Account for N16.7 bn IGR, PDP tells Fayemi

The Ekiti State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked former Governor Kayode Fayemi to account for N16.7 billion his administration under declared as Internally-Generated Revenue (IGR) from 2010 to 2014.

The party said this has become necessary since Fayemi said his administration was raking in an average of N600 million monthly as IGR and which totals N7.2 billion yearly, while the figures his administration gave to the National Bureau of Statistics, the Federal Ministry of Finance, the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation among others did not tally with Fayemi’s claim.
The party spoke in Ado-Ekiti yesterday through the State Chairman, Barrister Gboyega Oguntuase.
“Records in the above offices show that in 2011, the IGR of the state was N2.5 billion which translated to…