The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has advised Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State to sell the helicopter purchased for security surveillance and stop ‘wasteful spending’ in order to raise money to clear the backlog of workers’ salaries in the state.
PDP’s Director of Media and Strategy in Osun State, Mr. Diran Odeyemi, gave this advice in a statement released in Osogbo yesterday, where he charged Aregbesola and his aides to immediately stop travelling in chartered aircraft around the world, stressing that, “If President Muhammadu Buhari could be travelling on British Airways, even when aircrafts in presidential fleet are available, there is the need for Governor Aregbesola to borrow a leave.”
According to the statement, “The PDP is urging the government to sell the helicopter Governor Aregbesola said was procured for the state. He should also 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 travelling needs of Mr. Aregbesola and his family. This remains one draining pipe that must be blocked.
The PDP further accused the Osun governor of wasting the state’s resources on politics and arming of a group of youth it called “State Boys,” and urged the newly elected members of the Osun State House of Assembly against turning themselves to rubber stamp of the executive arm of the government.
According to the party, 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.
The statement read further, “The whole world is aware of the fact that former Ekiti lawmakers were heavily bribed on the bill of Osun State for several months, where they mapped out strategies on how to impeach Governor Fayose.
“It is also fresh in minds the huge amount Ogbeni Aregbesola expended on the last Ekiti State governorship poll, Lagos State governorship poll and the Presidential project of the All Progressive Congress.
“Also, a group of miscreants called “State Boys” are being illegally armed and financed by the government to unleash terror on many indigenes of the state by the ruling party.
“All these actions and many others wasteful spending led us to where we are now, which if they could be reversed, could bring financial reserves to the state.
“But if Ogbeni Aregbesola will not treat this advice with disdain, and henceforth, begin to act as the governor of all, we believe at least he will be able to pay few months of the backlog of salaries owed workers and retirees,” it noted.
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