All Nigerian governors guilty of embezzling LG allocations – Adebutu

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship campaigner successful Ogun State, Oladipupo Adebutu, has alleged that each authorities governors successful Nigeria are benefiting from and misappropriating section authorities allocations.

Adebutu made the remarks astatine the Ake Palace successful Abeokuta during a gathering with the Egba Traditional Council, wherever helium sought the enactment and blessings of accepted rulers for his governorship ambition.

He was accompanied by his moving mate, Lateefat Sowunmi-Kolapo; the PDP senatorial campaigner for Ogun Central, Iyabo Obasanjo; the Ogun State PDP Chairman, Abayomi Tella; and different enactment leaders and candidates.

Addressing the accepted rulers, Adebutu declared that granting afloat fiscal autonomy to section governments would beryllium 1 of the defining policies of his administration.

“I volition bash thing that volition stun this federation and enactment america successful the close direction. Local governments shall get their ain money,” helium said.

He added: “We indispensable marque definite we get section authorities autonomy. I person been reiterating to you that I, Oladipupo Olatunde, lad of Adebutu, was astatine the National Assembly twice, and I tin boast that I didn’t embezzle nationalist funds. How galore politicians tin accidental this?”

Adebutu accused governors crossed enactment lines of diverting section authorities funds.

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