ODSG / BOI N2Bn LOAN FRAUD

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EBIRA FARMERS ALLEGES FRAUD

…fingers Mimiko’s SA, Francis Sheen in illegal dealing

If care is not taken the  much publicised Bank of Industry [BOI]and Ondo State Government [ODSG] packaged Loan may soon be  engulfed in a full blown scandal as the activities of some officials may rubbish the beauty of the project by their selfish desire.

Apart from the initial teething problem faced by the Commerce and Industry staffers in contending with the revolutionary members of the Iroko Vanguards who disrupted activities at the government secretariat during their demonstration to the governor’s office for the uncertainty surrounding the disbursement of the loan.

The Iroko Vanguards members alleged that they were defrauded to tune of amount running to millions of naira by certain officials in charge of the project which led to one Mr Francis Sheen to become a regular visitor to the State Security Services [SSS] office between March and April 2011

Last week another group of potential beneficiary of the BOI/ODSG LOAN under the Ondo State Ebira Farmers Union[OSEFU] petitioned the  Commissioner for Commerce and Industry,Chief Akin Akingbesote over an alleged fraudulent activities of  one Mr Francis Sheen the Special Assistant to the governor on Small Business Development.

The Ebira Farmers GROUP [OSEFU] an amalgamated body of  over fourty-six [46] Cooperative Societies which applied for a loan to set up Fufu/Gari Processing Industry across 15 local governments in their petition said that Mr Sheen is deceitful.

The petition signed by Alhaji Azeez Kekere which copies were made available to Sunshine VOICE alleged that Mr Sheen  and his consulting team and BOI were giving misleading directives that has cost them fortune in the last ten months.

They concluded by advising the government to go to town and investigate and sample the public opinion about the perception of the people towards the project.