Senator Ibikunle Amosun has chided Governor Dapo Abiodun to stop playing a blame game, telling him to take up the responsibility of paying the severance allowance as demanded by special assistants who worked for Ogun State.
This served as a response to Dapo Abiodun’s media aide who said the former governor intentionally singled out special assistants who worked for him but paid others their severance allowance
In a statement, Lanre Akinwale, representing Amosun’s media office, expressed disbelief that the current administration, led by Governor Dapo Abiodun, would still evade its statutory responsibilities over five years into its term.
‘’Our attention has been drawn to another in the series of campaign of calumny against the person and administration of Senator Ibikunle Amosun coming from a supposed special adviser to the Governor of Ogun State on Media, Kayode Akinmade’’.
‘’It is beyond logical reasoning and common sense that a government that had spent more than five (5) years in office, will still be shying away from its statutory responsibilities to the people of Ogun State’’.
The statement asked the administration to cure itself from the pull him (Amosun) Down syndrome it has embarked upon in almost five years, as God has lifted Senator Ibikunle Amosun up and no amount of politicking and deliberate attacks, can bring down.
‘’Amosun has served the people of Ogun State selflessly, passionately and committedly. His legacies are still noticeable across the nooks and crannies of the state, spanning different sectors’’.
‘’The Dapo Abiodun-led government needs to be woken from their slumber and be reminded that Amosun, during his administration also paid the severance benefit of political appointees who served during the administration of his predecessor’’.
Amosun did not ask the affected appointees to resort to begging, appeasing, worshipping and bootlicking him, he paid it voluntarily knowing fully well that government is a continuum and he considered it as part of his responsibility to the affected people for their service’’.
‘’It is sad and unthinkable that the present administration will direct the affected appointees to Amosun, after detailed information about his (Amosun’s) government was presented in form of handing over note to the present administration five years ago’’.
‘’It is obvious that the present administration deliberately refused to pay the severance of the past appointees just because they served with Amosun. Isn’t this a vendetta?’’
The statement reminded the Dapo Abiodun led administration that Time is ticking away, as they also asked the administration to stop the politicking, blame game, and pull him down syndrome. Rather, it should concentrate on delivering good governance.
