The Lagos State House of Assembly, has suspended the Chairman of Ifako/Ijaiye Local Government, Mr. Oloruntoba Oke, and three others over alleged misappropriation of N350 million.
The others are, the Council Manager, the Treasurer and an Engineer.
Their suspension announced on Friday, followed the submission of a report to the Assembly at plenary by Mr. Rotimi Olowo, the Chairman of an ad-hoc committee set up to investigate the alleged misappropriation of funds in the Council.
Olowo noted that the money was approved in 2012 for the funding of five projects in the local government.
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Contributing, Mr. Abiodun Tobun (Epe I) supported the suspension of the council chairman, saying it would serve as deterrent to others who had it in mind to misappropriate funds allocated for project execution.
He lamented that some council officials were working against the law, urging them to embark on projects that would improve the lives of the people.
In his remark, Mr. Bisi Yusuff (Alimosho I) pointed out that the secretariat for which the loan was collected, amongst others, was still in a bad state.
He condemned the inability of the Ministry of Local Government and Local Government Service Commission to monitor projects at the council, noting that their negligence contributed to the misappropriation of funds in the council.
The Majority Leader, Mr. Sanai Agunbiade, on his own part commended the six councillors in the council, who petitioned the Assembly on the alleged misappropriation of funds, for their courage.
The Speaker of the Assembly, Mr. Mudashiru Obasa, said that the chairman could not be suspended in isolation, as other officials were also indicted in the report, hence the three others were suspended along with the council Chairman.
Obasa directed the council’s Vice Chairman, Mr. Akanbi Hamzat, to take over the affairs of the council.
