PEOPLES Democratic Party (PDP), South-West, has described as wasteful spending the plan by Governor Kayode Fayemi to build a new Ekiti Government House at the cost of N2.2b.

PDP Zonal Secretary, Honourable Kayode Babade, made this known in a statement made available to Saturday Tribune.

Describing the proposed project as unreasonable, the PDP chieftain said, “Fayemi is running Ekiti State like a prodigal governor.

“Only a wasteful and irresponsible government would embark on the construction of a new government house with borrowed fund.”

The party said it was appalling that a governor would go to the capital market to raise bond to build government house, a project which it said does not have any economic benefit to the state and its people.

“It is as if the comedy of errors foisted on Ekiti State by the Salamic judgment has gotten to its peak now.

“It is either Fayemi is demolishing houses and shops to pave way for planting of flowers, running after teachers for competency test, commissioning distribution of ‘graduation gowns’ to primary schools, visiting public schools to flag off renovation (painting) of schools or flagging off construction of a new government house with borrowed N2.2 billion.

“Whereas, in Ekiti, under Fayemi and his Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), poverty-related diseases, such as cholera, still kill the people with impunity.

“And already established and functioning universities were scrapped under the excuse that the state could not fund more than one university.

“Yet, the same Fayemi is spending part of the N22 billion loan he took to build a new government house!

“Our questions are: what is wrong with the government house being used now?  What is the economic benefit of a new government house to the downtrodden people of Ekiti State?

“How many jobs is the N2.2 billion to be spent on this ill-conceived project going to create for the unemployed Ekiti youths?

“The governor should, therefore, stop wasting Ekiti State fund on frivolities, because, one day, he will give account  to Ekiti people,” Babade said.

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