APC accuses Fayose of awarding N200m contract to brother

The All Progressives Congress in Ekiti State has accused Governor Ayodele Fayose of awarding the repainting of Ekiti State Governor's Office to his 'blood brother' at the cost of N200m.

It also accused the governor of awarding a contract to put marble in front of the Government House, which he (Fayose) had earlier described as too expensive; and relaying of asphalt on an already asphalted road leading to the lodge.

In a statement by its State Publicity Secretary, Taiwo Olatunbosun, on Sunday, the APC said, 'To add salt to injury, artisans working on the marble are all brought from Ibadan when many Ekiti artisans could do the job. This is a man who claims to be a friend of the masses.

'He is repainting the Governor's Office awarded by direct labour at the cost of N200m to his blood brother. He told the Permanent Secretary, General Administration Department and Head of Service to find an alternative entrance for civil servants who work within the Governor's Office building because he doesn't want to be meeting the workers while coming in through the main entrance.

'This has been effected as civil servants in the Governor's Office now pass through the back to their offices, yet this is the class of people he professed to be his friends before the election and he has also cancelled the appointment of eight permanent secretaries that were legally appointed after passing necessary examinations according to the service rules,' the statement said.