The ruling party in Ondo State, the All Progressive Congress (APC), has said that the ex-governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko and his party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) left N220bn debt at the end of their tenure in 2016.
In an interview with Channels Television on Monday, the State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Donald Ojogo, said that his party however has cut down the debt by 50 percent.
According to him , the internal revenue of Ondo State has increased from N700 million under the PDP administration, to over N1bn monthly during the Akeredolu led administration.
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He said,
“Our resolve as a government is that by the time we leave office in the next five years, I said in the next five years because Mr Governor is going to recontest and win by God’s grace, we hope to leave the government without debt for the incoming administration after our two terms.
“The PDP will not deny the fact that we are constructing a flyover in Ore, we have levelled up a hill in Ikare and made it a dual carriage way, we are changing the face of Akure with massive infrastructure.”