FG withholding Paris Club refund to starve Ekiti  says Fayose

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has accused the Federal Government of deliberately withholding the release of the Paris Club refund to states purposely to prevent Ekiti from using the money to pay arrears of workers’ salary before the July 14 governorship election

This is just as the governor also warned the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) against stopping the collation of elections results midway, as it was done during the governorship election in Edo State.

Governor Fayose, who spoke through his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Idowu Adelusi, in Ado-Ekiti, on Thursday, said Ekiti State and other states had been cleared to get the refund, but the FG refused to release it to the states because of Ekiti election as it did in Kogi.

The governor said, “If it is…