Bail Out: ICPC’s Indictment Of Aregbesola Vindicates Us – PDP

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The Osun state chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) said it had been vindicated by the recent report of the ICPC which categorically indicted the state Governor Mr Rauf Aregbesola for allegedly mismanaging the N34.9 billion Federal Government Bailout Funds.

“ICPC had confirmed that Osun state governor got bail out cash from the federal government for the settlement of arrears of workers’ salaries and emoluments but diverted the funds for other purposes, thereby defeating the purpose of the government’s effort to provide succour for the workers,” a statement signed by the Party’s state Director of Media and Strategy Prince Diran Odeyemi said.

“When we cried out that our governor had fixed the bailout, they called us liars, when we alerted that part of the fund was later used to pay a powerful contractor now in Buhari’s government, they denied it, what will the government say now that an independent government agency (ICPC) has confirmed and corroborated out claims, indeed, we have been vindicated,” he said.

Quoting the ICPC, PDP said: “Osun State received N34.988.990.000.00 as bailout fund and disbursed N18.677.224.582.20, leaving a balance of N16.311,765.418 billion as at November 2015”.

The party commended the state NLC for debunking Aregbesola’s claim that he is not owing them, while urging the workers to remain steadfast and united in their demand for the wages of their labour.

“We are aware that Osun state workers have not been receiving full salaries since July 2015 and even at that, the state government is owing them four months salary,” PDP said, expressing hope that the ICPC would wade into the government’s recent propaganda towards verifying allegations that Osun State public servants had been paid salaries up to Jan 2016.