Osun State Accountant General Resigns His Appoinment

Ahead of the governorship election, anxiety has been reported to have struck the camp of Aregbesola after the Osun State Accountant General, Alaba Kolawole, resigned his appointment on Friday, through a letter he addressed to Governor Rauf Aregbesola.

Kolawole, notified the Governor in the letter of his intention to quit his position as the Accountant General of the state beginning from Monday, September 10.

He also informed all banks in the state of the development through another letter.

Report had it that Aregbesola had earlier extended Kolawole’s service, whose last day in office was supposed to end by July 31st, 2018.

While a source in the government claimed that the development was nothing unusual, stating that every public office holder has the right to quit service at any time, other stated that the decision was due to the internal crisis in the Ministry of Finance.

“Nothing unusual about the resignation, it is a personal decision of the AG, people are just creating unnecessary issues when there is none.

“Is the Osun AG the first public official to resign his appointment, people should stop politicising every issue for selfish interest “, the source said.

Meanwhile, a source from the opposition party, who was identified as Gbagida, said that the disagreement within the top hierachy in the Ministry of Finance, led to the AG resigning his position.

He said some All Progressives Congress’ bigwigs, who are very close to the Governor have highjacked the control of campaign funds for the September 22 gubernatorial election, which the AG considered unethical, and an affront on his office.