Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State has ordered the immediate suspension of the state’s Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Perekebena Omoun Perez. The governor also ordered the ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Bennett Agamah; Assistant Director, Agricultural Engineering, Oki Yintareke; and the Chief Accountant, Gabriel Idiatacheko, “to proceed on compulsory leave until further notice in line with civil service extant rules.”
Perez Omoun, Delta State Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources and the Permanent Secretary, Ben Agamah and workers in the ministry have been accused of illegally transferring N280 million meant for agricultural programmes to a private account. This violates the Public Procurement Act Raising the alarm, sources in the ministry told SaharaReporters that the N280 million was illegally transferred in tranches and to a private account by the commissioner in connivance with the permanent secretary.
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Gov. Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta says the state government will disburse two billion naira Special Agricultural Intervention Fund to farmers this month.The governor discloser this on Wednesday after inspecting the Accelerated Agricultural Development Scheme (AADS) at Mbiri Farm Settlement and the Agro-Industrial Park, Aboh-Ogwashi in Ika North-East and Aniocha South Local Government Areas.The News Agency