The Ekiti state house of assembly
has approved the N10 billion supplementary budget presented by Ayodele Fayose,
governor of the state.
TheCable had reported how Fayose
forwarded a supplementary bill titled “2018 Revised Budget” to the assembly on
September 10, though it was backdated to August 30.
After receiving the proposal,
Kola Oluwole, the speaker, recalled lawmakers who had been on recess since July
16, directing them to start working on the document.
At a sitting which commenced at
12pm on Wednesday, 14 lawmakers, including Oluwawole, the speaker, went through
the proposal within an hour and passed it.
Journalists were barred from
covering the proceeding.
Speaking after the
sitting, Ekundayo Akineye, member representing Ijero constituency, said there
is no illegality in what Fayose did.
Akineye said Fayemi did something
similar when he was leaving office at the end of his first term.
“After Fayemi lost the election
in 2014, he presented a revised budget to the house of assembly for approval,”
he said.
“He sent it on September 15 to be
precise. Wale Ominrin, then speaker, Kola Esan, former clerk, all worked on
that budget. So we are not doing anything illegal.”
The supplementary budget was
approved one month to the end of Fayose’s administration. Kayode Fayemi,
governor-elect of the state, would be sworn in on October 16.
Fayemi had earlier described the
N10 billion proposal as fraudulent.
In a statement by Wole Olujujobi,
media director of his campaign organisation, Fayemi said the action was
worrisome and not in the interest of the state.
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