The Osun State Government has dismissed as false and misleading claims that the administration of Governor Ademola Adeleke has sold the Nelson Mandela Freedom Park, describing the allegation as baseless propaganda.
In a statement issued on Tuesday, the Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Rev. Bunmi Jenyo, said the report circulating on social media was “frivolous, unfounded and unthinking,” adding that it was aimed at discrediting the state government.
Jenyo clarified that the Freedom Park is situated on land owned by the Federal Government through the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), although it was developed by the Osun State Government during the administration of former Governor Rauf Aregbesola as part of urban renewal efforts.
Read the statement further,
“The opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) with no blueprint, agenda or ideas about effective governance should, ordinarily be ignored but this is to set the record straight, once and for all.
The Nelson Mandela Freedom Park sits on the landed property of Federal Government, Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), but developed by the government of Osun State under Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, mainly for the purpose of Urban Renewal.
Any interested member of the public can fact-check the ownership of the Freedom Park, through the Nigerian Railway Corporation, for the record.
So, if some people, who are bereft of ideas about issue-based campaign, decency and good governance, are now making laughable allegation, they should be totally ignored.
It is abundantly clear to the public, especially the good people of Osun State that Governor Adeleke is running his government with the fear of GOD, integrity, passion and dedication to the transformation of lives of the citizens.
His Excellency, the Asiwaju of Edeland has neither sold any government property nor borrowed a dime from anyone, despite his transformative achievements in Infrastructure, Commerce and Industry, Health, Education, Agriculture and workers’ welfare in the State.
No wonder why the masses rejected the APC in the 2022 poll and are prepared to do it again, come August 15, 2026 gubernatorial election of Osun State. They have tested and tasted both governments of APC and that of Governor Adeleke. People who are obviously envious of Governor Adeleke’s sterling performance in governance should be ignored
