Diaspora office for indigenes is part of my administration plans – Adeleke

Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has disclosed plans by his administration to create a diaspora office that would attend to the needs of Osun indigenes living outside the country.

The governor disclosed this in a statement released by the spokesperson to the governor, Olawale Rasheed.

Governor Adeleke disclosed the plan while receiving Osun indigenes who came for the Sallah celebration from some West African countries.

Speaking further, he said his government was desirous of tapping into the many potentials of the diaspora population to enhance the development of the state.

Furthermore said the office to be created would document and relate with Osun indigenes living outside the country.

He urged the visitor to inform people from Cotonou to Abidjan, from London to Atlanta about the plans to integrate indigenes in diaspora into the good governance agenda.

He reiterated that he knows that most indigenes across West Africa are mostly artisans and small-scale business people, so the proposed office will capture their data to see where to come in to assist and support them. Promising that he may appoint a liaison officer to be based in Abidjan.

Governor Adeleke said, he know of some towns in Osun where almost every household has several family members, of several generations in Abidjan, Cotonou, and others and his administration want to put up formal structures to address these various categories of our people.