TVC E. The Publicity Secretary of the Ondo State All Progressives Congress (APC), Abayomi Adesanya, has alleged that Governor Olusegun Mimiko may create problems for his successor, Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN), by awarding questionable road contracts across the 18 local governments. He urged the governor to halt the plan to award the contracts, saying that his contributions to the state should now be limited to the transition process.
Adesanya said in a statement that N450m has been earmarked for the emergency projects, which may increase the burden of the new governor after assuming the reins. He said if the contract was awarded under the guise of grading roads, it may pale into the looting of the treasury. Adesanya stressed: “We have learnt that the governor has approved N25 m for each local government chairman for the grading of roads in their domains.
We are of the view that the local government administrators will only have access to N2 m each per local government while someone will get kickback of N23 m from each local government.
“The money is scheduled to be disbursed next week from the state treasury. The APC wis
hes to alert the general public to the desperate efforts of the out-going government to loot the treasury. We also wish to caution civil servants to desist from conniving with officials of the out-going government to steal the resources of the state.
“All the detailed activities and documentation of the out-going government are at our disposal. We have been closely monitoring the actions and activities of Governor Olusegun Mimiko since November 2016, especially the last minute contracts and the disbursement of funds.”
