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Oyo State Anti-Corruption Agency (OYACA) chairman, Justice Eni Esan (rtd), has disclosed that the bureau has handled implicit 600 petitions from the public, prosecuted galore elder civilian servants, and secured convictions.
Speaking connected a vigor programme successful Ibadan connected Tuesday, the jurist said that the bureau had erased institutionalised corruption successful the state’s civilian service, adding that it has the powerfulness to analyse immoderate Individual if petitioned.
According to her, the authorities has escaped its civilian work strategy of corruption done the agency’s activities.
Esan stated that the superior extremity of establishing the anti-graft bureau was to sanitise nationalist work and support zero tolerance for corruption successful the state, a connection she claimed had permeated society.
“Governor Makinde’s superior extremity erstwhile the Oyo State anti-corruption bureau committee was constituted was to sanitise the nationalist and civilian servants astatine each levels and guarantee they transportation retired their responsibilities without institutionalised corruption. Through this, we person sent a wide connection of zero tolerance for corruption successful Oyo State.
“To execute this feat, OYACA has handled implicit 600 petitions from the public, prosecuting galore elder civilian servants, securing convictions and operating 5 branches crossed the State to supply entree for radical to taxable petitions”, she said.
Justice Esan further claimed that the bureau had the powerfulness to analyse immoderate Individual successful the state, nary substance however highly placed, if determination was a petition against him from the members of the public.
While speaking connected the agency’s independence, she pointed retired that the politician said connected the time of the OYACA board’s inauguration that if a petition is written against anyone, nary substance however highly placed successful the state, the bureau should analyse specified a person.
“We person nary unit astatine each successful immoderate case. I americium telling you the facts. You see, we are autarkic erstwhile it comes to our investigations. We tin analyse immoderate Individual, nary substance however highly placed, if a petition is written against him oregon her.
“He adjacent said connected the time helium inaugurated the committee that if a petition is written against whoever is successful the state, we should analyse him,” she asserted.
The squad includes Dr Prince Oyebade Oyedepo, a committee member; Ibrahim Tijani, enforcement caput (OYACA); Folasade Ajibade, manager of ICT; Tajudeen Azeez, manager of concern and administration; Wasiu Alimi, manager of medication and supplies; and Eto-Abasi Olayanju, the main ineligible officer.
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