The Osun Masterminds, a civic society organization has called on Governor Ademola Adeleke to immediately begin distribution of federal government fertilizer and ensure fair and equitable distribution.
The organization also called the attention of the State government to the poor quality of jobs done by contractors handling the road construction.
The Executive Director of the organization, Prof. Wasiu Oyedokun-Alli made the calls at the June edition of the State of the State address. He charged the government officials not to make it a political affair.
Recalling that the receipt of the first batch of fertilizer palliative, amounting to eleven trucks out of the thirty trucks, from the Federal Government which is an initiative from Nigeria’s apex bank through its Anchors Borrower Programme with sub-national governments.
“We are, therefore, imploring the state government to distribute the fertilizers with fairness, equity and transparency. The distribution of the fertilizers to 30 local government areas and area office must not be politicized, Prof Wasiu said.
“Public servants, who are saddled with the responsibility of administering the palliative scheme, must indeed share to the target segment of the populace instead of favoring their cronies and enriching the state political actors.
“The fertilizer palliative, which is designed to mitigate the hardship petroleum subsidy removal meted on Nigerians, is to provide succor to the downtrodden.
Therefore, it should relieve the poor and not further aggravate the socio-economic conditions of the people. It is expected that the fertilizer will boost agricultural production in the state and benefit the agrarian communities in the state”.
