All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain and former Special Adviser to Osun State Governor on Environment, Bola Ilori, has chided the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for misruling Ondo State. He urged the people to reflect on the 40th year of existence of the state.
In a statement, Ilori said Ondo people can celebrate for living as one peaceful entity since the state was created by General Murtala Muhammed on February 3, 1976.
He added: “It is, however, regrettable, that despite its huge mineral and human resources, Ondo State is now competing with less endowed landlocked states like Ekiti and Osun for the title of highest salary debtor in the Southwest.
“Today, the oil producing and derivation collecting Ondo State owes more outstanding salaries, pension and deductions than any other state in the Southwest.”
While calling for more openness in governance, Ilori said: “Insincerity has eaten so deep into the governance ethos of the current band in Ondo State house that shame could not allow them reveal the real debt profile of the state. When other states declared their true debt and got bailout which was subsequently paid to their workers, Ondo state government chose to lie about the real debt profile and its now reaping the profane fruit of deceit as the bailout fund was consequentially sank by Access Bank because of huge undisclosed outstanding debt.
“I challenge the government to publish how it shared the N20 billion bailout fund it got from the APC- led Federal Government in October 2015.”
“Nobody has received any salary or pension in Ondo State since October 2015 till date,” Ilori noted.
He admonished the people to bring the state into the mainstream of the change agenda with their votes, adding ‘a fool at 40 is a fool forever’.
Ilori also urged the people to take charge and rescue the state from the present rudderless PDP government.
“No more foolery in Ondo, change cometh!.”