IPAC to Adeleke: Don’t play politics with Fed Govt’s palliative

Following the withholding of 3,000 bags of rice from the Federal Government, Inter Party Advisory Council (IPAC) in Osun State has urged Governor Ademola Adeleke not to play politics with the distribution of palliatives to the people.

IPAC through the Chairman, Wale Adebayo, in a statement yesterday in Osogbo, berated the state government for continual delay of the distribution of the 3,000 bags of rice received from the Federal Government.

He said Adeleke was voted into office by the people to address their welfare.

IPAC said: “We beseech Adeleke not to play politics with the distribution of Federal Government’s palliatives to the state. The state government has been rather slow in announcing its own palliatives to the state. The plight of the less privileged and the vulnerable shouldn’t be compounded by this unnecessary delay in the distribution of the items from Abuja.

“What the Federal Government has done is commendable, as it is making efforts to reduce hunger and hardship experienced by Nigerians as a result of fuel subsidy removal. We want our state too to do more, as the good people of Osun State have so much trust in them to deliver.

“Much still needs to be done by Governor Adeleke’s administration to cushion the effect of fuel subsidy removal like our neighbouring states. Huge resources have been made available to him due to increased revenue from the Federal Government allocation. The least we want from him is to avoid playing politics with the welfare of the people.”

Adebayo said Osun is perhaps the only state with no clear modalities for civil servants, artisans and the masses.

“Neighbouring states have been dishing out top notch programmes to cushion the effect of removal of petrol subsidy.”