Kwara State Governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed has described as false, and mischievous the claim by an online news platform that the state government’s support for the Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki in his ongoing trial at the Code Of Conduct Tribunal was responsible for the delay in the payment of salaries of workers, adding that Dr. Saraki is fully capable of funding his legal defence and associated costs without recourse to public funds.
Governor Ahmed, disclosed this in statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Communications, Dr. Muideen Akorede.
The statement was also published on the social media accounts of the governor and his media aide.
The governor also denied removing the Chairman of the Parent Teachers Association(PTA) for allegedly criticizing the Senate President, stating that the PTA is a non-governmental organization and is therefore not subject to governmental control including removal or suspension of its officials.
Dr. Ahmed stressed that he and the Senate President fully support the constitutionally-guaranteed freedom of expression and could neither have instigated nor directed the removal of the PTA chairman on account of his alleged criticism of Dr. Saraki.