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Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola Governor Rauf Aregbesola has said all projects embarked on by his administration will be completed before the end of his tenure. The Osun State governor spoke in Osogbo, the state capital at the opening of a new privately-owned radio station, Rave FM, by the immediate past Nigerian Ambassador to the Philippines and a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, Dr. Yemi Farounbi. At the event, the governor however said that he was not bothered by politicians fabricating lies over the state of finance of Osun State. He said, “detractors and opposition will soon come to appreciate my administration when all projects embarked on are completed before the end of my tenure in office.” Though he acknowledged that things were financially tough for the state, he said help was on the way for the state. He also said, “I will not be disturbed by bad comments from some people about my policies because I believe in God who sent me to Osun and supports me. “What we are doing in Osun may not be appreciated now, but it will become what people will praise later; we came here and all we have been doing has been inspired by God.” Aregbesola described as shameful the exaggeration of the debt profile of the state by some parties. He said, “ If we borrowed N800bn, like some (people) said, how could we have been able to pay the loan interest? How could we have survived? Though we took loan, and that is the only way we could have brought development to the state; as tough as it is, God and His help is on the way and Osun shall overcome.” Aregbesola, an activist and former commissioner in Lagos for Works and Infrastructure has been governor of the state since 2010.