Fayose clears air on allocation, says state got N2.5bn

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, has
said the state government got a net
allocation of N2.5 billion from the
Federation Account for the month of July,
contrary to insinuations by the opposition All
Progressives Congress (APC) that it got over
N9 billion. He made this disclosure in Ado-
Ekiti on Monday while speaking on state
radio and television.
In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary,
Mr Idowu Adelusi, the governor challenged
the APC and any other person or group
having any contrary figures to make that
public. Brandishing the allocation paper that
came from Abuja, the governor said after the
deduction of over N900 million to service the
state's debts, what eventually came to the
state was N2.51 billion. He added that the
16 local governments were given N2.01
billion.
"Those peddling unfounded rumours
were given their own opportunity to
lead the state and they left the state
in huge debts. Their failed, white
elephant projects litter the state. The
uncompleted civic centre, the new
Governor's Office along NTA Road
where they only scrapped the ground.
The pavilion was uncompleted and left
in a state of disrepair.
"I have always make known whatever
comes to the state as allocations.
There is nothing to hide as even the
federal authorities do publish the
allocations in daily newspapers. Their
mischief has failed and by God's grace
they cannot defeat me. Let them
continue to delude themselves, Ekiti
people are no fools, they know the
truth and those who stand for the
truth," he said.
The governor also used the occasion to
announce that the social security scheme of
the state government where 1000 people
would be paid N5000 monthly would soon
take off. He gave the assurance that the
money would be paid directly into people's
accounts and not given to anybody to
disburse. Governor Fayose also urged
pensioners in the state yet to complete their
verification exercise to do so between
Tuesday and Thursday this week.
He added that about 11000 had been verified
and about 3000 were yet to take part.
Emphasizing the importance of the exercise,
the governor said only those that had been
verified would be paid this month.