Public accountability of ₦9,995,000 cash donations on Yinka Odumakin's Burial: A saving grace for the Committee integrity

Public accountability of ₦9,995,000 cash donations on Yinka Odumakin's Burial: A saving grace for the Committee integrity.

Yesterday's Zoom meeting, coordinated by Comrade Wale Okunniyi (who stood in for the Printer of all branded materials throughout) and presided over by my dear Brother, Prof Anthony Kila (who handled the printing of Tributes with few others) both of whom are key members of the Planning Committee, which includes some of us too and we all have sensitive questions to answer on the above expenditure to keep our much cherished integrity, has no power or whatsoever to endorse the accounting reports.

How can you be a Judge in your own case or put a Cart before the Horse, not even where a learned Prof, Anthony Kila, is deeply involved, who is supposed to advise other people on what is morally right or wrong.

The Accountant, Mr Rasheed Owonifari, of KIND, has posted the much-awaited financial reports out and it is now in Public domain, the members of this honourable House have exclusive rights to question every aspect of our expenditure above.

Mind you, the Executive Governors and other Nigerians that donated generously towards the actualisation of our dream are inside the House watching this unfolding drama either directly or indirectly, apart from the breaved members of Comrade Yinka Odumakin family.

The Convener, Comrade Wale Okunniyi, started removing members of the Platform because they are querying the above expenditure and now, we want to wind down the Platform at this crucial period when the process of answering the questions on how  ₦9,995,000 was judiciously spent on Civil Societies' 3 - day outing is about to commence? People need to know how much was spent on a particular quantity of item, who vetted them on delivery and how much is left for our attendance in Imo State for Comrade Innocent Chukwuma's funeral rite come next week Wednesday/Thursday?

The whole world is watching us, please.

Comrade AWA Bamiji

Secretary, Planning Committee, Civil Society and Pro-Democracy Movement for Comrades Yinka Odumakin and Innocent Chukwuma Burials