Wole Adedeji, Ilorin
The Permanent Secretary of Parastatals in the Kwara State cabinet, Mr. Bayo Audu Oninago, has been suspended from office by the state government.
Oninago was relieved of his duties because he was reportedly implicated in the ongoing investigation of ghost workers scam and suspicious deductions of workers’ salary at the Kwara State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB).
Oninago was suspended along with other top government officials namely the Director of Finance and Supply of SUBEB, Husseni Ahmed; Account officers, Mujeeb Ibrahim and Oyerinde Fatai as well as a staff of the Teaching Service Commission (TSC) who doubled as the Chairman of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT), Mr. Toyin Saliu.
The state government, in a statement, issued by Commissioner for Communication, Murtala Olanrewaju, in Ilorin said, “The indefinite suspension is connected to some discoveries of alleged fraud in the parastatal by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
“This is in line with the efforts of the AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq administration to cleanse the system, particularly at SUBEB where some startling discoveries have been made,
“Salaries connected to the controversial names on the payroll have been flagged and suspended until the end of the investigation exercise”.
