The presentation of the “breakdown of the fund released to Local Governments in Ogun for the Execution of Developmental Projects Between Year 2020 to date” by the Chief Economic Adviser, Dapo Okubadejo, along with the Secretary to the State Government, Tokunbo Talabi, further blew the wind that clearly uncovered their concealed rump. When I first read the curriculum vitae of Okubadejo, I had tremendous professional respect for him, but this show of charade engaged in to protect the government mirrors unprofessionalism and perfidiousness to the public. As an Accountant and Auditor of over 35 years in practice, I feel ashamed of the professional conducts of both Okubadejo, the Accountant General, who was at the press conference, and the previous administration headed by a Chartered Accountant for failure to establish laws, set standards that would have prevented this sham and set a tone at the top that it is haram to tamper with local government source of revenues and their federal a
Olayinka Olukoya writes on the ripples trailing the letter written by a local government chairman in Ogun State against the state governor, Prince Dapo
Because of the privations to which Nigerians have been subjected over the years, there is a tendency in the land to assume the worst of leaders. Guilty or
The Ogun State Government has said it augmented councils’ allocations with N33.25 billion in the last four years to enable them to meet their obligations. The government maintained that it does not interfere with how local government funds are managed in the state. The Chief Economic Adviser to the Governor, Dapo Okubadejo, disclosed this…
Recall that the Ijebu-East Local Government Chairman, Wale Adedayo, was suspended after he accused the state Governor, Dapo Abiodun, of diverting council funds, and living the LGs in the state without funds to execute projects.