By Rotimi Ojomoyela
Ado-Ekiti
Ekiti state Governor, Mr Ayo Fayose, has denied paying himself a sum of N750 million terminal benefit for his first term tenure as alleged by the opposition APC in the state, saying the “only a heartless and wicked leader would pay such a huge sum to himself in the face of the present economic hardship.”
The governor, in a state-wide broadcast to the people of the state, to mark one year anniversary of his re-election, said residents must be wary of the game plan of the opposition which was to cause disaffection between them.
According to him, the apparent joblessness of Ekiti APC members was responsible for them engaging totally in fabricating lies.
He asked people of the state, especially civil servants and pensioners, to always demand proof of evidence whenever such allegations were raised against him.
He said: “I can never do that, since you have known me, you will observed that I have always been transparent and down to heart with you in all matters, please be assured that I am not in a hurry to get rich through the back door as suggested by my detractors.
“Let us even to think of it whether it was logical for me to have been so selfish into paying such money into my private account, what sense does that make to a right thinking person when such money was almost enough to augment what we are looking for to pay the May salary to Ekiti workers.”
The governor assured the people of his administration’s readiness to bring rapid development to the state despite the dwindling financial resources at hand.
