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Cabinet Dissolution: No govt property in my possession – Sarat Adebayo 

 

By Mumini Abdulkareem

The immediate past chairman, Local Government Service Commission, Hajia Sarat Nike Adebayo weekend refuted in strong terms report making the rounds that she has refused to hand over official properties in her custody after dissolution of the cabinet.
Adebayo who was appointed in December 2016 by outgoing governor Abdulfatah Ahmed engaged in aggressive capacity building for the staff with numerous training workshops for Heads of Department (HOD’s) on issue of health and tax generation among others.
She was one of the appointees whose service was terminated by the Governor Ahmed on Wednesday, 22nd, 2019 when the government announced the dissolution of his cabinet and all boards and parastatals.
However on Saturday, there was an online report alleging that she has refused to hand over some of the commission’s property.
But while speaking with this reporter in a telephone chat over the allegation, the former state women leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) before the initial defection of Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki to the APC, maintained that she remained a woman of integrity, an attribute she was prepared to uphold whether in or service.
“There is no single property of the commission in my custody. While my tenure lasted, I was not given any vehicle. Initially when the dissolution was announced, we were told that the statutory boards were all exempted. Then on Thursday while I was at the fidau for late Hajia Hannatu Nagode, the late mother of Justice Titi Daibu, some of my directors came to tell me that the latest information on the issue was that the three statutory boards, Teaching Service Commission, SUBEB and Local Government Service Commission were involved. I said there is no problem, Toyota Carina E was the official vehicle attached to my office.
“That Thursday when information reached me that our dissolution was officially confirmed, I immediately ordered that the car be driven to the commission’s premises and the keys handed over to the DPM. I ensured the instruction was effected on the spot, nothing more. There is not a single property of the commission still in my possession. I have integrity which I still upheld till the very last day of my service”, she submitted.

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