Kwara State government has set-up an eight person panel of inquiry to investigate the federal allocations accruing to the 16 local government areas of the state.
The State Governor,Alhaji Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq in a statement announcing the panel said it will also investigate their share of the internally generated revenue from May 29,2019 to date.
The statement listed,retired Justice Mathew Olabamiji Adewara as the chairman and Mrs. Sabitiyu Grillo a permanent Secretary in the state as Secretary of the panel.
Other members of the panel are: representative of the Department of State Service (DSS); Nigeria Police Force; Mrs Titilayo Adedeji; Alhaji Baba Ibrahim; Barrister Aisha Bello Mohammed and Alhaja Asmau Apalando.
The panel of inquiry is mandated to investigate and probe funds received and disbursed to all the 16 local government councils of Kwara State from May 29 2019 to date,” it stated.
The statement listed the terms of reference of the panel to include; to ascertain the amounts reviewed by local governments as statutory allocation from the federal government from May 2019 to date; to determine and ascertain the amounts received by the local governments as IGR from the Kwara State Internal Revenue Service (KW-IRS) from May 29 2019 to date; to determine and ascertain the amounts received by the local governments from other sources into the Joint Allocation Account Committee (JAAC) from May 29 2019 to date; to investigate the veracity of the claim of N300m monthly deduction by the Kwara State Government from the local government funds from May 29 2019 to date; the determine whether the state government borrowed money from banks or financial institutions to pay salaries at any point in time from May 29 2019 to date; to determine how the funds mentioned above were spent monthly by the JAAC; to determine the duplicity or otherwise of any Kwara State public official on the matter of local government funds; to provide any other information that may assist the State Government in ensuring accountability at all times with respect to the state’s activities and the local governments.
The Governor charged members of the committee to a good job and ensure that all anomalies are uncovered.
