Governor Dapo Abiodun has reacted to accusation that various sums, among them: years’ allocations of local government areas in Ogun State, and N10.8bn Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme were diverted by him.
The improprieties were levelled at Abiodun by the Chairman of Ijebu East Local Government Area of Ogun State, Wale Adedayo, in a petition to Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, and a letter to the former governor of the state, Chief Olusegun Osoba.
The governor has however denied the charges.
The refutation is the substance of a statement his Chief Press Secretary, Lekan Adeniran released.
In it, Dapo said instead, he has been augmenting the councils’ allocations. He also used the means to reel out his so-called achievements.
The following are some of the contents.
“Between May 2023, when the governor was sworn in for the second term and July 2023, the JAAC shared among 20 local governments N4.531bn, N4.444bn and N4.497bn respectively on first line charges and just last week N5.2bn was shared among the local governments for the month of August.
“It has the mandate to meet every month to ensure that allocations to local governments are discussed and properly presented for fund allocation. At such meetings, the state government makes full disclosure of the receipt from the federation account.
“First-line charges, including local government staff salaries and pensions; primary school teachers’ salaries and pensions; healthcare workers’ salaries and pensions and emoluments for traditional rulers are tabled for discussion and fund allocation at the JAAC meetings.
“In the same vein, many schools have been rehabilitated, while others are undergoing renovation.
“In addition to these, the state government also disburse funds to all local governments for developmental projects periodically.”
