The Civil Societies Coalition for Emancipation of Osun State, CSCEOS, has alleged that the state governor, Rauf Aregbesola, has been a source of sorrow to indigenes of the state since he assumed office, six years ago.
The group in a statement issued by its Chairman, Comrade Adeniyi Alimi Sulaiman, expressed dissatisfaction over the state government’s alleged spending of N140m to mark the 25th anniversary of the state.
CSCEOS, while claiming that all indications showed that the money was meant to be shared by Aregbesola and his cronies, also alleged that the governor has turned all events in the state into “conduit pipes where Osun meagre resources were being siphoned into private purses of individuals.”
According to the group, the state governor has been insensitive to the plights of the people of the state since November 26, 2010 when he assumed power.
The statement reads in part, “Such a celebration should not cost more than N10 million when the state, as part of the federating unit of the country, is facing economic recess. But spending N140m is sheer wasteful.
“The release of the sum of N140 million for the purpose of marking this event is something (that) calls for the concern of well-meaning people of the state; when thousands of workers and pensioners and, by extension, millions of citizens are wallowing in hunger and misery due to the non-payment of their bread winners their legitimate salaries and pension due for the period of seven to eight months.
“There is nothing to celebrate by Aregbesola’s government because the government has been the source of sorrow to the people of the State in almost six years now which they (the people) are praying fervently for its winding up.
“We insist that this is another tactic being employed by Aregbesola and his cronies to siphon the meagre resources of the State under the guise of anniversary celebration when the same government is claiming that the purse of government is lean financially as a result of huge debt on the neck of the State, but who is fooling who?
“The essence of government is to make life better for the masses but Aregbesola has dashed the hope of Osun people and we cannot keep quiet in the face of tyrannical Aregbesola so as not to be guilty of complicity.”
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