By Gbenga Olarinoye

Osogbo—Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday described what it called the tactical sacking of doctors working with the state government as another “outstanding misstep from the slumbering administration of Governor Rauf Aregbesola.”

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The PDP, in a statement issued in Osogbo by its spokesperson, Prince Diran Odeyemi said Governor Aregbesola was obviously not smart enough to believe mere threat and cheap blackmail could work at all times to suppress people’s demands for their rights.

The party alleged that it had been authoritatively informed that Governor Aregbesola’s intention was to replace sacked medical doctors with native doctors and traditional healers because of his personal belief in tradition he called “Isese.”

According to Odeyemi: “Now that all the ill-conceived measures to cow the doctors have failed and the Plan “B” of replacing them with new intakes had been frustrated by the Nigeria Medical Association, NMA, Governor Aregbesola wants to experiment with the use of native doctors.

“Governor Aregbesola has a rich history of odd actions all in a bid to be “unique.” If a governor could unilaterally change the education system in Osun from the 6-3-3-4 operating across the country to 4-6-3 by recategorising primary and secondary schools in the state to Elementary, Middle and High Schools, then his plans to replace orthodox medical doctors with native doctors in this modern age cannot be dismissed with a wave of hand.”

The opposition party also accused many stakeholders in the state of not doing enough to caution the Governor Aregbesola against act that had earned the state negative publicity, charging them not give up on the state.

“It is truly depressing that a once shining light among states could be reduced to the least in every aspect that is noble in the space of five years. Osun in the last WAEC rating was 29th and least in entire South West of Nigeria.” In 2010, this same state was 9th in the entire country according to WAEC rating.