In this interview with KAMARUDEEN OGUNDELE , the Executive Director of Be the Change Organisation, Mrs. Omotunde Fajuyi, defends the call for Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose’sresignation
Why are you demanding for Governor Ayodele Fayose’s resignation?
There is no transparency in his government. First of all, I am an accountant. There is poor performance in budget implementation in Ekiti State. Nobody knows the state of the internally generated revenue. To compound the situation, the governor got N9.6bn bailout from the Federal Government and no one knows how he spent the money. The money was diverted to other areas other than what it was meant for. Workers that were supposed to get succour from the money released were alienated. When they asked, they could not get a satisfactory response from the governor. The governor claims he gets an average of N250m monthly from the internally generated revenue. For one year that is N3bn. For another six months that is N1.5bn. When you put that together, that is N4.5bn. That is enough to offset part of the salary arrears of the workers if he was honest enough. Money has been coming regularly and there is nothing to show for it. He has also made so much noise about the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s freezing of his account. He claimed the monies found in his two accounts were from sponsors of his election and not part of the missing arms deal money from the Office of the former National Security Adviser, Lt.Col Sambo Dasuki (retd). How does he explain that monies were paid into his account in 2015 at different instances? Are they parts of the money used to finance his election in 2014? The governor also does not show respect to anyone. It could be very annoying when people ask you questions bordering on their general wellbeing and you are putting up a bold face. People need to know what is happening to the state’s finances.
Why are you demanding for Governor Ayodele Fayose’s resignation?
There is no transparency in his government. First of all, I am an accountant. There is poor performance in budget implementation in Ekiti State. Nobody knows the state of the internally generated revenue. To compound the situation, the governor got N9.6bn bailout from the Federal Government and no one knows how he spent the money. The money was diverted to other areas other than what it was meant for. Workers that were supposed to get succour from the money released were alienated. When they asked, they could not get a satisfactory response from the governor. The governor claims he gets an average of N250m monthly from the internally generated revenue. For one year that is N3bn. For another six months that is N1.5bn. When you put that together, that is N4.5bn. That is enough to offset part of the salary arrears of the workers if he was honest enough. Money has been coming regularly and there is nothing to show for it. He has also made so much noise about the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s freezing of his account. He claimed the monies found in his two accounts were from sponsors of his election and not part of the missing arms deal money from the Office of the former National Security Adviser, Lt.Col Sambo Dasuki (retd). How does he explain that monies were paid into his account in 2015 at different instances? Are they parts of the money used to finance his election in 2014? The governor also does not show respect to anyone. It could be very annoying when people ask you questions bordering on their general wellbeing and you are putting up a bold face. People need to know what is happening to the state’s finances.
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