- The Ekiti state House of Assembly is set to investigate the supplementary budget passed by some members of the House in the twilight of Ayo Fayose's tenure
- A three-man ad-hoc committee has been set up by the House for the investigation
- Fayose signed the supplementary budget on September 14, 2018
A three-man ad-hoc committee has been set up by the Ekiti state House of Assembly to investigate the N10 billion supplementary budget passed by some members of the House in the twilight of the administration of the ex-governor, Ayodele Fayose.
Punch reports that the Assembly had a plenary session on Tuesday, October 23, where the ad-hoc committee was set up. The chairman of the committee is the deputy speaker of the House, Olusegun Adewumi.
Legit.ng gathers that the governor of the state, Dr Kayode Fayemi, was commended for cancelling the education tax imposed on pupils by Fayose-led government.
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According to the minority leader, Sunday Akinniyi, the cancellation is a demonstration of the love the governor have for the people of Ekiti.
While signing the supplementary budget, Fayose had said: “Fayemi signed his own on September 15, 2014, exactly a month to his leaving office, now I’m signing my own on September 14. They should keep quiet and stop crying wolf, I’m still the governor.
“This revised budget being signed today September 14, 2018, Fayemi did sign the same kind of budget on September 15, 2014, when he had less than a month to leave office. Maybe he has forgotten, but Ekiti people are not suffering from dementia and are students of history.
“The Clerk of the House in 2014 when Fayemi signed his revised budget, Mr. Tola Esan, is still the clerk and he is here today. We are not robots and when there are things to attend to, we will still do that before we leave office.”
Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that after being in custody for five days, the immediate past governor of Ekiti, Ayodele Fayose, on Monday, October 22, appeared before a Federal High Court in Lagos, charged with N30.8 billion fraud.
Fayose is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) alongside his company, Spotless Investment Ltd, on an 11-count charge of N30.8 billion fraud.
After the arraignment of the accused, the defence counsel, Kanu Agabi (SAN), who is a former Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), informed the court of a motion on notice for the bail of the accused.
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Source: Legit.ng
