Osogbo—GOVERNOR of Osun State, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has expressed the conviction that his administration has performed excellently to the benefit of the generality of the people of the state, stressing that he has fulfilled the essence of development in governance.

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According to Aregbesola, the entire people of the state are directly enjoying and benefiting from his projects, policies and programmes, saying that his administration has lived up to the expectation of the majority of people in the state.

Speaking at the Press Week lecture programme of the Correspondents’ Chapel, Nigeria Union of Journalist, Osun State Council in Osogbo, held recently, Aregbesola challenged the media to set agenda for government and properly enlighten and inform the people about development.

Aregbesola said: “Media must set agenda for the government. It is unfortunate that media have painfully refused to set agenda for the government in a way that will aid development and well-being of the people.

“Development should be for all citizens and not about few people. It is not about a section of the people but that which will positively affect all who are important, significant and germane in the society.

“If government lives for only those in government alone, then government must have lost its value, hence the reason why our government prefers to make projects that benefit majority of the people of Osun.

The governor maintained that the essence of government is compassion, adding that the primary role of government is to be compassionate and be concerned on the welfare and well being of the people.

“The roads that government built will be used by all, including the civil servants; the drainages we are building will save the civil servants from the flood; the security we are improving upon to make sure that life is lived well will equally affect the civil servants. That’s development for all of us.”