The Osun State Authorities and the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress on Saturday exchanged accusations over the disbursement of luggage of rice obtained from the Federal Authorities as a palliative measure to ease the affect of the abolition of gasoline subsidy on residents of the state .
The APC, in a press release by its Chairman, Mr. Tajudeen Lawal, had challenged the state Governor, Ademola Adeleke, to disclose the whereabouts of 1,250 luggage of rice allegedly despatched by President Bola Tinubu to the state chapter of the Christian Affiliation or Nigeria had been despatched. for the ultimate Christmas and New Yr festivities.
The get together mentioned it had data {that a} consignment of 1,250 luggage of rice meant for the Osun CAN delivered to the state authorities had been embezzled by the state officers.
The assertion learn partly: “We as a celebration won’t again down till the difficulty of the stolen rice from the Osun CAN is resolved in favor of its rightful house owners, simply as we won’t do with the earlier 17,000 50kg luggage of rice and eight,000 luggage of maize donated to Osun State by the Federal Authorities however which the identical Adeleke diverted to create notion issues for the APC Federal Authorities.
“How come it was solely in Osun State within the Southwest that CAN was disadvantaged of the rice meant for the festivities?”
However in response to a different assertion signed by the state Commissioner for Data and Public Enlightenment, Kolapo Alimi, the federal government rejected the declare that the state had obtained luggage of rice from the Federal Authorities for distribution to the state chapter of CAN.
Describing the report as false with none foundation in fact, Alimi mentioned the “Federal Authorities has not despatched any rice softening agent to Osun because the batch despatched final 12 months and shared with the general public via a committee of public associations and teams .
“The committee that distributed the final rice parcel had the CAN chairman and others as members and there’s no method that any consignment will attain the state with out the committee being knowledgeable and concerned within the distribution.”
He subsequently challenged APC members who unfold the data to substantiate the allegation, and warned broadcasters to desist from offering platforms for these pushing faux information.
He additional known as on the general public to disregard the purveyors of unfaithful data and reiterated the present administration's dedication to accountability and transparency in state governance.