The Secretary to the Ogun State Government, Barrister Taiwo Adeoluwa, has accused a former Governor of the state, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, of leaving an empty treasury and a N97 billion debt for the incumbent, Senator Ibikunle Amosun.
Adeoluwa, who spoke on Wednesday when he received members of the state Council of Hausa Communities in Abeokuta, the state capital, said the Amosun administration met virtually nothing in the treasury of the state when it assumed office.
According to Adeoluwa, if not for the financial acumen of Amosun, the state would have gone bankrupt.
The position of the SSG was contained in a statement by his Press Officer, Kunle Sokunbi.
He said it was Amosun’s prudence and resourcefulness that helped in stabilising the financial standing of the state.
Sokunbi quoted Adeoluwa as having told members of the state Council of Hausa Communities: “We met a state that salaries and subventions were owed.
“We met a state where pensions were owed for 32 months.
“Before they left, minimum wage was not paid.
“We inherited empty treasury.
“Even by their own admission, they said they left N50bn debt but we later discovered that the state was indebted to the tune of about N97bn.”
Adeoluwa, however, said with the management acumen of Amosun, the fortunes of the state had been turned around.
He said: “Our capital expenditure is more than our recurrent expenditure.
“I can confirm to you that we have not borrowed a dime to pay salaries since we came.
“Since we came, we have not owed anybody any salary and we will not owe.
“We get about N2.5bn from Abuja every month and we pay about N6.1bn as salaries.”
The Secretary of the Council of Hausa Communities, Alhaji Inuwa Garba, commended the state government for its people-oriented progammes.
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