Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state vowed to recover looted funds in the state.
He said that he will recover the money in a transparent manner.
Governor of Oyo State,Seyi Makinde has vowed to recover all looted funds in the state and kept in a special bank account.
The governor made this known while playing host to the management of the Unity Bank Plc at Agodi governor’s office on Wednesday.
He said: “We want to recover the money in a very transparent manner and for people to see what the present administration has done with the money recovered.
”People should know how money belonging to them is being spent. The state money seized from individuals by the EFCC will be returned to the account.”
Makinde said that after he got into office that he discovered N1.2 billion state money seized from a certain government official.
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He added that he had reported to the EFCC to refund the same to the state government, to support his administration’s drive to reposition the alleged comatose education sector.
While assuring the citizens that the state’s account with the bank would be used to save the looted money recovered from ‘wrong hands and accounts’, the governor charged the bank to also hold the state accountable because the government should not compromise the trust reposed in it by the people.
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