Peoples Democratic Party in Ekiti State has accused Governor
Kayode Fayemi of alleged plot to use the 19 new Local Council Development Areas
as conduits to siphon about N10bn out of the state’s treasury.
The party in a statement by its State Publicity Secretary,
Kola Oluwawole, in Ado-Ekiti on Thursday alleged that the money would be taken
out of the treasury before the October 15 expiration time of the
administration.
It alleged that the money was part of the accumulated
slashed allocations due to the original 16 local government areas, and other
foreign and local aids collected by the All Progressives Congress government
since its inception in October 2010.
But the Commissioner for Information, Tayo Ekundayo, in his
reaction refuted the allegation saying, “such money is not available in the
first place.”
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“If what they are saying is true which I know is not true
they should wait till October 16 when this government will leave and have
access to the financial records of the state.
“I am not aware of any N10bn the new local governments will
have access to, these people are stark illiterates who don’t know the financial
records of the state and know nothing about governance. It is a total lie and
it is meant to cause confusion in the polity,” Ekundayo added.
Oluwawole alleged that the APC government had been operating
an account in one of the first
generation banks since 2010 where the money had been kept.
“The money has been moved from the bank as at Wednesday
after an all night meeting where the governor informed his aides that the
leadership of the APC has asked him to go ahead and sign the LGDAs bill the
following morning, while caretaker committees will be inaugurated to manage the
affairs and sign for the money as their take-off grants.”
According to him, federal allocations due to the to the
recognised 16 local government councils for the months of August, September and
October this year have also been slated for sharing with the council caretaker chairmen
billed to be coerced into the arrangements for cover-up.
He also alleged that the shares of the state from the crude
oil surplus which were not spent because of the N25bn bond obtained by the
state government were being tampered with.
Besides, he alleged that donations and reserved counterpart
funds meant for the State Universal Basic Education Board and Millennium
Development Goals Funds, would be touched.
The PDP called on the people and relevant stakeholders to as
a matter of urgency caution the outgoing government to desist from financial
recklessness and leave Ekiti treasury in good state for the sake of posterity.
(PUNCH)
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