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A group of political office holders under former governor of Oyo State, Abiola Ajimobi, has warned Governor Seyi Makinde istration to desist from blackmailing them.

At a press conference at the NUJ Press Centre in Iyaganku, Ibadan, and a statement tly signed by the former commissioner for Education, Prof. Adeniyi Olowofela, former special adviser, Communication and Strategy, Mr. Bolaji Tunji and former special assistant, Political Matters, Abiodun Ambali, the group described the litany of allegations against the Ajimobi-led istration as “lies, propaganda and falsehood.”

They said: “It has come to our notice and our investigation has also revealed that there is a deliberate smear campaign against the immediate past istration in the state by apologists of the present istration. This is in order to destroy the legacies of the istration and individually and collectively malign us.


“This carefully-orchestrated propaganda started a few weeks ago when the former istration was accused of awarding the Iseyin-Moniya-Oyo road to a faceless contractor at a cost of N2billion per kilometre, which had been debunked.

“Not only that, the present istration had also falsely alleged that the state had a debt profile of N150billion, which has been confirmed to be incorrect. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) and the Debt Management Office (DMO) put a lie to this. Total domestic borrowings at end of the Ajimobi istration was just over N90billion, of which about 35 per cent constituted provisions for arrears of pensions and gratuities of civil servants.

“The remainder was made up of bailouts and interventions extended by the federal government to all states to assist government alleviate pains experienced by the populace as a result of the global economic depression and the fall in oil prices.

“However, we have also decided to respond to the current smear campaign about vehicles alleged to have been recovered from some aides and political office holders. As stated, these are orchestrated campaigns of calumny and cheap propaganda aimed at rubbishing the well-known giant achievements of the Ajimobi istration, which we were part of.

https://www.akelicious.net/2019/07/enough-of-lies-propaganda-outright.html

All is political in my country

Makinde is just a typical politician. All of them na sakamaje, irrespective of party lines. He came in saying his predecessor left empty treasury and he met nothing but debt and the past government did nothing. Ok. How is he paying salaries and subsidizing the education levies he recently abolished? Abi na him personal money he dey use? Sakamaje.

let the game continue

Makinde should face Governance and stop looking for cheap political points.

Ibadan people will only tolerate him for too long.

Oh please! APC is the Grand master of lies and propaganda. Everything SM said about Ajimobi is freaking true

Iamgrey5:
Makinde should face Governance and stop looking for cheap political points.

Ibadan people will only tolerate him for too long.

And what has Buhari's Media gang Team been doing all these while

berbs:

And what has Buhari's Media gang Team been doing all these while

Didn't you also give them the stick for doing that.

They hayaah FailEd then they should try whiteMail and Wizard Hunting

berbs:
Oh please! APC is the Grand master of lies and propaganda. Everything SM said about Ajimobi is freaking true

Please if you haven't been to ibadan don't talk. The infrastructure and business opportunities brought in by Ajimobis govt was appreciable. He did well. Seyi Makinde should continue on that and stop acting like a typical PDP person.

Reading some comments above.....

Why waste time narrating to me about the failures of the past istration? Did we not hear it from you during your campaigns? It's that not why they were voted out and you were voted in?

Campaigns are over! Get to work!.

We want to be reading about your achievements, your programs, your action plans etc, not your complains..

This is exactly the same thing the Federal government has been doing for the past 4years.

Basher8583:


Please if you haven't been to ibadan don't talk. The infrastructure and business opportunities brought in by Ajimobis govt was appreciable. He did well. Seyi Makinde should continue on that and stop acting like a typical PDP person.

Which did well shey na the school fees him increase or the salary wey him no pay make am do well. Which one na ?

Basher8583:


Please if you haven't been to ibadan don't talk. The infrastructure and business opportunities brought in by Ajimobis govt was appreciable. He did well. Seyi Makinde should continue on that and stop acting like a typical PDP person.

Dude, Ibadan is my second home. I know everything going on cos in have folks there in the Public and Private service plus self employed too

Iamgrey5:
Didn't you also give them the stick for doing that.

Talk much and have your head on a plate

Sakamaje:
Makinde is just a typical politician. All of them na sakamaje, irrespective of party lines. He came in saying his predecessor left empty treasury and he met nothing but debt and the past government did nothing. Ok. How is he paying salaries and subsidizing the education levies he recently abolished? Abi na him personal money he dey use? Sakamaje.

You need to go back to school.
Govt runs on revenue and allocation.

Iamgrey5:
Makinde should face Governance and stop looking for cheap political points.

Ibadan people will only tolerate him for too long.

