Osun: Adeleke Alleges Fresh Move By Gov. Oyetola To Gulp LG Funds

The Ademola Adeleke Transition Committee has ‘uncovered’ a fresh move by the Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola to mop up funds in the accounts of all the local government councils in the state.

The Chairman, Media Sub-Committee of the transition group, Olawale Rasheed, in a statement on Thursday, raised the allegations.

According to Rasheed, the All Progressives Congress government tried to coerce Heads of Administration and the Heads of Finance across local councils in the state to move between N20 million and N30 million each from their allocations.

The committee said the state government summoned a meeting of top local government officials on Tuesday to deliberate on the alleged fund mop-up and returns to the state’s supervising ministry in Osogbo.

The statement read, “Contrary to denial, Osun State government on Tuesday summoned a meeting of top local governments officials to deliberate on fund mop up and returns to the supervising ministry at Osogbo.

“At the meeting were all the Heads of Finance and all heads of Administration across the 30 local governments and Area Office.

“Members of the public will recall that the Office of the Governor-Elect had raised alarm about a criminal directive to council managers to return in cash between N20 and N30 million each from their allocations and to prepare paperwork to cover up such as expended on legitimate projects.

“The state government had immediately denied the report as baseless and a product of fictional imagination.

“The Ademola Adeleke Transition Committee is however glad to report back to the public that the fund return directive was the subject of the Tuesday meeting with the Heads of Administration and the Heads of Finance, directed to cooperate as directed by the Council managers

“Insiders at the meeting reported that the HODs were sternly warned against what was called disobedience of “lawful directive” even though they were being asked to violate the government’s financial rules and regulations.