The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has told Governor Rauf Aregbesola
of Osun state, to sell the helicopter purchased for
security
surveillance and use the money from the sale to pay salaries of workers
in the state, noting that, Aregbesola is using the helicopter for
personal trips.
In a statement issued by Diran Odeyemi, Director,
Media and Strategy of the PDP in Osun, he said: “The PDP is urging the
government to sell the helicopter Governor Aregbesola said was procured
for the state and he should 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 traveling needs of Aregbesola and his family. This remains
one draining pipe that must be blocked.
“The governor and his
aides should also forthwith stop traveling in chartered aircraft around
the world. If President Muhammadu Buhari could be traveling on British
Airways, even when aircrafts in Presidential fleet are available, there
is need for Governor Aregbesola to borrow a leaf,” the statement read.
The
party also accused the governor of wasting the the state’s resources on
politics and arming of a group of youth he called State Boys. “Also, a
group of miscreants called ‘State Boys’ are being illegal armed and
financed by government to unleash terror on many indigenes of the state
by the ruling party.
The PDP urged newly elected members of Osun
Assembly not to allow themselves be rubber stamp of Aregbesola. “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.”
“It is
also fresh in our minds, the huge amount Ogbeni Aregbesola expended on
the last Ekiti governorship poll, Lagos governorship poll, and the
presidential project of the All Progressive Congress, APC.
“All
these actions and many other wasteful spending led us to where we are
now, which if they could be reversed, could bring financial reserves for
the state.
“But if Ogbeni Aregbesola will not treat this advise
with disdain, and henceforth, begin to act as governor of all, we
believe at least, he will be able to pay few months of the backlog of
salaries owed workers and retirees.”
Source: PM News
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