President Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday, extended warm felicitations to the Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, on his 65th birthday on May 13.
The President noted that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governor has created a niche for himself as a politician of reckoning, not only in Osun State but also across the country and beyond.
In a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, Tinubu noted that Adeleke was first elected Senator representing Osun West Senatorial District in 2017, taking over from his late brother, Senator Isiaka Adeleke, before becoming governor in 2022.
Commending Adeleke, Tinubu noted that he had proven to be pan-Nigerian in his way of life and governance philosophy, exemplified by his Yoruba and Igbo heritage.
He prayed for more years, good health and God’s infinite mercies on the governor.
Meanwhile, the Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has congratulated Adeleke on his 65th birthday anniversary, cautioning him to sit up for the delivery of qualitative governance for the deprived people of the state.
In a statement in Osogbo on Tuesday by the Osun State APC Director of Media and Information, Kolawole Olabisi, the APC noted that, “It is quite unfortunate that since the Governor Adeleke-led administration was inaugurated over two years ago, there has been little or nothing for the residents of the state to have unfettered access to meaningful dividends of democracy.
“We wonder if the ‘Birthday Boy’ is not bothered that since he assumed the leadership of the state, the proverbial birds have not been crying like birds while the plight of the rats too have been in a state of inertia.”
“As a caring political party which has been constitutionally putting your government on its toes in the overall interest of the people of Osun State, we celebrate today’s special day with you.
“It is our hope that as you added another year to your earthly journey today, it would form the basis for you to have a rethink and redirection of some of your policies that have become the albatross of your administration.
“We know that when you ruminate over your past records in the government since over two years ago, it would strike your mind that state governance indeed is not a tea party.
“As a party that is keenly interested in the development of the state, we would not hesitate to remind you that the end of your four-year tenure political leadership of the state is fast approaching, which should form your guide in the remaining part of your tenure.”