The war of words going on between Gov. Ayodele Fayose and his predecessor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi is far from over as the Ekiti State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has accused Governor Fayose, of fabricating lies about the cost of the state’s Government House, the beds and the welfare of teachers in the state.
It said the governor was churning out lies to the public by claiming that Dr. Fayemi spent N50m on beds in his and his wife’s bedrooms at the newly built Ekiti State Government House.
It will recalled that Fayose has variuosly accused Dr. Fayemi of wasting state’s funds on the new government house at the dentriment of the people of the state while also neglecting the workers in the state.
The party, in a statement released in Ado Ekiti by its publicity secretary, Taiwo Olatunbosun on Sunday said Fayose had been churning out lies consistently to discredit Dr. Fayemi.
The statement entitled, “Fayose’s season of lies” challenged Fayose to release independently verifiable documentary evidence to proof his claims because no bed in the lodge cost more than N2m, adding that the money spent on the government house was less than N2bn.
The party said, “This is how Mr. Fayose lied about a non existent N50m bed in the Government House when he knows there is no bed that is costlier than N2m in that lodge. Governor Fayemi served Ekiti with diligence, candour and deprivation.
“Mr. Fayose knows that he lied about the N3bn cost of the new Government House and a non existent N50m bed as no bed costs more than N2m in that lodge and we challenge him to release independently verifiable documentary evidence to proof us wrong.
“He knows that the money spent on the government house is less than N2bn. Nobody could deny the fact that the government house is a legacy bequeathed by the Fayemi administration for the use of subsequent Governors.
“No wonder Governor Fayose now sleeps and works from the same government house that he has condemned. What a man lacking in integrity! Whether Governor Fayose likes it or not, Ekiti will forever be grateful for the monument.
“We respect the office of the Governor, which Dr. Fayemi occupied with grace and candour, but if the current holder of that office choose to denigrate it by lying shamelessly, our party owe it a duty to put things in the right perspective.
“Mr. Fayose, who accuses others of preferring self comfort to the well being of the generality of the people is a pretender and a hypocrite.
“This is somebody who bought a N43m Range Rover vehicle on credit as Governor-elect and passed the bill to the state government only for him to deceive the hapless masses with a 1965 Mercedes Benz as official car on his inauguration day!”
The APC statement also said the governor’s statement about acreditation of courses at state University showed him off as a man who either lacked information and proper briefing on the transformation that took place there under Fayemi “or he is simply mischievous”.
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