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Osun State
Governor, Rauf Aregbesola, yesterday gave out grants and relief
materials to some returnees from crisis-turn Cote d’Ivoire. He blamed
the crisis in the foremost cocoa-producing country on the failure of
leadership.

Addressing the
Osun State indigenes who recently returned home in Iwo and Ejigbo Local
Government Areas of the state, Mr Aregbesola stated that, “If some of
our leaders in Nigeria and those of their counterparts in Abidjan had
been responsible, the crisis in Cote d’Ivoire could have been properly
managed.” The governor, however, called on the Federal Government of
Nigeria and all other African heads of state to quickly intervene in
the crisis.

The governor, in
his bid to alleviate the suffering of the returnees, released food
items to the displaced Osun State indigenes.

In Iwo, the Mr
Aregbesola said, “We urge our people to support their brothers and
sisters who have just returned from Abidjan, we in our capacity as
government, will do all we can to alleviate the stress of the displaced
people in Cote d’Ivoire.” He also assured the returnees that the
government will support them. “As a responsible government, we have
decided to share in the plight of the returnees by ensuring that they
settle down quickly. We have arranged with their local governments how
life would be made better in the state,” he added.