The Delta State Commissioner for Information ,Mr Charles Aniagwu, yesterday took a swipe at Senator Ovie Omo-Agege for saying that the state government was on a borrowing spree, adding that APC led government were the professional borrowers.
Aniagwu said that the borrowing bang of Buhari administration, of which the Delta State APC governorship candidate, is a prominent member, has already made unborn Nigerians debtors.
He expressed these views while speaking to reporters in Asaba, the Delta State capital, advising Omo-Agege to tell his party not to make Nigerians perpetual debtors.
Aniagwu declared :
“For Senator Omo-Agege to say that Delta state had engaged in borrowing is not true. Those who are professionals in borrowing is the APC- led Federal Government where he is number two in the red carpet chamber, where these funds are being approved arbitrarily to the extent that several millions of dollars had been borrowed, even when they have not translated to the life of people.
“Our unborn children are now debtors in Nigeria on account of APC borrowing,” he said.
According to Aniagwu, “the reason the state government wanted to take the bridging loan was to enable us tackle the issue of accrued money of pensioners and also to address the issue of some ongoing projects in the state.”
He stated that plans were on ground to commission the Ogheye Market in Warri North which, he said, “is the best of its kind, built in the centre of the ocean to serve our people and even Ondo people.”
He added that “the peace we enjoyed today in the state was on account that this administration was able to reach out to even people in far most communities.”
The commissioner said that the Agbharo/Origin Road which happened to be in Senator Omo-Agege home area was also constructed by the Okowa Administration, adding that “if he says this administration have not done anything, it means that he does not visit home, nor interface with his people because they would have informed him that they now drive on a good road.
” We will not allow Omo-Agege to come and mess up with our state and I know that Deltans will look on the part of PDP come 2023 general election,” he added.
