Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has approved the immediate suspension of the Provost of the Osun State College of Education, Ila, Prof.Jimoh Atanda Afolabi.
This was confirmed in a statement issued by the spokesman of the Governor, Olawale Rasheed, on Friday.
The statement said the suspension of Afolabi was in line with the interim report of the Investigation Panel headed by the Chief of Staff to the Governor, Hon. Kazeem Akinleye.
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Rasheed said Governor Adeleke also approved the recommendation of the committee that the Chairman of the Governing Council of the institution, Dr. Peter Babalola, should remain in office as there is no proven case of abuse of power or financial wrongdoings against him.
The allegation of over N200 million levelled against Babalola was found to be unsubstantiated with documentary proof or transaction details, the statement added.
According to the statement by Rasheed, the cash advance of N3 million to the Council Chairman was found to be within the college’s financial regulations with all documentation verified by the committee.
Based on a thorough review, the committee discovered that the allegation of N200 million fraud levelled against the Chairman of the Governing Council is untrue, diversionary, baseless and fallacious.
Documentary evidence (voucher) revealed that he only collected a sum of N3 million as a cash advance, which is officially allowed.
On the Provost, the Committee reviewed three previous reports of investigations into various allegations of financial malfeasance, abuse of power and corruption levelled against him dating from past administrations to date.
The statement by Rasheed added: “The Committee after a thorough review of the reports including that of the State House of Assembly alongside its own investigations recommended immediate suspension of the Provost, which is now endorsed by the State Governor.
“Sequel to the findings of the investigative Panel, the Provost of Osun State College of Education, Ila-Orangun, Prof.Jimoh Atanda Afolabi is hereby suspended on the grounds of financial impropriety, concealment of official information/ records; and failure to update the Governing Council on the important issues of the College.”
Rasheed said the Committee is billed to submit its final report at a later date.
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