ADELEKE ORDERS INVESTIGATION INTO N200M OSUN COLLEGE FRAUD
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The Governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke, has ordered an investigation into the allegations of financial mismanagement rocking the State College of Education, Ila-Orangun.
About five months after taking office, the current College Governing Council, headed by Dr. Peter Babalola, was accused of mismanaging a sum of N200 million.
Reacting to the allegation, Adeleke, in a statement released on Tuesday by his spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, said he has directed that his Chief of Staff, Mr. Kazeem Akinleye, should lead a committee that would investigate the matter.
The statement partly read, “The Committee also included the Secretary to the State Government and Commissioner for Education, among others, to host a crisis resolution meeting between the school management and the Governing Council.”
According to him, the committee would look into the controversies that led to the accusations and counter-accusations between the Chairman of the Governing Council, Babalola, and the College Provost, Prof. Jimoh Afolabi.
“I have read various statements and allegations emanating from Ila Orangun College of Education. I have also been briefed about the conflict between the school management and the college governing council. The Committee is hereby directed to call a meeting of both parties.
“The Committee is to review all issues, including questions of financial malpractice within the college system, and propose a comprehensive accountability and transparency system.
“Let me warn that anybody implicated in any wrongdoing, financial mismanagement, or corrupt conduct will face heavy sanction. I announce that I will not shield anybody, no matter how highly placed, the state governor noted. The committee is expected to report their findings and recommendations to the governor within two weeks,” it added.
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