A traditional chief in Ibadanland, Oloye Adegboyega Adegoke, has called on Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, to emulate other South West states by constituting a committee for Oyo Covid-19 Support Fund.
Doing so, he said, would go a long way in encouraging more indigenes of the state both at home and in the Disapora to donate to the support fund.
He gave the advice while felicitating with the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Adetunji, other traditional leaders and people of Oyo State, during the Easter period.
He noted that people should extend hands of generosity to their neighbours during the current trying period.
Adegoke explained that by putting together a committee for the Oyo Covid-19 Support Fund, it would make it more open, transparent and encouraging for people to key into it.
Said he: “I will like to implore the state governor to constitute a committee for the COVID-19 Support Fund. People have been contributing but it is not as clear as that of other South West states.
“We don’t even know those that are managing the fund; in Osun State there is a full fledge committee, in Lagos, Ogun and Ekiti, it is the same thing, even at the federal level, they have a committee that is managing the Fund but here in Oyo State, we only see the account numbers. It is only the Chief Press Secretary to the governor that is announcing the donations. Is he the only committee member?”
“It is when people know the calibre of people involved that would encourage them to donate more. We need to be sincere, we need to do something that will enable people to believe what we are doing, we don’t need to give room for doubt. The moment your subject is doubting you, there is a problem.”
