Adedeji Adeleke, the father of Nigerian musician, Davido, has expressed his affection for his son’s wife, Chioma, after pausing a family photo to ask about her during the inauguration ceremony of Osun’s 6th executive governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke.
A video making rounds, showed the beautiful chef posing for a family photo with her husband, Davido and his father.
Chioma was at the inauguration ceremony of Davido’s Uncle, Ademola Adeleke, as the 6th executive governor of Osun state which held today November 27.
This will be her and Davido’s first public appearance after the unfortunate loss of their son, Ifeanyi.
Davido’s father is a Nigerian billionaire, business magnate and president of Adeleke University. He is also the CEO of Pacific Holdings Limited.
He is the father of Davido and Sharon Adeleke. He was married to Dr Vero Adeleke who died on 6 March 2003. His younger brother, Ademola Adeleke, is the governor of Osun State.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that Senator Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was sworn-in, yesterday, as governor and he immediately hit the ground with tough decisions.
Immediately, he directed that a panel of inquiry be set up to probe last minutes appointments and placements ordered by his predecessor, Adegboyega Oyetola. He also ordered reversal of the state nomenclature from State of Osun to Osun State and froze all state accounts with immediate effect.
Senator Adeleke officially took over as Governor of Osun State after taking his oath of office at 11.45 a.m..
The oath of office was administered on the Governor by the State Chief Judge, Justice Oyebola Adepele-Ojo.
The Governor arrived at the Osogbo Stadium venue around 11:20am after which his deputy, Prince Kola Adewusi, mounted the podium to take his oath before Adeleke took his turn.
Upon entering the venue, followed by his nephew (Davido) Governor Adeleke moved round the stadium to acknowledge cheers from the jubilant crowd in the main bowl
Gov Adeleke’s first directives
The Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola administration in 2011 changed the state’s name to State of Osun and changed its slogan from State of the Living Spring to State of the Virtue.
However, Adeleke in his inaugural speech after he was sworn-in, as the sixth executive governor of the state, said all injustice perpetrated by his predecessor will be corrected.
His words: “I, hereby, issue the following directives which will be backed up with appropriate Executive orders:
“Immediate freezing of all government accounts in banks and other financial institutions; an immediate reversal to the constitutionally recognized name of our state, Osun State. All government insignia, correspondences and signages should henceforth reflect Osun State rather than State of Osun, which is unknown to the Nigerian constitution.
To review Oyetola’s appointments
Also, the Governor ordered the establishment of panel of inquiry to study and review appointments and placements of his predecessor from July 17, 2022 till date.
“My Good People of Osun, since you elected me as your Governor on the 16th of July 2022, which the INEC announced on July 17th 2022, the former Governor, Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola maliciously started putting road blocks to make things difficult and almost impossible for the new administration to serve you.
“Mass employments were carried out without budgetary provisions for salary payments for the new employees; even when the state was struggling to pay salaries and deliver other services. Various hurried and criminally backdated contracts were awarded and again without budgetary provisions.
“Appointments of several Obas were hurriedly done without following due process, just to mention a few.
“All efforts to get the Governor set up a Transition Committee and submit hand-over notes in line with best practices proved abortive.
“It is, therefore, my desire to ask for your patience and understanding to give my administration a few weeks to review and sort out all the actions and malicious confusions which the immediate past administration has created since July 17, 2022. Those actions were indeed vindictive measures against the people of Osun State for voting them out of office.
“Immediate establishment of a panel to carry out an inventory and recover all government assets; An immediate establishment of a panel to review all appointments and major decisions of the immediate past administration taken after the 17th July, 2022.”
LG reforms
Governor Adeleke pledged that his administration will guarantee local government autonomy in line with Nigeria’s Constitution with a view to making the third tier of government more responsible to the people at the grassroots.
“In line with our campaign manifesto, our government will ensure local government autonomy in line with the provisions of the Nigeria constitution.
“We will restore the lost glory of our local governments in order to make them more responsive to the needs of the people at the grassroots. All policies that are not favourable to the growth of effective local government administration will be reviewed in accordance with the law.
“No form of illegality will be allowed to stand and all acts of impunity committed by the immediate past administration on local government administration will be reversed following due process”, said Adeleke.
I left N14bn in state coffers — Oyetola
Meanwhile, former Governor Oyetola, yesterday, disclosed that his administration left N14billion cash in the state’s coffers for the incoming government.
Oyetola also revealed that his government had successfully paid N97billion from the total debt inherited in 2018 when he assumed office.
He disclosed that his administration didn’t borrow a kobo anywhere in the world to finance the economy of the state, saying he successfully kept faith and maintained fidelity with his electoral promises since his assumption of office.
His words: “For four years, we did not take any bank loan facility. But we benefitted from the N3billion monthly intervention from the Federal Government to all the states for six months to cushion the effect of deductions of budget support facility and salary bailout accessed by the previous administration, just as we have paid N97 billion from the total debt we inherited in 2018.
“We are leaving behind cash of over N14 billion. In addition to the N14 billion cash, another N8 billion is being expected between December and January from our performance in SFTAS and the IGR. Also, another Seventy-Two million Dollars will come to the State soon from RAMP 3, NG-CARES, Nigeria for Women Project and Ease of Doing Business. These are earned based on performance.”
Atiku, Okowa, Obaseki, Udom, Tambuwal, Ooni, Ataoja Timi, others at swearing-in
Many dignitaries including politicians and traditional rulers stormed Osogbo to witness Adeleke’s inauguration.
The political class was led by the National Chairman of the PDP, Senator Iyorchia Ayu; the party’s Presidential Candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar; his wife, Titi; and PDP’s Vice Presidential Candidate, and Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State.
Also present were PDP Governors Godwin Obaseki (Edo), Senator Douye Diri (Bayelsa), Aminu Tambuwal (Sokoto), and Udom Emmanuel (Akwa-Ibom).
Others are former Governors Olagunsoye Oyinlola (Osun), Rasheed Ladoja (Oyo), Liyel Imoke (Cross River) and former Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki; and Tony Elumelu among others.
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi led traditional rulers, including the Ataoja of Osogbo, Oba Jimoh Oyetunji; Timi of Ede, Oba Munirudeen Lawal; Orangun Ila, Oba Wahab Adedotun; and Orangun Oke-Ila, Oba Adedokun Abolarin among many others to the colourful ceremony.
G5 Governors absent
However, the G5 PDP Governors were absent at the event. Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, the Only PDP Governor in the South-West did not come along with his colleagues, Governors Nyesom Wike (Rivers), Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia), Samuel Ortom (Benue) and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu).
