Stop insulting Oyo people, Ajimobi cautioned
A pressure group, Change Agent Movement, has cautioned Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State to stop insulting the people of the state, saying that the extravagant life style of the governor amidst the financial crisis in the state amount to ‘I do not care attitude’.
The group said that the recent life style of the governor portrayed him as a person who doesn’t care about his neighbour, adding that the governor should at this time focus on the payment of backlog of salaries owed workers.
According to the group, “it is an insult on the people of the state for a governor who cannot point to anything as an achievement since his second term inauguration to be living an extravagant life style. Workers are being owed salaries running into months, yet the governor is gallivanting around the globe organizing wedding for his daughter. The governor left for Lebanon again at the weekend for the wedding fixed for this week, while the state is in quagmire.
The organisation in a statement signed by its chairman and secretary, Messrs Abolaji Adeosun and Malik Adehun, noted that economic activities in the state is paralyzed, dirts have returned to the street, polytechnics workers are on strike and nothing seems to be working presently, yet the governor is pursuing vanity instead of making the people happy.
The Organisation said, “it is sad to note that the realities of the present situation is not of concern to the governor. The governor had his daughter’s introduction in London, wedding in Ibadan and the same wedding is happening in Beirut, Lebanon at the weekend. We are not saying the governor is not free to have a wedding for his daughter, but the extravagance of the wedding is a thing of concern for a state which is presently engulfed in financial crisis.
“We recall with nostalgia how the governor’s first daughter wedding was organized in 2010. It wasn’t continental, No London or Lebanon because of his financial status. Former governors of the state organized weddings for their sons and daughters too while in power but they did not transverse the continent for it.
“Even, former governor Akala, who was tagged a spendthrift didn’t show the kind of extravagance governor Ajimobi is displaying now. It is a pity that the fate of the people of the state is in the hands of Mr Me and my immediate family alone.
“Recently, the governor responded to his critics, saying that they should understand the policies of his administration before criticizing him. We appeal to the governor to explain why he would have a wedding for a single daughter in London, Nigeria and Lebanon while he recently told workers to wait till October to get their salaries backlog cleared.
“We urge governor Ajimobi to as a matter of urgency do the needful to get the bail out funds of the federal government in order to pay the workers and end the strike actions in the state higher institutions instead of embarking on frivolities of life. However, any attempts to divert the N26b would be met with stiff resistance and backfire” the organisation warned.
Signed
Abolaji Adeosun
Malik Adehun