The Ogun State Home of Meeting Public Accounts and Anti-Corruption Committee has summoned the previous Commissioner for Info and Technique, Waheed Odusile, a former Everlasting Secretary, Mr. Abiodun Awere, and the Director of Finance and Accounts, Mr. Andrew Odukoya . who served within the ministry between 2021 and 2022 as a consequence of alleged monetary violations found throughout the audit.
The alleged violations, in response to a press release on Monday, relate to N92.9m launched to the ministry from the Governor's Emergency Fund to complement funds launched for the ministry's expenditure.
Odusile was due to this fact mandated to seem earlier than the committee together with different officers on Thursday, February 29, 2024 at 1:00 PM to supply additional info on the ministry's funds.
The chairman of the committee, Damilare Bello, gave this directive whereas reviewing the ministry's audit experiences for the years 2021 and 2022 and the monetary knowledge as introduced by the Everlasting Secretary, Alhaji Waheed Adesina on the Meeting Advanced, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta .
“The committee additionally directed the Director of Finance and Accounts of the ministry, Odukoya, to supply the committee with additional particulars on the switch of N2.51m to particular person accounts as contained within the 2021 Auditor-Basic report.
“In line with the fee, it was noticed from the out there paperwork and financial institution statements of the company that N2,515,590.00 was transferred to the non-public accounts of Mr. Ojo Emmanuel, Particular Adviser on Media for the acquisition of working instruments for the OGSG New Media Crew.
“This was a violation of due course of and is opposite to Monetary Regulation No. 614. For the sake of accountability and transparency, it’s suggested that funds ought to be transferred on to the vendor's financial institution accounts and to not particular person private accounts,” he mentioned.
The committee additionally directed the Director, Finance and Accounts to utilize the ministry's up-to-date fastened belongings register whereas requesting submission of money inflows and outflows.
Responding, the Everlasting Secretary, Adesina, assured the committee that efforts had been made to supply pointers on the problems raised within the audit report, promising that the ministry would adjust to all pointers with a view to repeatedly selling of accountability and transparency.
