He said, “We will work till the last day of this administration. We don’t care about what some people are saying all about. As I am talking to you today, this administration still has 18 days and some hours to expire.
Abiola Ajimobi, Oyo State Governor, has said he is not afraid of an investigation into the spending of the state's fund and contracts awarded.
The outgoing governor said this in reaction to comments made by Seyi Makinde, governor-elect of Oyo State, who said Ajimobi awarded N30 billion worth of contracts in a single day.
“Events of the past two weeks have shown characteristics of targeted contract awards that were compiled in a haste and randomly awarded to empty government purse before the May 29 swearing-in date," Makinde said.
Ajimobi, while speaking on Thursday at a public lecture and fellowship investiture organised by Society for Peace Studies and Practice at the Subomi Balogun Conference Centre, University of Ibadan, said Makinde is free to cancel the contracts and can go ahead to investigate him.
He said, “We will work till the last day of this administration. We don’t care about what some people are saying all about. As I am talking to you today, this administration still has 18 days and some hours to expire.
“When they get there, let them cancel all the contracts we have signed. Let them investigate us and if we have stolen, they should arrest us.
Ajimobi said he has given his best to the state while making reference to some of the achievements recorded during his administration.
“We have given our best to the state and we will continue to do this. The feats recorded by our administration placed Oyo as one of the five safest havens of investment in the country.
“We are also the fourth investment-friendly state in Nigeria according to the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics; with a four-star rating for investment friendliness by the Nigerian Export Promotions Commission," Ajimobi said.