Gov. Fayose
hehehehe........ Governor
Ayodele Fayose who stormed Abuja to meet the Minister of Finance, has
warned the Buhari-led federal government that they want to fight him,
they should focus on him and not to punish his people.
The action Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, on Wednesday,
stormed the Ministry of Finance in Abuja, over the alleged non-release
of his state’s January federal allocation and N1.1 billion budget
support fund.
While speaking with journalists in Abuja, Governor Fayose,
disclosed that his visit to the ministry was a follow-up to the alarm he
raised on Tuesday, that his state was yet to receive its January
allocation, after 35 states have gotten theirs.
It was gathered that the governor at a press conference in Ado
Ekiti, capital of the state, on Tuesday, raised the alarm that the
Federal Government seized the state’s federal allocation and budget
support fund for last month.
He said the development has subjected civil servants in the state
to undue hardship and that, if the federalgovernment wants to fight him,
it should focus on him and not punish his people.
“I believe I should do a follow-up, to meet with the Minister
of Finance, Mrs. kemi Adeosun, for an update, but, she actually called
me on Tuesday that she just got back and was going to look into it today
(yesterday) and have it resolved as soon as possible.
“You will, however, appreciate that Ekiti civil servants are
restive, having spent Christmas and there is no money in January,
obviously there will be challenges.
“By the time I got here, the minister had left for the Federal
Executive Council (FEC) meeting, but, I met her special adviser, who
assured me that the matter would be resolved when the minister gets
back.
“What we are talking about is a part of the monthly allocation
and the budget support, which is about N1.1 billion that has not been
paid.
“I believe this should be done immediately and I want to
believe, also, that it was a mix up and not political but if it is
political, they will have a lot of questions to answer why it should be
so.
“If they want to fight Fayose, they should fight Fayose, not
the civil servants of Ekiti. I appreciate the minister’s prompt response
and promise to resolve the matter. It is only Ekiti that is involved
and this is the second time; that explains why I was suspicious and had
to act fast…”
Speaking further, fayose added: “I got a text from the Central
Bank of Nigeria that the money has been paid and later, I learnt that
there was a withdrawal, onthat instruction that Ekiti was not included
in the list, out of the entire Federation.
“So, naturally, I have every reason to be curious and when it happened that it was just Ekiti State alone, I became suspicious.
“The minister has given me her words; at her level, as a minister, that is good enough.”
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