The Transition Committee set up a few days ago by the Osun state Governor-elect, former Senator Ademola Adeleke raised the alarm on Wednesday that funds belonging to Osun state Water Corporation being siphoned off, the illegal activities of an auctioneer said to be an indigene of Iragbiji and the diversion of funds across local governments in the state had continued unabated.
In a statement issued in Osogbo on Wednesday by Mr Olawale Rasheed which was made available to Team@orientactualmags.com, the committee disclosed that credible reports had it that there were plans to divert almost N200million naira using fictitious cover and activities.
‘We learned on good authority that the funds recently released to the water corporation is about to be frittered away by unscrupulous elements. To fast- track the dubious withdrawal of the fund, the GM on terminal leave has reportedly returned to supervise the disbursement of the fund contrary to financial regulations.
Moreso somebody has been appointed to cover his schedule while on leave. Papers are being raised to cover the spending which we gathered are mere cover to loot the funds belonging to the corporation’ he alleged.
The Committee called on all actors within the agency to be aware that ‘we are watching closely and any tampering with the fund will be seriously revisited and culprits will be brought to book’.
‘The Committee also wishes to alert the public of the activities of an illegal auctioneer from Iragbiji, who is said to be operating from the Government House, and who is reportedly selling off several properties belonging to the government.
We have received several messages from the public seeking action to checkmate unwarranted sales of government property. We learned the Nigeria Association of Auctioneers has equally raised a red flag on the subject without success.
A fake Auctioneer ,who is parading the ministry as an Iragbiji indigene and as a brother to the Governor, is being used by some dubious government workers to sell government property. We gathered that there are some controversial industrial water pipes worth millions of naira that are being sold away’ the committee said.
While warning against sale of government assets, the committee urged Governor Oyetola to investigate the activities of the fake auctioneer and stop the criminal activities of the said Iragbiji indigene.
‘The Transition Committee is also sad to inform the public that some top local government functionaries of the All Progressive Congress are already absconding with funds belonging to the local governments following the criminal directive to return allocated fund to the state ministry.
We have it on good authority that the Council Secretary in Ayedire local government has disappeared with N8 million naira belonging to the local government. This, we gathered, was a direct fallout of the reported directive issued to the local governments to return their federal allocations for last month to the state government.
While Ayedire’s case is known due to the vigilance of some local governmemt staff, it was learned that similar criminal activities are ongoing across the local governments. This is reprehensible and unacceptable.
We decry the deliberate looting of our common patrimony. We condemn unequivocally the deliberate or unintentional loss of control over state finance, leading to what appears like a systematic plundering of the treasury in assets and cash.
We call on Governor Oyetola to intervene urgently and call his team to order. We don’t want to believe the Governor issued directive with regard to such nefarious activities that have become so pervasive to the extent that members of the public are daily sending scam alerts to our dashboard and the situation room.
Losing an election should not be a licence for abandonment of critical state responsibilities which include securing and protecting state assets in all aspects’ the statement submitted- Team@orientactualmags.com
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