Group lauds Gov. Gboyega Oyetola over action on COVID-19

The Union of Democratic Forces in Osun State on Tuesday
lauded the Osun State Government’s  plan
in setting up relief committee aim at providing food and other basic
necessities to vulnerable groups in the state.

The group’s Coordinator, Mr. Wole Adedoyin in a press
statement issued yesterday in Ilesa said that the recently constituted relief
committee which consisted of important and eminent personalities from the state
included Asiwaju Tunde Badmus, Chief Adebayo Jimoh, Pastor Enoch Adeboye,
Pastor Matthew Asimolowo, Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja I, General
Alani Akinrinade (Rtd), Chief Tunde Ponle, Patricia Etteh, Dr Akin Ogunbiyi,
Sir Demola Aladekomo, Lasun Yusuff, Dr Wale Babalakin and Dr Segun Aina, Yussuf
Alli, SAN, Mrs Folorunsho Alakija, Mr. AbdulKabir Aliyu, Dr Deji Adeleke,
Otunba Iyiola Omisore and three former governors of the state, Chief Bisi
Akande, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola and Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola would cushion the
effect of shutting down the state over fears of further spread of the
Coronavirus, code-named COVID-19 by the World Health Organisation (WHO).

Adedoyin, who is also the Chairman of the Hope Democratic
Party (HDP) and the Governorship candidate of the party in the 2018 Guber
Election also thanked Governor Gboyega Oyetola for other proactive steps taken
by him in order to ensure that the fight against COVID-19 is adequately
contained in the State.

The efforts of relevant agencies in the state were also
lauded in the control and treatment of the pandemic disease, and especially in
the area of sensitizing the public and giving out adequate warnings and
instructions.

Adedoyin finally urged all well-meaning citizens of the
state to join the governor in the task of putting a stop to the dreaded
pandemic disease that has the capacity to wipe the entire state if not well
tackled.