The Lagos State House of Assembly has suspended the chairman of Ifako-Ijaiye Local Government, Oloruntoba Oke for administrative incompetence and financial recklessness.
The House also ordered the redeployment of the council-manager, treasurer and engineer. The Assembly, therefore, directed the Vice Chairman, Mr Usman Hamzat of the Council to take over immediately.
This followed the resolution of the House after taken the report of the five-man Ad-Hoc committee on the investigation of Ifako-Ijaye Local government. According to the Committee Chairman, Rotimi Olowo, the investigation followed the petition of concerned residents of the council.
The chairman revealed that despite getting loan and payment forthwith, the work done such as roads and construction of secretariat were not commensurate to the projects executed. It was also disclosed that the loan of N350 million taken in 2012 during Oke’s first term in office was not appropriately expended.
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Source: Linda Ikeji
