Ondo State Finance Commissioner Wale Akinterinwa said on Sunday that the N4.3billion hidden in a bank account for over 10 years was appropriated for in the 2019 budget.
The All Progressives Congress in the state has intervened in the matter, to prevent a face-off between the executive and the legislature over the issue.
He said that the N4.3billion was in the 2019 Appropriation Bill passed by the Assembly and signed into law by Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu. A source said records available to the APC leadership showed that the 2019 appropriation confirmed the cash in the account.The source said the Ondo APC leadership discovered that some lawmakers were sponsored by some government officials to raise issues about the money spent in the 2019 budget.
The lawmaker said the money was contained in the Auditor-General report of 2018, adding that some individuals in the government gave the House Committee information about the discovered money, but were not aware that the money had been appropriated in the 2019 budget.
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