The Osun State Government has denied allegations that it mismanaged ecological funds allocated to it by the Federal Government.
The Osun government said further that it never received any allocation for ecological funds while the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was in power.
The government’s comments were contained in a statement released by Governor Rauf Aregbesola’s spokesman, Semiu Okanlawon.
The statement reads:
“Osun
did not receive any ecological fund from the disastrous PDP Federal
Government from November 27, 2010 to May 29, 2015. We have depended on
our legitimate revenues from all sources to annually dredge our
waterways up till 2015 when revenue decline hindered our efforts.”
“We
are concerned with the agony of our citizens and shall do all in our
power to limit the pains and prevent a re- occurrence, as we are
committed to eliminating all hindrances to free flow of water in the
canals, drainage systems and waterways in the state.
“All
obstructions to free flow of water in these channels will be removed,
while property blocking easy access to the drainage channels thus
preventing adequate management of them will be separated.”
The PDP had accused the Osun government of misappropriating the funds after a recent flood in the state.
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