....Says, a government
that lacks accountability can't demand for it
Former Deputy Governor of Osun State, Senator Iyiola
Omisore, has lambasted the government of Osun State over a statement
credited to it that he should tender apology for challenging the government to
explain the role of UNESCO in the construction of the road
leading to the Osun grove.
Omisore, while describing the statement as laughable, said the government lacked moral right to demand accountability from anyone judging from its own lack of such value.
According to Omisore, "there is no doubt that the Aregbesola government holds the record as the most inept, prodigal and corrupt in the history of South-West.
Omisore, while describing the statement as laughable, said the government lacked moral right to demand accountability from anyone judging from its own lack of such value.
According to Omisore, "there is no doubt that the Aregbesola government holds the record as the most inept, prodigal and corrupt in the history of South-West.
"A government that does not understand the
meaning of conscience cannot talk about it. Over and over we have asked the
Osun government and Aregbesola to justify the huge amount of debts they have
racked up for the state while throwing the people into poverty. But up
till now, all they have engaged in are blatant lies and propaganda,"
Omisore stated.
Making reference to
projects like "the multibillion naira Opon Imo, a contract that was
allegedly awarded to or co-ordinated by the governor's son, N20.9 billion
garment factory, RLG factory, white elephant Osun Airport that has gulped
billions of Osun people's money," Omisore said it "is unfathomable
how Aregbesola is able to sleep in the night knowing full well that his
government is running on deceit."
"If you claimed
you have spent about N8 billion naira on Opon-Imo, it is sure every secondary
school student in Osun State must have the device. Or how much does one piece
of the tablet cost? But go to the schools, ask the students about Opon-Imo and
they will just laugh in your face. Some of them will even tell you it is
Opon-Eemo, meaning phantom, because they have never seen it in their schools.
"That is one of
the achievements Aregbesola has been bandying about. but the government has no
explanation for the failure the state has been recording in WASCE and SSSCE,
which never happened under Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) government
in the state."
Emphasizing the worsening socio-economic situation
in the state, the former Chairman, Senate Committee on Appropriation, said the
government has "thrown many Osun workers and other residents into
unquantifiable poverty.
"Many businesses have collapsed in the state.
People are dying, yet the debts of the state keep mounting. and this
government has kept on borrowing, not minding what happens to the future of the
younger generations."
Omisore, therefore, reiterated his call on the
government to render account on all his borrowings. He also challenged a
section of the so called rights organizations that have been collaborating with
the government to defraud the state and her people to ask the government for
the details of loans and bonds it has collected on behalf of the state and what
it has done with such loans and bonds.
"I also read the barefaced lie-driven
attempts by the government and its agents disguising as rights organization to
justify and cover up the mammoth fraud going on in Osun State.
However, there is no quantum of deception and diabolic spell from this devious and evil clan that can overtake or overcome the horse of truth.
However, there is no quantum of deception and diabolic spell from this devious and evil clan that can overtake or overcome the horse of truth.
"I challenge these collaborating rights groups
and all the genuine ones to unearth the mystery surrounding Osun State loans
and bonds secured by the Aregbesola government, as well as the projects
purportedly executed with them," Omisore said, adding no matter how long
it took, "the evil spell cast on the people of the state by this
diabolical clan will expire very soon by the grace of God."
Signed:
Senator Iyiola Omisore Ph.D,
FNSE, CON
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