Osun APC, PDP trade words over N90bn state fund

The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the state governor, Ademola Adeleke, of mismanaging N90 billion accrued to the state in the first 100 days of his administration.

The acting chairman of the APC in Osun State, Tajudeen Lawal, in statement issued on Wednesday, alleged that Adeleke has been spending government funds lavishly and frivolously without necessarily reversing his earlier order of freezing the state’s account.

Lawal stated that the governor should be ready to account for any money he might have spent without due process on “the day of reckoning which is knocking”.

“Adeleke should justify his claim to accountability and probity, if he can give account of the funds accrued to the state in the last 110 days,” he added.

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He alleged that the state government got N11 billion from Siftas; N5 billion from NG CARES; N6.7 billion Federal Government parastatal tax liability; N3.2 billion Nigeria for women project; N4.9 billion State Ease of Doing Business Reforms, and N14 billion left in the kitty by the immediate past governor, Gboyega Oyetola’s administration, among others.

Lawal, therefore, called on  the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) to urgently beam their searchlights on the Osun finances under Adeleke.

In his reaction, the acting PDP chairman in Osun State, Dr Akindele Adekunle, denied the allegation that the state government received N90 billion in the last three months.

“The state account is open to the public and the public knows without being told that Governor Adeleke is not a thieving governor like those of the past as his focus and attention is on delivery of good governance.

“Because PDP and its government outperformed the APC and proved that people’s needs can be met, the APC has become disillusioned and cannot even offer believable lies against a governor, whose popularity rating is now knocking 90 per cent,” Adekunle said.

The Star