Contrary to the claim by the immediate past government of Oyo State led by Senator Abiola Ajumobi, that it built a modern state, Governor Seyi Makinde, has condemned the claim describing it as unjustifiable and bogus.
Makinde said the past administration led by All Progressives Congress (APC), left behind a decayed system in the governance of the state but his government was determined to lift the state from the mess of the past.
The governor said this at the sensitisation programme on the new waste management system in the state.
A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Makinde, Taiwo Adisa, quoted the governor as saying that the administration of Senator Abiola Ajimobi, which claimed it built a modern Oyo, bought no functional fire-fighting truck to take care of fire outbreaks in eight years.
He added that the past administration had no functional ambulances for state-owned hospitals and failed to leave a sustainable waste management structure.
He further made it clear that the waste management programme left behind by the immediate past administration was ineffective and unsustainable despite huge investments.
The statement added that with the launch of the new waste management architecture, Oyo State has begun its journey to becoming one of the cleanest in the country.
He said: “The past administration claimed to be the architect of modern Oyo State but, four days ago, I received some calls and when I picked, I was told that the wife of a former governor of Lagos State, who was in Ibadan for a visit, had health challenges and an ambulance was needed to convey her to Lagos. When we called the Government House Clinic to provide an ambulance, we were told there was none in the Government House Clinic.
“I also know that the Oyo State Road Transport Maintenance Agency (OYRTMA) refurbished a particular ambulance and I said they should make use of that one. Also, the Ministry of Health sent another ambulance that could be used but none of the ambulances could be used because they don’t have an oxygen facility. That is the modern Oyo State they claimed to have created.
“Now, there have been issues of fire incidents here and there and we thought about it. When we checked the records, we observed that they did not provide a single fire truck. If they bought, I challenge them to bring out the record and put them in the public domain that they truly did.”
The governor warned the opposition party to stop fomenting trouble and stop making unjustifiable claims, as he asked them to accept the verdict of the people which sent them out of office.
