The Peoples Democratic Party in Osun State has
accused Governor Rauf Aregbesola of paying
N20billion to Slava Yediteppe, a contractor
handling one of the road projects in the state,
from the N34.988 bailout received from the
Central Bank of Nigeria.
The Director of Media and Strategy of the PDP in Osun State, Diran Odeyemi, who made this allegation in a statement made available to journalists in Osogbo added that it is wrong for the Governor to pay the contractor from the fund purposely meant to pay backlog of workers’ salaries and pensions. The PDP claimed the N35 billion was fixed in two banks and one of the transactions was recalled and the fund was used to effect the payment made to the contractor last Thursday, while the other transaction was still intact. Odeyemi said the stringent conditions the governor gave the workers to meet before paying their salary arrears confirms the party’s allegation that Aregbesola had fixed the bailout fund for profit. The Party called on President Muhammadu Buhari to prevail on the Governor to pay the workers and pensioners, which, they said, were the motive behind granting the state the loan. Odeyemi said the fresh screening exercise the state government ordered is a time wasting tactic to buy time for the transaction to become mature in the bank. Okanlawon, while reacting to a similar allegation last week, described the PDP’s claim as a fabrication aimed at inciting workers and people of the state against the Governor.
The Director of Media and Strategy of the PDP in Osun State, Diran Odeyemi, who made this allegation in a statement made available to journalists in Osogbo added that it is wrong for the Governor to pay the contractor from the fund purposely meant to pay backlog of workers’ salaries and pensions. The PDP claimed the N35 billion was fixed in two banks and one of the transactions was recalled and the fund was used to effect the payment made to the contractor last Thursday, while the other transaction was still intact. Odeyemi said the stringent conditions the governor gave the workers to meet before paying their salary arrears confirms the party’s allegation that Aregbesola had fixed the bailout fund for profit. The Party called on President Muhammadu Buhari to prevail on the Governor to pay the workers and pensioners, which, they said, were the motive behind granting the state the loan. Odeyemi said the fresh screening exercise the state government ordered is a time wasting tactic to buy time for the transaction to become mature in the bank. Okanlawon, while reacting to a similar allegation last week, described the PDP’s claim as a fabrication aimed at inciting workers and people of the state against the Governor.
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