The Peoples Democratic Party in Kwara State on Monday accused the Abdulfatah Ahmed-led State Government of diverting about N3bn that was the state’s share from the financial package released by the Federal Government to pay workers’ salaries and pensions in the state.
The PDP spokesperson in the state, Chief Rex Olawoye, in a statement issued in Ilorin, the state capital, said the party was alarmed by the alleged diversion.
Mr. Olawoye added that the act was insensitive, and a total negation of the reasons behind the release of the funds.
Olawoye said, “Our party reliably learnt that the Kwara State share of the bailout funds was paid on Wednesday, July 8. But till this very moment, over five months’ salaries being owed some categories of workers in the state had yet to be paid.
“Even more curious is the fact that the Kwara State Government has kept mute on the exact amount it got from the Consolidated Revenue Account as bailout. Whereas, virtually all states of the federation, particularly Abia, Akwa Ibom, Edo, Ebonyi, Ekiti, Osun, Ogun, Oyo, Kano, Kastina and Kaduna states had publicly declared how much they got as bailout from the Federal Government.
“The APC-led government of Kwara State has kept silence over the funds, thereby confirming the rumor making the rounds that the sudden homecoming of the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, on the day the funds was disbursed to Kwara State was with a bid to partake in the illegal sharing of the bailout funds”.
The opposition party in the state, therefore, called on labour unions in the state to prevail on the state government to immediately pay the arrears of salaries, allowances and pensions to ameliorate the suffering of workers in the state.
Kwara Govt Planning To Divert N3bn FG Bailout Money – PDP
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