The party said the governor had turned Ekiti people to beggars by giving them handouts in form of “kwashiorkor-infested chickens not bigger in size than ailing pigeons.”
But the Peoples Democratic Paty in the state has branded the APC as an ‘hypocrite’ for adopting the stomach infrastructure which it had condemned the governor for.
The party claimed that a national leader of the APC distributed 2,000 bags of rice, vegetable oil, sugar and a little cash gift to people from various parts of Lagos State on Sunday, adding that, “it is hypocrisy at its peak to do what you abuse someone else for doing.”
The APC in a statement by its state Publicity Secretary, Taiwo Olatunbosun, said Ekiti people had now seen the deceit of a man who said he was a friend of the common man with his callous attitude to the people he claimed to love during the period the people are supposed to be happy.
“Governor Fayose gave two “congos” of rice and miserable palm oil not up to 1 litre, all totaling N700 to each worker that the governor had earlier deducted N2,000 from their salary for Christmas gift.
“This is in contrast to Governor Kayode Fayemi who empowered the people through agriculture, cooperative and employment and apprenticeship schemes involving over two thousand youths, which helped the people to earn a living and made them happy for four years as against Fayose’s tokenism as Christmas gifts.”
Olatunbosun said instead of Fayose building on these laudable schemes, he had cancelled all the programmes, rendering the youth jobless while he had also cancelled many promotions in the civil service and dismissed many workers for the offences they did not commit.
“Fayemi last year paid civil servants 30% of their salary as xmas bonus. He also paid their leave bonus while their December salary was paid on December 18.
” In contrast, Fayose has refused to pay civil servants their September salary even though he had collected September allocation from the Federal Government. Civil servants are yet to be paid as of December 22.
“Last year, apart from 30 per cent bonus and leave bonus, all offices in MDAS were given gifts but all these have gone under Fayose as workers are now praying for their September salary let alone December salary or xmas or leave bonus.”
But the State Secretary of the PDP, Dr. Tope Aluko, in a statement on Monday said that Fayose-led government would never shy away from the people’s welfare.
He said Fayose’s concept of stomach infrastructure had been further justified by its adoption by the APC national leader.
Aluko said, “They abuse us for providing immediate succour for our people. They described stomach infrastructure as an insult to Ekiti people. They said it does not add value to the people; it diminishes their self-esteem, it diminishes their sense of self-worth and it denigrates what politics ought to be.
“However, their party leader in Lagos on Sunday, adopted the same concept of stomach infrastructure by personnally sharing food items to people.
“After condemning the concept, isn’t it rather too late that the APC people are just realising that poverty should be addressed by providing immediate succour because poverty is poverty; it knows no religion and it has no tribal mark; and it affects everyone of us?”
“Governor Fayose will continue to run a welfarist government. He will continue to identify with the masses by putting food on their tables.
“Most importantly, Governor Fayose will provide gainful employments for the youths and assist traders with soft loans so that they can be able to feed themselves,” he added. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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Ds man no serious at all. U no get work
ReplyDeleteGod will punish all of you against this man. You nigerians can never be happy for once and u behave like animals. He is getting close to his people for them to feel him but u want him to be far from his people. After doing this it does not mean he is not going to do other jobs.If someone repent then forgive him but now I know that APC party are bunch of ingrates who does not want development and don't see anything good in what others do.His work is to serve the people and he is dispatching one. I am not even from Ekiti I am from Imo state but I have been following report about this man. At least he talked about stomach infrastructures and he is doing it then appreciate him for him to do more. Other countries are paying children and giving them free upbringing. Nigerians pls respect ur selves. He is making people happy.
ReplyDeleteThey should leave Fayoshe alone, if others governors in the North are doing it by giving food alms to their people during sala period so what is wrong if someone decided to touch lives in this festive period, do you know to some people that rice mean so much to them.
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