We Are In Control Of Our Respective LGs – ALGON Chairman
CARETAKER Chairmen in all the local governments of Osun State have debunked the insinuations that they have lost the control of their respective councils.
The chairmen, in a statement signed by the Chairman of Association of Local Governments of Nigeria, Osun chapter, Prince Sarafadeen Awotunde, also refuted the claim that the state government had meeting with them on funding state projects.
According to Awotunde, each of the local government chairmen have been effectively administering their individual’s councils.
He said: “Our attention has been drawn to a purported meeting of local government administrators and the state government on the funding of state projects. Let me affirm that no such meeting was held and there was no MOU in whatever form as posited.
“It is falsehood from the pit of hell. As local government chairmen, we administer our respective councils within the context of the law and due process.
“Those peddling such wicked rumors are anti-people elements who despise the ongoing revival of grassroots development in the state.”
Also, the state Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Hon. Babatunde Dosu, described the report as “the thinking of the frustrated opposition.”
Dosu said there was nothing like a Memorandum of Understanding on the local government fund, saying the councils are implementing their projects without let or hindrance.
He said: “We alert the public to fake news about an alleged forceful takeover of local government funds by the state government. There is no iota of truth in the report and it is simply the thinking of frustrated opposition.
“As the Commissioner for Local Government, I can confirm that there was no meeting with Heads of Local Government Administration. There was nothing like an MOU on the local government fund.
“The local governments are implementing their projects without let or hindrance. We urge the public to discountenance the fake news.”
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