TIMOTHY AGBOR
THE Peoples Democratic Party in Osun State has lambasted the State Governor, Gboyega Oyetola, over the flood disaster that raveged some parts of Osogbo, the state capital.
The major opposition party also expressed concern over what it termed the increasing deterioration of the state public infrastructures and notable assets.
Torrential rainfall on Tuesday night had collapsed part of the perimeter fence of Government House at GRA, Okefia, Osogbo and also sacked residents, destroyed property worth millions of Naira.
The party, in a statement signed by its State Publicity Secretary, Ayodeji Areola, on Wednesday, blamed the administration of Governor Oyetola for the road that the ravaging flood washed away in Osogbo. It asked Oyetola to resign for alleged lack of capacity to manage the state.
The party said, “It is also very disturbing, the disruption of economic activities of the good people of Osun State by officials of the state government who have blocked the road leading to the government house, in an attempt to shield the ugly scene from public glare.
“This to us, is all time low in a compact state like Osun. As things are, Mr Oyetola led APC administration is fast turning out a big disaster and an obsene embarrassment to the State, who in our opinion, should throw in the towel for lack of proactive acumen and capacity to manage our dear state instead of compounding the woes foisted on the state in recent years.
“Our party felt ashamed as many portions of township roads in Osogbo, the usual poster center of performance of this clueless administration, were heavily submerged in heavy flooding Tuesday night, just after a 30 minutes rainfall. This as we speak, has led to massive loss of means of livelihood of many people worth several millions of Naira in the state, including a reported loss of life at Awosuru area of the state capital.
“Many residents around Oke-Ayepe, Rasco, Dada Estate, Nitel Okefia and several other areas of the State Capital were agonizingly trapped in the preventable flooding, such that many had to abandon their efforts to access their individual homes out of frustration. This certainly is not a good deal for our people. It is certainly the lowest point in the history of our State.”
“One wonders what Mr Oyetola has been doing in the past three years if he could not maintain the house bequeathed on him as Governor of the state. It is suffice to say that if Oyetola’s predecessor was an embarrassment, Oyetola himself is a shameful disaster to the State,” the PDP argued.
