Ekiti State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the All Progressives Congress-led Federal Government of deliberately shortchanging the state government in the refunds due to the state from the Paris Club at the instance of its governorship candidate in the state, Dr Kayode Fayemi.
This, according to the party, is meant to hinder the state government from meeting its obligations and portray it in bad light in the public.
The party, in a statement by the State Publicity Secretary, Mr Jackson Adebayo, in Ado-Ekiti Friday, said going by documents from the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Federal Ministry of Finance, Ekiti State was due to get $69 million as the remaining part of the refunds, but that had been reduced to $49 million.
“We have it on good authority that the $20 million removed would be part of the funds to be used by the APC and Fayemi for the coming July 14 governorship election in the state. One wonders why the discrepancy in the figures. The consultant employed by the NGF came out with the initial figure and for no reason, the new figure we are hearing is been touted as the dues of the state,” he said.
Adebayo, therefore, challenged the APC-led Federal Government to come out and declare what remained for Ekiti State to get from the Paris Club refund.
The party equally demanded explanation from the Presidency how it was only Ekiti State’s refunds that suffered arbitrary cut down after the submission of the Governor.
