Responding to the growing calls for the impeachment of Osun
governor, Rauf Aregbesola, a group known as the Asiwaju Grassroots
Foundation, has urged the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Najeem
Salaam, to disregard a petition from Justice Folahanmi Oloyede.
Oloyede had petitioned the State Assembly to impeach Aregbesola,
on the grounds of alleged financial recklessness and the inability of the state
to pay its workers’ salaries.
In a letter dated June 24, 2015 and signed by the AGF
coordinator in Osun State, Adeboye Adebayo, the group, implored the Speaker to
ignore the petition because “Aregbesola has made meaningful achievements.”
The letter read in part, “Mr. Speaker, you know that before now,
workers’ salaries, pensions and other emoluments were being paid as and when
due, including car loans and 13th month salaries.
“Things began to go the other way when financial meltdown hit the
country through the mismanagement of the national economy by the President
Goodluck Jonathan-led government and it is worthy of note that it was
Aregbesola that first raised the alarm about the impending financial crisis.
“Benue, Bayelsa, Rivers, and Delta states also owe workers. So,
it is not Osun State that is battling with this alone. It is due to financial
recklessness and mismanagement by the Jonathan government. Inasmuch as we are
not trying to interfere in the constitutional duties of the House of Assembly,
we are just using this medium, like others, to restate our firm commitment and
belief in the leadership of Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola as the governor for the next
four years.”
Ynaija
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