Why We Spend N500m in Entertainment – Osun State Governor Adeleke
Osun State Government has explained why it spent over five hundred million naira on entertainment. The state government has come under heavy criticism when it was revealed that it spent that huge amount of money at a time hundreds of thousands of its citizens are struggling to feed themselves.
The state government said that it has become necessary to educate the news media that it has hosted a number of high profile events, ministers, governors and officials from the presidency.
Less than two months ago, the first lady Oluremi Tinubu visited Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife and she was welcomed by the state government.
Mr. Kolapo Alimi, the commissioner for information in the state released a statement to explain how the government spent half a billion naira on entertainment of visitors. Osun State is the poorest in the southwest geopolitical zone and one of the least performing in the internally generated revenues.
“On a report by an online news medium that Osun state spent over Five Hundred Million Naira on entertainment, we educate the medium that Osun Government in the last one year or so has hosted several high profile national events bordering on beneficial policy meetings, hosting of ministers, Governors and even top state officials from the Presidency.”
“The medium is invited to note that hosting states spend fund on transportation, accommodation and event organisation, all which were conducted under shoestring budget and within the context of hyper inflation plaguing the country.”
“The state benefitted immensely as several developmental projects are attracted into the state while Osun State is gradually assuming the position of event hub of the South West, boosting the agenda of the administration on the cultural, creative and tourism industry,” the statement read.
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