Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State and the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, have disagreed on the Governor’s performance in office within the last one year.
While Fayose maintained that his performance has been “satisfactory,” the APC described his showing in office as a “celebration of reversal of fortunes” for the people.
Speaking yesterday in Ado-Ekiti , the governor insisted that he had done creditably well in office, despite the state’s financial challenges.
He stressed that “I have said that I will leave no project uncompleted during my four–year term. It is my duty to ensure that all Ekiti residents enjoy the dividends of democracy.
“Though, we have paucity of funds and within the little resources we have, I think I have satisfied my conscience and done creditably well.”
But the APC Publicity Secretary, Taiwo Olatunbosun, who reacted through a statement, said: “The experience of Ekiti people in the last one year had shown clearly that there is nothing to celebrate in terms of achievements.”
Olatunbosun, who accused Fayose of running a one-man government without regard to the law, cited the new unbudgeted airport project that had led to the death of a farmer.
While alleging that there was no segment of the society that Fayose has not visited with pains and anguish, he said: “Thousands of young men engaged by former Governor Kayode Fayemi have lost their jobs, promotions for civil servants and teachers by Fayemi have been cancelled and statutory allowances to civil servants have been reduced while allowances to traditional rulers were cut by 40 per cent.
“The asphalt overlay at Fayose Market he inaugurated is an MDG project paid for by the Fayemi administration.
“The asphalt plant he “inaugurated” was bought and paid for by the Fayemi administration.
“Fayose only received the equipment when they were shipped into Nigeria.
“The Matthew Street road is the joke of the century as Fayose only fixed the culvert and graded some portions of the road, which he inaugurated as a project.
“This is nothing short of taking Ekiti people for a ride. It is chicanery of the highest form,” the APC spokesman stated.
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