By Chizoba Ogbeche Abuja
Former chairman, Kwara state College of Education, a Independent Corrupt Practices Corruption (ICPC) board nominee, Dr Saadu Alanamu, who was dropped by Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, has reacted to the development. Alanamu, in a statement, said he was never indicted for any corrupt practice at any time when he served in various institutions in Kwara state. “I was never indicted nor convicted of any off ence or crime by any institution. Th e records of my stewardship are there in various institutions I served.
“Even though I am not a politician, I was chairman of various councils of institutions at diff erent periods, which include Kwara State Council of Supervisors for Health; Kwara State College of Education, Kwara State Scholarship Board, Kwara State Rural Water Supply & Sanitation Agency, Kwara State Universal Basic Education Board, Kwara State Teaching Service Commission, Governing Council, Kwara State College of Arabic & Islamic Legal Studies and Governing Council, Kwara State Polytechnic Ilorin”.
When asked if he was ever invited by anti-corruption agencies, Alanamu said “sometimes in 2015, members of the board and management of Kwara State Polytechnic, where I served as the Chairman Governing Council for less than a year, were invited over an allegation that they favoured contractors from Kwara state for TETFund projects rather than other bidders from outside the state. “I, as the chairman, the Rector, Bursar and the Director of Works were invited to defend the approval, which we insisted that we considered realistic and reasonable quotations rather than the lowest bidding that might not be realisable. “When the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) intervened over the contract issue, the lowest bidder from outside the state was giving all the seven contracts. “Since then, more than two years ago now, I didn’t hear anything from the BPP or the ICPC over the incident.”
