Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has been challenged to explain how his administration expended the N183 billion accrued to the local government council within two years.
The challenge was poised by former council chairmen under the Governor Adegboyega Oyetola-led administration, asking the governor to tell the state how the money was spent without elected council chairmen in office.
Speaking with newsmen on behalf of other ex- chairmen, Mr Owoeye Abiodun disclosed that it is imperative to let the world know the huge amount of money allocated to local government within two years (November 2022-November 2024), but which was not spent judiciously by the Adeleke-led administration.
“It is disheartening to note that between November 2022 and November,2024, a staggering sum of N183,196,629,321.19,( One Hundred and Eighty Three Billion, One Hundred and Ninety Six million, Three and Twenty One Thousand, Nineteen Kobo), being allocation to the 30 Local Government Council of the State, have been received and unfathomably spent by the Ademola Adeleke administration.
“Despite the fact that the actions by the Adeleke administration is against the spirit and decision of the Supreme Court on the sovereignty of local governments in the country, especially as regards their funding, we are deeply concerned by the flagrant abuse and disregard to the judicial pronouncement of the highest court in the land.
“Curiously, our concern stems from the fact that the Ademola Adeleke administration has embarked on this impunity without a democratically elected local government officials in place”, he said.
Reacting, the Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Kolapo Alimi described the accusation of the sacked chairmen as mischievous and misleading, promising to react to their figure and other issues appropriately.
