How we uncovered N50bn hidden debt by Amosun govt – Ogun

The Ogun State Government says it took its diligence to discover an alleged hidden additional N50bn domestic debt left behind by the immediate-past administration of Senator Ibikunle Amosun.

Abiodun said the figures given to it by Amosun’s administration did not capture the entire liabilities it left behind when the former governor left office in 2019.

In a statement signed by Kunle Somorin, chief press secretary to the governor, the administration claimed that not less than N50bn in financial liabilities were not accounted for in the financial report handed over to him in May 2019.

The governor statement was a reaction to the report by the Debt Management Office which stated that the government incurred N58bn domestic debt within the period of his administration.

The DMO in the report revealed that the Dapo Abiodun-led administration borrowed N58bn as domestic debt in 18 months.

The DMO report which was published on March 15 signified that from June 30, 2019 to December 30, 2020, the Ogun State Government had acquired a total of N58,316,493,347 local debts. Punch