Nigeria in war situation —Aregbesola
on february 16, 2014 at 3:24 am in news
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BY GBENGA OLARINOYE, Osogbo
Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State has
declared that the Federal Government was
waging war against its citizens with the
reduction in the monthly allocations to states
and local governments.
Speaking, yesterday, in Ejigbo, Osun State, at the
commencement of a retreat organised for
members of the state House of Assembly on the
2014 Budget, Aregbesola stated that “any nation
that experiences what Nigeria is currently
passing through is in a war situation”.
He added that any country that has its revenue
reduced by 40 percent consistently was in a
serious crisis.
His words: “The situation, today, in Nigeria is
likened to a family who lives on N200,000
monthly, but suddenly had it reduced to
N120,000. That is the dilemma we found
ourselves in today.
”This is the situation Nigeria has found itself in
since July 2013. We are in a war situation. This
is a national disaster.”
Aregbesola noted that since last year, only few
states have been receiving allocations that can
barely pay their workers salaries.
”The situation in Osun today is that our
allocation is not enough to pay workers’ salaries
and pension since July last year”, he said.
According to him, the claim in some quarters
that Nigeria is in a bad economic situation as
a result of oil theft is bogus.
The governor, however, disclosed that Osun is
among the seven fastest growing economies in
the country as a result of his administration’s
economic policies.
Earlier, the Speaker of the state House of
Assembly, Hon. Najeem Salam, said that
indications from the last two budgets of the
state showed the state was moving forward.
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on february 16, 2014 at 3:24 am in news
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BY GBENGA OLARINOYE, Osogbo
Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State has
declared that the Federal Government was
waging war against its citizens with the
reduction in the monthly allocations to states
and local governments.
Speaking, yesterday, in Ejigbo, Osun State, at the
commencement of a retreat organised for
members of the state House of Assembly on the
2014 Budget, Aregbesola stated that “any nation
that experiences what Nigeria is currently
passing through is in a war situation”.
He added that any country that has its revenue
reduced by 40 percent consistently was in a
serious crisis.
His words: “The situation, today, in Nigeria is
likened to a family who lives on N200,000
monthly, but suddenly had it reduced to
N120,000. That is the dilemma we found
ourselves in today.
”This is the situation Nigeria has found itself in
since July 2013. We are in a war situation. This
is a national disaster.”
Aregbesola noted that since last year, only few
states have been receiving allocations that can
barely pay their workers salaries.
”The situation in Osun today is that our
allocation is not enough to pay workers’ salaries
and pension since July last year”, he said.
According to him, the claim in some quarters
that Nigeria is in a bad economic situation as
a result of oil theft is bogus.
The governor, however, disclosed that Osun is
among the seven fastest growing economies in
the country as a result of his administration’s
economic policies.
Earlier, the Speaker of the state House of
Assembly, Hon. Najeem Salam, said that
indications from the last two budgets of the
state showed the state was moving forward.
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