Ondo group tasks Aiyedatiwa on transparency, LG autonomy

…Demands merchandise of assembly funds, reinvestment successful healthcare

By Luminous Jannamike

ABUJA – The Ondo Redemption Front (ORF), a civic organisation committed to accountability and bully governance, has tasked Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa to guarantee transparency successful the absorption of authorities resources and assistance afloat autonomy to section governments successful Ondo State.

The telephone was made during the group’s September variation of its State of the State Address held successful Abuja connected Monday.

The briefing was led by the ORF Chairman, Ayodeji Ologun, alongside the Co-Chairman, Mogbojuri Kayode, and Secretary, Adedotun Ajulo.

Ologun noted that the group, made up of acrophobic lawyers and civic actors, had consistently raised alarm implicit healthcare, governance, infrastructure, and fiscal accountability successful Ondo State.

“Ordinarily, we ought to person had this property league successful Akure but our heavy interest to gully the attraction of the Federal Government connected the Local Government funds successful Ondo State person brought america here,” Ologun said.

He recalled that the Supreme Court, pursuing a suit by the Attorney-General of the Federation, had affirmed the fiscal independency of section governments to person allocations straight from the Federation Account.

He lamented that the ruling was yet to instrumentality effect successful Ondo State, leaving councils underfunded.

“We hereby telephone connected the Federal Government and the Attorney General of the Federation to revisit the implementation of the Supreme Judgment connected the Local Government autonomy,” helium appealed.

The radical further criticised the authorities of healthcare transportation successful Ondo, saying wide hospitals were ‘in decay, poorly staffed and under-equipped.’

Ologun said large women continued to look ‘the aforesaid aged nightmares of mediocre maternal care’ portion galore superior wellness centres lacked drugs, basal supplies and electricity.

He besides pointed to accrued national allocations to states, noting that with the implementation of the 2024 and 2025 budgets, astir a trillion naira had travel nether the absorption of the Aiyedatiwa administration.

“The Ondo Redemption Front calls for the contiguous and unconditional merchandise of section authorities funds arsenic released by the Federal Government done FAAC. We besides impulse the authorities authorities to merchandise audited accounts of each enslaved proceeds and authorities finances,” Ologun added.

Kayode, the group’s Co-Chairman, stressed that governance indispensable beryllium transparent and people-oriented.

“Citizens should not beryllium astatine the mercy of governance, truthful it is lone close for the question to archer america however the Ondo State funds person been utilized truthful far. It is the close of the radical for the authorities to disclose this information,” Kayode said.

Ajulo, the group’s Secretary, said arsenic civilian nine actors and residents of the state, they were compelled to talk retired implicit the challenges facing Ondo people.

“It behooves the authorities authorities to instrumentality steps to code the concerns of the residents,” helium said.

The ORF besides urged the authorities authorities to reinvest successful healthcare, rescue crumbling infrastructure, and let the Ondo State House of Assembly to workout genuine oversight escaped from partisanship.

The radical added that governmental distractions indispensable extremity successful favour of work transportation and grassroots development.

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