The revered traditional ruler, the Olomu of Ijaregbe Oke-Omu, Oba Edward Adedayo Adetimo (JP), Ajiyo Bi Elu Okanle Bi Ogbo II, wants Osun State government to extend dividends of democracy to the ancient community.
Oba Adetimo who stated this in a chat with IDTV,Osogbo crew in his palace said the ancient community had been deprived dividends of democracy.
The monarch noted that community had been subjected to untold hardship due to lack of basic amenities of life saying the community had only relied on communal efforts to sustain the little development in the community.
Oba Adetimo lamented that, the ancient community cannot boast of a single Secondary Schools for their children while there is no Primary Health Center for the use of the community,calling on government to look inward and revitalize the communication for socio economic and infrastructure development.
"We are just hearing that the state government is doing this and that to some communities, but it is not like that in Ijaregbe Oke-Omu town. We can only boast of a Primary School but no Secondary School for our children.
"We have sufficient lands to release to the government for them to give us a secondary school as well as primary health center.
"I am strongly appealing to our amiable Governor Ademola Adeleke to please come to our aid in this community as we larks social amenities, no hospital for my people in order to avert any epidemic or even first aid as we can only rely on a maternity center.
"We need to go to neighbouring towns whenever we needs to go to hospital while our children also attend secondary school there which is not suppose to be.
"We can see the developmental programmes of Governor Adeleke for the welfare and betterment of the citizens of the state but Mr Governor should extend some of these people oriented programmes to us here in our town which is long overdue", the Olomu of Ijaregbe Oke-Omu lamented.
Oba Adetimo while speaking on his birthday and coronation ceremony coming up on Saturday, he said all is now set for the two occasions while appreciating traditional Chiefs as well as sons and daughters of the town for their unalloyed support toward him since his assumption of the throne 40th years ago
He said the ceremony would drawn dignitaries from all walks of life.
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