A cleric and Chief Imam of Ansar-ur-deen Central Mosque, Osogbo, capital of Osun State, Alhaji Sanusi Imogbemi, on Friday adjudged that the developmental changes under the Rauf Aregbesola administration have never been done or seen before.

Imogbemi said this during a sermon at the Jumat service of the mosque with the governor in attendance.

He added that the administration is the very first one since the creation of the state to ensure the emergence of Osogbo as a truly capital city.

The cleric listed previous governors and military administrators before Aregbesola whom he said made some semblances of efforts at changing the face of the state capital but left with not much impact.

The cleric stated that former Governor Adebisi Akande also tried within the limit of resources and his efforts at constructing a befitting state secretariat for the state would go down as one of the landmark achievements of his administration.

He said some of the courageous decisions being taken by the Aregbesola administration could have been taken before him by his predecessors to develop the state.

“When Aregbesola began to remove illegal structures around Osogbo for the transformation of the state capital, there was uproar but only the discerning ones could realize that this was for the good of the state capital.

"Today, the status of Osogbo, the state capital, has confirmed that what some people wanted to use to blackmail the government was for the good of all of us,” Imogbemi said

He added that one of the Governors had confessed that he would have embarked on some of the projects which today now earn Aregbesola his popularity but for the advice given by his aides who said such efforts would not be proper.

He expressed his happiness that the development efforts, though very heavy and noticeable at the state capital for obvious reasons, also cut across the entire state.

The cleric said the renewal changes are the reason the response of the people of Osun to payment of taxes have been encouraging.

“We are ready to pay taxes because we know this is a trustworthy administration which is using the taxes for the development of the people. If it were for some people who had ruled this state before, we would not have shown interests in paying taxes.”

He advised the Governor not to listen to side talks as those given to mischief would continue with their mischief no matter how good his performances are.

The cleric also prayed for the Governor against all the machinations of those seeking to halt the development of the state.

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