Politicians encouraging terrorism in Nigeria – Governor Aregbesola

Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola, has blamed the rising state of terrorism in the country on political players.

The Governor said this yesterday in Osogbo, Osun State capital during the inauguration of a N100m micro-credit scheme initiated by Senator Sola Adeyeye, who represents Osun-Central senatorial district in the national assembly.

According to him: “What we are doing is providing economic empowerment for our people on equal basis without regard to religion, ideology, ethnicity, social status and party affiliation.

“In some other parties, they bring money and gifts acquired from questionable sources to their party secretariat and start sharing to the members.

“Once the largesse is exhausted, the members are back, asking for more. When the gifts cease, the members become freelance terrorists, holding the nation and the rest of us to ransom.

“In our own case, what we are providing for the people is the capacity to be self-sufficient through hard work. This is the Omoluabi ethos that makes hard work the gateway to wealth creation.”

Aresegbesola called on politicians to always place the interest of the masses on top priority.

He added that the scheme was initiated by the senator to empower the youth and the unemployed in the district.

He said, “With this micro-credit gesture, Senator Adeyeye will be building on the great effort of the Action Congress of Nigeria in the state.”

Earlier in his remark, Adeyeye expressed happiness over the support given to the project by the Osun state government, particularly the Governor.

He assured that the loan would be disbursed across all 116 wards in the Osun-Central senatorial district.

The Senator said, “The minimum credit per person is N25,000 while the maxim amount has yet to be determined. The idea of the micro-credit scheme is to lessen the hardship involved in getting loans from banks.”

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