The Ekiti State House of Assembly has handed out a 13-day notice to Dr. Kayode Fayemi to avail himself and explain the alleged misappropriation of N852 million the state accessed from the Universal Basic Education Commission fund during Fayemi’s tenure. The lawamakers asked Fayemi, who is currently the Minister of Solid Mineral, to appear before it on March 22.
The Leader of Government Business, Mr. Tunji Akinyele, stated that the misappropriated UBEC fund had caused the state to be blacklisted by the commission.
Fayemi, in a statement issued by his Special Assistant on Media, Yinka Oyebode, had said Fayose’s administration should be blamed for the blacklisting.
“The Fayose government is to blame for this. Its crude approach to governance, careless utterances and verbal threats to financial institutions shortly after the June 21, 2014 election made many banks to review their relationships with the state.
“The issue of diversion does not occur, the bank simply withdrew its support because of the negative signal it got from the Fayose administration. So, Fayose should be blamed for everything.”
