Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has revealed that, regardless of traps set for him by his predecessor, the state has been free of bondage following the prayers of spiritual leaders and residents.
Adeleke made this recognized on Tuesday in Osogbo on the 2024 state prayer occasion, affirming that the state interdenominational prayer held in 2023 was answered by God.
His phrases: “In these turbulent days, we had sought the Lord’s assist to calm the troubled waters of state governance. We fervently prayed for divine victory as we entered workplace in a deeply hostile surroundings. We cried to the Lord to rescue the state from these hell-bent on truncating the need of the folks. These have been troubling days for our pricey state.
“Right now, I’m overjoyed to face earlier than you to proclaim that our state is free from the bonds of the previous. By way of the prayers of the simply, the folks of God safe victory, salvation, and redemption. A 12 months after fervent pleas to our pricey creator, all of us really feel and expertise the hand of God in our lives and the governance of our state. My pricey folks of Osun State, ours was and can proceed to be a God-guided management.
“My pricey folks of religion, I’ve private confessions to make. Previously 12 months, I’ve straight skilled divine steering in making state selections. On a number of events, God Almighty was my teacher in deciding on key points. After I informed you I govern with the worry of God, it was not a joke. Our management is a product of divine plan and manifestation.
“The indicators are in every single place, even for our political opponents to see. I’ll share a few of the examples with you all. After I assumed the governorship of our pricey state, many severe issues existed. Such points appeared to have defied all options. My predecessor intentionally added petrol to the fireplace by laying a number of boobytraps earlier than he left workplace. No person expects options from us. The ideas of detractors have been the expectation of failure.
“However as a result of now we have a God who doesn’t fail His beloved ones, doorways opened the place none existed. The governance house witnessed coverage improvements and implementation, which supplied solutions to knotty state coverage questions. As a result of now we have a God who props up His favoured and chosen ones, our authorities efficiently reset the button of the state public service, frontally addressed staff’ welfare, put a smile on the faces of pensioners, restored native governance, carried out an infrastructure agenda, and set the tone for sustainable governance.”
The interdenominational prayer occasion, which was held to usher within the new 12 months, was attended by non secular leaders, conventional rulers, and the state’s civil servants.