IT
was a carnival-like atmosphere at Ikoro Ekiti on Wednesday, when Ekiti
State Governor, Ayodele Fayose presented a cash gift of N500, 000 to Mr
Timothy Iseoluwa at his residence in Iloro Ekiti.
The governor, who said he was watching the state owned television station on Wednesday, when he came across a documentary detailing Iseoluwa’s predicament and his urgent need for assistance said, “I immediately called the Commissioner for Finance, Chief Toyin Ojo who incidentally is from Ikoro Ekiti to give me details on the man’s situation. It was then that I was reminded that I was the one who gave him motorcycle and shoe-making instruments during my first term in office. If someone, despite his type of challenge can eke out a living and not resort to begging, we have to come to his aid.”
The governor presented N500, 000 in cash to Mr Iseoluwa, whose house and working tools got destroyed in an inferno few weeks back. The governor thereafter presented him a brand new motorcycle and directed the Local Government Council boss to place him on N20,000, monthly salary.
Mr Iseoluwa thanked the governor and prayed for the success of his administration.
Reacting to the gesture, the Onikoro of Ikoro Ekiti, Oba (Dr) Olanrewaju Adewaju thanked the governor and bestowed on him the title of Bashorun of Ikoro-Ekiti.
Meanwhile, the Special Assistant to the Ekiti State Governor on Public Communications and News Media, Mr Lere Olayinka has counselled the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State to inform President Muhammadu Buhari to make his assets public properly as he promised Nigerians, rather than ask Governor Ayodele Fayose to declare his assets.
“Governor Fayose was comfortable before he became governor. He does not go about parading mud houses and cattle herds as assets for cheap political publicity,” Olayinka said.
Reacting to a statement issued by the APC, asking the governor to publicly declare his assets, he said, “Governor Fayose has declared his assets as provided by the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and whoever is not satisfied can approach the court or the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) for copy of his assets declaration form.”
He added that the APC was only raising issues on the governor’s already declared assets because of his critical stance on President Buhari, adding that; “Governor Fayose will never shy away from what he owns, he will never deny his assets because he acquired them legitimately. The governor does not need the easy and cheap excitement of declaring mud houses or herds of cows as assets for the applause of the gullible.”
Olayinka said further; “Nigerians demanded that President Buhari must declare his assets publicly because that was what the President promised when he was seeking the people’s votes.
“It was part of President Buhari’s electoral promises that his assets will be declared publicly and up till today, he has not done that. We have only been told that the President, whom they said was poor to the extent that he had to take bank loan to buy his party’s nomination, is now the owner of a mini estate in Asokoro, Abuja that is worth over N3 billion.
“The APC should rather explain to Nigerians how a man they said had no houses anywhere apart from Daura and Kaduna suddenly become owner of houses and landed properties in Kano, Abuja and Port-Harcourt?
“They should also tell Nigerians what happened when President Buhari headed Petroleum Trust Fund (PTF) and why they lied to Nigerians that the president was poor, thereby obtaining Nigerians votes by trick.”
Speaking further, Olayinka said Governor Fayose was more than clean, having been cleared by all courts in the land, and most importantly secured judgment against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for trespass and intrusion of his properties.
“Up till today, the N10 million damages awarded against EFCC since 2009 has not been paid and he is in the process of filing a writ of fifa against the agency.
“Therefore, the APC should tell President Buhari to come out clean to Nigerians because it is clear that he is not the poor man he was presented to be.”
The governor, who said he was watching the state owned television station on Wednesday, when he came across a documentary detailing Iseoluwa’s predicament and his urgent need for assistance said, “I immediately called the Commissioner for Finance, Chief Toyin Ojo who incidentally is from Ikoro Ekiti to give me details on the man’s situation. It was then that I was reminded that I was the one who gave him motorcycle and shoe-making instruments during my first term in office. If someone, despite his type of challenge can eke out a living and not resort to begging, we have to come to his aid.”
The governor presented N500, 000 in cash to Mr Iseoluwa, whose house and working tools got destroyed in an inferno few weeks back. The governor thereafter presented him a brand new motorcycle and directed the Local Government Council boss to place him on N20,000, monthly salary.
Mr Iseoluwa thanked the governor and prayed for the success of his administration.
Reacting to the gesture, the Onikoro of Ikoro Ekiti, Oba (Dr) Olanrewaju Adewaju thanked the governor and bestowed on him the title of Bashorun of Ikoro-Ekiti.
Meanwhile, the Special Assistant to the Ekiti State Governor on Public Communications and News Media, Mr Lere Olayinka has counselled the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State to inform President Muhammadu Buhari to make his assets public properly as he promised Nigerians, rather than ask Governor Ayodele Fayose to declare his assets.
“Governor Fayose was comfortable before he became governor. He does not go about parading mud houses and cattle herds as assets for cheap political publicity,” Olayinka said.
Reacting to a statement issued by the APC, asking the governor to publicly declare his assets, he said, “Governor Fayose has declared his assets as provided by the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and whoever is not satisfied can approach the court or the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) for copy of his assets declaration form.”
He added that the APC was only raising issues on the governor’s already declared assets because of his critical stance on President Buhari, adding that; “Governor Fayose will never shy away from what he owns, he will never deny his assets because he acquired them legitimately. The governor does not need the easy and cheap excitement of declaring mud houses or herds of cows as assets for the applause of the gullible.”
Olayinka said further; “Nigerians demanded that President Buhari must declare his assets publicly because that was what the President promised when he was seeking the people’s votes.
“It was part of President Buhari’s electoral promises that his assets will be declared publicly and up till today, he has not done that. We have only been told that the President, whom they said was poor to the extent that he had to take bank loan to buy his party’s nomination, is now the owner of a mini estate in Asokoro, Abuja that is worth over N3 billion.
“The APC should rather explain to Nigerians how a man they said had no houses anywhere apart from Daura and Kaduna suddenly become owner of houses and landed properties in Kano, Abuja and Port-Harcourt?
“They should also tell Nigerians what happened when President Buhari headed Petroleum Trust Fund (PTF) and why they lied to Nigerians that the president was poor, thereby obtaining Nigerians votes by trick.”
Speaking further, Olayinka said Governor Fayose was more than clean, having been cleared by all courts in the land, and most importantly secured judgment against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for trespass and intrusion of his properties.
“Up till today, the N10 million damages awarded against EFCC since 2009 has not been paid and he is in the process of filing a writ of fifa against the agency.
“Therefore, the APC should tell President Buhari to come out clean to Nigerians because it is clear that he is not the poor man he was presented to be.”
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