Hardship: Foundation Distributes Free Fuel In Ekiti

A non-governmental organisation (NGO) in Ekiti State, the Opeyemi David Falegan Foundation, has distributed free fuel to tricycle operators.

The NGO’s founder, Hon Opeyemi David Falegan, said the gesture was aimed at cushioning the effects of the recent pump price hike and the product’s scarcity.

He, however, condemned the move by some government agents telling the tricycle operators to shun the foundation’s distribution of free fuel in the state.

In a statement made available to newsmen in Ado Ekiti, Falegan frowned at the action of the people he alleged were government agents allegedly threatening tricycle riders at a filling station along Ilawe used as a distribution point about a week ago.

He called on the state government to caution its mercenaries to stop threatening the people of Ekiti state, mainly whenever an individual with good intentions takes up the responsibilities which the government should have done.

“Ekiti people are known for peaceful coexistence, stop making undue threats and impose hardship on them”.

Reacting, the information commissioner, Taiwo Olatubosun, dismissed the claim and said it was a figment of Falegan’s imagination.

He said Falegan is either looking for ways to trend or has decided to use the Governor to trend by making such a claim.

Olatubosun said Governor Biodun Oyebanji is known within and outside Ekiti as a true promoter of peace and inclusivity.

He explained that Oyebanji could not have orchestrated such an act, as alleged, stressing that the governor is always happy and supportive of any programme that will make life more abundant in Ekiti.