The Osun State Government has denied the allegation by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that it inflated the cost of the airport project in Ido Osun by N11 Billion.
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In a statement by the Director, Bureau of Communication and Strategy, Office of the Governor, Mr. Semiu Okanlawon, the government said the allegation of inflating the contract sum of the Moshood Abiola International Airport from N4.5bn to N15.5bn, is a fiction and not a fact, saying that PDP in the state has once again displayed its pettiness, mischief and crass ignorance about governance.

The statement pointed out that the said contract under the former administration of PDP more than six years ago, was reviewed from N3, 967,085,161.38 to N7, 512,615,918.06 stating that this alone is enough to puncture the PDP’s fabrications.
The statement added, “To every reasonable critic, if a contact was reviewed to N7.5 billion as far back as 2010 to the knowledge of the Presidency and the Ministry of Aviation, does it not make sense to consider exchange rates and other factors that could be responsible for the upward review of the contract? 

Noting that the Aregbesola administration has no problem with constructive criticism from opposition, it explained, “the Job of the opposition is not to concoct lies but to provide strong criticism spiced with concrete facts”.

He held that it must be placed on record that the state’s airport project is in line with the realities of airport construction in Nigeria, citing the examples of Kebbi Airport that was built at an approximate sum of N17 billion and Bauchi’s N13 billion built about two years ago.

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