EKITI State All Progressives Congress (APC) has reacted to Governor Ayo Fayose’s mocking of the legacies of his predecessor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, as not worthy of emulation and sustaining.
The APC, in a statement by its spokesman, Taiwo Olatunbosun, said rather than showing delight in destroying Fayemi’s legacies, “Fayose was not only destroying himself, but also mortgaging the future of Ekiti people through stomach infrastructure that provides a kilogramme of rice and three-month-old chicken at every Christmas”.
Olatunbosun said Fayemi’s projects presented the best opportunities for the state to grow, but Fayose has been hiding under non-existent debts to deny Ekiti people the needed development.
He added that 10 months after inauguration, the governor could not point to any project he had initiated, except conducting road shows, including buying pepper and tomatoes in open markets, to pose as a friend of the poor, even when all he had done so far tended towards taking sufferings to the doorsteps of Ekiti people.
“Fayose claimed that Ekiti owed N86 billion, when in reality the debt restructuring as released by the Debt Management Office (DMO) and published in ThisDay of Friday, August 21, 2015, confirmed Ekiti debt as N18. 8 billion after conversion to long-term bond.
“This has shown that Fayose is a pathological and serial liar. Ekiti people should now ask Fayose, where he got the N8 billion figure he has been bandying around that does not allow him implement development projects, including payments of gratuities and pensions for several months while also refusing to pay last year September salaries and five months salaries to traditional rulers after collecting allocations for the payments,” he said.
Olatunbosun also challenged Fayose to probe Fayemi, who has made himself available in the last 10 months, if he is sure of his allegations.