A group under the name Concerned Residents of Eti-Osa East LCDA had petitioned the Lagos State House of Assembly and the State Audit Service Commission, accusing the Council Chairman of non-compliance with the 2023 appropriation budget and using the said sum for purposes not covered in the budget.
While submitting the petition entitled: “Call for Suspension of the chairman of Eti-Osa East LCDA over allegations of misappropriation of N1.9 billion from the 2023 budget,” in April 2024 to the State Assembly complex, the group’s coordinator, Comrade Segun Williams, in his address told newsmen:
On the heels of the petition submission and protest, All Progressives Congress (APC) leaders in the area took to the Assembly Complex in a pro-Ogundare protest, where they pushed back at the misappropriation of funds allegation against the council chairman.
But in a statement by Rotimi Sulaiman, a chieftain of the APC, sent to TimesNow.com.ng on Friday, April 2, it has now emerged that the investigation launched into the allegations by the State Assembly didn’t find the Eti-Osa East LCDA Chairman guilty as charged. The source was quoted:
The report said the investigations carried out by the House of Assembly and Audit Service Commission revealed that the Eti-Osa East LCDA’s Revenue for the Year 2023, with federal, state allocation and internally generated revenues combined, amounted to N1.4 billion. Citing the source:
It was further gathered that the fact of the matter, rather than the alleged fiction peddled by the petitioners, propelled the Council’s legislative arm to pass to the council chairman their resolution at a plenary on the matter. He said:
Source: TimesNow.com.ng
