Politics
COVID-19 fund: I Have Nothing To Hide, Akeredolu Replies PDP
- Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu
The Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has urged the Peoples Democratic Party to play issue-based politics.
He also warned PDP against spreading misinformation that he was not ready to account for the COVID-19 funds.
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The governor said this while responding to a request by PDP through its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbodiyan.
The PDP had asked Akeredolu to account for the funds donated to the state by corporate organisations and individuals to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic that is currently ravaging the world.
It alleged that the governor of “condoning corruption and wicked embezzlement of public funds”.
The party alleged that over N700 million intervention fund could not be accounted for, claiming that “Indeed, any clean, transparent and upright administration that had not soiled its hand and which has the interest of the people at heart, would have ordered an open investigation, secure and channel the resources to the wellbeing of the people.”
But Akeredolu said he had sent the bank statement of the COVID-19 response funds to an Abuja-based Social Accountability Organisation, Follow The Money International.
He urged PDP to consult the organisation for a copy of the statement.
Source: PUNCH
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