Adeleke clarifies appointment of SSAs on Government House Pool, Oranmiyan new town  

Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has cleared the air on the appointments of Senior Special Assistant on Government House Pool and Oranmiyan’s new town.

Governor Adeleke in a statement by his Spokesperson, Mallam Olawale Rasheed said Government House Pool is a term referring to the transport unit of Government House. 

The former Senator maintained that the section deals with drivers and vehicles within the Government House— an office which was created by the previous governments of the All Progressive Congress(APC) and has been in existence for the past twelve.

He added that the SSA was appointed to coordinate and oversee activities and operations in that sector.

In the same vein, the governor said the appointment of an SSA for Oranmiyan town was a diaspora estate programme involving a new settlement named Oranmiyan new town created by the previous administration. 

According to the governor, the two appointments are necessary—required and were never frivolous jobs for the boys as some partisan critics have termed it. 

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He, however, said the two offices are necessary to protect and effectively manage public and private assets. 

He said: “While those offices were inherited, it is also worthy of note to state that Governor Adeleke has demonstrated strong will to retain what is good and jettison what is bad.”

“There is a new town development body—the newly appointed SSA is charged with ensuring achievement of government goals in those areas, especially ensuring the protection of investment of Diasporans,” he said. 

“The attention of the Executive Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke has been drawn to a deliberate, mischievous misrepresentation and misinterpretation of the appointments of Senior Special Assistant on Government House Pool and Oranmiyan new town.

“We appreciate those who truly need to be educated on the appointments. We also commend those who have personally and collectively explained the role of the two offices to the members of the public. Some people are indeed truly ignorant of the offices.

“We also note that some people are simply mischievous and deliberately twisting facts for political reasons. Those critics are those seeking to gain political capital out of nothing by making mountains out of molehills.

“Members of the public are aware that there are hundreds of drivers and vehicles (both old and new) in the Government House. In the interest of sustainable management of those assets, an SSA is appointed to coordinate and even oversee activities and operations in that sector.”