It has been alleged that the Ademola Adeleke administration purposefully brought Osun State into an avoidable financial crisis.

In support of its claim, the All Progressives Congress (APC) chapter in Osun stated that the PDP-led administration’s sudden disclosure of a dubious N100 billion development program that will take place over the course of a year is a ruse to embezzle public funds.

The party made the claims in a statement released on Sunday and signed by Tajudeen Lawal, the chairman. Lawal also added that the Adeleke N100 billion development program is a scam expertly crafted to enrich a few wealthy individuals connected to the government.

The accusation comes on the heels of the revelation by the state government of plans to execute a N100b development plan for the state on Friday.

Part of the development plan includes the construction of five flyovers across the state, rehabilitation of 1.5 kilometres of roads in each local government area, and rehabilitation of selected health facilities and schools.

Governor Adeleke during a press briefing on the projects also announced that they would be concluded within one year and would be executed without any loan or involvement of any financial institution.

Lawal who explained that there could not be any other name for the white-elephant projects but a gross misplacement of priority in the hand of a person statutorily saddled with the responsibility of being the caretaker of the resources of the state reminded Adeleke that since he said he would not borrow a dime to finance the projects, the citizenry deserved the right to know the source of the funding and the modality for its settlement.

“The development is laughable as the Adeleke administration which could not successfully handle the earlier 332 boreholes it promised each of the wards in the state suddenly woke up to itemize some suspicious projects for execution within one year.

“I want to know the moral consideration for the Adeleke government which is still hoarding N9 billion Federal Government fuel subsidy removal palliative meant to ameliorate the suffering of the people of the state four months after its payment into the coffers of the state government.

“Adeleke’s government has mindlessly warehoused the Federal Government fund for the people, despite complaints from the various stakeholders in the state, can not be trusted with its plans to execute all the outlined projects.

“Adeleke should tell the world the economic importance of the proposed construction of a flyover at Owode Ede if not only to serve his personal ego as a native of Ede.

“Is there any justification for the construction of five flyovers at this time in the history of the state when the state government under Governor Adeleke is yet to come up with its planned succour for the people of the state when some other state governments have been dolling out the second or third tranche of their government’s support for the governed?

“What sense is therein, for a government which is yet to make a pronouncement on the acceptable minimum wage for its workers as initiated by the federal government, to toy with the plans to build five flyovers in the state at a time?

“Must a state government, that is worth its salt, encourage the flagrant dumping of an individual proposal and embrace same without considering the current financial status of the state?”

Lawal challenged concerned Osun stakeholders to raise up their voices with a view to condemning the seemingly gang-raping of the economy of the state.

While insisting that some of the projects in the development plan are repetitive, Lawal accused supporters of the Adeleke administration of a lack of patriotism.

Osun APC Accuses Adeleke Of Plunging State Into Financial Crisis

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