The Kwara State Government has accused the state
chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of attempting to incite public
disaffection through mischief and disinformation.
In a government
house statement, the Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed administration described the PDP's
criticism of its policies as the latest in a futile campaign of fallacy and
mischief against a high-performing government.
" The PDP is
either completely out of touch with reality or plainly ignorant of public
sector finance. It is obvious to all but the mischievous that Governor
Abdulfatah Ahmed has remained high-performing since inception through
life-transforming programmes. These include the employment of 5000 youths,
disbursement of N640m to cooperatives, artisans and transporters, the reduction
in KWASU fees, abolishing of tuition fees at Senior Secondary School level,
payment of bursaries to students, rehabilitation of 5 general hospitals and
massive overhaul of road, energy, education and water infrastructure, to
mention a few.
Contrary to the
PDP's ignorant claim that the Kwara State Government has taken out two separate
bond issues, the state government actually revised the earlier planned bond
value from N30b to N23b having identified alternative means of funding
identified projects internally. To educate the PDP, the planned bond will
actually reduce government's expenditure on debt servicing and free up funds
for additional life-transforming projects and programmes as existing
liabilities are restructured.
Our planned
employment of 8200 youths this year, the nearly completed state of the art
International Vocational Centre, Ajasse Ipo, the on-going expansion of Kwara
State University, the planned reconstruction of major federal, urban and rural
roads, schools and establishment of an IPP plant all point to an administration
focussed on high performance in all sectors.
The Ahmed
administration is committed to enhancing the lives of its people and refuses to
be distracted by the antics of a diminished party.
Like the
previous efforts to discredit the populist Ahmed administration, the PDP's
latest mischief has failed.
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