By Dayo Johnson

Akure—THE All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ondo State yesterday accused the ruling Labour Party, LP, administration of non-performance since it secured a second term.
APC claimed the second term of Governor Olusegun Mimiko in the state was a mistake by the people.

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State chairman of the party, Isaac Kekemeke, in a briefing in Akure, said since the governor secured a second term tenure the state had remained stagnant and the people had been grumbling.
According to him, “We want to express our deep concern about the happenings in this state since the present administration secured a new mandate. Government has been on vacation. Government offices are not functioning, civil servants are not doing their jobs because there are no tools to work with. Local governments are not doing any noticeable projects, as allocations are not released to them.

“For 16 months, the Joint Allocation Committee, JAC was not held in the state. Funds are not released to government ministries and parastaltals. There are potholes everywhere, and hospitals are not functioning. We need to cry out because this holiday is getting too long. Government should wake up and meet the yearnings of the people of the state.”

The party, which also condemned the alleged multiple taxation imposed on the people by the government under the guise of shoring up its Internally Generated Revenue, IGR, lamented that this had  impoverished the people of the state, calling on the government to  revisit the issue.
He claimed it had increased unemployment and insecurity.

On the construction of a shopping mall at the premises of the Owena Motel,  Kekemek said the party had nothing against investment, but government should come out open on the transaction, saying “Government should lay the cards on the table on this billion Naira project. Had the land been sold, is it in partnership, what is in it for Ondo State? This legacy ought not to be sold by government.”