Ekiti State House of Assembly has summoned the immediate past governor of the State, Chief Ayodele Fayose to appear before its committee on Public Account over an alleged misappropriation of local government funds while in office.
Also summoned alongside the former governor are a former chairman of the Association of Local Government Chairmen (ALGON), Mr. Dapo Olagunju, former Commissioner for Local Government Affairs, Mr. Kola Kolade and all former 16 local government chairmen.
The Assembly’s decision was as a result of an adoption of recommendations of the joint committee of the House on Public Petition and Local Governments recently directed to look into a petition submitted to it by eight suspended council chairmen in the state
The Assembly had in December 2018 suspended the 16 Council Chairmen while 8 were reinstated in July 2019.
Presenting the report, Chairman of the Public Petition Committee, Hon. Adegoke Olajide said the remaining eight chairmen on suspension made a plea to the house for the review of their indictment and possible reinstatement.
He said the Chairmen during an appearance before the Committee confessed to have diverted funds of their councils on monthly basis to an account but said the action was in compliance with the directive of the immediate past governor.
The Public Petition Committee Chairman said the Council chairmen who provided documents to back up their allegations, claimed that the instruction to withdraw the council fund was often passed to them through the former ALGON Chairman, Mr. Dapo Olagunju and the commissioner for local government, Mr. Kola Kolade.
The Assembly at the plenary yesterday also summoned a former Speaker of the House, Pastor Kola Oluwawole, some suspended members of the Fifth Assembly as well as the former governor over the passage of N10 billion revised Appropriation law towards the end of the tenure of the former governor.
The motion for the summon was moved by the House Leader of government Business, Hon. Gboyega Aribisogan on the recommendation of the report of Ad hoc Committee set up to probe the hurried passage of the 2018 revised Appropriation law.
The motion was unanimously approved by members of the House.
Meanwhile, a former aide of former governor Fayose on New Media, Mr. Lere Olayinka was also directed to appear before the lawmakers for an alleged non-remittance of commercial revenue of above #13 million while serving as supervisor at the state-owned broadcasting service of Ekiti State.
The summon was consequent upon a motion moved by the Chairman of the House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Hon Ayokunle Yemisi at plenary in Ado-Ekiti.
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