• Nothing on floor to justify over N500b allocations, Ojo claims
A Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Get together (PDP) and former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has stated that Governor Biodun Oyebanji will break his document and likewise surpass it.
Fayose stated that Oyebanji may also surpass the document by profitable in all 177 wards of the state. He famous that Oyebanji confirmed political power throughout his submission of the nomination kind in Abuja yesterday.
The previous governor stated that by the array of political bigwigs that accompanied Oyebanji to submit his celebration’s nomination kind, it ought to now be clear to these nonetheless hanging on false hopes that there can be no emptiness within the Ekiti Authorities Home till 2030.
He stated, “The governor won’t solely break my document of 16 – 0, he’ll surpass it by profitable all 177 wards.” Fayose, who reiterated that he was not a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), careworn that he remained a supporter of Oyebanji and President Bola Tinubu, including that he owed no one any apology for doing so.
MEANWHILE, forward of the Ekiti State governorship major of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), a number one aspirant, Kayode Olubunmi Ojo, insists that there’s nothing on the bottom to justify the statutory allocation of over N500 billion to the state inside the final three years.
Ojo, who spoke to reporters shortly after he submitted his expression of curiosity and nomination varieties to vie for the exalted seat on the celebration secretariat in Abuja yesterday, expressed optimism that he would upstage Governor Biodun Oyebanji on the celebration primaries billed to be held on October 27 this 12 months.
He claimed that data present that between November 2022 and June 2025, N292.24 billion was obtained as federal allocation by the state, with Internally Generated Income at N89.6 billion, along with federal allocations to native councils exceeding N150 billion, not together with numerous Federal Authorities interventions and loans.
Ojo, who’s rumoured to benefit from the backing of the Presidency, maintained that the funds might have been used to rework the state, stating that as a substitute, beneath the present administration, there aren’t any “seen outcomes” on the bottom to justify the utilization of the monies.
Faulting the notion held in sure quarters that he enjoys the help of the Presidency, he pledged to grant full autonomy to native councils within the state if voted into energy.
