Date: 2014-04-13

The Kwara State has accussed the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of attempting to incite public disaffection through mischief and disinformation.

In a government house statement, the Ahmed administration described the PDP's criticism of its policies as the latest in a futile campaign of fallacy and mischief against a high-performing government.

" The PDP is either completely out of touch with reality or plainly ignorant of public sector finance. It is obvious to all but the mischievous that Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed has remained high-performing since inception through life-transforming programmes. These include the employment of 5000 youths, disbursement of N640m to cooperatives, artisans and transporters, the reduction in KWASU fees, abolishing of tuition fees at Senior Secondary School level, payment of bursaries to students, rehabilitation of 5 general hospitals and massive overhaul of road, energy, education and water infrastructure, to mention a few.

Contrary to the PDP's ignorant claim that the Kwara State Government has taken out two separate bond issues, the state government actually revised the earlier planned bond value from N30b to N23b having identified alternative means of funding identified projects internally. To educate the PDP, the planned bond will actually reduce government's expenditure on debt servicing and free up funds for additional life-transforming projects and programmes as existing liabilities are restructured.

Our planned employment of 8200 youths this year, the nearly completed state of the art International Vocational Centre, Ajasse Ipo, the on-going expansion of Kwara State University, the planned reconstruction of major federal, urban and rural roads, schools and establishment of an IPP plant all point to an administration focussed on high performance in all sectors.

The Ahmed administration is committed to enhancing the lives of its people and refuses to be distracted by the antics of a diminished party. Like the previous efforts to discredit the populist Ahmed administration, the PDP's latest mischief has failed.