Fresh N11b Refund Is For Infrastructure, Says Fayose
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The Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has declared that the latest refund of N11b by Federal Government is for infrastructure.
Speaking with some reporters at the Government House in Ado, Fayose's media aide, Lere Olayinka, said although the governor sympathised with the workers over unpaid salaries, the government cannot abandon some infrastructure that are nearing completion for the next administration to take the glory.

"Salary payment is not something that a succeeding administration can ignore to pay, but it can decide to abandon uncompleted projects. That is why the completion of ongoing projects is very important and that is why Governor Fayose had decided to devote the N11b to projects completion," he explained.

He blamed the Federal Government officials for making the payment of the refund public by disclosing to some journalists in Abuja, who published the story that is now putting pressure on the government as workers had already banked on the refund for the payment of their salary arrears.

Olayinka, who explained that the earlier denial of the refund was a mistake at the time the governor was in Benue to commiserate with Agatu people over the heldsmen killings, said the governor would try his best within available resources to pay workers' salaries.
Speaking on Fayose's visit to Benue State to commiserate with the victims of herdsmen's killings, he justified why Fayose donated bigger money than Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, explaining that while Wike didnt have similar experience with Ekiti State where an Agatu man lost his life to some herdsmen, Fayose had to do more to placate the people that lost their lives in Ekiti.

He explained: "Governor Fayose needed to donate bigger money to help the people of Benue who lost their people to herdsmen in Ekiti and to also fight the herdsmen to a standstill.

"While Governor Wike gave N200m, we donated N350million because we won't allow Fulani men to wipe out a tribe that is struggling to make ends meet through farming but that are being deprived of earning a living on their own land.

"Ekiti people are happy with the infrastructure recorded in our time, especially the bridge. Even the opposition party in the state has commended our brilliant moves, and so that is why we must continue with the good work on infrastructure and we are sure that salary will be sorted out gradually by Prof. Eleka when he assumes office."

Speaking on the trouble within PDP over the choice of Eleka as the governorship candidate, Olayinka said there is no longer any crisis in the party "except for a belligerent few who are so blindfolded and will do anything to get elected even when obviously they are unsellable".

He said: "Take Adeyeye for instance, a man who can't even handle the duties of the national secretariat of the party effectively wants to be governor to be in charge of a whole state that has witnessed rapid infrastructure development.

"Can't you see the radio station he runs in Ekiti State that has lost bearing because it was created to fight the governor?
"What development did Ekiti State University record when Adeyeye was the Chairman of the Council?

"It is obvious, his managerial skills call for worry."

He downplayed the salary arrears owed Ekiti State workers, saying even though Fayose was owing workers between eight and nine months, the workers' likeness for the governor was unshakable.

"Salary payment default is not peculiar to Ekiti State and we won't offload it one night; it's a gradual process.
"Slowly and steadily, we will get it paid but not with the N11billion received a few days ago," he said.

He added that Eleka's flag off campaign will shake the state and criticised the Federal Government for always making any refund to Ekiti State a public issue to set workers against the governor over salary demand.
"The Federal Government can continue using pages of newspapers and Internet to declare every kobo they paid to us.

"It is our right and we won't be deterred in making progress in terms of infrastructure," he concluded.

Op could you add a link to the post?
Meanwhile I am very disappointed in this wicked form of governance by Fayose. Some weeks back he called a press conference alleging he couldn't pay backlog of salaries due to non release of funds from FG. Now the funds are released and he is making a somersault. What does he take Ekiti people for? Any leader with no respect for the followership cannot go far.
I have a soft spot for the PDP but individuals like Fayose are bad market for the party.

JESU

"Salary payment is not something that a succeeding administration can ignore to pay, but it can decide to abandon uncompleted projects. That is why the completion of ongoing projects is very important and that is why Governor Fayose had decided to devote the N11b to projects completion," he explained.

So, based on this warped logic, Fayose would rather leave unpaid salaries for the next administration to immediately be under intense pressure.

