The Oyo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the governor of the state, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, to release the 100 units of mass transit buses donated to the state under the subsidy removal relief programme of President Goodluck Jonathan.

The Federal Government had procured and distributed over 1,600 buses to state governments to cushion the effects of the removal of subsidy from petrol in 2012, out of which about 100 were given to Oyo State.

In a statement by its Publicity Secretary, Mr Lukman Agboluaje, and made available to newsmen on Sunday, PDP decried the non-release of the buses for the use of the masses in the state, more than eight months after the state government took delivery of the buses.

The release added that, rather than the state government deploying the buses to ease the transportation problems of the people of the state, the government re-painted the buses and replaced the “Federal Government Assisted Mass Transit” inscription on the buses with “Ajumose Pace-Setter Mass Transit Service.”

The party condemned the decision of the state government, saying it was done with the “sinister intention of claiming the Federal Government product as its own initiative and consequently illicitly attempting to claim its glory.”

Meanwhile, ACN, Oyo State chapter, has said that, as it did when it criticised the Ajimobi government’s construction of the Mokola bridge in Ibadan, the PDP, in the state had again revealed to the world its illiteracy and mischief over the 100 Ajumose buses that the state has in its store.
The ACN said this in a release issued by its Publicity Secretary, Honourable Dauda Kolawole.

According to the ACN, but for the illiteracy and naivety of the PDP in the state about the workings of government, it would have realised that the 100 buses were not a gift from the Federal Government but a scheme which the state government and the 33 local governments were paying for

http://tribune.com.ng/news2013/index.php/en/news/item/7587-distribute-fg-s-100-buses-to-oyo-people-pdp-tasks-ajimobi

but for the illiteracy and naivety of the PDP in the state about the workings of government, it would have realised that the 100 buses were not a gift from the Federal Government but a scheme which the state government and the 33 local governments were paying for

The worst fools in the SW are gathered together under the Demonic PDP "umblerra"...

Its like the PDP is just a gathering of retarddss

In another report

And not just 18-seater buses this time

17/3/2013

It was accolades galore for Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State by civil servants at the launch of ten 43-seater buses that would be conveying them and students to and fro their offices and schools on daily basis free of charge.

The governor, while speaking at the ceremony held at the State Government Secretariat, Ibadan, pledged that his administration would continue to ensure the welfare of the people and uplift their lives.

He said that the launch of the 10 buses tagged “Ajumose Shuttle’’ was part of his administration’s 100 43-seater buses and another 100 mini-buses meant to ameliorate the transport situation in the state.
According to the governor, who noted that no government had achieved this feat in the history of governance in the state, an injection of the buses into the system would go a long way in bringing succour to the lives of the people of the state.

“As we have said several times in our dialogue with our people, the power we sought, which the Almighty God bestowed unto us through the good people of the state, is the power to do good to our people.
“We thank God that in the last 21 months, we have used the instrumentality of the people’s power to wipe away tears from the faces of our people in discomfort,’’ he said.

Governor Ajimobi, while saying that the Ajumose Shuttle was another effort of his administration in making life more abundant for the people, explained that it was designed to lessen the burdens of the teeming workers in their daily commuting to and fro office.

“We reckon that if we provide free transportation early in the morning for workers and students, as well as providing free transportation for them while leaving office in the evening, we would have significantly lessened their burden of transportation.

“This is the first in the scheme that will ease transportation, not only in Ibadan but also in our other major towns of Oyo, Ogbomoso, Saki and Iseyin. We shall soon introduce other measures that will integrate our public transportation into the on-going urban renewal project,’’ he said.
The governor said that civil servants were very critical in the scheme of things, adding that they were the engine room of whatever development envisaged for the state.

“This is why we are passionate about making life meaningful for the generality of our workers. Call it selfish if you like, a civil servant who is well-catered for and whose existential burdens have been largely taken off by government, will be useful as a tool for the developmental objective of government,’’ he contended.

As a demonstration of love and regard for the civil service, Governor Ajimobi said that his administration had done more for the state workers than any previous administration.
For instance, he recalled that about 13,000 workers had been trained since his administration came on board and that a total of 12, 211 teachers were promoted not too long ago.

Also, he said that his administration ensured the promotion of 1,714 civil servants through the instrumentality of the Civil Service Commission in 2012, aside the breaking of the stagnation of typists in the civil service by getting them trained as
Secretarial Assistants and Data Processing Assistants.
According to him, one of the key areas in which his administration had shown immense love for civil servants is the upward review of housing loans for civil and public servants by 100 percent.

“For the second time in less than two years of our administration, we have paid fully the 13th month salary to workers, while prompt payment of civil servants’ salary has become our policy.

“We are still yearning to do more. We hope and pray that by the time we leave office, we would have made it difficult for any in-coming administration to ever dream of lowering the standard of betterment of the lives of our workers,’’ he said.

The Special Adviser to the Governor on Transport, Mr. Yemi Aderibigbe, in his remarks, described the governor as a leader and welfarist, stating that the buses would cover all the designated routes in Ibadan.
Speaking on behalf of the workers, the Chairman, Joint Negotiating Council in the state, Mr. Nurudeen Arowolo, thanked government for the initiative, adding that civil servants in the state had never seen a worker-friendly government as the Ajimobi administration.

http://www.oyostate.gov.ng/accolades-as-ajimobi-launches-ten-43-seater-free-shuttle-buses-for-oyo-workers/

1,600 buses for the 36states and FCT.
Oyo state alone, 100buses.
I LAUGH IN IRONY!