The Authorised Consultant contracted by the Ondo State Government to manage government reserves has dismissed the alleged irregularities as baseless, describing them as a sponsored and fabricated narrative designed to sow confusion in the state.
This is response to a call from the Ondo Reform Vanguard urging Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa to investigate alleged irregularities and fraud in the State Forest Reserves.
In a press statement issued by the private firm ‘God Lovely Nigeria Enterprise’, the Consultant refuted the allegations, asserting that his company was duly engaged and granted approval by the State Government to collect rent and register all occupants working within the Reserves.
The Chairman of the company, Mr Femi Ajayi ‘Alabora’, further clarified that, contrary to the group’s accusation of distributing unauthorised forms and demanding fees from farmers for registration, any demands made by his company from the Reserves’ occupants are fully authorised by the…