The Special Assistant to the Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, stated this while reacting to comments made on an Akure, Ondo State Radio Station on Friday by Fayemi
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ayemi refuted many allegations levelled against him by his successor, Ayo Fayose, whom he accused of elevating falsehood and deceit as an official policy of his (Fayose’s) administration
It was learnt that the running mate could be unveiled anytime from Monday as series of meetings have been held over who should be chosen
Olugbemi was reacting to his APC counterparts’ visit to Osun State where they alleged that their lives were no longer safe in Ekiti State
The award, which is the highest and most prestigious prize for outstanding intellectual and academic attainment, will be presented to Osundare by President Goodluck Jonathan on December 4 in Abuja
The chairman said the opposition party would soon be the ruling party, adding that nominees for each aspirant were non-voting members added to the committee to ensure transparency
According to the Governor’s Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, the governor took the decision as a temporary measure to make fund available for the payment of workers’ salaries and allowances
Owoseni Ajayi, the Special Assistant on Legal Matters to the state Governor, Ayo Fayose, who was screened and approved as commissioner, disclosed this in Ado-Ekiti on Monday
The immediate past administration, in a reaction to another round of allegations levelled against it by Governor Fayose, said it was high time the new government got its acts together
The group said its call became imperative to demonstrate openness, transparency and accountability, which the governor has promised in his second coming to office
He said: “The Oba Adejuyigbe General Hospital in Agric Olope Area of Ado-Ekiti that was commissioned on October 6, 2014 is yet to be completed as at today
According to a press statement issued in Ado Ekiti on Wednesday by his Chief Press Secretary, Idowu Adelusi, Fayose said Section 7 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, as amended, clearly spells out the authorities and procedures for the creation of local governments
The Ekiti Democratic Coalition, which made the allegation in a statement on Wednesday and signed by its Coordinator, Comrade Aderemi Olaleye, alleged that the lawmakers met with the National Leader of the APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and former Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State in Lagos on Tuesday
Fayose, in a statement by his Special Assistant Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, said the new government house was an act of insensitivity to the plight of Ekiti State people, many of whom cannot afford to feed once in a day
While the Fayose government said the Fayemi government left behind a debt of N84 billion, the immediate past administration described the claim as bogus
Governor Fayose had in his inaugural speech put the state’s debt profile at N57billion. A day earlier, he had put the figure at N89 billion during a television interview. This is in addition to the various unprintable words he used to describe the immediate past administration in the state, all in an attempt to paint a dismally poor state of finance for the state
Fayose, who spoke at his inauguration in Ado-Ekiti, equally hinted of a possible dissolution of the 19 Local Council Development Areas created by Fayemi in the twilight of his administration
The outgoing governor, who is the second governor in the history of the state to complete his four-year term, was received by a mammoth crowd of Isan indigenes, friends and well wishers who had been waiting him at Ilafon boundary of the town since 10am
Adebayo, who was the first elected governor of the state, said he was always happy when Fayemi’s strides were lauded by national and international organizations as unprecedented in the state
The former minister, who gave the charge during the commissioning of the State College of Technical and Commercial Agriculture, Isan Ekiti and Fountpar Food Processing Company in Ayedun Ekiti on Tuesday, said the people should be thankful that Fayemi worked for them and did not pocket the funds.