaign in Ile-Ife.
According to him, Osun was too sophisticated to be governed by kindergarten politicians seeking to experiment with Osun.
He added that he is a believer in the fact that politics is not a do-or-die affair and that he is not interested in fire-for-fire approach espoused by a certain governorship aspirant.
Oyetola said, “I am happy that the Ooni knows that I have good intention to govern this State. I may not be able to buy private jets, but I have all it takes to fix Osun. I don’t have hard currencies to splash around and I don’t believe in a fire-for-fire approach, but I am confident of victory in the next governorship election because of the modest achievements of our administration and the wide acceptance from our people in the last three-and-a-half years.
“What we have done across sectors is evident for people to see. We have proved to our people that Osun is in safe hands in view of the equitable distribution of resources that had culminated into the development that our people have been witnessing in the nooks and crannies of the state.
“As you all know, a state like Osun is too sophisticated for kindergarten politicians to govern. It is costly to allow such people to experiment with Osun.
“In view of the way we have been managing the meagre resources at our disposal, coupled with the attendant challenges that we have successfully surmounted since assumption of office, it is instructive for discerning minds to know that governance is a serious task that cannot be left in the hands of mediocres.”