Omisore condemns Osun govt over acquisition of farmland to build worship centre

Former Deputy Governor of Osun State, Senator Iyiola Omisore, has described the proposed building of an interdenominational worship centre, worth several billions of Naira, by Osun State government as misplaced priority and sheer hypocrisy.
Speaking through his Director of Media and Strategy, Prince Diran Odeyemi, Senator Omisore said the proposed worship centre was an
attempt to siphon taxpayers’ money with no genuine concern for the welfare of the people of the state.
 According to Senator Omisore, “It would have been more honourable for the government to admit mistake and reverse the new education policy which is causing confusion in the state than erecting an interdenominational centre to hoodwink the Christian community who are opposed to his disposition towards them.”
 He continued: “As a governor that claimed to believe in equality among all religions, my concern is about how much the government will have to spend to erect mosques and shrines for our Muslim brothers and ‘Isese’ people when the people of the state are wallowing in abject poverty.
“The so called Open Heaven Worship Centre, that has already gulped N51 million as compensation to farmers, is an attempt to mop up fund for the 2014 campaign which APC and Aregbesola has commenced a year ago.
 “What is the correlation between good governance and worship centre. If Aregbesola is a serious governor, I don’t think that is what should be his priority when people are suffering from his bad policies including delays in the payment of workers salaries.

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