SDP Guber. Candidate, Ojeshina Accuses Gov. Abiodun Of Running Ogun As “Sole Administrator”

 

The gubernatorial candidate of Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Ogun state in 2023, Engr. Anthony Ojeshina has Accused the State governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun of running Ogun as “Sole Administrator” without cabinet members to make decisions and conduct day to day running of the government.

Ojeshina revealed this in a press release he personally signed and made available to newsmen in Abeokuta, the state capital.

 

He stressed that, Ogun State has always been known as a “model” of corporate governance worth emulating by others in the country, saying that the state has been losing this enviable position over the last few years.

According to him, it was preposterous to give responsibility to Special Advisers to the Governor, stressing that Special Advisers are not statutory positions but chosen by the governor without any screening and clearance by the House of Assembly as stipulated by law.

He argued that, without the executive council resolutions, funds cannot be allocated and provided for Agencies of government, ministries, parastatals to perform their daily duties, which include capital and recurrent expenditures.

 

He said the current situation has denied many government agencies receiving funds to execute projects under them.

He maintained that, the development has exacerbated to the extent that some citizens went on a radio programme to complain bitterly that their communities are dirty with garbage dumps all over, while some are even resulting to burning of these garbage dumps and indiscriminate refuse dumps.

He, therefore, urged the governor to immediately salvage the situation by appointing credible people as cabinet members.

“The current state of governance in Ogun State is unprecedented and unconstitutional.

“Ogun State is currently been run by a “Sole Administrator.” There are no cabinet members to make decisions and conduct day to day running of government. It is preposterous to give this responsibility to “Special Advisers to the Governor”.

“Special Advisers are not statutory positions but are chosen by the governor without any screening and clearance by the House of Assembly as stipulated by law.

“Special Advisers however only do the bidding of the governor as the name implies, that is why their title is Special Adviser to the Governor.

“This step totally ignores “due process”, “transparency” and “accountability” a veritable tool for sincere and ethical governance.

“Without Executive council resolutions, funds cannot and must not be allocated and provided for Agencies of government (Ministries, Parastatals etc) to perform their daily duties, which include capital and recurrent expenditures.

“An example is the area of Waste Management which is a daily exercise of evacuation of wastes and is conducted by OGWAMA (Ogun State Waste Management Authority). Some citizens went on a radio program recently to complain bitterly that their communities are dirty with garbage dumps all over, some are even resulting to burning of these garbage dumps and indiscriminate refuse dumps. Waste management is currently seen as a social issue managed by government.

“The health and economic implications of refuse burning cannot be over emphasized. “Improper” Waste Management which is ongoing at the moment causes water born diseases such as diarrhea, cholera, typhoid etc, as a result of water contamination, while refuse burning causes respiratory related diseases from toxic gas emitted into the atmosphere through burning.

“The only way that all these can be going on is if funds are not provided for those activities that require regular funding or funds are not judiciously used due to lack of due process, transparency and accountability.

“This anomaly started to rear itself up during the electioneering campaign time and has persisted till date and is gotten so bad that citizens have resulted to going on air at radio stations to air their grievances.
Another example is in the incessant road dilapidation including roads that were hurriedly constructed and rehabilitated during the campaign period.

“This is exacerbated with the ongoing raining period which has exposed the integrity of the roads particularly those hurriedly rehabilitated to start with. This is having a severe toll on Ogun residents and their vehicles. Pain and misery are consequences of plying these roads.

“Governor Dapo Abiodun is advised to take immediate steps to rectify these problems to remove the ongoing pain, mystery and suffering of the masses in our dear State.”

Meanwhile, no official reaction yet from the government officials when contacted.

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