Adeleke’s development plan aimed at plunging Osun into avoidable financial crisis – APC

<p>The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Osun State has accused Governor Ademola Adeleke’s administration of deliberately intending to plunge the state into an avoidable financial crisis.</p>, <p>The Osun APC also alleged that the sudden unveiling of a suspicious N100 billion development programme spanning over 12 calendar months is an ulterior motive to fleece the state.</p>, <p>The party said these in a statement on Sunday signed by its chairman, Tajudeen Lawal.</p>, <p>DAILY POST recalls that the state government revealed plans to execute a N100 billion development plan on Friday.</p>, <p>Part of the development plan includes the construction of five flyovers across the state, rehabilitation of 1.5 kilometres of roads in each local government area, and rehabilitation of selected health facilities and schools.</p>, <p>Governor Adeleke, during a press briefing on the projects, also announced that the projects, which would be concluded within one year, would be executed without any loan or involvement of any financial institution.</p>, <p>However, Lawal said the programme is a gross misplacement of priority in the hand of a person statutorily saddled with the responsibility of being the caretaker of the resources of the state.</p>, <p>He reminded Adeleke that since he said he would not borrow a dime to finance the projects, the citizenry deserved the right to know the source of the funding and the modality for its settlement.</p>, <p>“The development is laughable as the Adeleke administration, which could not successfully handle the earlier 332 boreholes it promised each of the wards in the state, suddenly woke up to itemize some suspicious projects for execution within one year.</p>, <p>“I want to know the moral consideration for the Adeleke government, which is still hoarding N9 billion Federal Government fuel subsidy removal palliative meant to ameliorate the suffering of the people of the state four months after its payment into the coffers of the state government.</p>, <p>“Adeleke’s government has mindlessl