COVID-19: Lawmaker demands special grants for Oyo, Osun states

…Commends Gov Makinde for approach In managing pandemic

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to ravage the nation, Hon. Wole Oke, has called on the Federal Government to as a matter of urgency give grant to Oyo and Osun states.

The lawmaker representing Obokun/Oriade Federal Constituency of Osun State, noted that the two states have managed the limited resources available to them very well to the admiration of many.

Hon. Oke who is the House Committee Chairman on Public Accounts and a member of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), commended the Oyo state governor, Engr Seyi Makinde for his method and approach in the management of COVID-19.

The lawmaker who had earlier donated N15m worth of bags of rice to the Osun State Committee on COVID-19 charged other state governors to emulate the leadership style of Gov Makinde, advising that they should copy from him to adopt same in their respective states irrespective of political party affiliations

According to the lawmaker, “these states have utilized the resources available to them very well to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. I am calling on the Federal Government to to give special grant to the states to be be able to combat the pandemic head-on.

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“Their prudent management of the resources at their disposal is commendable. The Federal Government should lend a helping to them, it is our enemy for now and we have to collectively combat it without playing dirty politics with its eradication

“I also want to commend Governor Seyi Makinde for a job well done and I am appealing to other states to emulate the governor and copy his style of managing the pandemic.”