Top Officials In Oyetola’s Govt Involved In Contract Infractions – Adeleke
Governor Ademola Adeleke has stated that top officials of his predecessor, Adegboyega Oyetola’s administration were involved in contract infractions.
This is as the Governor told residents of the state to expect a bombshell from the white paper implementation committee on the alleged contract breaches.
Spokesperson to the governor, Mallam Olawale Rasheed, said this while speaking on Rave FM’s Frank Talk programme, in Osogbo, on Wednesday.
The committee is headed by Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Kolapo Alimi.
According to Rasheed, many former state officials took contracts for companies on which they still serve as directors while in government.
He was reacting to allegations by the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state that Chief of Staff to the Governor, Alhaji Kazeem Akinleye, executed a TETFUND contract at the Osun State University.
Rasheed said Akinleye neither violated the law nor breached the ethical code.
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His words, “Osun people will be shocked by the time the White Paper Implementation Committee rolls out the names of Commissioners, Special Advisers and top officials of the Oyetola administration who breached the procurement laws and violated various ethical question.”
Governor Adeleke’s media aide added that not only that the officials got jobs for the companies on which they are directors but also participated in the decision-making process for the award of the jobs.
He said forensic investigation has unveiled the actual directors of the companies which confirmed the report of the original contract review committee that top Commissioners in the immediate-past administration got juicy contracts for themselves.
Calling on the public to compare the two scenarios, Rasheed said the Chief of Staff resigned from the alleged company before he assumed office as Chief of Staff and was never part of the contract decision making process of TETFUND and Osun State University, thereby fulfilling both legal and ethical preconditions as required by the Procurement laws.
He added that in APC’s scenario, their officials remained as directors while serving the state, awarded the contracts to themselves and also sat at meetings where award decisions were taken.
He noted that allegations against Adeleke’s Chief of Staff were designed to distract him, stating that “very soon, the public will read shocking details of how former officials abused their office in contract administration.”
“The persistence of the opposition in promoting fake news has placed a responsibility on the state government to open the can of worms on how the former administration looted the treasury through abuse of procurement laws.
“We have decided to let the cat out of the bag by letting the public read what happened on the various contracts awarded under the former administration. The White Paper committee will soon address the public,” Rasheed concluded.
