- Commends Tinubu, Adeleke for Development Strides
With no seeming end in sight to the crisis rocking Local Government Councils across Osun State, youths in the state have tasked President Bola Tinubu to intervene in the situation with a view to ending the crisis.
The youths under the auspices of the National Youth Council of Nigeria, NYCN, lamented over the continuous withholding of the State Local Government allocation, saying it has affected youths and women at the grassroots, hence the need to end the impasse.
Speaking with newsmen in Osogbo on Thursday, Osun NYCN Chairman, Akinbode Oluwasegun said the situation is leading idleness among youths and women which could lead to security issues if allowed to fester.
Many grassroots workers, artisans, and small-scale businesses that depend on local government spending are in distress. Rural dwellers, who make up the majority of Osun’s population, feel abandoned and neglected.
The consequence of this is growing frustration, hopelessness, and idleness among young people. We all know that an idle youth population can become a threat to peace, stability, and security.
Mr. President, just as you listened to our cries on the Ibadan–Ilesa–Akure road, we appeal to you today, with all sense of responsibility, to also hear us on this matter of withheld Local Government funds. We call on you to immediately direct the Accountant General of the Federation to release these funds to Osun State.
The group also commended President Tinubu for taking urgent steps to address the dilapidated state of the Ilesa-Ife-Akure express road with the mobilisation of contractors to the site to start rehabilitation work.
We sincerely appreciate the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, for his dedication to national growth. We particularly commend his intervention in the long-abandoned Ibadan–Ilesa–Akure Expressway project. For years, this road has been a death trap, slowing down commerce, frustrating travelers, and destroying lives and property. On June 12 this year, during the Democracy Day celebration, we made a passionate call to Mr. President to come to the aid of our people. Today, in less than three months, we are seeing tractors, bulldozers, and machines already working on that road.
This singular act demonstrates that President Tinubu is indeed a listening leader—a President who responds to the cries of his people. We remain grateful for this.