Investigate Mimiko’s administration, APC urges EFCC

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to access how resources accrued to the state under Governor Olusegun Mimiko are being managed.

This followed the revelation by former Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of Economy Mrs. Ngozi Okojo-Iweala that Ondo received N81.7 billion from the excess crude account between 2011 and 2014.

The party lamented that residents cannot establish a link between this huge amount and the level of development in the state.

A statement by the APC’s Publicity Secretary, Abayomi Adesanya, said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) government has no reason to drag the state into the present state of debt.

The party said: “With no meaningful capital project in place, especially since his assumption of office for a second term, Mimiko  has  bankrupted the state and ground it to a halt.

“It is regrettable that as an oil producing state, the Mimiko-led PDP government received such whooping amount with no meaningful justification.”

The APC called on the EFCC to investigate how funds received and generated by the state are being spent by the government.

The statement added: “While we acknowledge the challenges posed by the dwindling and bad economy situation in the nation, occasioned by economic mismanagement of PDP Federal Government.

“We are also sad that unlike other states, Ondo cannot justify the huge amount borrowed and generated with any developmental project.

“On several occasions, we have urged Mimiko to come up with the state’s financial statement.

“We are determined, more than ever resolute, to know how tax payers’ money is being spent.

“We are also poised to know if the PDP government is not feeding fat on public fund.

“Even though some states owe salaries, some of them have impacted the lives of the people through developmental projects and other interventions.”