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EXCLUSIVE: Lagos Speaker, Obasa, Redeploys Senior Finance Office In Assembly After SaharaReporters Expose N10m Monthly Allocation To Wife From Public Funds

Speaker of Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has redeployed some senior officers in the state’s parliament hours after SaharaReporters revealed that he had used his office to approve a N10m monthly allocation to one of his three wives under the guise of gender inclusiveness programme for women.

The programme, according to a document seen by SaharaReporters, would be headed by his wife, who would also be in charge of the funds.

In a letter written by the Clerk of the House ordering the release of the funds, the monthly allocation would be for the establishing of a grassroots support programme, which will be centred on socio-economic and political programmes to be coordinated by wives of legislators at the various constituencies.

Checks by SaharaReporters revealed that no programme around socio-economic and political activities was established at various constituencies.

Wives of lawmakers interviewed claimed not to know of the allocation or receipt of any such amount from the Speaker’s wife.

They also denied having knowledge of the establishment of any socio-economic and political programmes at their constituencies.

They added that only two meetings have been held between 2018 and now.

Angered by the report, Obasa on Monday sanctioned the redeployment of some senior staff of the Assembly believed to have been behind the leakage of information to SaharaReporters.

Among those redeployed are Mrs Afolabi-Rufai Moriam Abiola, Chief Admin and HR Officer, who was moved from Employee Relations to LAHASCOM; Akinpelu Olabisi Ajokeade (Mrs), an Assistant Chief Finance and Accounts Officer, was moved from Employee Benefits to LALBRO; Abolaji Muinat Tanwa, an Assistant Chief Finance and Accounts Officer, was moved from FIS to Budget Planning and Statistics Directorate; Omitaomu Liafisi Ekundayo, Principal Finance and Accounts Officer, was also moved from FIS to Budget Planning and Statistics Directorate; and Sadiq Shade Shakirat, Senior Admin and HR Officer, was moved from Library to Learning and Development.

Others redeployed are Dosunmu Olanike Saidat nee Sarumi, Senior Finance and Accounts Officer, was moved from Employee Benefits to Budget Planning and Statistics Directorate; Ogunbadejo Adedayo Temitope, Senior Finance and Accounts Officer, was moved from Finance and Accounts Directorate to Budget Planning and Statistics Directorate; Gbadamosi Gbenga Michael, Senior Finance and Accounts Officer, was moved from Employee Benefits to LALBRO; Onumonu Adama Esther, a Senior Auditor, was moved from Internal Audit Unit to LAHASCOM, Morakinyo Stephen Olaolu, Finance and Accounts Officer II, was moved from Budget Expenditure Control to LALBRO; Idowu Olubusayo, a Finance and Accounts Officer II, was moved from Budget Expenditure Control to LAHASCOM, and Ogunmekan Shakirat Olajumoke, a Prin. Finance and Account Officer 1, was moved from Employee Benefits to Budget Planning and Statistics Directorate.

Commenting on the redeployment, a key officer in the state Assembly said those moved were those Obasa suspected he does not have close relationship with and could leak his corrupt activities to the public.

“Hon. Obasa pressed the panic button with the redeployment of principal staff of the Assembly’s Finance Department.

“The Speaker who has been in the eye of the storm in the recent past for his financial malfeasance and abuse of office due to SaharaReporters’ investigative journalism, accused the account officers in the Assembly of leaking confidential documents to the public.

“Those redeployed were suspected persons in key finance department in the Assembly,” the source said.

Before the latest revelation, SaharaReporters had exposed how Obasa used a number of companies registered under different names to execute contracts and siphon public funds.

The online news medium also exposed how he spent N17m monthly to maintain his personal residence and guest house from tax payers’ money.

The media organisation also revealed how the Speaker had mobilised thugs with N50m to invade its Civic Media Lab office in Ikeja, Lagos, to burn down the place with anybody found there as a way of getting back at SaharaReporters for exposing his fraudulent activities in the Lagos parliament where he had been feeding fat on public funds.

http://saharareporters.com/2020/05/04/exclusive-lagos-speaker-obasa-redeploys-senior-finance-office-assembly-after
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Lalasticlala

Efcc has been silent of late! Where is Ibrahim Magu, when you need Him?

Is Efcc on a Lockdown?

"The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion." -Proverbs 28:1

EFCC, ICPC, NPF what are you still doing? There is a conspiracy of silence given all these exposures?

As in, I have given up on having a corruption free Nigeria.

Its like stealing is in our blood.
Just be stealing, stealing stealing....

Nawa o. Daylight robbery.

sons or protégés enjoying the crumbs of the commonwealth their godfather is commandeering.

Primitive looters who intimidated and rubbished their shareholder from Epe.

Yet some people said sowore is working for apc, that man is a journalist and he does not care about apc or pdp, just pray make Saharareporters no get ur time

He would surely replace them with people who'll be loyal to him,and shady deals afterwards will no longer get to the media.

Most Africans don't know how to create wealth outside stealing

Can Nigeria ever survive this vagabond in power?

Righteousness89:
Efcc has been silent of late! Where is Ibrahim Magu, when you need Him?

Is Efcc on a Lockdown?

They are on sabbatical leave bro!this coro no be child play oh!

Paperwhite:
EFCC, ICPC, NPF what are you still doing?

Obasa is Tnubu's boy. EFCC is in Tinubu's pocket. Wailers can go and die while the masses suffer the effects of treasury looting. What a country! But we won't give up. One day, one very day, monkey will go to the market and never return home.

Righteousness89 post:




Efcc has been silent of late! Where is Ibrahim Magu, when you need Him?

Is Efcc on a Lockdown?




Don't mind them, they are busy fighting perceived political opponents.
I keep saying this, under this conflagration, Nigeria will never get better.

sweetsell:
Obasa is doomed for sure no escape.

Well his Oga in Burdillion is yet to speak because even his own election eve Bullion Vans case is still gathering dust in EFCC office.Imagine if this case have to do with someone else in their bad book.

If small obasa is taking this much, consider what the godfather takes home.

GamalNasser:
Most Africans don't know how to create wealth outside stealing

I swear! Or is it laziness? I have read some books on multiple streams of income but they sounded strange the most because the societies they describe are quite different from ours.

Even the oga know that Obaza career is finished going forward.

Paperwhite:
Well his Oga in Burdillion is yet to speak because even his own election eve Bullion Vans case is still gathering dust in EFCC office.Imagine if this case have to do with someone else in their bad book.

Lootocracy reactivated

Righteousness89:
Efcc has been silent of late! Where is Ibrahim Magu, when you need Him?

Is Efcc on a Lockdown?

Were they active before? Abi na those caricature dey confuse you?

Bola Tinubu is still stealing billions from Lagos State govt by proxy, yet his e_rat kingsmen here would not want to talk about it. They just want to talk about Nnamdi Kalu or Igbo leaders. Ndi phrasia ( pretenders)

Ok

Obasa is a very big thief
Go to Agege and see how he is buying houses like a mad person, buying for in laws and all his relations. A fifth term legislator. The same Obasa that was sharing 50 naira bread during lockdown.
Tufiakwa!
This is the people Yoruba people surpose to fight but they will praise them to collect stipend and come and be insulting Nnamdi Kanu. Ask them what Kanu did to them they will be stammering.

A speaker with 3 wives.

Corrupt entity.