The gubernatorial candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Senator Iyiola Omisore, has accused the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC in Osun State of financial recklessness and fiscal indiscipline, saying such infractions were responsible for economic woes.
He said the absence of fiscal sustainability in the state has put its balance sheet on deficit consistently, without a conscious move to jack up the Internally Generated Revenue and boost the economy.
Omisore made this known at the Governorship debate organised by Channels TV, in conjunction with National Democratic Institute in Osogbo, the Osun State capital on Sunday.
“The APC government in Osun lacks fiscal discipline, and it is financially reckless, which is solely responsible for the economic mess in the state”.
The former Chairman of Appropriation Committee of the Senate opined that the state could generate over N30 billion Naira in agriculture if properly harnessed in the way the sector was made the mainstay of the economy of the pre-independence and early Independence era.
He dismissed the agitation for zoning of the governorship seat to the West senatorial district in some parts of the state, saying such agitation was a fallout of myopic tendencies, and spirit of laziness.
“Government at this stage is beyond zoning, the state is in a serious mess, which needs to be rescued from the decadence.
“To me, the agitation for zoning is nothing but a product of myopic thinking, laziness and outright mediocrity, ” Omisore declared.
The SDP standard bearer also described the education policy of the Aregbesola-led administration as counterproductive, and in shambles.
He further said the widely publicised learning tablet, known as, “Opon Imo,” was a total scam, saying the tablet is not really in circulation and never served the essence in which it was originally conceived.
Omisore, however, called on the Federal government to investigate the killers of the late Attorney General of the Federation, Chief Bola Ige, and many others who were murdered in the fourth republic and bring them to book. - Daily Post
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