The Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has scheduled Monday to dialogue with organizers of the upcoming national protests alongside stakeholders from security agencies and civil society.
Adeleke, on Sunday, instructed his team to reach out to representatives of various civil society groups and student bodies for dialogue on the state of the economy.
Speaking through his spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, the governor stressed the importance of dialogue in governance.
He requested that key commanders of Police and other security services should attend the session where stakeholders will be free to make recommendations on grievances and expected responses from government at all levels.
Adeleke said, “We will convey outcomes of the session to government leaders from myself to Mr President in Abuja. It will also be an opportunity to tell stakeholders what we are doing as a government to resolve the economic hardship facing our people.”
While reaffirming his firm belief in the national constitution and the rights and liberties enshrined in it, Governor Adeleke stressed the need for peace and non-violent actions among which is dialogue.
He said “Osun is a peaceful state where proactive steps are ongoing on food security, economic revival and state building to deliver good governance and dividends of democracy.
“We have to sustain the peace even as we make our feelings about the state of the nation known to the leadership. We will listen and we will act in the best interest of the citizenry.
“In the midst of positive transformation ongoing in our dear state, we cannot afford any criminal hijacking of liberty processions. That is why the Monday dialogue promises to achieve a lot.”
