Opposition envious of Aregbesola’s achievements – APC

Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola

The Osun State All Progressives Congress says the Peoples Democratic Party has continued to criticise the administration of Governor Rauf Aregbesola because the party is envious of the governor’s achievements.

The APC was responding to a statement by the PDP in which the party insisted that the financial crisis in the state was due to financial recklessness on the part of Aregbesola.

In a statement issued by its state Publicity Secretary, Kunle Oyatomi, the APC maintained that the condemnation of the

Aregbesola government “centres on hatred and envy over his achievements before the financial crisis set in.”

While describing the PDP’s salvos against Aregbesola as mischievous, the APC said in view of the dwindling oil prices and reduction in revenues, the state government has been doing its best to survive the crisis.

The statement partly read, “The PDP is grossly ignorant and mischievous. Even a fool will know that if he has lost 60 per cent of his earnings, he cannot go on doing the things he used to do. Nigeria is dependent on oil revenues which, some two years ago, sold for $110 dollars per barrel.

“This has now dropped to $40 dollars per barrel. And since that drop, Nigeria has not recouped its earnings because we are still dependent on oil money.

“The PDP failed to tell us why there is financial crisis in the other states. Did the other states, which also owe workers’ salaries, spend recklessly too? The PDP appears not to have recovered from the loss it suffered in August 2014 during the governorship election.

“The party’s pain is reflected in its statements against the person and government of Aregbesola since then. The PDP’s criticisms of Aregbesola are pure fabrication and outright lies.”

It explained that in April 2015, Osun received N466m as allocation from the Federal Government whereas it got about N4.8bn per month three years ago.

“The scale of decline is monumental and it is a direct result of the PDP’s reckless attitude in the previous Federal Government. They went crazy with stealing the nation’s money and criticising victims of their own kleptomania,” the party added.