I HAVEN'T COMMITTED EKITI TO ANY DEBT - FAYOSE

Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has said that he hasn’t committed the state to any debt either by taking bond or borrowing from any financial institution since he assumed office for the second time on October 16, 2014. till date.

He therefore challenged anyone, financial institution or the Debt Management Office (DMO) and his accuser, the All Progressive Congress (APC) to publish any debt he owes on behalf of the state since he assumed office.

Fayose who stated this on Sunday in reaction to allegation by the Transition Committee set up by the APC Governor-elect, John Kayode Fayemi, claiming that the state’s debt profile according to the data they allegedly obtained from the DMO currently stands at N117 billion, dismissed such claims as : “cheap blackmail and lies from the out of hell ”

He said: ” I have not committed Ekiti to one Naira since I assumed office as governor for the second term. I haven’t borrowed from any financial institutions. The Debt Management Office (DMO) and the Federal Ministry of Finance are the approving authority.

“Fayemi should publish any document from these approving authorities showing any money borrowed by my administration. I did not borrow take any bond or borrow from any financial bank. The figure which Fayemi is talking about is the money his administration borrowed which was restructured as it was done for other states.

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