The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Osun State has dismissed the recent allegations from the opposition, All Progressives Congress (APC), describing it as words of a party desperate for recognition.
This was contained in a statement signed by its chairman, Sunday Bisi on Wednesday, in which it said: “From the reactions and conduct of the state APC, Governor Adeleke has clearly overwhelmed the opposition and the reactive strategy of dishing out propaganda and deliberate misinformation has further reduced the opposition approval rating to below 10 percent with that of Mr Governor at super high level.
“The opposition should accept that at near mid-term, Governor Adeleke has surpassed its records of between 2018 to 2022.
“Within one and half years in office, Governor Adeleke has delivered what the former government cannot achieve in four years and within the same period, the current government has ignited massive development never contemplated in education, heath, water, infrastructure and workers welfare.
“A party which failed to pay half salary debt and pension arrears while in office is not ashamed to point accusing fingers at an Adeleke government that is clearing all those debts and uplifting the living conditions of workers and pensioners.
“Osun is proud of a Governor Adeleke who refused to draw security votes and instead directed that such funds should be channeled to the development of the state.”
Earlier, the Osun APC had released a statement signed by its chairman, Tajudeen Lawal where it accused Governor Adeleke of being inconsiderate towards the state workers.
The Osun APC had accused Adeleke of having a nice time at the 82nd birthday party of Juju music maestro, Ebenezer Obey at a time the civil servants and pensioners in the state were yet to receive their wage award for the month of March.
“There was nothing wrong in a governor honouring an illustrious Nigerian like Chief Ebenezer Obey, but the timing was most inappropriate for a mediocre governor who has not deemed it fit to discharge his statutory obligations at home, despite the increased federal allocation to the state,” the statement read.
“Adeleke’s singing and twerking session at the Sheraton Hotel is an executive show of shame which has diminished the rating of Osun State in the court of the public worldwide.
“Could there be a justifiable reason under the sun for a governor who could not properly account for N39.5 billion Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) in 2023, series of the Federal Government palliative supports meant for the poor amounting to over N13 billion and other revenues from some donor agencies, to take to dancing and frolicking in the public?”
However, the spokesperson to the Governor had released a statement on the 22nd of March that Governor Ademola Adeleke has approved the payment of March salaries, pensions and palliatives for Public Servants in Osun State.
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