Did Governor Fayemi Build Ekiti Government House With Borrowed Funds?

There has been a whole lot of drama surrounding the Ekiti State Govenrment house which was built by the last administration in Ekiti State. The then Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi claimed he built the State house with the sum of N2.1bn, but Governor Fayose is saying it is a lie and that the total amount of the cost of the building according to the record he met was N3.38bn. Fayose however says he wonders why the past Governor will borrow money to build a State house when a life-touching project like the Oba Adejugbe General Hospital was left uncompleted. 

 

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The Ekiti State governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, has said that his predecessor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, is telling lies about the actual cost of the new Government House in Ado Ekiti.

The governor said the total contract sum for the Oke Ayoba Government House was N3.38bn and not N2.1bn as claimed by Fayemi.

Fayose, in a release by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, on Monday, said the contract was initially awarded to Kouris Construction Nig. Ltd on July 27, 2012 for N2, 054,573,822.00 while additional contract of N730, 186,636.87 was awarded on October 10, 2014, six days before the expiration of Fayemi’s administration.

He said, “Apart from the additional contract of N730m, another contract worth N604,961,645.72 for the furnishing of the Government House was awarded to Kitwood Nigeria Limited on June 18, 2014, three days to the governorship election that he (Fayemi) lost.

“If Fayemi and his men lack knowledge of simple arithmetic, we will help by telling them that the addition of N2,054,573,822.00, N730,186,636.87 and N604,961,645.72 will be N3,389,722,104.59 (N3.38bn).

“Now, we ask, is Fayemi saying that as the governor then, he lost control such that he was not aware that the two additional contracts were awarded on June 18 and October 10, 2014?

“If Fayemi did not authorise the two contracts, shouldn’t he simply ask his Chief of Staff, Yemi Adaramodu, in whose office the contractors signed the contract agreements?

“In saner climes, Fayemi won’t have the effrontery to defend his use of borrowed fund to build Government House, pavilion and civic centre, when a life-touching project like the Oba Adejugbe General Hospital was left uncompleted.”