The Minority Leader of the Osun State House of Assembly, Adewunmi Babajide Kofoworola has called on the State Governor, Gboyega Oyetola to immediately publish statements of accounts of all local government and the Area Office.
Kofoworola, who represents Ede North State Constituency, said since the state government under Oyetola has failed to constitute any recognized headship at the local, people of the State deserve to know what is going on on the frozen accounts of the local councils.
The Minority Leader stated this in a statement he signed on Friday, May 28 and was made available to InsightMedia in Osogbo.
The statement reads, “It is not news to the People of Osun State that all 30 local government councils and the area office in the State have been without any recognized headship since February 6, 2021 when the tenure of the elected Parliamentarians expired. This has therefore, affected greatly governance at this level as ‘strangers’ are leading councils.
“The people of the State are still in shock with the eternity it’s taking the current State Government under Governor Gboyega Oyetola to constitute Caretaker Committee or organize council polls as we witnessed recently in our neighboring Oyo State.
“As Representative of the People, I call on Governor Gboyega Oyetola to immediately make public statements of accounts of all local government since February 2021. This is important to know how much the councils have expended on personnel costs and how much left in the accounts.
“It should be noted that Oyetola had via a memo froze all the accounts of the Councils on February 5, 2021. This practically put an end to governance in the third tier of Government.
“Since Osun State Government under Oyetola have decided to paralyse the closest governments to the people by assuming the sole controller of their accounts, we call on the federal government to immediately call the Oyetola-led Osun government to order to stop milking the funds that belong to local government.”
