OYO APC PROTESTS AGAINST N300BN LOAN, ALLEGES INTIMIDATION OF MEMBERS (PHOTOS)
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By: Sefiu Ajape
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State, on Monday, staged a peaceful protest in Ibadan over alleged intimidation of its members by the state House of Assembly and the approval of a ₦300bn loan request by the state government.
The party accused the Peoples Democratic Party-led administration of mismanaging the state’s resources.
A member of the House of Assembly representing Saki West, Ibraheem Shittu of the APC, had earlier faulted the approval of the ₦300bn loan by fewer than two-thirds of lawmakers for Governor Seyi Makinde.
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In response, the Assembly described Shittu as an absentee legislator in a statement jointly signed by the Majority Leader, Sanjo Adedoyin, and the Chairman, House Committee on Information, Media, Public Affairs and ICT, Waheed Akintayo.
Shittu, however, insisted that he was not informed about the sitting, alleging that the approval was done secretly.
The protest started at the APC State Secretariat in Oke-Ado, Ibadan, and moved through Dugbe, Queen Cinema, and Adamasingba, before ending at Mokola Roundabout.
Addressing protesters, the state party Chairman, Olayide Abas, warned the PDP administration against mortgaging the lives of the people of the state with a rising debt profile.
He said, “The assessment of a N300 billion loan is an attempt to further plunge the state into financial crises.
“The state has been enjoying an increase in the monthly allocation from the Federation Account since the advent of President Bola Tinubu-led administration in the country.”
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