Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke has tasked members of the State Executive Council on the implementation of the Electricity and ICT policy.
The Governor gave the directives at the State Executive Council meeting held on Friday.
The Governor also issued several directives on key policies of the government calling for speedy implementation.
In a statement issued by his spokesperson, Mallam Olawale Rasheed, the Governor charged the cabinet cabinet members not to relent in the delivery of democratic dividends,
“Despite the challenges facing us, we are fulfilling our obligations especially in critical areas of governance.” Adeleke was quoted as saying.
The Governor said the ministry of works is working hard to deliver on schedule, the ongoing infra projects, noting that the administration is speeding up the execution of the Ilesa dualization, the Ile Ife flyover, the Oke Fia/Lameco flyovers, the Iwo dualisation among others.
On the State Electricity Market law passed by the House of Assembly, the Governor directed the Commissioner for Energy to develop an implementation plan which should include seeking supportive assistance from the National Electricity Regulatory Commission.
He further instructed the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs to take action on the ugly development at Ipetumodu where the King was recently jailed in the United States of America.
For the Ministry of Science and Innovations, the Governor urged the fast tracking of implementation plans and timelines for the two major policies recently endorsed namely; the State ICT policy and the State Tech Innovation policy.
While commending the ministry on the recently unveiled Imole Wifi Initiative, he charged the Ministry of Science and Tech to develop a state road map for the applications of Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain technology.
For the Ministry of Agriculture, the Governor requested urgent actions for the full implementation of the Statewide Youth Agropreneurship project which was launched at Oriade, directing that ministry should dust its plan and ensure the programme commences across all local governments in the state.
On sports development, Governor Adeleke calls for urgent actions on the bills for the establishment of Osun Sport Commission, the Police Trust Fund and Osun Sports Development Fund, directing a closer interface with the State Assembly to fast track the processing of the bills.
Commenting on the 2026 gubernatorial elections, the Governor called for governance data amd statistics.
In his words, “As we move towards the election period, we need statistics and data on our performance across various sectors of the state economy. We should start to generate our governance data. The agency in charge of statistics and data in the state should sit up. The agency in question must work in line with modern best practices.”
