The Ondo State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, of giving money to youths, clergymen and other groups in the state to discourage them from embarking on the #EndBadGovernance protests.
Naija News reports that this was contained in a statement issued by the Publicity Secretary of the party, Kennedy Peretei, on Saturday titled, ‘National Hunger Protest: Aiyedatiwa is merely playing to the gallery.’
The opposition party also blamed the administration of President Bola Tinubu for allegedly causing the protest due to insensitivity to the sufferings of the people.
PDP stated that while Aiyedatiwa has yet to account for the N5 billion that the Federal Government released to all the States as palliative, he was inducing residents of the state with cash to stop them from embarking on protest.
The statement read, “The Peoples Democratic Party, Ondo State Chapter, asserts that these protests would have been averted if the President Bola Tinubu-led APC government had been sensitive to the yearning and suffering of the people. He should, therefore be held responsible for the casualties, calamity and the attendant trauma occasioned by these protests.
“It is indeed a sad reality that Governor of Ondo State, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, had to personally dish out cash inducements to some youths, clergymen and others from the state treasury to forestall protest at the state capital, Akure. He was later reported to have thanked the people of the state for not joining the protest. What a pity! There is no part of the country that needs the protest more than Ondo State in the face of an administration that has practically grounded the state in every ramification.
“Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa is yet to account for the N5 billion that the Federal Government released to all the States as palliatives in the wake of the uproar from Nigerians after the withdrawal of fuel subsidy. The monthly allocation from the Federation Account which averages N10 billion every month since December 2023 has no impact on the state. In fact, the allocation for last month was N11billion.”
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