The government, however, said it had already paid the palliatives to all state workers despite the freezing of the account.
The Osun State Government has rejected the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission's claim that it froze the state's bank account over an ongoing probe into an alleged N11 billion fraud, describing the allegation as "a failed attempt to cover up illegal action through unfounded allegation."
In a statement issued on Thursday by the Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Oluomo Kolapo Alimi, the government insisted that "there is no fund to loot in Osun State," alleging instead that the anti-graft agency acted on the directive of former Governor and current Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Gboyega Oyetola, to frustrate the payment of palliatives to workers.
According to the state government, "the real reason the commission froze the state account on the order of Gboyega Oyetola was to stop the payment of palliatives which the state government promised the workers some months ago."
It further claimed that "this account freezing marks the climax of Oyetola/Ambo's historic anti-workers' obsession."
