According to Ajakaye, the governor got to know of the fund not accessed when he visited UBEC on Thursday in Abuja. “Upon receipt of the UBEC’s N1.5 billion, Kwara returned the N1.5 billion it had borrowed from the bank and then diverted the UBEC’s N1.5 billion without investing it in educational infrastructure as required by the law,” he said. The governor’s aide said this led to UBEC blacklisting Kwara and demanding for an immediate refund of its N1.5 billion. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Kwara accessed UBEC fund last in 2013. In 2014, UBEC allocated N952.2 million to Kwara, 876.7 billion in 2015, in 2016 Kwara was to access N1.04 billion, N1.3 billion in 2017 and N1.5 billion in 2018.

Source: Nigerian Tribune June 28, 2019 11:37 UTC