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Oyo Govt Receives Backlash on COVID-19 Awareness Campaign, State Projects

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The Oyo state government under the leadership of Eng. Seyi Makinde, has received backlash over poor COVID-19 awareness campaign and other implemented state projects.

This was aired on a live programme in Ibadan on Saturday, where Chief Adebayo Adelabu aka Penkelemesi, was invited to speak on COVID-19 related issues and politics in the state.

Speaking on his displeasure over the disbelief of the people of Oyo state on the presence of COVID-19 in the state and their failure to protect themselves against it, Chief Adebayo blamed the Oyo government, claiming that the COVID-19 awareness campaign of the government was poor and as such, not enough.

According to him: “It’s a pity that in Oyo state, our people are not protecting themselves. A lot of people don’t even believe that there’s COVID-19. It’s about the failure of the awareness campaign of government”.

He went further to blame the government for making COVID-19 pandemic look as if it was for a section of the society as, according to him, the government has only been seen publicizing the deaths of the rich and mighty, giving the impression that the pandemic is only for the rich and mighty.

He questioned why the government wasn’t publicizing the deaths of people living in the interiors, who are dying everyday.

He thereby urged the government to show the profile of the poor victims of COVID-19 so as to attract the emotions of the people and make them believe the virus does exist.

While talking about the reflection of Ajimobi’s administration in the Makinde-led administration, Chief Adebayo Adelabu reiterated that the Olodo centre was put in place by the former Governor Abiola Ajimobi.

He faulted the bus terminal project by Eng. Seyi Makinde, claiming that it wasn’t the right decision to take at this point in time. He talked about the fact that the government should otherwise consider investing in Education and Health sector.

On the issue of Security Trust Fund, Chief Adebayo claimed that the Operation light Up Ibadan was the idea of the APC government, while he condemned the recommissioning of the Crime Monitoring Centre by Eng. Seyi Makinde, the project which he had once condemned.

“We need to sanitize the way we do politics in Nigeria. You’re condemning something for political gains just to appeal to the people that we are wasting money. Now, you’re back to it”, Chief Adebayo said.

In his position, he claimed the Makinde-led administration had nothing tangible to commission, reason for the recommissioning.

He further said: “Now, everybody is protecting their family houses, so that the recommissioning committee will not come and start recommissioning our family houses, or even Cocoa house.

“By the time you’re done with Ajimobi’s projects that you’re recommissioning, you will go back to Akala’s projects, Ladoja’s projects and even Bola Ige’s projects and start recommissioning.”

“We need to move forward, we are just jokers in this state. They have three more years to correct it, but the last one year is nothing to write home about,” he posited.

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