The governorship candidate of Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Osun State, Mr. Olusegun Akinwusi on Wednesday, June 11, 2014 released his programmes meant for implementation if elected as the governor in the August 9, 2014 election.
Mr. Olusegun Akinwusi
Akinwusi, a former Head of Service (HOS) in the state in the 8-page testament tagged “My Pact of re-claiming, re-uniting and re-building Osun state” listed 12 issues his administration would embark upon if given the mandate in the forthcoming polls.
Top on the agenda was the SDP governorship candidate’s plan to put in place an inclusive government where the Commissioner for Information would be nominated by the state Council of (NUJ) in collaboration with Radio, Television and Theater Worker Union (RATAWU).
Besides, he stated that the Commissioner for Health will be put forward by the state chapter of Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) in conjunction with other health workers’ associations while Association of Senior Civil Servants with Local Government Service Commission (LGSC) and NULGE Executive Committee in the state would nominate the Commissioner for Local Government.
“The Commissioner for Education shall be nominated by All Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) Osun State chapter and the Commissioner for Establishment and Special Duties shall be nominated by the Association of Senior Civil Servant.
“The Vice-Chancellor of Osun State University shall be nominated by Academic and Non Academic Unions of University, the Polytechnic Rectors shall be nominated by the Academic and Non Academic staff of Polytechnics and the Provosts of Colleges of Education shall be nominated by the College of Education Academic Staff and Non Academic Unions”, he stated.
The ex-HOS disclosed that under his administration, consultants to the government shall be engaged from the array of retirees in the state.
Akinwusi explained that his government is determined to provide immediate relief with an emergency economic plan “SDP is aware that our economy will be strong when our people prosper. Poverty would be reduced drastically if all the monies allocated to this state are spent within same for the benefit of all.
“The capital flight that had bedeviled the state in last 3⅟2 years is a curse. That is why we believe that we need an emergency economic plan to jump-start the economy, help all stakeholders off-set the effects of bad policies of the recent past and get our economy back on track”, he said.
The SDP governorship flag bearer explained further that youth employment is a major task of his administration while noting that the gimmick of voluntarism, which is second slave labour “is not in our dictionary”.
“Therefore, this quasi-unemployment tagged “volunteer job” is not in our design. While it is an obvious fact that government cannot employ all job seekers, we shall consider a sizeable numbers for immediate appointment in all critical areas in our government.
Our government will tackle head-on the issue of vocational training to develop available skills in our youths. Efforts would be made to encourage our youth to be employers of labour through acquisition of necessary tools and equipment towards same. Subjects to availability of funds, unemployment benefits may be experimented in this state for our employable youths”
Akinwusi further listed wealth creation, agriculture, education, industrialisation, public service, gender balance, retirees’ plight, health services; transportation and other matters would be adequately attended to by SDP’s administration.