Orelope - Adefulire, who is a former deputy governor of Lagos State, described as reckless and mischievous the claim that the alleged missing N23 bn was traced to the personal account of a former worker in her office.
A statement on Sunday by the Head of Communication, OSSAP- SDGs, Janet McDickson, urged Nigerians to ignore the reports of the missing N23 bn.
“ It must also be stated that the National Assembly, amazed by the spurious allegations in the reports , had also debunked insinuations that the allocation to OSSAP-SDGs in the 2020 budget was padded with the sum of N 33bn and absolved both the person of Princess Adejoke Orelope - Adefulire and OSSAP- SDGs of such financial Impropriety .
“ The statement signed by the House Committee Chairman on SDGs, Hon . Rotimi Agunsoye , read in part , ‘The House Committee on SDGs got records from the OSSAP- SDGs and Appropriation Committee, which shows the said additional N33 bn was not appropriated for SDGs Office among provisions of the 2020 budget earlier assented by Mr President .’
“ The Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on SDGs is committed to the discharge of its core mandates , including President Muhammadu Buhari ’s fight against corruption ,” the statement said. (Punch)