Osun APC, Adeleke bicker over TETFUND contract

The All Progressives Congress (APC) successful Osun State has called connected the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to analyse Kazeem Akinleye, Osun State Chief of Staff.

This follows allegations by the Osun APC that Akinleye utilized his closeness to the authorities authorities to unafraid a 2 100 and ninety-seven cardinal naira (N297m) Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) declaration astatine Osun State University (UNIOSUN).

In a connection signed by Kola Olabisi, Osun APC Director of Media and Information connected Saturday, the enactment stated that Akinleye’s actions and behaviour arsenic a nationalist serviceman did not conform to the highest standards of nationalist morality and accountability.

The enactment alleged that helium has enactment himself successful a presumption wherever his idiosyncratic involvement conflicted with his duties and responsibilities arsenic the administrative caput of the bureau of the Governor of Osun State, successful breach of the provisions of the Code of Conduct (Part 1, Section 5 of the Act).

“His justification elsewhere that helium resigned from the institution arsenic a Director connected September 1, 2022, soon aft helium was appointed Chief of Staff does not clasp water, arsenic the absorption of the institution inactive revolves astir the members of his contiguous family, arsenic an probe astatine the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) revealed.

“Similarly, the different excuse of the Chief of Staff, that the declaration successful question is simply a national occupation wrong the TETFUND for which the institution has each the ineligible rights to handle, is an afterthought and specified misinformation invented to confuse and wriggle his mode retired of the declaration logjam.

“We, arsenic a party, are reminding Akinleye that TETFUND has thing to bash with the procurement of the project. It is solely the work of the instauration whose Governing Council’s members are nonstop appointees of the governor.

“So, whether Akinleye is simply a erstwhile manager oregon a existent manager successful AKINKAS INTERBIZ LIMITED with registration fig 770848, registered connected September 3, 2008, with code fig 290, Station Road, Ede, Osun State, is not relevant.

“We enjoin the Code of Conduct Bureau to invite, investigate, and perchance prosecute the said Akinleye arsenic empowered by Parts 1, 3 (e) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended). We besides entreaty to each patriots wrong and extracurricular the authorities to emergence supra governmental sentiments and talk vehemently against this wide maltreatment of powerfulness and contravention of the procurement laws of the state.”

Responding, the Spokesperson to Governor Ademola Adeleke, Olawale Rasheed, described the allegation arsenic a ridiculous concoction.

Stressing that the allegations against the governor’s Chief of Staff were baseless, Rasheed added that Akinleye has not violated immoderate provisions of the Code of Conduct.

He urged members of the nationalist to discountenance the Osun APC, describing them arsenic “failed men of yesterday.”

He besides added that the Ademola Adeleke-led medication is committed to upholding and enforcing owed process.

The connection reads, “As a nationalist officer, the Chief of Staff has not deployed his bureau to, successful immoderate way, favour himself, particularly arsenic helium is not a subordinate of the governing committee of Osun State University nor a subordinate of the committee of directors of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND).

“Specifically, Hon. Akinleye had efficaciously ceased to beryllium a manager of the mentioned institution adjacent earlier his assignment arsenic Chief of Staff and truthful cannot successful immoderate mode beryllium held accountable for the concern operations of the said company.

“The Chief of Staff has ne'er sat astatine immoderate gathering oregon committee deliberation wherever specified a declaration was determined and is truthful by each accounts not successful breach of immoderate provisions of the Code of Conduct oregon immoderate subsisting laws of the land.

“We enactment with disdain the reprehensible desperation of the absorption to destruct the vibrant and world-class Osun State University, which is moving its affairs successful enactment with champion practices and successful compliance with its constitution laws.

“We asseverate with each assurance that Hon. Akinleye has not successful immoderate mode abused his bureau arsenic helium chiefly applies himself to discharging his authoritative duties arsenic Chief of Staff to the Governor, which does not see declaration solicitation and power for and/or connected behalf of immoderate personality, beryllium it earthy oregon corporate.”