That is to say his "stomach" infrastructure is priority while his worker's stomachs must stay empty?
.. so much for common sense!

Ekiti State did not receive N11bn from FG
Our APC friends are still trying to sustain their lies that FG paid Ekiti govt N11bn for federal roads constructed. They have even issued Press Statement in my name.
Question is: Could the FG have paid N11bn to Ekiti State without the major media houses reporting it?
Fact is, no N11bn was paid to Ekiti State and interested members of the public can check Federal Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Works and Accountant General of the Federation WEBSITES.
Between 2004 and 2014, Ekiti State government spent a sum of N15, 720,513,024.08 on construction and rehabilitation of federal roads in the State, out of which N3.5bn was refunded.
N1.5bn was refunded in November 2004 while N2bn was refunded in December 2007.
The total refund still due to Ekiti State is N12.2bn.
Since 2007, no refund has been made to Ekiti State by the FG.
It should be recalled that in 2015, these same APC people went town with the story of FG refunding N22bn to Ekiti State.
The mischief in their heads didn't let them realise that FG only owed Ekiti N12.2bn. How could FG that is owing N12.2bn have refunded N22bn?
Since the devilish suit they filed in Abeokuta, Ogun State, asking the FG not to pay the N12.2bn owed Ekiti State to the govt of Fayose was exposed, the APC spin-doctors went to town with the lie that N11bn was paid.
Finally, I wish to state once again that no N11bn was paid to Ekiti State. In fact, court papers on the suit filed by Fayemi's former Commissioner for Finance, Dapo Kolawole was served on the govt last week Friday and effort is now being made by the State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice to respond to the suit.
Ekiti people, especially the public servants should therefore discountenace any report on Social media, claiming that N11bn was paid to Ekiti State by the FG.
Lere Olayinka
SA Public Communications and New Media
12-02-18

Thanks for the clarification.

iyilax:
Ekiti State did not receive N11bn from FG
Our APC friends are still trying to sustain their lies that FG paid Ekiti govt N11bn for federal roads constructed. They have even issued Press Statement in my name.
Question is: Could the FG have paid N11bn to Ekiti State without the major media houses reporting it?
Fact is, no N11bn was paid to Ekiti State and interested members of the public can check Federal Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Works and Accountant General of the Federation WEBSITES.
Between 2004 and 2014, Ekiti State government spent a sum of N15, 720,513,024.08 on construction and rehabilitation of federal roads in the State, out of which N3.5bn was refunded.
N1.5bn was refunded in November 2004 while N2bn was refunded in December 2007.
The total refund still due to Ekiti State is N12.2bn.
Since 2007, no refund has been made to Ekiti State by the FG.
It should be recalled that in 2015, these same APC people went town with the story of FG refunding N22bn to Ekiti State.
The mischief in their heads didn't let them realise that FG only owed Ekiti N12.2bn. How could FG that is owing N12.2bn have refunded N22bn?
Since the devilish suit they filed in Abeokuta, Ogun State, asking the FG not to pay the N12.2bn owed Ekiti State to the govt of Fayose was exposed, the APC spin-doctors went to town with the lie that N11bn was paid.
Finally, I wish to state once again that no N11bn was paid to Ekiti State. In fact, court papers on the suit filed by Fayemi's former Commissioner for Finance, Dapo Kolawole was served on the govt last week Friday and effort is now being made by the State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice to respond to the suit.
Ekiti people, especially the public servants should therefore discountenace any report on Social media, claiming that N11bn was paid to Ekiti State by the FG.
Lere Olayinka
SA Public Communications and New Media
12-02-18

"Ekiti people are happy with the infrastructure recorded in our time, especially the bridge. Even the opposition party in the state has commended our brilliant moves, and so that is why we must continue with the good work on infrastructure and we are sure that salary will be sorted out gradually by Prof. Eleka when he assumes office."

The same clown wey neva commission 1 single project on top of 1 year unpaid workers salary....lmao


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