In a bid to cushion the effects of the dwindling economic fortune of Ekiti State, especially payment of workers salary, the Ekiti PDP has told President Buhari to return the N1.5 billion of the State funds donated to fund his election by former Governor, Kayode Fayemi.
In a press release issued by Jackson Adebayo, the Ekiti State Publicity Secretary of the PDP in Ado-Ekiti on Monday, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state has told President Muhammadu Buhari to return the N1.5 billion of the State money donated to fund his election by former governor of the State, Dr Kayode Fayemi.
The statement said that the N1.5 billion, if returned, will go a long way in cushioning the effects of the dwindling economic fortune of the State, especially payment of workers salary.
The party said “equity and justice demand that Buhari should return what he got from Ekiti State treasury through Fayemi, if he is running after those who allegedly got money from the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA).”
Kayode Fayemi, who is now President Buhari’s Minister of Solid Minerals reportedly transferred N1.5 billion from his account in a bank located along Liberation Square, Accra, Ghana to the APC Presidential Campaign Fund account “in other to place him in a vantage position for ministerial appointment should Buhari wins the February 14 Presidential election,” and true to his expectation, he was appointed minister.
“N1.5 billion is a lot of money and Ekiti State government will only need to add some millions to be able to pay one month salary if Buhari returns the money.
“The APC government of Fayemi left office with August and September 2014 salaries of workers unpaid but the same Fayemi could donate N1.5bn to Buhari’s campaign just because he wanted to be minister. Where then is the morality in Buhari’s anti-corruption posture when he was funded with stolen fund?
“The President must therefore return the N1.5 billion stolen from Ekiti State that was used to fund his election,” the PDP said.
While reiterating the PDP’s support for the fight against corruption, the party said; “President Buhari must first remove the logs in his eyes before his attempt to remove the toothpicks in other people’s eyes can be taken seriously and the first step he must take is to return the N1.5 billion he got from Fayemi to fund his election.”