[size=18pt] Why we withdrew cars from LG bosses’ wives[/size] — Osun speaker
By Tunde Odesola, Osogbo
Published: Wednesday, 20 May 2009

The quest for accountability and probity in the utilisation of public resources was the reason the Osun State House of Assembly ordered the withdrawal of 30 brand new cars from the wives of local government chairmen in the state.

This was disclosed by the Speaker, Osun State House of Assembly, Chief Adejare Bello, in a statement by the Press Secretary, Mr. Olumide Ajayi, on Tuesday in Osogbo.

The House on Monday gave a seven-day ultimatum to the wives of the chairmen to return the vehicles worth N105m.

At a plenary, the lawmakers ordered the transfer of the Brilliance brand of cars worth N3.5m each to the women development units of each of the 30 local government councils in the state.

Each of the cars has an official driver attached to it for the council chairmen’s wives.

The House last week said it was wrong of the women to have official cars and drivers without holding elective posts.

Each member of the House of Assembly has a Brilliance car as official vehicle and an official driver.

Bello, who presided over the plenary, maintained that the House would not lose focus of its oversight functions, which included ensuring judicial spending of money from public treasury.

The motion for the withdrawal of the vehicles was moved by Mr. Diran Ayanbeku, a member of Peoples Democratic Party, who represents Ife-South.

A member of the Action Congress, Mr. Adegboye Akintunde, who represents Osogbo, seconded the motion.

Directing that “Women Development Union” should be written on the vehicles, the House said the vehicles should be used by the WDUs in the local government councils.

The Chairman, Association of Local Governments of Nigeria, Osun State, Alhaji Teslim Igbalaye, who appeared before the House last week, affirmed that the vehicles were brought for the WDUs.

Igbalaye, who is the Chairman, Osogbo Local Government Council, absolved the ALGON of blame in the alleged conversion of the vehicles to personal use. http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art20090520055170

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* The house of assembly is playing to galery. Direct that the cars be returned to the supplier and the money returned to government purse and be used for a specific developmental project. Guess who supplied the cars, Oyinlolas brother. Oyinlola your generation would never know peace. You are a man of violence.

Posted by: Oluyemi , on Wednesday, May 20, 2009

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* What does "Report this comment" mean? Good question Bisi Aderemi UK

Posted by: Pastor Johnson Ade Odewale Boston USA , on Wednesday, May 20, 2009

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* Honourable Speaker, please tell us who and who will be the beneficiaries of these cars again or whose garages will these cars go?

Posted by: Bisi Aderemi (uk) , on Wednesday, May 20, 2009

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* Well done Chief Adejare Bello, you did the honourable thing by withdrawing this undeserved cars from the wives of the LG chairmen, (only in Nigeria, can such a altrocity be committed. But it should not end there, the person or persons who authorized the purchase of this vehicles, should also be held accountable, for slapping the faces of Osun indigenes in this way !!!!

Posted by: Oye Jaiyeola , on Wednesday, May 20, 2009

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* THAT IS HOW TAX PAYERS MONEY ARE BN (MIS)USED BY PDP LEAD ADMINISTARTION.WHAT DO U EXPECT FROM OYINLOLA? A PRODIGAL PRINCE, COLLABORATING WITH SOME USELESS CHIEFS AND OBAS IN OSUN STATE. LET SOMEBODY TELL US WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO ALL THE TRACTORS THAT OYINLOLA BOUGHT AND CLAIMED TO USE IT FOR FARMERS IN THE STATE. WHERE ARE THOSE MACHINES NOW? HAS IT IMPROVE THE STAPLE FOOD PRODUCTION IN THE STATE? THESE PEOPLE HAS NOTING TO OFFER THAN OPPRESING AND INTIMADATING US. ALL OF U WILL NOT KNOW PEACE.

Posted by: SEGE , on Wednesday, May 20, 2009

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* Four thousand and two hundred (4,200) students of Osun State origin will benefit from this money at the rate of twenty five thousand naira( 25,000) per student as Bursary Awards

Posted by: Pastor Johnson Ade Odewale Boston USA , on Wednesday, May 20, 2009

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* I blame that bastard called Oyinlola, an illiterate stupid "Governor" On what basis should LG chairmen's wife qualified to be given cars worth millions of tax payers money. They and their useless husbands the LG chairmen paid no tax and were never elected. Oyinlola should be impeached for reckless and useless spending of peoples money. Enough with these thieves,

Posted by: senikola James , on Wednesday, May 20, 2009

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* Basically, this is what goes on in all the 774(something) LGAs of 9ja, just that it takes different form. The LG chairmen just wait till the end of the month,collect allocation and share it among themselves. Those ones up north & N/D are even the worst. Do u blame them? When Turia 2 have her own assocation of w/afican wivies. Abeg them too bi 1st LG lady! They 2 are entitled to protocoal, security vote etc. To add salt to injury most of these women are stak illitrates,thats 9ija 4 u-anyhing goes

Posted by: mynija , on Wednesday, May 20, 2009

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* VISIONLESS, AND NOTHING ELSE TO QUALIFY THEM. VISIONLESS IN THOUGHT, VISIONLESS IN MERCY, VISIONLESS IN MIN . . . VISIONLESS VISIONLESS VISIONLESS, VISIONLESS VISIONLESS IT IRRITATES TO HEAR SUCH CRAZY NEWS. THEY DON'T HAVE TO RETURN THOSE CARS TO WD. WAT EVEN BECOME OF THEM. THEY SHOULD AUCTION THEM AND USE THE MONEY FOR MORE CONCRETE AND HUMANITARIAN PROJECTS.

