The cankerworm, plaque and evil which has since bedevilled our polity
and system was said to be fought headlong by this administration.
and system was said to be fought headlong by this administration.
However, the present action from the Senate with respect to the request
of the Ogun State Government headed by Governor Ibikunle Amosun
$350million loan from World Bank and the approval by the Senate is a
National Conspiracy against the good people of Ogun State.
Amosun who before now has come out to say Ogun State is indebted to over
107billion Naira, which will be duely paid in the next Thirty Years,
was responsible for sending a letter of request on the approval for
another backlog loan on the good people of Ogun State.
One would
want to ask, as every reasonable and objective citizen will: Why is
Ogun State needing a loan again? Why are we borrowing again? Why is
Senator Ibikunle Amosun mortgaging the lives of unborn generations in a
disguise of meaning well for the people? What has Amosun done to the
three time release of the Paris Loan, which is of utmost importance to
the State? The implication of this is that Amosun is digging a graveyard
for the unborn generations and the self move to borrow yet another
whooping sum of $350million is baseless and a compromise of the
President Buhari’ s fight against corruption.
want to ask, as every reasonable and objective citizen will: Why is
Ogun State needing a loan again? Why are we borrowing again? Why is
Senator Ibikunle Amosun mortgaging the lives of unborn generations in a
disguise of meaning well for the people? What has Amosun done to the
three time release of the Paris Loan, which is of utmost importance to
the State? The implication of this is that Amosun is digging a graveyard
for the unborn generations and the self move to borrow yet another
whooping sum of $350million is baseless and a compromise of the
President Buhari’ s fight against corruption.
Secondly, as a
citizen of Ogun State , I am not unaware of the fact that it is in the
best discretion and obligation of Ogun State citizens that Amosun is
asking for a loan from World Bank.
citizen of Ogun State , I am not unaware of the fact that it is in the
best discretion and obligation of Ogun State citizens that Amosun is
asking for a loan from World Bank.
Amosun has successfully
finished and mortgage Ogun State, Poverty has been the normal under his
administration, baseless construction has been his utmost priority,
governance of bitterness and calumny has been his watchword, lies and
deceit has been his daily recitation, hatred and self centeredness has
been his daily attire, however with this Loan approval Amosun has again
displayed his attitude on eating all he have to eat while he lives and
leaving generations to come to suffer woefully.
finished and mortgage Ogun State, Poverty has been the normal under his
administration, baseless construction has been his utmost priority,
governance of bitterness and calumny has been his watchword, lies and
deceit has been his daily recitation, hatred and self centeredness has
been his daily attire, however with this Loan approval Amosun has again
displayed his attitude on eating all he have to eat while he lives and
leaving generations to come to suffer woefully.
The request for
the $350million loan should have first been investigated thoroughly by
the National Assembly, an independent body under the tiers of government
to perform oversight functions, but No they didn’t; Pathetic!!
the $350million loan should have first been investigated thoroughly by
the National Assembly, an independent body under the tiers of government
to perform oversight functions, but No they didn’t; Pathetic!!
No wonder we also saw that even the Senators representing the three
senatorial constituency of Ogun State was equally absent as at when the
loan was granted, this shows and tells us how lackadaisical and useless
they are.
It is imperative and very well sacrosanct that the
National Assembly, most especially the Senate recognises the fact that
the war against corruption cannot be won or fought without public
followership and public followership is derived not by such actions as
presently taken by the Senators, but by a properly and well thought out
decision backed with compelling evidences sourced after a thorough
investigation.
National Assembly, most especially the Senate recognises the fact that
the war against corruption cannot be won or fought without public
followership and public followership is derived not by such actions as
presently taken by the Senators, but by a properly and well thought out
decision backed with compelling evidences sourced after a thorough
investigation.
One would have thought that the proper and most
acceptable thing that should have been done was the clarification of why
the loan is needed and important to a single living being in Ogun State
and not just beneficial to some Thieves and Rogues in power claiming
they mean well for the people, how does the loan affects the totality of
the Ogun state?
acceptable thing that should have been done was the clarification of why
the loan is needed and important to a single living being in Ogun State
and not just beneficial to some Thieves and Rogues in power claiming
they mean well for the people, how does the loan affects the totality of
the Ogun state?
Is the current development a justification that
there is no corruption in the Senate, Ministry of Finance and the Ogun
State Government headed by Governor Ibikunle Amosun ? Tranquility,
Transparency and Equity as stated in a plethora of authorities is not a
one way street, it rather is Tranquility, Transparency and Equity to the
state, society and the victim.
there is no corruption in the Senate, Ministry of Finance and the Ogun
State Government headed by Governor Ibikunle Amosun ? Tranquility,
Transparency and Equity as stated in a plethora of authorities is not a
one way street, it rather is Tranquility, Transparency and Equity to the
state, society and the victim.
I therefore call in the interest
of Transparency to all that the approval for the Loan be reversed and
the future moves of this administration to borrow and request for
another loan be banned.
of Transparency to all that the approval for the Loan be reversed and
the future moves of this administration to borrow and request for
another loan be banned.
A careful examination of the Loan itself
will reveal a liquidated attempt by the Federal government through the
office of the Minister of Finance to render abstract the real issues in
controversy and sweep the significant sufferings of Ogun State people
under the carpet. However, it is pertinent to put the matter into some
public perspective.
will reveal a liquidated attempt by the Federal government through the
office of the Minister of Finance to render abstract the real issues in
controversy and sweep the significant sufferings of Ogun State people
under the carpet. However, it is pertinent to put the matter into some
public perspective.
What we are seeing in Ogun State today is
simply a decorated and beautified but useless, worthless constructions,
which will not make Amosun’s tenure a succees because at the end, the
truth is like oil; no matter the amount of water you pour on it, it will
still flow.
simply a decorated and beautified but useless, worthless constructions,
which will not make Amosun’s tenure a succees because at the end, the
truth is like oil; no matter the amount of water you pour on it, it will
still flow.
Written by Ifemosu Michael Adewale is the founder Youth In
Good Governance Initiative YIGGI, Acting Coordinator Federalist Movement
of Nigeria (Ogun Central).
Good Governance Initiative YIGGI, Acting Coordinator Federalist Movement
of Nigeria (Ogun Central).
