Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has been slammed by the All Progressives Congress (APC), Oyo State Chapter over the N10 billion infrastructure loan request.
In a statement signed by its Publicity Secretary, Dr. Abdulazeez Olatunde, he said;
“By Tuesday 23rd July 2019 when Oyo state House of Assembly endorsed the letter from H. E, Governor Seyi Makinde to obtain a loan of N10 Billion from 3 commercial Banks, marks the 55 days of assumption of office without any Blueprint of the direction the PDP Government is leading Oyo State.”
“The poser for the State House of Assembly are; Can the decision to obtain such huge debt of N10Billion be taken without the state executive council in place?. Has the state Budget been reviewed before the House of Assembly for the loan to be fixated to the expenditure framework component of the Budget?”
“The manner of passing the Loan request clearly exposed the naivety of both the Executive and the Legislature of the Pacesetter State present government. From the foregoing, it is very clear that the government of Oyo state is a one man business. Furthermore, APC Oyo State is in quandry as to the mindset of the people governing the state, by uttering the statement “evidence of the run down of infrastructure we met on ground.”
“To start with, we make bold to challenge, Governor Seyi Makinde and his PDP to deny promising Oyo state electorate that he promised to make Oyo State financially solvent between 6-12 months of assumption of office. Seyi Makinde promised to apply the magic wand he used to turned his life around for Oyo State.”
“We were thus surprised that, someone who promised financial solvency without dependency on Federal Government Allocation within a stipulated time and even condemned the debt profile inherited from his predecessor is now applying for the 2nd Loans within 55 days of office for some nebulous infrastructural projects.”
“For the education of the public, the immediate past government led by H. E, Sen Abiola Ajimobi is on record to have done the following projects which the citizens of Oyo state including those in Government today are living witnesses to: Modernisation and Dualisation of major entry roads into major cities and towns in the 7 geopolitical zones of Oyo state i.e Ibadan city, Ibadan outer city, Oyo, Ogbomoso, Iseyin, Saki and Ibarapa – 61.85km.”
“Also 183 other Roads with 582km mileage network and 7 bridges and 850km of Rural Access Feeder Roads through RAMP all without recourse to any Loan. So also were Mokola Transformation Flyover (first under any civilian Govt) and stubborn Restoration Bridge at Bodija were done without any Loan.”
“All the Roads are visible for all to see i.e Challenge to Toll Gate Eleyele to Ologuneru to Ido/Eruwa Road. Jericho to Agbarigo to Magazine to Aleshinloye market Road. Gate to Old Ife Road to Bola Ige International Market, Alakia. Gate to IdiApe to Iwo Road interchange. IdiApe Junction to Orita Basorun to Akobo Ojurin.
“So the question to the present Government is, are all these evidence of infrastructural run down? There are other achievements of Sen Abiola Ajimobi led Government which if our clueless adventurists in power demand for schooling, we would be ready to oblige them, after all we are all stakeholders in Oyo state Project.”
“So our poser is, if PDP Government of Makinde is seeking N10 billion loan within two months of assumption of office, how much indebtness are they going to plunge Oyo State in 48 months or 4 years. We hope that Oyo State citizens have not entered one chance taxi.”