Oyetola governed Osun most prudently according to her resources. Says Akol.

 

Prof. Siji Olamiju Akol, a prominent member of the Osun APC, has praised former Governor Gboyega Oyetola's administration, saying he governed Osun State according to the resources available to the state. 

In a statement released to the press through the New Spring Team and made available to the press. Akol, who served in Oyetola's administration cabinet portfolio of Public Health, highlighted the prudent management of scarce resources and notable achievements in various sectors during Oyetola's tenure 

Akol also defended Oyetola's handling of a $20 million World Bank grant, providing a detailed breakdown of how the funds were utilized. The expenditures included:

- *Rehabilitation and Upgrades*: 332 primary healthcare centers, General Hospital in Ejigbo, and General Hospital in Ifetedo

- *Infrastructure Development*: Construction of a 120-bed ward, doctors' quarters, and procurement of medical equipment

- *Health Initiatives*: Free surgical operations, health insurance scheme, and COVID-19.

This is how US$20m WORLD BANK GRANT was spent.

It is important as the Osun Commissioner for Public Health during HE Adegboyega Oyetola’s tenure to set the records straight with verifiable facts on the 2018 US$20.467M World Health Grant which translated to N6,261,775,000.00K as at the time the State Government account domiciled in CBN was credited by CBN in Naira . This is a verifiable, Please .

Below is the breakdown of how the N6,261,775,000.00K, which was credited to the Osun State Government account in the 1st quarter of 2019, was spent by the Oyetola’s administration following the State procurement act . All these are verifiable as more details will be made available at a later date.

1. Fully rehabilitation, upgrading, and revitalization of 332 Focal Primary Healthcare  Centres across Osun State (Pictorial Evidence of Before & After available )

2. Rehabilitation, upgrading, and revitalization of General Hospital, Ejigbo Local Government Area to the State. (Pictorial Evidence of Before & After available )

3. Rehabilitation, upgrading, and revitalization of General Hospital Ifetedo, Ife South Local Government Area of the State. (Pictorial Evidence of Before & After available )

4. Sinking of 332 motorised boreholes with stanchion, overhead tanks, and fetching bay in all focal Primary Healthcare Centres across the State. 

5. Construction of a World Class 120- bed ward at the State Specialist Hospital, Asubiaro, Osogbo.  

6. Construction of thirty (30) units of Doctors' Quarter at the State Specialist Hospital, Asubiaro Osogbo. 

7. Procurement of medical equipment, test kits, essential drugs, and other medical consumables for all health facilities across the state . 

8. Rehabilitation and renovation of Trauma Centre, New Theatre Complex, Children Ward, Main Laboratory, Blood Bank Building, and Surgical Ward at the State Specialist Hospital, Asubiaro Osogbo 

9. Performance of 600 free surgical operations for citizens of the State by Hope Float Initiative. 

10. Release of N477Million as permium for the enrolment of vulnerable citizens of the State into the Osun Health Insurance Scheme (O'HIS).

11. Release of fund to the State of Osun Agency for the Control of AIDS ( O'SACA) for various intervention control programmes of the Agency. 

12. Conversion of Male Surgical Ward to fully equipped 20- bed Isolation Centre at the Specialist Hospital, Asubiaro Osogbo. 

13. Conversion of part of new Theatre Complex at the State Specialist Hospital, Asubiaro to a fully equipped eight- bed intensive care Unit. ( ICU) 

14. Conversion of part of the  renovated General Hospital, Ejigbo to fully- equipped 130- bed Isolation Centre for COVID 19. 

15. Conversion of part of Mercyland Hospital, Osogbo to fully- equipped 180- bed Isolation Centre for COVID 

16. Procurement of 2 units of ambulance for the State Specialist Hospital, Asubiaro, Osogbo. 

17. Payment of Counterpart fund for the implementation of National Immunization Plus Day Programme 

18. Renovation and Expansion of State Primary Healthcare Board Secretariat, Kelebe.

19. Renovation and Rehabilitation of the Government House Clinic as well as the State Secretariat Staff Clinic

20. Conversion of the Neurology Clinic at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Ile-Ife to a fully-equipped 16-bed Isolation Centre.

21. Procurement of sundry medical equipment ventilators inclusive, personal protective equipment, medical consumables (hand sanitiser, nose mask etc) and other essential drugs to support the fight against Covid-19 pandemic in the CO

22. Accreditation of the General Nursing and Post-basic Midwifery programmes at the State Schools of Nursing and Midwifery, Asubiaro, Osogbo. The immediate implication of this positive development is that the yearly intake of students into the two health institutions has been increased from 30 to 75

23. Accreditation of Environmental Health Technology programme , Health Information Management and Dental Therapy programme at the College of Health Technology, Ilesa

24. Purchase of 2 Medical Waste Incinerators for 2 State Hospitals Sites Ejigbo and Ede

25. Emergency Health Fund during COVID 19 Management N280Million.

It should be recalled that the previously worst  Osun health indices became the Best in Nigeria under Oyetola's Administration. It remains on records that Alhaji Isiaka Oyetola received uncountable national and international Merits, Awards and Accolades on the most judicious use of the funds the current Adeleke's Government is cluelessly dissipating energy upon . 

Prof 'Siji Olamiju charged  Adeleke to get serious with the business of real governance and stop the sheer display of administrative levity and ineptitude always.