The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, and the Accountant General of the Federation, AGF, have been accused of scheming to divert funds due to local government areas in Osun State.
The allegation was levelled at both by the government of Osun State.
It was made via a statement the State Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Dosu Babatunde, signed.
In it, the state accused the CBN and the AGF of concluding arrangement to pay allocations due to its councils to individual with links to Minister of Marine and blue economy, Adegboyega Oyetola.
The plot, the accuser said, was being executed despite the fact that the matter is subjudiced.
“As a government, we are of the strong contention that this is quite sad, unfortunate, and unconstitutional for these two Federal Government Agencies to conclude plans to pay Government money into private accounts. This will amount to an open violation of public finance regulations.
“When Osun State Government first heard about this plan, it quickly took a step through the office of the Auditor General for Local Governments in the state by sending a letter to the CBN, introducing the accounting officers of each of the 30 local governments to them such as the Heads of Local Government Administrations(H.L.A) and Director of Finance.
“However, to our great consternation and dismay, the CBN Osogbo office rejected the list with strong suspicion that it planned to pay the allocation of Osun Local Governments to private accounts of former Governor Gboyega Oyetola’s men who submitted their names without the input of the accounting officers of all the LGs in Osun State,” the statement read in parts.
