Fayose clears air on allocation, says state got N2.5bn

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, has said the state government got a net
allocation of N2.5 billion from the Federation Account for the month of July, contrary to
insinuations by the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) that it got over N9
billion. He made this disclosure in Ado-Ekiti on Monday while speaking on state radio
and television.
In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Idowu Adelusi, the governor challenged
the APC and any other person or group having any contrary figures to make that public.
Brandishing the allocation paper that came from Abuja, the governor said after the
deduction of over N900 million to service the state's debts, what eventually came to the
state was N2.51 billion. He added that the 16 local governments were given N2.01
billion.
"Those peddling unfounded rumours were given their own opportunity to lead the
state and they left the state in huge debts. Their failed, white elephant projects
litter the state. The uncompleted civic centre, the new Governor's Office along
NTA Road where they only scrapped the ground. The pavilion was uncompleted
and left in a state of disrepair.
"I have always make known whatever comes to the state as allocations. There is
nothing to hide as even the federal authorities do publish the allocations in daily
newspapers. Their mischief has failed and by God's grace they cannot defeat
me. Let them continue to delude themselves, Ekiti people are no fools, they
know the truth and those who stand for the truth," he said.
The governor also used the occasion to announce that the social security scheme of
the state government where 1000 people would be paid N5000 monthly would soon
take off. He gave the assurance that the money would be paid directly into people's
accounts and not given to anybody to disburse. Governor Fayose also urged pensioners
in the state yet to complete their verification exercise to do so between Tuesday and
Thursday this week.
He added that about 11000 had been verified and about 3000 were yet to take part.
Emphasizing the importance of the exercise, the governor said only those that had been
verified would be paid this month.