Adeleke To Hold Dialogue Session With Civil Societies, Security Ahead Of Protests

Adeleke To Hold Dialogue Session With Civil Societies, Security Ahead Of Protests

Ahead of the planned nationwide protests, Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, is scheduled to meet with organisers and stakeholders from security and civil society groups on Monday. The governor’s spokesman, Mallam Olawale Rasheed, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday.

Governor Adeleke has instructed his team members to reach out to representatives of various civil society groups and student bodies for a dialogue session on the state of the economy. He also requested that key commanders of police and other security services attend the session, where stakeholders will have the opportunity to express their grievances and suggest expected responses from the government.

“I have instructed my team to organise a dialogue session on Monday where stakeholders can meet as part of peacemaking in the exercise of constitutional rights. The session will allow parties to list grievances and what they expect the government at all levels to do,” Governor Adeleke stated.

“We will convey outcomes of the session to government leaders from myself to Mr. President in Abuja. It will also be an opportunity to tell stakeholders what we are doing as a government to resolve the economic hardship facing our people.”

Governor Adeleke reaffirmed his commitment to the national constitution and the rights and liberties it enshrines, emphasizing the importance of peace and non-violent actions, including the planned dialogue sessions.

“Osun is a peaceful state where proactive steps are ongoing on food security, economic revival, and state building to deliver good governance and dividends of democracy,” he said. “We have to sustain the peace even as we make our feelings about the state of the nation known to the leadership. We will listen and we will act in the best interest of the citizenry.”

Governor Adeleke stressed the importance of preventing any criminal hijacking of the protests, stating that the Monday dialogue aims to achieve a constructive outcome.