Hehehe....The Peoples Democratic Party has advised
Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, to sell the helicopter
purchased for security surveillance and stop ‘wasteful spending’ in
order to raise money to pay salaries of workers in the state.
The Director of Media and Strategy of
the PDP in Osun State, Mr. Diran Odeyemi, gave this advice in a
statement made available to our correspondent in Osogbo on Sunday.
The statement read, “The PDP is urging
the government to sell the helicopter Governor Aregbesola said was
procured for the state. He should also stop frivolous trips to Cuba.
“What
this administration told us was that the helicopter was to be used for
surveillance, but we have since discovered that the machine is only
serving the travelling needs of Mr. Aregbesola and his family. This
remains one draining pipe that must be blocked.
“The governor and his aides should also
forthwith stop travelling in chartered aircraft around the world. If
President Muhammadu Buhari could be travelling on British Airways, even
when aircrafts in presidential fleet are available, there is the need
for Governor Aregbesola to borrow a leave.”
The opposition party also accused the
governor of wasting the state’s resources on politics and arming of a
group of youth he called “State Boys.”
The PDP called on the newly elected
members of the Osun State House of Assembly not to turn themselves to
rubber stamp of the executive arm of the government.
According to the party, the people of
the state now place their hope on the lawmakers to check the ‘excesses
of the governor’ in the interest of the masses.
The statement read further, “The whole
world is aware of the fact that former Ekiti lawmakers were heavily
bribed on the bill of Osun State for several months, where they mapped
out strategies on how to impeach Governor Fayose.
“It is also fresh in minds the huge
amount Ogbeni Aregbesola expended on the last Ekiti State governorship
poll, Lagos State governorship poll and the Presidential project of the
All Progressive Congress.
“Also, a group of miscreants called
“State Boys” are being illegally armed and financed by the government to
unleash terror on many indigenes of the state by the ruling party.
“All these actions and many others
wasteful spending led us to where we are now, which if they could be
reversed, could bring financial reserves to the state.
“But if Ogbeni Aregbesola will not treat
this advice with disdain, and henceforth, begin to act as the governor
of all, we believe at least he will be able to pay few months of the
backlog of salaries owed workers and retirees.”
However, the governor described the suggestions and allegations from the opposition party as infantile.
Speaking through a statement issued by
his media aide, Mr. Semiu Okanlawon, Aregbesola said the PDP was just
seeking cheap publicity with their suggestions and spurious allegations.
The statement read, “The suggestion
shows clearly how degenerate the PDP has become in the thinking process
of its leaders to have come up with the selling of a mere helicopter in
order to pay salaries.
“It is disheartening this is how
degenerate the PDP has become in their thinking process. They screamed
ignorantly about two years ago that Osun procured a helicopter with a
sum of N8bn. We had asked them to find out the cost of a Boeing plane,
let alone a helicopter which was only leased and it was to beef up the
Osun Swift Action Squad (SAS) for its aerial surveillance. This was
clear to all in the state that the helicopter was procured as part of
the Rauf Aregbesola administration’s comprehensive security measures to
drive criminals far away from the state.
“For the PDP in its narrow and
pedestrian thinking to tell us to sell the helicopter is a sign of
intellectual laziness. The allegations that Aregbesola uses the
helicopter for his personal use lack any evidence.
“It is obvious that the PDP, after it
has reached its final bus stop of defeat rigmarole, as typified by the
Supreme Court decision of May 27, is merely looking for something to
keep it relevant.
“But come to think of it! What could be
relevant in a party that never had any touch with the people? What could
be relevant in a party that cannot even organise itself to give
credible and virile opposition? It is therefore certain that
allegations, such as Aregbesola financing Lagos, Ekiti and Muhammadu
Buhari’s elections are not only laughable; they demonstrate the fact
that the PDP cannot even be rescued from its self-inflicted tragedy. It
is a party eternally rejected.”
“This certainly cannot be the path to go
if its intention is to be an opposition party. An opposition party that
will help the people to know what the people want.
“The people of Osun need adequate
security which PDP failed to provide throughout Nigeria in its 16 years
of misrule. The People of Osun require good governance which the PDP
could not give them. I therefore advise that shameful lies such as those
Odeyemi cooked up again and threw to the media would not help the
party. They would help sink it deeper.”
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