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Miss Ileladewa Aladetan, a Junior Secondary School class (JSS 3) student of Oyo State Comprehensive Model College, Soka, Ibadan, has been sworn-in as One-Day Chairperson of Oluyole Local Government area of Oyo State.
Other who formed the cabinet of the one day Chairperson were Abdulrasak Onikede of Molete High School, Orita New-Garage, as Vice Chairman, Israel Aluko of Prospect High School, Abanla as Secretary to the Local Government and Tijani Teslim of Bare Community Grammar School as Leader of the House.
Miss Aladetan was sworn-in as One Day Chairperson of Oluyole Local Government after she won the maiden edition of Oluyole Inter Schools Competition.
In her acceptance speech, Miss Aladetan, appreciated the authority of Oluyole local government for the rare opportunity availed students of humble background
“it is a privilege to stand here before you as the executive chairman of Oluyole Local Government, no doubt, it is a rare opportunity to which I will continue to cherish throughout my lifetime.
“Today’s epoch-making event will go a long way to inspire girls like me to aim for the zenith in the male dominated world. And I want to emphasize that the effort of Governor Seyi Makinde at inspiring the children of nobody to become somebody is well appreciated. I can say boldly that I am a product of Governor Seyi Makinde’s strategic involvement in education”.
“Hence, my appreciation also goes to Engineer Akeem Olatunji for his exemplary leadership and for replicating Governor Makinde’s good governance in Oluyole Local Government”.
The Chairman of the council, Engineer Akeem Olatunji, said the initiative was to inspire young ones in the primary and secondary schools to be more dedicated to their studies, as well as to replicate Governor Seyi Makinde’s good governance style at the local level.
“The major reason for the initiative is that we are trying to replicate Governor Seyi Makinde’s good governance style at Oluyole Local Government, so as to inspire our younger generations, the pupils at the primary and secondary schools, to be able to task themselves intellectually. With this they know that if they put in their best, if they study hard, automatically there is reward for them”.
“We want Oyo State to be coming out as the best in all areas of endeavors be it in academics, sports and many other ones, and you can only get it right if you catch them young at their elementary level. That is why we are doing this to encourage our younger ones; they should know that someone is watching, Governor Seyi Makinde is watching them through the various local government chairmen. We are more or less pioneering this to encourage others also to do it and for our pupils in Oluyole to know that their government is alive to its responsibilities, and we will always be there for them to ensure that they pursue their career and they become whatever they aspire to become in life”.
“This is because if Oluyole produces the president of Nigeria, I don’t think it is too much, if Oluyole produces governor and many others, I don’t think it I too much, and since the day of Dimeji Lawal and Mutiu Adepoju, we have not been able to produce talent and we have them in abundance, that is why we are doing this to encourage them that it is good to put in your best in whatever you are doing and there is a reward for excellence.”
Olatunji said that his objective is to position the council area as the pace setter for other local governments in Nigeria, adding that the maiden security and economic summit earlier organised in the local government was parts of the ideas.
He noted that it is a way to ensure that people of Oluyole Local Government are getting value for their vote and for the confidence they have in the administration of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) under the leadership of Governor Seyi Makinde.
While assuring the people of Oluyole Local Government of more dividends of democracy and that the programme is going to be a continuous exercise under his administration, even beyond, Engr. Olatunji urged them to continue to give the needed support to the present administration in the state.
Principal of Oyo State Comprehensive Model College, Soka, Mr. Akeem Oyekanmi and mother of the One Day Chairperson, Mrs. Tolu Aladetan, commended the state government for its commitment to education.
They urged students in the council area and Oyo State at large to be inspired by the development and prioritize their education in order for them to be personalities to be reckoned with in the society.
Miss. Aladetan during her one day in office as Chairperson of Oluyole local government, inspected the reconstructed Grade A Customary Court, Idi-Ayunre, and the distribution process of notebooks to students in her school.
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