The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State, yesterday, queried the N700 million budget for the inauguration of Osun state governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola for a second term, amid the economic condition of the state and the country in general.
Aregbesola had been re-elected as governor of the state after he won in the August 9 election. He is due to be inaugurated for another term on Thursday, November 27.
In a statement issued by Prince Diran Odeyemi, Osun PDP spokesperson, the party said N700 million for the swearing-in ceremony “amid hunger by workers, who have not been paid salary in the last three months tells much about the kind of leaders holding the reigns in Osun at the moment.”
The party recalled that in November 2012, Aregbesola boasted while addressing some bankers in the state that he “can pay workers salary every 25th day of the month without monthly allocation from the federation account and I will not owe them a penny”, but expressed regret that just two years after making the statement, the workers have suffered non-payment of salary for months at different times, even when statutory allocations due to the state are still being given to him.
Osun State government had earlier in the month blamed non-payment of salaries on the federal government, saying the FG reduced funds accruable to states from the federation account, ‘based on the spurious allegation of drop in the sales of crude oil.’
Meanwhile the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun has alleged that some people are reported to be planning to create chaos in the state capital ahead of the swearing-in ceremony of Aregbesola. The party therefore called on security operatives to be alert and forestall violence in the state.
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