By; BAYO AKAMO, Ibadan Oyo State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Sunday, called on Governor Seyi Makinde to forget about his dec
By; BAYO AKAMO, Ibadan
Oyo State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Sunday, called on Governor Seyi Makinde to forget about his decision to spend N63.5billion for the overhauling of the state Government House
The party in a statement made available by its state Publicity Secretary, Comrade Olawale Sadare, said the governor should reverse his decision on the Government House for now.
Oyo State APC in the statement, described the planned overhauling of the Government House”as height of profligacy, insensitivity and impunity, which has the tendency to further wreck the economy of the state.”
According to the party, Gov Makinde is allegedly treating the people of the state with utter disdain and disrespect, “as all he could do to defend the reckless spending in the name of Government House renovation was to announce another plan to purchase two aircrafts for him to monitor criminals from the air space.
” We watched keenly as concerned individuals and groups across the globe condemned the decision of Gov. Makinde through the payment of huge sums on white elephant projects and misplaced priorities”, it said
The party added, “Interestingly, most of those who did not take us seriously when we raised the alarm on the production of 212,505 copies of exercise books for public school pupils at the rate of N2100 per copy in 2019 are now the leading voices against the same Gov. Makinde.
“To make the matter worst, Gov. Makinde failed to justify the decision to expend so much billions on the renovation of structures which had been built to last decades several years ago and renovated to taste by the immediate past administration of the ever-neat and classy Senator Abiola Ajimobi in 2017”.
It stressed, “All that played out in Gov. Makinde’s official address to the state lawmakers at the Oyo State House of Assembly on Thursday, was a futile attempt to cover up a case of alleged brazen corruption and impunity.
” At the same time, Gov. Makinde has a lot to tell the world about alleged contract splitting which has been established in the ongoing upgrade of Alakia Airport because he has not explained why he had to release another N10 billion and now N14.3billion for the the same project estimated to gulp N14.3billion to complete and after full payment had been made, the governor keeps making fresh budget as extra billions are being paid by the state government”.
Oyo APC maintained, “On the issue of aircrafts, The best thing which Gov. Makinde would do is to pay for two new airplanes from the coffers of the state and then allegedly bring one Tokunboh private jet which would move him and his cronies around the world at the expense of the masses.
” Aircrafts are not what Oyo State needs at the moment to combat crime but synergy among stakeholders, motivation of security agents and deployment of relevant technologies as the idea of surveillance with airplane is premature.”
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