Shady deals: Ekiti PDP faults Fayemi’s denial

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State has described as an afterthought, the defence put up by the outgoing administration of Governor Kayode Fayemi that it is engaged in last minute illegal financial transactions and recruitment of workers into the state’s public service.
The party also said Fayemi’s denial, sent by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Yinka Oyebode, and his Commissioner for Information, Mr Tayo Ekundayo, as contradicting each other.
The PDP, in a statement in Ado-Ekiti on Tuesday by the State Publicity Secretary, Pastor Kola Oluwawole, added that it had discovered more illegal deals and underhand on the part of the administration.
The PDP described the rebuttal by Fayemi as a statement laced with inconsistencies and deliberate falsification of facts.
The PDP said it had many facts and evidence to buttress its points, and that Fayemi’s call for the presentation of such would not scare it.
“The Commissioner for Information, Mr Tayo Ekundayo, who in his defence of the allegations, confirmed that the recruitment of workers is an ongoing process, while in another breadth, the administration denied employing new workers,” the PDP said.
Oluwawole reiterated the claims that the outgoing government commenced massive recruitment into the civil service, Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital and Local Government Service Commission after it was roundly defeated in the June 21 governorship poll.
“One of the letters of appointment issued to one Bamikole Bukola Rebecca with reference No EKSUTH/C/005/430 and dated 1st July, 2014 which was signed by the Acting Director of Administration of the Hospital, Mr Deji Dada, read in part: “With reference to your application for appointment dated 25th June, 2014, I write on behalf of Board of Management to offer you the post of Assistant Executive Officer (GD) at a commence salary of N378,719 per annum in the salary scale of CONHESS 5 step 1 with effect from the date you assume duty.
“At the moment, the Local Government Service Commission is recruiting with sales of employment forms at the rate of N500 per form payable to a Zenith Bank account number 1010750224.
“Tayo Ekundayo in his reaction to our accusation that the outgoing government of the All Progressives Congress has continued with mass recruitment of staff into the civil service and Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital stated that the employment started before the election that ousted his party and that the employment process would not be halted; adding that the PDP should shut up and wait for their time.
“The commissioner has confirmed the ridiculous exercise, the governor still went ahead to deny the fact on ground.
“Is it not ridiculous that the same governor that has continued to deny all these allegations is the one that ordered the redeployment of all the senior staff of the State Housing Corporation from salary grade level 13 and above just to pave the way for the monumental fraud that is being perpetrated there now,” the PDP added.
PDP also alleged that the outgoing government had wasted about N700 million on ‘thank you’ billboards produced by the Ekiti State Signage Agency, and that the billboards were now lying uselessly once the election didn’t go the way of the APC.
“We want to challenge the governor to explain to the world what happened to the N300 million budgeted for the commissioning of Ikogosi Warm Spring Resorts and why some members of the organising committee for the commissioning were sidetracked when they complained about the outrageous amount budgeted and purportedly released for the occasion.
“The same thing goes for the Fountain Holdings Limited where the Administrative Manager of the state-owned Investment Company, Mr Olaniyi Olakunle, was hurriedly sacked because he queried why the company has refused to remit money to the coffers of the state government, but rather the proceeds are been shared by some few politicians of APC clan. In his dis-engagement letter signed by the Head Admin./Human Resources, Adeleye Olubunmi, dated 7th August 2014, Mr Olakunle was said to be redundant so he has to leave the fraud in the organisation to have a smooth ride,” the PDP alleged.
Oluwawole said that one would have expected the outgoing governor to exercise some level of decency at this time that his tenure is about to expire than resulting to whole some lies to curry public sympathy after his ignominious defeat by the Governor-Elect, Dr Ayo Fayose in the June 21 governorship election in Ekiti State, adding that it would have been better for him to tell the truth instead of beating about the bush in his reactions.
“All these allegations are not in any way deniable because most of them are so physical and of public knowledge to whom Fayemi’s rebuttal are directed, one would have expected him to keep silent or explain his motives behind such inglorious actions rather than mounting lies upon falsehood in defence of aberrations.”