ALGON CLARIFICATION ON THE DELIBERATE DISTORTIONS OF FACTS ON THE OSUN LOCAL GOVERNMENT CHAIRMEN'S TRIP TO DUBAI

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

9 June 2019

ALGON CLARIFICATION ON THE DELIBERATE DISTORTIONS OF FACTS ON THE OSUN LOCAL GOVERNMENT CHAIRMEN'S TRIP TO DUBAI

'Out trip is seriously intentioned, honourable in purpose'

The attention of the Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON), State of Osun Branch, has been drawn to the deliberate distortions of facts on social media concerning on the proposed Training Trip to be embarked upon by the Sixty Eight (68) Local Council Chairmen to Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

While we not ordinarily have bothered joining issues with rumour mongers and well-known merchants of falsehoods (and their mercenaries in the mainstream media), we as a responsible organisation feel we owe the peace and development loving people of the State of Osun as a responsibility to set the records straight lest unsuspecting will be misinformed by these stray group of professional liars who are hell bent on destroying our beloved state if we decide to maintain a dignified silence. Since these elements are known to hold the belief that to continue to spread lies will make the people believe them if the lies are big enough, we think a decent clarification of the facts became necessary.

It would be recalled that the Rauf Aregbesola's administration saw the urgent need to strengthen and engender development at the grassroots by creating 68 Local Councils in the state over two years ago. As a result of the unique parliamentary system adopted by the Councils, the administration saw the need to sponsor the Chairmen of a 10-day Training in Dubai. The funds for the Training have been approved to be facilitated by a well-known logistics firm, ETCETERA INTERACTIONS LIMITED which entered into an agreement with the State Government some months ago. Unfortunately, due to other pressing State Matters, the Trip was postponed.

We, therefore, remained dismayed by the orchestrated falsehoods by these agents of darkness and lawlessness to paint the picture of gloom that the Trip was recently approved by Governor Gbenga Oyetola when it is, in fact, to public knowledge that it is not. Can they be decent enough to take politics away from the gutters please? Although, we are comfortably numb to the opposition: its cons, its lies, lest we forget, its failure to install illiterate as Governor, state of Osun.

We are therefore calling on all State of Osun indigenes both home and abroad to shun the falsehoods orchestrated by the visionless opposition against our hardworking governor. We also assure all that the Chairmen's Training Trip is for the benefit. It will come with knowledge transfer which are much-needed for good governance at the grassroots.

Signed:
Hon. Abiodun Idowu, ALGON Chairman,
 State of Osun Chapter.