The Kwara state Football Association has raised allegations of misuse of funds against the state Sports Commission headed by Bola Mogaji.
Team@orientactualmags.com learned that the FA alleged that the revenue generated from the Kwara state Stadium Complex’s main bowl, Ilorin, has been misused adding that there is evidence to prove that money was paid into private bank accounts.
Recall that the Football Association had on Thursday announced that it has withdrawn its services with respect to the maintenance of the grass on the pitch.
Chairman of the FA, Mr. Idris Musa, said the decision had become necessary in order to prevent a serious conflict.
Musa also said claims by the Executive Chairman of the Kwara state Sports Commission, Bola Mogaji, that the sum of N3 million was remitted to the FA’s bank account was incorrect clarifying that the money out of which N1 million was allocated to the Kwara Sports Commission, was not paid into the FA’s bank account.
‘Where did the N3 million come from? The only money we collected was N1 million from the 10 Nationwide League One clubs, which we paid into the commission’s bank account.
The commission complained about the delay in us paying the N1 million.
All the clubs didn’t pay at once. Some paid early, while others paid even 10 to 11 days later, and we waited until all payments were made before we remitted the same into the Commission’s bank account.
From where is the N3 million coming from, and for what exactly? He has no idea what kind of money comes and goes out of our bank account.
And it’s clear that our bank account has records. We can prove anyone wrong by making the bank account statements available.
They are directing people to pay into personal bank accounts, of which we are keeping proper records.
We have enough evidence of payment of monies into private bank accounts, and not even the commission’s account or that of Kwara Internal Revenue Services. The only money we paid into the commission’s bank account was the N1 million from the 10 NLO clubs’ he said.
Musa also noted that threatening to withdraw maintenance services was not in any way an empty threat.
‘We cannot continue to make the facility an enabling environment while some people are collecting revenue from it and not remitting part of it to support the maintenance process.
We decided to initiate the construction of the grass pitch and also maintain it not for our own personal gains but for the growth of sports and other related businesses in the state.
We also did that to encourage the hosting of national and international matches, as FIFA and CAF are moving from synthetic grasses to natural grasses’ he said.
The FA Chairman also submitted that while the facility belongs to the government, the Kwara Sports Commission is the caretaker.
He added that the issue of maintenance became that of the FA because of the process of having the grass converted from artificial to natural grass two seasons ago.
Musa also disclosed that A.U. Mustapha agreed to support the conversion to complement the government’s efforts, and this was successfully executed.
He added that Kwara FA oversaw the conversion process and had since undertaken the maintenance, with the Kwara United Football Club fully funding the maintenance-Team@orientactualmags.com Do you have any information you wish to share with us? Do you want us to cover your event or programme? Kindly send SMS to 08059100286, 09094171980 or get in touch via orientactualmag@gmail.com. Thank you
