A civil group, the Civil Societies Coalition for the Emancipation of
\nOsun State (CSCEOS), says it has uncovered plan by the State governor, Rauf Aregbesola to divert the second tranche of Paris Club refund of N12.7 billion accrued to the state into the funding of forthcoming Osun West Senatorial Bye-Election slated to hold on July 8, 2017.<\/p>\n
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had fixed July 8
\nfor a bye election to replace late Senator Isiaka Adeleke.<\/p>\n
It also disclosed that sum of N75 million was taken to Alimosho
\nlocal government area of Lagos State at the weekend for sharing among
\nthe thousands of All Progressives Congress (APC) faithful that
\nvolunteers to be party agents during the forthcoming bye-election in
\nthe State and as well agreed to transfer their Voters card from Lagos
\nto Osun State during the ongoing Continuous Voters Registration (CVR)
\nexercise ahead of of 2018 governorship election in the State.<\/p>\n
It added that Aregbesola had also employed the service of the
\nformer Resident Electoral Commission (REC) in the State who hailed
\nfrom Lagos State at the sum of N55 million, for bribing of the
\nelectoral officials to compromise the system during the forthcoming
\nbye-election in favour of APC candidate, Mudasiru Hussein.<\/p>\n
The group said that it based on these reasons that the State
\ngovernment was silent on the total amount being received by the State
\nout of N516.38 billion accrued to the 36 States of the Federation and
\nFederal Capital Territory (FCT) and how it planned to spend the money.<\/p>\n
CSCEOS further alleged that Aregbesola has been working on the
\nplan and modality to shortchange the workers and pensioners in the
\nState by concluding to use 40 percent of the N12.7 billion which could
\nonly pay just two months out of 12 to 13 months backlogs of salaries
\nand pensions arrears in order to have enough funds to sponsor the
\nforthcoming bye-election and as well divert the remaining funds into
\nother phony projects.<\/p>\n
It stressed that part of the grand plan of Aregbesola to deceive the
\ncivil servants and pensioners in the State, was to begin the payment
\nof two months\u2019 salary and pension arrears out of the backlog, after
\nthe conduct of July 8th bye \u2013election, envisaging that the State
\ngovernment might not be able to meet the huge financial expenses of
\nthe election, due to the financial buoyancy of the arc-rival of the party candidate in the forthcoming election in person of Dr. Ademola Adeleke of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party(PDP).<\/p>\n
In a statement signed by group\u2019s Chairman, Comrade Adeniyi Alimi
\nSulaiman and copies made available to journalists on Sunday, insisted
\nthat Aregbesola had earmarked the half percent of the funds to be
\nspent on the forthcoming bye-election while the remaining half of the
\nfunds had been lodged in a fixed deposit account operated by the state
\ngovernment till after bye-election.<\/p>\n
The statement said that Governor Aregbesola has been working round the
\nclock in his usual way to ensure justification for the spending of the
\nnew Paris Club refunds accrued to the State in order to give the
\nimpression that his government was transparent in the management of
\nState resources, advising the leaders of the labour unions and
\npensioners in the State to wake-up from their slumber by not allowing
\nthe state government to divert the new funds.<\/p>\n
It described Aregbesola as a serial and pathological liar who always
\nmade blatant lies in the management of the State resources since
\ninception of his administration in November 27,2010, insisting that
\nall the phony projects being claimed to have spent all the recent
\nbailout funds and Paris-club refunds on, were being financed by the
\nloan obtained from the both local and international financial
\ninstitutions, adding that the plan to divert the 12.7billon
\nLondon-Paris club loan refunds, would undermine the human dignity of
\ncivil servants and pensioners in the state.<\/p>\n
\u201cInstead of Mr. Rauf Aregbesola to use the newly received N12.7 billion London-Paris Club refunds loan from the Federal government to offset the backlog of salaries and pensions arrears of 12 to 13 months, Aregbesola had concluded arrangement to shortchange the Civil servants and pensioners of the State by paying them just only two months while the State government would leave 10 to 11 months salaries and pensions arrears unpaid.<\/p>\n
\u201cAregbesola is callous, selfish, heartless, wicked, tyrannical,
\nmerciless, cruel, brutal and inhuman for leaving the workers and
\npensioners to be wallowing in abject poverty and you will note that
\nAregbesola has been silent on the issue of Paris Club refunds to the
\nState unlike other States of the federation. <\/p>\n
“This is high time for every discerning people of the State to demand from Aregbesola to use the Paris Refunds loan to clear the backlog of workers and pensions due with gratuities before the conduct of July 8th,2017 Osun West Senatorial district bye-election,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A civil group, the Civil Societies Coalition for the Emancipation of Osun State (CSCEOS), says it has uncovered plan by the State governor, Rauf Aregbesola to divert the second tranche of Paris Club refund of N12.7 billion accrued to the state into the funding of forthcoming Osun West Senatorial Bye-Election slated to hold on July […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":60234,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[28742,601,37414,33418],"yoast_head":"\n