The Ekiti State House of Assembly on Wednesday gave 13 days ultimatum to former Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi to appear before it and explain the alleged misappropriation of the N852,000,000 Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) fund.
DAILY POST reports that the Assembly at Wednesday’s plenary in Ado-Ekiti, presided over by its Speaker, Mr Kola Oluwawole, made the call through a unanimous resolution.
According to the Assembly, the resolution which was in pursuant to Sections128 (1)(2) and 129(c) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,1999 as amended gave March 22 for the former governor and current Minister for Solid Mineral to appear before it.
The leader of Government Business, Mr Tunji Akinyele, who moved the motion, said the misappropriated UBEC fund had caused the state to be black-listed by the commission.
Many contributors to the debate who included, Mr Segun Akinwumi, deputy Speaker,Mr Gboyega Aribisogan and Mr Ekundayo Akinleye said UBEC had barred Ekiti from accessing any fund from the commission for now.
They added that the sanction by UBEC could be detrimental to the development of the education sector in the state.
The Assembly also said that the diversion of the fund contravened Sections 11(2) of UBEC Act, calling on the former governor and current Minister to appear before it and make clarification.
Akinyele in an interview with parliamentary correspondents shortly after the plenary said,” I am sure that Dr Kayode Fayemi as a law abiding citizen will appear before the Assembly to explain how his government expended the fund.”
The assembly which also condemned the prolong detention of his arrested members by the DSS, called for their immediate release or they be charged to court with immediate effect.
Another resolution reached on the alleged invasion of the Assembly by men of the Department of State Security,(DSS) was the call on the National Assembly to prevail on the Federal Government to remove the siege on the State House of Assembly.
DAILY POST recalls that the Assembly on Friday, March 4, raised the alarm over the invasion of its complex by some security men who allegedly whisked away four of its members.
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