The All Progressives Congress in Oyo State, on Tuesday, cried out over the alleged diversion of funds and food items donated to the state by the Federal Government to cushion the effects of hardship on the populace following the removal of fuel subsidy by the President Bola Tinubu administration.
The PUNCH had reported that Tinubu announced that his government would come up with palliative measures aimed at minimising the pang of hunger and economic hardship among the poor in the country.
It will also be recalled that some of these intervention funds and items had been reportedly released through the state and local governments in the last few weeks while some state governments such as Kwara and Ogun openly confirmed the development.
A statement by the APC Publicity Secretary, Olawale Sadare, in Ibadan, the state capital, on Tuesday, berated the PDP administration in the state for deliberately withholding information relating to the receipt, distribution and management of funds and food items delivered to the Oyo State government as the share of the good people of the state.
He said, “Virtually all the states of the federation have declared the…
Ademola Adegbite
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