Osun: New LG chairmen, councillors sworn-in

Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, on Sunday, inaugurated the newly elected local government chairmen and councillors in the Saturday poll.

Adeleke urged them to focus on good governance while warning against any attempt to forcibly occupy council secretariats.

He also expressed gratitude to President Bola Tinubu for resisting attempts by some forces to destabilise Osun State.

Speaking at the swearing-in ceremony in Osogbo, the governor described the occasion as a major milestone in the state’s democratic process, emphasising that the election was conducted in line with due process.

“We are here to conclude a democratic process for which we all laboured so hard to achieve,” Adeleke said.

Earlier in his address, the governor called for a minute of silence in honour of those who lost their lives during the “illegal APC takeover of local government secretariats.”

The governor recounted the journey leading to the local government election, stating that the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission had duly followed all legal procedures.

“The state electoral body had issued due notice of election a year ago. I know the commission had complied with all extant rules and procedures which led to the emergence of new local government chairmen and councillors,” he stated.

““It is, however, a thing of joy that the facts are out in the public domain, and we are satisfied that we are on the side of the law within the context of the rule of law and the constitution,” he added.

Adeleke charged them to be “agents of change, community developers, and deliverers of the dividends of democracy.”

“You have the mandate to deliver on good governance in your respective local governments.

“I charge you to develop plans of action within the manifesto of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

“As our government is transforming the state for the better, I call on you to be agents of change,” he said.