The Osun State Government has directed appointees of the former administration in the state to return government property in their possession within 48 hours.
According to a statement obtained in Osogbo on Wednesday by Olawale Rasheed, the spokesperson for Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, the directive “was sequel to large-scale diversion of government assets by top officials of the immediate past administration.”
The statement read in part, “Several official vehicles are missing while official records indicate that two-thirds of former state officials left with a fleet of cars in their offices.
“Most ministries, departments, and agencies were stripped of operational assets like vehicles, computers, and even residential fittings. Some top officials’ residences were similarly pillaged, even down to the lamp fitting.”
The government warned that any former official who failed to comply with the directive would be made to face the full weight of the law.
Responding, the Osun State Director of Operations, All Progressives Congress, Mr. Sunday Akere, said the current administration appeared uncoordinated.
“You set up panel on this same asset matter yesterday (Wednesday). Is it that another committee has been set up in the office of the governor? They should be specific and we will respond appropriately,” Akere added.
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