FACED with current economic realities in Nigeria, Osun State said it has resolved to come up with new strategies that would help it navigate through the financial challenges while sustaining all its development programs.

A communique issued at the end of a three-day retreat held in Iloko Ijesa, in Oriade Local Government Area of the state, said the government was compelled to review its programs with a view to executing its various development programs within the context of the ongoing economic crisis in the country.

In the communique signed by the Chief-of-Staff to the Governor, Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola, participants at the retreat identified the need to reduce the cost of governance, increase internally generated revenues and drive investments to the state as vital to the continued growth of the state.