Osun APC and TETFUND contract scandal.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State has called on the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to investigate Kazeem Akinleye, Osun State Chief of Staff following allegations that Akinleye used his closeness to the state government to secure a two hundred and ninety-seven million naira (N297m) Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) contract at Osun State University (UNIOSUN).

In a statement signed by Kola Olabisi, Osun APC Director of Media and Information on Saturday, the party stated that Akinleye’s actions as a public officer did not conform to the standards of public morality and accountability.

The party also said that he has put himself in a position where his personal interest conflicted with his duties and responsibilities as the administrative head of the office of the Governor of Osun State, in breach of the provisions of the Code of Conduct (Part 1, Section 5 of the Act).

The statement read, “His justification elsewhere that he resigned from the company as a Director on September 1, 2022, shortly after he was appointed Chief of Staff does not hold water, as the management of the company still revolves around the members of his immediate family, as an investigation at the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) revealed.

“Similarly, the other excuse of the Chief of Staff, that the contract in question is a federal job within the TETFUND for which the company has all the legal rights to handle, is an afterthought and mere misinformation invented to confuse and wriggle his way out of the contract logjam.

“We, as a party, are reminding Akinleye that TETFUND has nothing to do with the procurement of the project. It is solely the responsibility of the institution whose Governing Council’s members are direct appointees of the governor.

“So, whether Akinleye is a former director or a current director in AKINKAS INTERBIZ LIMITED with registration number 770848, registered on September 3, 2008, with address number 290, Station Road, Ede, Osun State, is not relevant.

“We enjoin the Code of Conduct Bureau to invite, investigate, and possibly prosecute the said Akinleye as empowered by Parts 1, 3 (e) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended). We also appeal to all patriots within and outside the state to rise above political sentiments and speak vehemently against this clear abuse of power and contravention of the procurement laws of the state.”

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