APC accuses Fayose of awarding N200mcontract to brother

APC accuses Fayose of awarding N200mcontract to brother

Source:Punch news

The All Progressives Congress in Ekiti State has
accused Governor Ayodele Fayose of awarding

the repainting of Ekiti State Governor’s Office to
his “blood brother” at the cost of N200m.
It also accused the governor of awarding a
contract to put marble in front of the
Government House, which he (Fayose) had
earlier described as too expensive; and relaying
of asphalt on an already asphalted road leading
to the lodge.

In a statement by its State Publicity Secretary,
Taiwo Olatunbosun, on Sunday, the APC said,
“To add salt to injury, artisans working on the
marble are all brought from Ibadan when many
Ekiti artisans could do the job. This is a man
who claims to be a friend of the masses.”

“He is repainting the Governor’s Office awarded
by direct labour at the cost of N200m to his
blood brother. He told the Permanent Secretary,
General Administration Department and Head of
Service to find an alternative entrance for civil
servants who work within the Governor’s Office
building because he doesn’t want to be meeting
the workers while coming in through the main
entrance.

“This has been effected as civil servants in the
Governor’s Office now pass through the back to
their offices, yet this is the class of people he
professed to be his friends before the election
and he has also cancelled the appointment of
eight permanent secretaries that were legally
appointed after passing necessary examinations
according to the service rules.”

Reacting, Fayose who spoke through his Chief
Press Secretary, Mr. Idowu Adelusi, denied
awarding the repainting contract to his brother
as alleged by the APC.
Adelusi said the contract was awarded to an
indigenous firm and the owner is not a brother to
the governor.

He also denied the allegations that the marble
contract was awarded to a non-indigenous firm.
“We are not like APC that pauperised the people
for four years. All the contractors handling the
jobs including the marble are from Ekiti. They
are, however, free to source their materials from
anywhere in and outside Ekiti,” Adelusi added.