The Osun State chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) has said critics of Governor Rauf Aregbesola should bury their heads in shame in view of the acknowledgement of the governor’s achievements by the international community.
In a statement by its state Publicity Director, Kunle Oyatomi, APC urged the governor’s critics to reflect on the series of international accolades received by the current administration, including the latest one from the All Party Parliamentary Group in Britain.
The party said: “The more the critics lampoon Aregbesola and get hack writers to publish ill-informed editorials about his programmes, the more the world praises his projects and recommends them as models to developing countries.
“The group invited Aregbesola to address the British parliament on his administration’s Home Grown School Feeding (HGSF) programme, tagged O’Meals. Reports from London showed that the governor got a rousing ovation after his speech. He was commended for making such a world acclaimed project possible in a state with limited resources as Osun.
“The Lead Health and Education Specialist of the World Bank, Prof. Donald Bundy; the Chief of School Feeding and Chronic Hunger Unit of the World Food Programme (WFP), Peter Rodrigues; Ms. Boitshepo Bibi Giyose of the New Economic Partnership for African Development (NEPAD) and the Senior Technical Adviser of the Partnership for Child Development, Imperial College, London, Prof. Josephine Kiamba, praised Aregbesola for successfully implementing the O’Meals.
“But here in Nigeria, the project is being denigrated by critics as an attempt by Aregbesola to bribe parents for their votes. Critics fail to see beyond the cloud of their paranoia to unseat Aregbesola, so they condemn everything he does as ‘reckless, inciting religious violence or attempting to secede.’
“The earlier Aregbesola’s critics realise that they do more damage to themselves than to the governor with their baseless criticisms the better”.
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