Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, on Friday signed the 2015 budget of N80.94bn and three other bills into law.
The Peoples Democratic Party caucus at the Ekiti State House of Assembly had on December 31 passed the 2015 budget in a closed-door session, after jerking it up by about N166m from the initial N80.774bn.
The other bills signed into law by the governor are Ekiti State Peace Corps (Repeal) Law, Grant of Pensions (Amendment) Law 2014 and Ekiti State Change of Official Logo (Amendment) 2014.
Fayose said the 2015 budget focused on the civil servants, education, health and the overall development of the state.
He said the law establishing Peace Corps initiated by the administration of former Governor Kayode Fayemi was repealed because of the negative motives behind its establishment.
“Peace Corps was only carrying peace on the surface, the actual reasons for its institution was evil,” Fayose said.
The governor said the pension law would accommodate former governors and their deputies, including Segun Oni.
“The law has restored full privileges and benefits to all former governors and their deputies,” he said.
Decrying the huge debt he said his administration inherited from his predecessor, Fayose said, “We do not want to dwell on the challenges but we want to forge ahead and deliver on our electioneering promises to the people.”
While urging the people of the state to disregard the rumour that his government had received N22bn from the Federal Government as refund of money used to construct federal roads in the state, he challenged whoever is making such claim to disclose the banks, the government’s account and the time the money was paid.
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