It is no longer
news that the ex-governor of Ekiti state bought 2-king size beds for N50 million naira only as claimed by current
state governor, Ayo Fayose.
However,
Kayode Fayemi declared that
‘’The administration of Governor Kayode Fayemi in Ekiti State places much
premium on infrastructure which it believes is a catalyst for modernizing the
state.
“Infrastructural
development is the second policy thrust of the 8-point agenda of the Fayemi
administration otherwise known as the ‘Roadmap to Ekiti Recovery'”.
The publication
reads thus: ‘’Desirous of being remembered for good by citizens of the State,
the Fayemi administration conceived what it called ‘Legacy Projects’, bequeathed
to the generations yet unborn.
‘’In conceiving
the projects, the administration took cognizance of the need to execute
projects that accord with the needs of the government and people of Ekiti and
critically also, positively project the Land of Honour in the comity of states
in Nigeria.
‘’Not ready to be
encumbered by the meagre allocations from the Federation Account, as the state
is 35th out of 36th on the nation’s revenue ladder, the administration secured
a N25 billion bond from the Capital Market.
‘’Upon accessing
the first tranche of N20 billion, the administration immediately embarked on
the mission to change the face of the state with the Legacy Projects which the
new Government House is one of them.”
According to
Fayemi, ‘’Ekiti State has lived with the challenge of having a befitting
Government House since the state was created on October 1, 1996. The first
Military Administrator, as he was designated, Col. Inua Bawa (rtd), was
holed-up in a borrowed apartment before building an official residence with
bricks sourced from Ire-Ekiti Burnt Bricks Factory.
‘’Successive
administrations since then made do with some buildings in the Government House
complex, including the present abode of the state’s number one citizen known as
the Osuntokun Lodge. The fact that the Lodge lacked many facilities befitting
of the residence of a governor and therefore “very inferior” to other
Government Houses in the country, made the need for a new Government House in
Ekiti very imperative.
‘’This inadequacy
came even more to the fore at the death of the former Deputy Governor, Mrs.
Funmilayo Olayinka, with guests pouring in from all over the country to
commiserate with the government and people of the state on the monumental loss.
To add to the state’s sorrow, the governor could not receive two sets of guests
at the same time.
‘’But that rather
embarrassing experience has become history with the construction of the new
Government House situated on the Ayoba Hills in Ado-Ekiti, the new edifice,
like the biblical ‘House on a Hill’ can be seen from all parts of the city.
‘’While
dismissing the claims of the opposition that the project is self-serving,
Fayemi argued that the new Government House belongs to the people of Ekiti and
not his personal property.
‘’He added that
it would continue to serve as the official residence of all coming governors,
long after he would have left office. The new Government House, will go down as
an important statement of the New Ekiti that the Fayemi administration has
always thought possible: It is an Ekiti State that plays second fiddle to none”
Source: Dailypost
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