The immediate past Governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode, has been accused of not following due process in the controversial purchase of 820 mass transit buses for N45bn.
Former Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget, Olusegun Banjo, made the accusation on Tuesday during his appearance before an ad hoc committee set up by the Lagos State House of Assembly to probe the purchase of the buses.
Banjo said Ambode sidelined his ministry during the purchase of the buses and shunned the procurement tradition he met on the ground.
He said: “The way the ministry was structured (under Ambode), it did not allow us to function well.
“The N24bn did not come to my ministry. We didn’t have a running system. As a commissioner, I could not approve one naira. All the MDAs approached the governor directly.”
Banjo said Ambode’s administration “was not transparent,” adding that “a lot of things could be done without the knowledge of the commissioners.”
“I don’t know what happens to unbudgeted funds when it comes because the Ministry of Finance does not inform my ministry; we don’t have a running system,” Banjo said.
Concise News learned that Ambode did not appear on Tuesday before the 16-man committee.
The immediate-past Commissioner for Finance, Akinyemi Ashade; and ex-Commissioner for Special Duties, Oladejo Seye, also failed to appear but they both wrote to the committee explaining that they were out of the country.
The Speaker of the Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, said the House would invite Ambode through a newspaper publication.
He said if the ex-governor failed to show up then, the Assembly would resort to issuing a warrant for his arrest.
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