Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has again reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to sustaining security services through the budgetary process.
The governor, in a statement issued on Friday by his spokesperson, Mallam Olawale Rasheed, insisted that, “under my watch, we don’t operate security votes in the sense Nigerians understand it.”
According to him, Osun State has no slush fund which many Nigerians regard as ‘security votes’, noting that “our expenditures on security services are undertaken within the confines of the public finance law and regulations.”
He listed such security expenditures as operational support for security agencies operating in the state, ; funding of operations to quell communal crises; support for communal peace activities and funding of the state security outfit, Amotekun among others.
Such expenditures, the governor posited further, are processed within the context of statutory approval process which involves raising of memos and compliance with government payment process.
The governor said his administration demonstrated foresight early enough when it created a special project account where unexpected inflow from FAAC are saved, pointing out that the initiative is a shock absorber and a smart way to ensure completion of ongoing infra projects in the state.
While expecting early resolution of the Osun local government fund seizure, Governor Adeleke was quoted as reassuring Osun people and other stakeholders that his administration remains focused and committed to completing its human and capital projects on schedule.
