Ekiti State Gov. Accused Of Awarding N200m Contract To Blood Brother

The All Progressive Congress in Ekiti State has accused the state Governor, Ayo Fayose, of awarding a multi-million Naira contract to his blood brother.

The party is alleging that the Governor awarded a N200m contract of repainting the Ekiti State Governor's Office to his brother.

In a statement released by the Ekiti State Publicity Secretary of APC, Taiwo Olatunbosun, on Monday, November 16, the party alleges that Gov. Fayose asked for marble to be put in front of the Government House and also accuses the Governor of bringing the marble workers from Ibadan, leaving out the state indigenes from benefiting from works in their own state.

"He told the Permanent Secretary, General Administration Department and Head of Service to find an alternative entrance for civil servants who work within the Governor's Office building because he doesn't want to be meeting the workers while coming in through the main entrance. This has been effected as civil servants in the Governor's Office now pass through the back to their offices, yet this is the class of people he professed to be his friends before the election and he has also cancelled the appointment of eight permanent secretaries that were legally appointed after passing necessary examinations according to the service rules," part of the statement read.

Since he became Governor of the state in September, Fayose has come under constant criticism from the opposition party, APC. The party recently released a statement assessing the first month of Fayose's Governorship. The party said that Fayose’s one month in office has been filled with gloom, anger and frustration.