Go and pay salaries first – APC tells Governor

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti state has called on Governor Ayo Fayose to pay workers their salaries before embarking on his presidential ambition.

The Ekitit APC spokesman, Taiwo Olatunbosun also accused the Governor of awarding contracts to his friends.

Olatunbosun said that Fayose has been running the state finances like it is his private treasury.

He said “It is the height of wickedness for Fayose to always call teachers to meetings like he did this week to brainwash them on the state’s poor finances and later give them N1,500 pittance for transport until the next brainwashing session with these teachers in empty stomachs while he enjoys full life misapplying state’s money for his fancies.

“This is more condemnable against the backdrop of facts available to Ekiti people that Fayose has been awarding contracts at over-bloated costs to his friends outside Ekiti State contrary to his promise to patronise indigenous contractors during his campaigns."

Adding that “The presidential declaration is a distraction to keep Ekiti busy from keeping attention to his illegality in the application of Ekiti money for selfish purposes and a ploy to embark on whipping up sentiments to escape justice in his misapplication of Ekiti money.

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“We urge the EFCC to be meticulous in their investigations into how the governor misapplied bailout of N20b, CBN’s N2b loan for small-scale enterprises, N10b loan for projects, N2.8b UBEC/Subeb counterpart fund (which was not matched by the state Govt),Monthly allocation from the Federation Account to Local govt council and Paris Club cash that he has diverted to his ill-motivated projects for selfish motives, while Ekiti people go to bed in empty stomachs.”

According to reports, a former minister of aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has thrown his weightbehind the Ekiti state Governor’s quest to become Nigeria’s President.