Posted by: adedoyin ogunfeyimi , on Tuesday, May 19, 2009

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* I pity the ordinary man in this country. Government is now seen as the shortest route to wealth in Nigeria, even a made ritualist can't stand shoulder to shoulder with the grass root politicians. But amazingly, if the idle young man on the streets tries his hands on petty fraud and cyber crime, he is usually used as a scape goat. 70 million are unemployed and ye this scarce resources are being wasted. Did I hear somebody say 'one day e go better'?

Posted by: Jason , on Tuesday, May 19, 2009

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* OMG! Local govt chairmen wives get cars to go to toilets?! What are they doing for the state? Why are these ppl behaving like this? Many students from Osun never got #1000 bursary for a yr and some jobless wives are driving 3.5M car. On which roads are they driving the car sef? Their husbands shhould face impeachment for this stupid acts.

Posted by: Busuyi O , on Tuesday, May 19, 2009

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* It's no man's money or national cake, take, give your wife, your kids and then every other poor Nigerian, to your tents! Can somebody tell that 105million Naira is not capable of giving 100 indigent students university scholarships or sinking borehole in 20 rural communities. Corruption, when shall you release our politicians from your ugly shackles? By the way, where are they driving the cars to since they have no offices? With a driver sef!Sigh! Fools lording over intelligent people,politics!

Posted by: Kingsley Ogbuji, TX, U.S.A , on Tuesday, May 19, 2009

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* It is so sad to see how resources are being wasted in Nigeria. Despite their husbands having fleet of cars they bought with stolen 'National Cake', the wives are still given brand new cars, to go to toilets and market, with a driver attached! I think the so called demoncrazy is even more rubish than the dreaded military rule. When will resources be channeled for the good of common man in Nigeria? What a country full of visionless leaders!

Posted by: mark jones , on Tuesday, May 19, 2009

More rubbish in the Nigerian polity

Wasting money left right and center and Your president states he doesn't have enough money to execute budget


what a joke.

but the cars have now been withdrawn. I see some people just argue to remain anti Nigerian.

AjaraEwuro:

but the cars have now been withdrawn. I see some people just argue to remain anti Nigerian.

must we all be pro nigerian evil too?

JJYOU:

must we all be pro nigerian evil too?

No, but try to be at least 1% objective.

So what is going to happen to the withdrawn Cars, are they just going to transfer it to another department?

They need to be sold, and money returned to the state.

Ugh!!! DisgustinG!!

Why did they give them cars at beginning? Take the cars back jare.

What do they really need the cars for?Are they in anyway connecting with rural people and projects in form of (better life for rural people)?a scam that was set by maryan babangiga that never really help anybody,even with all the enormous amount of money pumped into it.

Maryan,the wife of the evil dollard,IBB,who is one of the great plagues of nigeria,like OBJ,ibori,aneni and co

Nigeria as a concept is really a child's play,people just do what they like,no rules.It is like a mad setup,melancholy.

AjaraEwuro:


No, but try to be at least 1% objective.

what is your problem that these cars were not given or what?

redsun:

What do they really need the cars for?Are they in anyway connecting with rural people and projects in form of (better life for rural people)?a scam that was set by maryan babangiga that never really help anybody,even with all the enormous amount of money pumped into it.

Maryan,the wife of the evil dollard,IBB,who is one of the great plagues of nigeria,like OBJ,ibori,aneni and co

Nigeria as a concept is really a child's play,people just do what they like,no rules.It is like a mad setup,melancholy.

i read some where mrs IBB saying god willing IBB will rule her again not NGR.

Why do we have to put up with these animals in the name of ruling elites in nigeria?Does it mean there are no reasonable nigerians?How can idiots be ruling us?it makes us idiots too.

redsun:

Why do we have to put up with these animals in the name of ruling elites in nigeria?Does it mean there are no reasonable nigerians?How can idiots be ruling us?it makes us idiots too.

You are right, u are an idiot.

Yeah,i must be an idiot to be of ur kind.Kia minini.

Why dem no give their housemaids cars and drivers as well!!! yeye people

This is a good move.
However, i hope the rides will be used for other official uses and not just disappear somehow.
Cos if a whole vessel can disappear without a trace, what is a car?

This is now stale news.

Fhemmmy:

However, i hope the rides will be used for other official uses and not just

Any thing is "official use" to govt officials, even when they're using official cars as taxi, they will still claim official use. Imao!

this is one of the reasons these politicians should b assassinated one by one.

tpacalipse:

this is one of the reasons these politicians should b assassinated one by one.

food for thought!!!

  tpacalipse, your last reply is suspicious-Bola Ige etc

What were wives doing with the cars in the first place?