Osunn APC accuses Governor Adeleke of diverting palliative rice
By The NewsPostage
The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the state governor, Ademola Adeleke of diverting the palliative rice meant for the citizens of osun state to his party people.
The party urge him to come out with “the recurring issue of the Federal Government palliative rice which the ruling state government has fraudulently converted to a means of political patronage.
Recall that the Federal Government, headed by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, reportedly sent many trailer-load of rice and grains to the Osun State government for distribution to the poorest of the poor in the state, in order to reduce the biting effects of the removal of fuel subsidy since last year.
APC, i n a statement by it’s state chairman, Tajudeen Lawal, alleged that instead of distributing the rice to meet the immediate needs of the people, Governor Adeleke decided to warehouse the trailer-loads of rice and later re-bagged and re-branded them “in a manner fraudulently suggestive that the bags of rice were being provided by the Adeleke-led government.”
“Information has it that the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has started the distribution of the Federal Government rice as Eid-eil-Kabir gifts to only members of the ruling party, instead of making it available to all the residents of the state without religious and political consideration,” Lawal alleged.
The statement, signed by the party’s Director of Media and Information, Chief Kola Olabisi, added that it was unfortunate that Governor Adeleke had messed up the Federal Government’s palliative rice “again and as usual.”
Lawal queried the state governor “and his co-travellers on why they were reluctant to come out clean with the issue of the Federal Government rice palliatives meant for the people of the state.”
“What we are talking about is about the common patrimony of the state which the people of the state are entitled to know the formula for its appropriation in the interest of fairness, accountability and probity in the public office.
“It will not be out of tune for the people of the state to know how many bags of rice were distributed and who were the beneficiaries?
“It will also interest the people to know if the government of Adeleke had truly bought additional bags of rice to supplement the Federal Government own and at what cost.
“It is only when these questions are answered diligently that the governed would be convinced that there has not been sharp practices by the government on the recurring issue of the Federal Government palliative rice.
“Will it be fair to distribute the Federal Government palliative rice to only the members of the PDP when it wasn’t the only the party members who voted in the governor as the state Chief executive?
“Why is it that Governor Adeleke and his cohorts detest accountability portion of governance and brand those craving for same as enemies of his administration?
“We, as a party, won’t allow Governor Adeleke to rest until he gives proper account of the Federal Government palliative rice. We won’t allow him to shortchange the people of the state,” the APC chairman stated
