The Senator representing Ekiti South in the National Assembly, Mrs.
Biodun Olujimi, has condemned the latest round of demolition of houses in Ado-Ekiti by Governor Ayo Fayose.
Olujimi, who is a People’s Democratic Party (PDP) governorship aspirant, said physical development is a welcome development but should be done with human face.
The Deputy Senate Minority Whip said this yesterday in a statement signed by the Director General of her campaign organization, Chief Bunmi Olugbade.
The governorship aspirant noted that the ongoing demolition was ill-timed coming at a situation when workers and pensioners are owed arrears of salaries and benefits, “Ekiti being a civil service State.
” “In advanced democracies, government will do enumeration and valuation of compensation to be paid to those who will be affected by such demolition, provide temporary accommodation for them and give them enough time to relocate before demolition.
“I want to appeal to those who are affected and I want to promise that the PDP government under my leadership will put smiles o the faces of the people rather than tears.
“Finally, I want to appeal to the people of Ekiti State to embrace the PDP continuity agenda of ensuring that a PDP government is installed rather than a third term agenda of an individual.
” Meanwhile, Fayose later on Wednesday paid a visit to some families affected by the demolition in Ijoka area of Ado-Ekiti, the epicenter of the exercise.
A disclosed that the governor said the compensation package was being worked out but the affected house owners maintained that they wanted full compensation and not peanuts.
Many residents of the area who have been displaced by the demolition of their buildings alleged that they have been disenfranchised by their forcible relocation to other places.
Those affected residents are being relocated to places like Odo, Fagbohun, Ajebamidele, Oke Ureje, Emirin, Afao Road and Ilokun.
