The school officials have been reportedly questioned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday.
The Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Agriculture, (FUNAAB), Abeokuta, Prof Olusola Oyewole, alongside the Institution Bursar, Moses Ilesanmi have been reportedly questioned by the 
The Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Agriculture, (FUNAAB), Abeokuta, Prof Olusola Oyewole, alongside the Institution Bursar, Moses Ilesanmi have been reportedly questioned by the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday, August 17.
TheNation reports that the duo was quizzed following a petition received by the antigraft body from a group known as ‘Concerned Stakeholders of FUNAAB.’
Confirming their invitation, the EFCC official face book page, ‘OfficialEFCC’,
said that they were invited for questioning based on allegations of
corruption levelled against them. The allegation is based on unbridled
corruption and betrayal of public trust.
“The
university officials were told to come along with certified true copies
of documents including those of capital projects executed in their
tenure,” the post read.
The
EFCC is also investigating payments made by the university to the
governing council of the institution led by a former senator, Adeseye Ogunlewe.
The
invited officials were asked to come with records of all payments made
to Mr. Ogunlewe and other members of the governing council since their
appointment in 2013.
Mr. Ogunlewe, who represented Lagos State in the Senate, was appointed pro-chancellor of the university by former President Goodluck Jonathan.
An internal sources in the institution further revealed to The Nation
that the duo are being investigated for spending over 250 million
Naira for allowances in four years in a university that is crying out
for lack of funds for the primary mandate of teaching, research and
extension services.
The source further said that: “In
the same period of four years,the Vice-Chancellor has gotten approvals
cumulating to almost N100 million for spurious allowances which run
contrary to government directives on payment of salaries, emoluments and
allowances for public officers.
“A
situation where the university has palatial vice chancellors lodge, yet
collects huge allowances running into tens of millions for same. A
situation where furniture allowance is to be received only once in the
term of the office holder but the Vice Chancellor of FUNAAB collects
furniture allowances annually.”
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