Activist calls for financial update on Ondo resources

Akure lawyer, Mr. Morakinyo Ogele, yesterday called for detailed information Ondo State’s finances since the inception of the Olusegun Mimiko administration.
The activist said he was acting on under Section 1 (1) [2] of the Freedom of Information Act 2011, which gives every Nigerian the right to have access vital information and documents that concern the people.
In a letter to the Ministry of Finance, Ogele said since the ministry had a copy of the letter, it should explain the financial standing of the state within seven days.
The letter said the government should give details of how it spent the N600million budgeted for the local government creation in the state.
Others are: Kaadi Igbe Ayo, for which N2.7billion was spent; the N38billion left by the ousted Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) administration under Dr Olusegun Agagu; a N50billion loan from a local bank and bound market.
Ogele is also demanding explanations on the following: “The N61.3billion budgeted for the Ondo State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (OSOPADEC); N200million Arigidi-Akoko Tomato Industry, allegedly converted to a pure water factory; N7billion palm tree seeding, allegedly dumped at Ore and Bagbe; and N2.7billion, allegedly spent on the construction of a Dome in Akure, the state capital.
The lawyer noted that the residents were suffering from the financial recklessness of the LP administration, led by Dr Olusegun Mimiko.

He threatened to mobilise the people to demonstrate peacefully against the alleged misappropriation of the state fund, if the government refused to give details on how it utilised the state’s resources.