By Richard Akintade, Osogbo
The Office of the Governor-Elect of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has warned the outgoing government of the state led by Governor Gboyega Oyetola to desist from its plan to embark on emergency awards of contracts worth billions of naira.
According to a statement issued and made available to journalists in Osogbo, the state capital, on Tuesday, by the spokesperson to the Governor-Elect, Mallam Olawale Rasheed, there was a direct evidence received about the ongoing plans by the outgoing government of the state to start awarding emergency contracts worth several billions of naira.
The statement said: “as we warned last week, reports coming from the outgoing government confirmed that the agenda to bankrupt Osun state on several fronts has commenced with placement of advertisement for awards of bogus contracts.
“The government has placed advertisements in several newspapers inviting contractors for expression of interests in some projects. We are also aware of other financial dealings ongoing within the governments including alleged sanitisation of financial documents among others.
“We are using this medium to call on contractors and consultants to avoid any contractual dealings with the outgoing government. This urgent alert becomes necessary to avoid any avoidable risk-taking as the incoming government will not bear responsibility for any sinister contractual obligations.
“We are equally calling on financial institutions to be cautious in their financial transactions with the outgoing governments. We cannot stress enough that entering into loans or other associated obligations with the outgoing government amounts to collaboration for financial illegality. The Adeleke administration will not be accountable for any financial dealings as banks and other related institutions should be aware that during a transition process , such transaction is ill-motivated and uncalled for.
“However, the Office of the Governor- Elect through this medium is alerting the public and the business community that any financial transaction with the outgoing government is a risk that the incoming administration will not be accountable for.
“On our part, we are working assiduously to prepare for a seamless transition in the best interest of the people of Osun State.”
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