Ekiti State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has accused the Governor Kayode Fayemi administration of using the creation of 19 new local council development areas, LCDAs, as a cover to siphon N10 billion from the state treasury.
The state’s PDP Publicity Secretary, Pastor Kola Oluwawole, alleged that the amount, which was part of accumulation of deductions from allocations to the 16 local government areas, was billed to be taken out of the state before the expiration of Fayemi’s tenure on October 16.
Oluwawole also alleged that federal allocations to the 16 constitutionally recognised councils for August, September and October, this year, had also been earmarked for sharing, with the council caretaker chairmen billed to be coerced into the arrangements for cover-up.
He appealed to all wellmeaning Ekiti people to “as a matter of urgency, caution the outgoing government to desist from financial recklessness and leave Ekiti treasury in good state for the sake of posterity.”
But the Commissioner for Information, Mr Tayo Ekundayo, said there was no iota of truth in the claim that the government intended to siphon money.
Ekundayo said: “Such money is not available in the first place. If what they are saying is true which I know is not true, they should wait till October 16 when this government will leave and have access to the financial records of the state.
“I am not aware of any N10 billion the new local governments will have access to; these people are stark illiterates who don’t know the financial records of the state and know nothing about governance. It is a total lie and it is meant to cause confusion in the polity,” the commissioner said.
Meanwhile, the Ikole community in Ekiti State has rejected the name given to one of the new LCDAs created out of Ikole council area.
The rejection came less than 24 hours after Governor Kayode Fayemi signed the law creating the 19 new LCDAs following passage by the state House of Assembly.
The Elekole of Ikole- Ekiti, Oba Oba Ajibade Fasiku, said that since majority of the towns and villages making up the new Kajola-Oreniwa LCDA fell within Ikole metropolis, its name should reflect that of the parent body.
The community said it would frustrate the new council if its name was not changed to Ikole West LCDA.
Oba Fasiku, in a telephone conversation with journalists yesterday, regretted that he and his people were not consulted or taken along when the idea of the council was mooted.
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