Osun, Nasarawa diverted bailout funds? Read the state governments defense

 – Osun and Nasarawa states have denied diverting bailout funds

– Osun state government asked the PDP to always cross check its fact before going to public

– Nasarawa state government urged ICPC to check its records again

Osun state Governor Rauf Aregbesola

The Osun, Nasarawa state governments have denied allegations that they both diverted the bailout funds given to states to pay workers’ salaries.

In a separate press statements, the states denied any wrong doing urging the people to dismiss reports about diversion of the funds.

Semiu Okanlawon, the Director, Bureau of Communication and Strategy in Osun in a statement said ICPC’s claim that it was investigating claims that workers in the state received their last salaries in July 2015 was enough for workers in Osun and those who have been monitoring developments in the state to conclude that the allegation could not have been true.

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Okanlawon averred that the Peoples Democratic Party in its desperation to hang anything on governor Rauf Aregbesola, did not carefully study what the ICPC released to the public before jumping to the conclusion that it had been vindicated.

He added that no worker in Osun would say he has not been paid up till January 2016 rubbished claims of PDP being vindicated.

Nasarawa state Governor Umaru Tanko Al Makura

On their part, refuting the ICPC’s claim, the Nasarawa state government asked the commission to revisit its information so as to be better informed and disabused the mind of the public on the issue of the fund.

The government said governor Umaru Tanko Al-Makura presented a cheque of N4.3 billion at a ceremony on October 23, 2015 to the state chairman of ALGON, Ahmed Wambai adding that N2.2bn was required to fully pay 100 percent of local government staff emolument, but said before the release of the bailout fund, local governments in the state had arrears of two and half months salaries amounting to N5.6bn for the months of July – September 2015.

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