Ilese News Extra can confirm tonight that the Office of the State Commissioner for Finance have received instructions from Governor Ibikunle Amosun to set aside a slush account to bribe Local Government Advisory Council members appointed by the Amosun administration.
Our readers will recall that sometime last year, Governor Amosun inaugurated this 25-man advisory council across LGs in the State to allow him gain advantage over other groups since members were tasked with passing down vital updates within their LGs to the Governor. Ilese News Extra has learnt that the reports reaching the governor was that several of those elected are now working underground for other groups giving that the appointment was yet to come with any tangible financial benefit. These set of people who were mostly party officials left out in the earlier apportioning of political appointments in 2011 have vowed to work against the governor and are now mostly loyal to a former Governor of the State who himself is a member of the All Progressive Congress. The amount to be paid each Consultant is N2million, a total of N2.7billion has been earmarked for this slush account which will be funded partly from the State's Federal Allocation and IGR revenues.
These Consultants we are told will be dumped after the elections should the Amosun Government return to power after 2015, a scenario (Amosun re-election) unlikely giving the governor's eroded goodwill.
In a related development, Ilese News Extra have learnt that the same windfall is being planned for civil servants whom the governor was told are no longer motivated due to their neglect. The windfall bonuses being currently worked out is to woo them ahead of the general election. This we learnt the governor believes will be enough for them to spend several months after the election since their salaries will subsequently be delayed after the election if the governor is re-elected.
Ilese News Extra is urging all those to be paid to collect the monies but ensure they follow their conscience at the next general elections holding in February 2015.
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