Mr. Oyetola handed over to me a “worn-out system” – Governor Adeleke claims
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Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has said his predecessor, Gboyega Oyetola, handed over to him a dilapidated system, alleging that he took office with unprecedented levels of corruption.
Mr. Ademola said when he arrived at his office, nothing was working: health, infrastructure, education, sports.
The governor and his predecessor have recently been engaged in a heated war of words over financial discrepancies and allegations of mismanagement of public funds and property.
Part of the basis of their dispute was the N407,32 billion national debt portfolio and the alleged conversion of public property into private property by Oyetola, the current Minister of Interior.
“I inherited a system in disrepair, one in which virtually nothing was working. It was worse than anything I’ve ever seen before. When I said nothing was going right, I meant it.”
Governor Adeleke also accused his predecessor of looting and destroying government buildings.
He said: “Schools, health centers, infrastructure, sports and civil service services were not functioning. The White House, the governor’s office, was like a black house. Reconstruction was reported before we took office. The Government House was like a shitty mansion. The government quarters were looted and destroyed.”
Mr Adeleke claimed that workers were owed salaries and pensions and said he had inherited a “huge and paralyzing debt”.
The governor claimed that public services had been turned upside down and descended into a zone of chaos.
On the other hand, he emphasized that when he took office a year ago, “we were starting from almost zero.”
“The past year has been a period of rebuilding in all aspects of Osun society,” he said.
Attempts to discuss the issues raised with Mr. Oyetola’s aide, Ismail Omipidan, were unsuccessful as calls could not be reached.
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Source: dailypost.ng