The Osun State Government has constituted a 10-member committee to verify victims of election-related violence and oversee the disbursement of the N500 million endowment fund promised by Governor Ademola Adeleke after his re-election victory.
The committee, announced on Monday, is expected to receive and verify petitions, claims and supporting evidence from people affected by the violence and recommend appropriate relief for those found eligible.
The development comes barely a week after Mr Adeleke announced the fund following his victory in the 15 August governorship election, during which he acknowledged that the political contest had come at a heavy human cost, including deaths, injuries, destruction of property and disrupted livelihoods.
The governor had said the intervention was intended to support verified victims and their families and promised that beneficiaries would not be discriminated against on the basis of political affiliation, religion, ethnicity, gender or social status.
Following the 15 August governorship election, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Mr Adeleke winner after securing 511,067 votes to defeat the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Bola Oyebamiji, who polled 444,815 votes.
