The Governor of Ondo state, Rotimi Akeredlu has reacted to rumours that the state government has awarded major contracts in the state to people of Igbo extraction.
Below is a statement made available to POLITICS NIGERIA, signed by his SSA on media, Ojo Oyewamide;
“The attention of the Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu, SAN has been drawn to a widely circulated narrative that contractors of Igbo extraction has cornered all road contracts in the State.”
“This is far from the truth. Aside the temptation to dismiss this unsubstantiated claim by the facilitators of the imaginary scenario, the fact that such was coming from those whose pervasive acts have haunded them out of government is enough to ignore the story.”
“However, it is pertinent to aver that there is no single road contractor of Igbo extraction. Anyone with evidence of such should kindly avail the public of same. Documentations relating to contracts execution are not hidden. They are public and therefore, subject to public scrutiny. All road contractors in the State are well known and have nothing to hide.”
“Mr. Governor, therefore, urges all and sundry to ignore the stories coming from those who thrice on falsehood and fabricated stories to take political decisions.”
