The minority caucus of the Ogun State House of Assembly has referred to as on the chief arm of the state authorities led by Governor Dapo Abiodun to be extra clear in reacting to the accusation made by the Chairman of Ijebu East Local Government, Wale Adedayo.

The minority caucus charged the chief arm to current sufficient proof to deal with the allegations of withholding statutory federal allocations attributable to native governments within the state.

Ogun Assembly Minority Leader, Lukman Adeleye, instructed Media Talk Africa in Abeokuta that native authorities councils have to be allowed to thrive as a grassroots authorities of the folks by permitting correct accountability.

Adeleye, who spoke on behalf of the minority caucus, famous that the allegations of Adedayo may very well be effectively debunked by the federal government via transparency and accountability.

He alluded that, although the governor had denied the allegations and the native authorities chairmen had tendered their apologies to him, “proofs of payments, receipts and other documents would go a long way in ensuring transparency and letting the masses know the true situation of things.”

As the representatives of the folks, he mentioned it behoves the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members on the meeting to remain on the facet of the folks “to unravel the true situation and act accordingly.”

The lawmaker maintained that it could not be a good suggestion wherever on the planet if funds meant for use by the native authorities to enhance lives had been really being diverted.

“By the time the assembly would start investigating, we would surely get to the end of this,” he acknowledged.

He added, “There is an accusation, and as of now, unless we know the true situation, nothing can be done. But we won’t shy away from the complaints that the councils are handicapped to handle any projects as this seems visible.”

The minority chief harassed that one of many cardinal factors of his occasion is the autonomy of the native authorities councils, which have to be absolutely funded to make sure the dividends of democracy get to the folks.