I Govern Osun without Borrowing or Spending Security Votes – Gov. Adeleke
Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has said that he’s ruling the southwest state without borrowing or spending from the security votes. The state governors have exclusive power over the security votes, amount of which is hardly disclosed.
The press secretary to the governor, Mr. Olawale Rasheed, said that Adeleke has financial discipline, and he’s deliberately cutting the overhead costs while widening the revenue nests.
The statement reads in part: “Governor Ademola Adeleke is governing Osun State without borrowing a single kobo and without drawing any security votes, Spokesperson to the State Governor, Mallam Olawale Rasheed has clarified.
“He made the clarifications in response to questions from reporters who quoted some opposition figures alleging the state Governor of increasing Osun debt and of accessing security votes to the tune of billions of naira.
“Mr Rasheed attributed such allegations to pure mischief, ignorance of public finance and deliberate misinterpretation of state data, noting that Governor Adeleke is pursuing his many governance initiatives within the confines of available resources from federal allocations and internally generated revenue.
“According to the Spokesperson, the state Governor is achieving so much through fiscal discipline, deliberate curtailing of overhead cost and widening of revenue nets, all which resulted in fiscal and financial health of the State.”
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