The Ondo State House of Assembly has vowed to reveal the deal surrounding the N4.3 billion that was found in the account that was traced to the late Governor Olusegun Agagu-led administration.
It was gathered that after the discovery of the money, it had already been spent alongside the interest accrued to it by the present administration of Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu without the authorization of the State House of Assembly.
The State Commissioner for Finance, Mr Wale Akinterinwa, and the Accountant-General of the state, Mr Laolu Akindolire, were summoned to the plenary to explain why the house was kept in the dark during the process of withdrawing and spending of the money.
The duo, were then directed by the Speaker of the House, Bamidele Oloyeloogun to produce all documents bearing the transactions and the accrued interests to date to the house next week Thursday.
The State Commissioner for Finance, however pledged to bring the necessary documents as requested by the house.
The House Committee Chairman on Public Accounts, Mr Ademola Edamisan, who represents Irele constituency, while speaking to newsmen, vowed that the house would get to the root of the matter. He added that the money had been kept in the account for over 10 years and that the house was interested in the interests it must have generated for over 10 years.
He said, “They ( executive) claimed they have recovered N4.3 billion from the money but the committee is keenly interested in the actual interests generated for over 10 years, and we requested for a comprehensive details of the account.
“The committee is interested in the full details on how the account is being operated over the years, who authorized the opening of the account, who are the signatories and when was the account opened.
“We hope the Commissioner and the Accountant-General will come out with the comprehensive details of the account, so we will be able to calculate the interest so far in the account.
“The committee discovered after a thorough investigation that the said money has been transferred from the initial account in Zenith Bank to another six different state government bank accounts in less than five months within the period of February to June 2018,”
Meanwhile, the Commissioner for Information, Donald Ojogo, in a statement said that concerted efforts were made to take a comprehensive inventory of all assets and liabilities of government which include liquidity status.
He further explained that it was due to the vigilance and discrete financial intelligence of the Commissioner for Finance that he was able to discover the secret account.
He finally added that neither the Commissioner for Finance nor the Accountant-General, had access to the account since it was opened more than 10 years ago.
“The invitation of the Finance Commissioner by the House of Assembly and indeed, same extended to both the State Accountant-General and the Auditor-General are in line with government’s desire to make as transparent as possible, the management of our commonwealth in Ondo State.”
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The Yobe Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr Andrew Longkam, confirmed the incident on Thursday.
He said the crash occurred around Gaggaba on the Potiskum–Dogon Kuka axis at about 12:40 hours.
“Preliminary reports from Dogon Kuka Unit Command show the incident was promptly reported to the corps,” Longkam said.
FRSC operatives arrived within five minutes, enabling swift rescue, evacuation of victims, traffic control, road clearance and prevention of secondary crashes.
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“Twelve adult males were involved, with eight fatalities and four rescued, including three injured and one unhurt,” he said.
The injured and deceased were taken to Government General Hospital, Dogon Kuka, where the injured received prompt medical attention.
Longkam said the FRSC tow truck cleared the obstruction, restored traffic flow and notified the Police Motor Traffic Division in Dogon Kuka.
“Preliminary findings indicate the Mitsubishi Canter, suspected to excessive speeding, committed a route violation and crashed into the trailer,” he said.
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