Ekiti to spend N80.7bn in 2015

Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State, on Friday, signed the 2015 Appropriation Bill of N80.9 billion and three other bills into law.
The governor had in last year December presented a budget of N80.774 billion to the House of Assembly with the lawmakers passing N80.9 billion into law for the 2015 fiscal year.
The other bills include Ekiti State Peace Corps (Repeal) Law, Grant of Pensions (Amendment) Law 2014 and Ekiti State Change of Official Logo (Amendment) 2014.
Appending his signature to the bills, Fayose said the 2015 Budget will focus on the civil service, education, health and the overall development of the state.
He said the law establishing Peace Corps initiated by the immediate past administration of Dr Kayode Fayemi was repealed because of the negative motives behind its establishment.
“Peace Corps was only carrying peace on the surface, the actual reasons for its institution was evil”.
On the grant of pension law, he noted that the law was enacted to provide for the grant of pensions to former governors and their deputies, saying former Governor Segun Oni and others who had served the state in such capacities were the targeted beneficiaries.
“The law has restored full privileges and benefits to all former governors and their deputies”.
Fayose, who lamented that the huge debt inherited from immediate past administration was slowing down his administration, said: “We do not want to dwell on the challenges but we want to forge ahead and deliver on our electioneering promises to the people”.
While urging the people of the state to disregard the rumour making the rounds that his government has received N22 billion from the federal government, he challenged whoever is making such a claim to disclose the banks, the government account and the time the money was paid.
Fayose, who called for the understanding of the people, promised to always pay salaries as and when due with deductions going to the appropriate quarters.