Oh, they tolerate Ajimobi for 8 years didn't they?

berbs:

Dude, Ibadan is my second home. I know everything going on cos in have folks there in the Public and Private service plus self employed too

Then you are honestly not being fair if you know how Ibadan used to be before Ajomobi took over. Leave sentiments aside. I ed when i came back to ibadan after a long time and I couldnt navigate cause roads have been expanded, flyovers everywhere modern infrastructures new businesses , malls etc.
Please lets ve honest with ourselves here. This is not and APC vs PDP thing. Ajimobi might be a bitch atimes but he tried.

Kenneth10110:



Which did well shey na the school fees him increase or the salary wey him no pay make am do well. Which one na ?

A blind man is incurable. Since you have refused to see, I will not banter a word with you.

It is high time we stopped all this ibeberism, cause we all knew what brought constituted authority Saga, if he had done well, he will be in senate house by now.

Basher8583:


Please if you haven't been to ibadan don't talk. The infrastructure and business opportunities brought in by Ajimobis govt was appreciable. He did well. Seyi Makinde should continue on that and stop acting like a typical PDP person.

Did you say infrastructure? Please for the record, can you name some of them? Aside the few roads Ajumobi constructed with about 2billion per kilometer pls mention other projects excuted by the immediate past istration. Education, health, agriculture etc

ibabz:


Did you say infrastructure? Please for the record, can you name some of them? Aside the few roads Ajumobi constructed with about 2billion per kilometer pls mention other projects excuted by the immediate past istration. Education, health, agriculture etc

I wonder how Im expected to prove anything to you when you started the argument with a big lie ......₦2billion?
Get to work or give governace back to APC

Basher8583:


Then you are honestly not being fair if you know how Ibadan used to be before Ajomobi took over. Leave sentiments aside. I ed when i came back to ibadan after a long time and I couldnt navigate cause roads have been expanded, flyovers everywhere modern infrastructures new businesses , malls etc.
Please lets ve honest with ourselves here. This is not and APC vs PDP thing. Ajimobi might be a bitch atimes but he tried.

Leave story Abeg, the state workers complain about unpaid salaries and business ain't moving. All the guy keeps doing is bloating price of contracts, cursing them and acting God all the time. Even the Elders in party can't talk to him. Let me just rest here.

If Seyi Makinde decides to follow that route, I won't hesitate criticising him.

Basher8583:


I wonder how Im expected to prove anything to you when you started the argument with a big lie ......₦2billion?
Get to work or give governace back to APC

He basically followed the format used here in Lag. Sheesh!!!

berbs:

Leave story Abeg, the state workers complain about unpaid salaries and business ain't moving. All the guy keeps doing is bloating price of contracts, cursing them and acting God all the time. Even the Elders in party can't talk to him. Let me just rest here.

If Seyi Makinde decides to follow that route, I won't hesitate criticising him.

I have told you Ajimobi can be a bitch atimes. I agree with you on that.
He did well in road construction. When did all your malls, hotels, estates and funky places show up in Ibadan. I have friends who constantly spend thier weekend in Ibadan. This they didnt do during the regim before Ajimobis.
You know this now... Why are you using sentiments to judge like a typical African man

Xisnin:

Oh, they tolerate Ajimobi for 8 years didn't they?

I am from Ibadan

Ajimobi was above average in his first four years, otherwise we will have long forgotten he ever existed.

Ibadan people voted in a very naive person.

Basher8583:


I have told you Ajimobi can be a bitch atimes. I agree with you on that.
He did well in road construction. When did all your malls, hotels, estates and funky places show up in Ibadan. I have friends who constantly spend thier weekend in Ibadan. This they didnt do during the regim before Ajimobis.
You know this now... Why are you using sentiments to judge like a typical African man

Well, I'm not even bothered by all that. But non payment of Salaries, pensions and Gratuities is a no no for me. Ontop that, you'll even tell them to go and die. Ha! Rara ooo. Kole work!!! He even has the gut to contest for Senator. He caused the failure of Adelabu to Clinch the Agodi seat.

I wonder how any worker manages to survive if being owed salary(ies), and u expect corruption to end. Who doesn't want to live a good life (at least averagely)?

Basher8583:


Then you are honestly not being fair if you know how Ibadan used to be before Ajomobi took over. Leave sentiments aside. I ed when i came back to ibadan after a long time and I couldnt navigate cause roads have been expanded, flyovers everywhere modern infrastructures new businesses , malls etc.
Please lets ve honest with ourselves here. This is not and APC vs PDP thing. Ajimobi might be a bitch atimes but he tried.

Young man, be realistic. Which flyover everywhere? Constituted authority only erected mokola flyover in the whole of Oyo state. Or Awolowo bridge is flyover?

Sakamaje:
Makinde is just a typical politician. All of them na sakamaje, irrespective of party lines. He came in saying his predecessor left empty treasury and he met nothing but debt and the past government did nothing. Ok. How is he paying salaries and subsidizing the education levies he recently abolished? Abi na him personal money he dey use? Sakamaje.

Has allocation stopped coming?