Ekiti State Governor-elect, Ayo Fayose has lamented the refusal of the outgoing government in the state led by Dr. Kayode Fayemi to cooperate with him over his inauguration as the next governor of the state. He also raised alarm that none of the state’s accounts had more than a million naira.
“The outgoing government has refused to cooperate with us in terms of inauguration and my findings has confirmed that no government account has above one million naira,” Fayose told newsmen in Ado Ekiti.
“The Head of Service has been here and some permanent secretaries and I have asked them.
“No government account presently in Ekiti has more than one million Naira. It’s unfortunate that this is happening, but we are voted to find solutions to the problems.
“As soon as we take over the government, we shall find solution to it.”
Fayose however said there was no need to join issues with Fayemi over the state of things in Ekitii, noting that “a chapter has come and gone, then a new chapter will be opened tomorrow(today).”
Asked whether he would probe Fayemi’s administration on the state’s funds were spent, Fayose said that would wait until he had assumed office officially.
“I would not talk about it now until we takeover the governance officially. We cannot talk about it now, until I assume office.
“I am yet to receive a handover note. So until then, I do not want to join issues with anybody.
Meanwhile, the outgoing governor Kayode Fayemi has scored his administration high in the areas of poverty alleviation, education, healthcare delivery, agriculture and social security for the elderly.
“Regarding infrastructure, we pledged road construction and rural electrification, including affordable housing. Ninety per cent of Ekiti roads are now motorable. These were the promises made,” said Fayemi in his valedictory speech yesterday titled ‘The Promise Kept’.
“In governance, we professionalized the Civil Service, including the elimination of costly ghost workers. We embraced public participation in the budgetary system and in allocation of community projects. We enhanced Internally Generated Revenue, IGR, without raising the tax rate.
“In agricultural development, we inaugurated programs like the agri-business summit and youth commercial agricultural development programme among other initiatives. We also promised cottage industries in the Agro-allied sector and skills development in Agriculture,” he added.
Fayemi has now lifted the curfew imposed by his government about two and half weeks ago, following the killing of the former chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) Chief Omolafe Aderiye.
