The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN), on Wednesday in Ibadan alerted that the re-election of Governor Seyi Makinde-led government in Oyo state would be a hell for working people in the state.
SPN while raising the alarm at a press conference addressed by its
Oyo state secretary, Comrade Ayodeji Adigun, said already, public education in the state “is now in a terrible state”.
The party pointed out that “in the event that Engr Seyi Makinde is re-elected after the 2023 election, the chances are that things will be very tough for the masses of the working but poor people in the state.
“With the current huge debt profile of Oyo state which is around N200billion now and increasing decline in federal allocation to the state, owing to the acclaimed subsidy payment, there is every likelihood in the coming period that the federal allocation to the state will be squarely dedicated to debt servicing and repayment,” it said
SPN added, “This means that the government given its pro-capitalist orientation will have no choice than to squarely depends on aggressive imposition of taxes on the workers as mean of generating revenue for the state most of which will be devoted to the serving and maintenance of the opulence and wasteful lifestyle of the pro-capitalist politicians and their acolytes”.
“The introduction of the so called N30,000 drilling permit fee by Engr. Seyi Makinde-led government for any citizens willing to draw water through borehole drilling is a glimpse of what should be expected if Engr. Seyi Makinde-led government is re-elected.”
On public education in Oyo state, SPN stressed, “considering the terrible state of our public education, both the cancellation of the N3,000 and entrance examination fees including the free distribution of the exercise books is like scratching the problem at the surface”.
“The state of the decadence in the education sector is so huge that most public schools in the state lack necessary facilities such as laboratories, libraries, computer facilities, adequate and properly-equipped classrooms, etc.
“This is despite the 200 projects which include, renovated 88 classrooms blocks, newly constructed 51 classrooms and 36 boreholes claimed to have been completed by Engr Seyi Makinde-led government in three years”.
SPN accused the Governor Makinde led government of allegedly engaging in all of the propaganda, media noise and misconception on the public education sector in the state.
especially on acclaimed interventions and projects regarding their importance to the education sector in the State
“To us in SPN, all of the propaganda, media noise and misconception built around the cancellation of N3,000 and the free supply of exercise books are just a mere grandstanding and populism deliberately aimed at deceiving the poor people to believe that the Makinde-led regime is different from the previous regimes”.
SPN noted, “the plain truth is that there is no fundamental different in term of programme, economic approach and orientation between Engr Seyi Makinde-led government and the preceding governments including the discredited late Senator Ajimobi-led government.”
