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Gbenga Daniel left empty treasury, N97bn debt – Ogun

By on November 15, 2012

Former Ogun State Governor surrounded by Legal team

The Governor of Ogun State Governor Ibikunle Amosun is said to have inherited an empty treasury from Otunba Gbenga Daniel in 2011.

This was made known by the Secretary to the Ogun State Government, Mr. Taiwo Adeoluwa, on Wednesday while receiving members of the state Council of Hausa Communities in Abeokuta.

He said the Governor Ibikunle Amosun-led administration inherited an empty treasury from its predecessor, pointing out that, the Amosun led administration took over from the former governor with nothing, the state’s treasury was empty, he said.

The Amosun administration met virtually nothing in the treasury of the state when it assumed office. Amosun took over from Otunba Gbenga Daniel in 2011.

If not for the financial acumen of Amosun, the state would have gone bankrupt, he said.

In a statement issued by the SSG through his press secretary Kunle Sokunbi, said governor’s prudence and resourcefulness had managed to bring the state back on its feet.

Adeoluwa said, “We met a state that salaries and subventions were owed. We met a state where pensions were owed for 32 months. Before they left, minimum wage was not paid. We inherited empty treasury. Even by their own admission, they said they left N50bn debt but we later discovered that the state was indebted to the tune of about N97bn.”

The SSG noted that in the mist of these challenges, government had continued to discharge its bearing in mind that the people of the state are its first priority.

He said, “Our capital expenditure is more than our recurrent expenditure. I can confirm to you that we have not borrowed a dime to pay salaries since we came. Since we came, we have not owed anybody any salary and we will not owe. We get about N2.5bn from Abuja every month and we pay about N6.1bn as salaries.”

Adeoluwa, consequently, promised that the state government would continue to do what it does best to guarantee the safety of life and property as well as ensure that the people feel the dividends of democracy.

He urged the Hausa leaders in the state to foster a peaceful atmosphere so that there could be peaceful coexistence and meaningful development in the process.