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A petition filed by Ademola Adeleke’s Osun State government alleging that previous governor Gboyega Oyetola misappropriated World Bank health funding intended for the Save One Million Lives, or SOML, initiative was denied by the Osun State All Progressives Congress, or APC.

These statements were delivered by Mogaji Olabisi, the party’s spokeswoman, during a press conference held in Abuja on Sunday.

Following a recent formal petition to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) by the Osun State government, Oyetola, the current Minister of Blue Economy and immediate former governor, is being investigated for allegedly embezzling a $20 million World Bank health grant.

The SOML project was successfully implemented to enhance the health and well-being of the Osun people, notwithstanding the petition’s assertions.

“SOML is a World Bank project designed to save the lives of mothers and children through health services. The funds received by the Osun State government were comprehensively monitored by the donor.

“The details of how the Oyetola administration enhanced and expanded healthcare in Osun through the grant are well documented. We invite the media and the public to examine the records, which include pictures of facilities and programmes executed with the funds, to verify our claims about former Governor Adegboyega Oyetola’s commitment to good governance and transparency.

“Not only were the funds used to improve healthcare in the state, but all contract awards followed the relevant procurement laws. We boldly state that no commissioner, adviser, or appointee of former Governor Oyetola was awarded contracts while serving in his government,” he said.

“We challenge the state government, which is now on a witch-hunting mission, to publish the names of contractors and the dates of contract awards to substantiate their false narrative,” he stated.

The state APC also charged Adeleke’s administration with embezzlement of billions of naira and granting contracts to family members.

“N40 billion from the local government allocation was used to fund the Office of the Governor, including N11 billion to purchase luxury cars for unproductive politicians, and over N5 billion to renovate the governor’s lodges—a contract awarded to his son-in-law, who only visited three times to supervise the project from his base in the United States.

“All this while allocations to key sectors such as health, education, and sports remain insufficient and unavailable,” he said.

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