By OLUWOLE FAROTIMI
Thursday, September 23, 2010
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The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola ( SAN) has sacked the Managing Director of Lagos State Signage and Advertisement Agency (LASAA), Makanjuola Alabi over alleged financial misappropriation and abuse of office by the agency’s helmsman while in office.

Fashola, who relieved him of his job immediately approved the appointment of Mr. Tunji Bello, the former Lagos State commissioner for environment as the new managing director of the agency.
In a statement signed by the Lagos State Head of Service, Mr. Adesegun Ogunlewe, made available to newsmen, the appointment of Bello is with immediate effect.

The plight of the former embattled LASAA boss started when a group operating under the platform of “Majekobaje Eko Integrity Group” petitioned the Lagos State House of Asssembly on fraud allegedly perpetrated by the sacked managing director.

The petition, which was signed by Olajide O.O. and Akanbi K, was read on the floor of the House by the Clerk of the House, Taiwo Olatunji alleging that the LASAA MD paid N1.2 million every two weeks as hotel expenses for one Miss Nike Adekanbi, his wife’s younger sister, whom he employed as a consultant on human resources.

The group in the same petition alleged that LASAA realized over N100 million from mobile advert in 2009 “but Alabi claims the agency did not realize any money. The receipts issued to companies that made payments are available and have been sent to the appropriate government agencies.

“Our investigation has also revealed that Mr. Alabi acquired two plots of land in Banana Island, in Ikoyi at the rate N300 million each, the survey of the plots was carried out by Lekan Osinibi and Bobby, his staff at Baruwa Architects, whose office is situated inside LASAA,
“In an attempt to falsify account records, Alabi has moved the audit unit to his office and no staff of the agency except his cohorts can go to the audit department in his office without his ,” the group alleged.

It was also alleged in the petition that in December 2008, the LASAA MD ordered the Accountant of the, Ajewole Kehinde Johnson, to envelope 3000 dollars and he alleged that it was for the members of the Assembly as special package.

Eko o ni baje lai lai

BRF made my day. What a way to go! The irritant boss of LASAA finally gets his bum kicked. Almighty Mako, the emperor at LASAA, Chairman of Altmedia, owners of 75% of all road side billboards in Lagos.

It is not enough to sack him. I think he should be investigated and if found culpable should be jailed.

I posted a comment before sometimes last year - how can you allow man that owns a rival advertising agency to be in charge of Authority in charge of advertising in the state  - is that not a conflict of interest . This politicans sef  - The way they think amazes me all the time.   I guess this is what you call padi padi business and obviously this man has fallen out of favor with BRF and if he has really been sacked because of fraud  - let BRF charge him to court  - i am not sure that will happen

this is small fraud compared to what the big boys are recouping at the federal level

if you have an idea about the level of fraud going on at the federal level you will fall sick.

fanistic:

this is small fraud compared to what the big boys are recouping at the federal level

buttkick:

if you have an idea about the level of fraud going on at the federal level you will fall sick.

Your point being 'small fraud' should be ignored?
A crime is a crime.

BTW, I don't see how anyone would categorize a fraud involving well over 600million small!

finally,,fashola don see wetin he no see before. the mako guy is the most heartless human being on earth, almost turned lagos state into a no outdoor ad state. now that he is fired we hope for a bright future for the outdoor ad industry. in any position we find ourselves we should be humble, cos whether we like it or not we will have to leave. good bye to the tyrant. fashola well done, we actually tot it was a means of ''eating'' lagos state money. im voting for u jare.
now we outdoor ad practitioners in lagos state can breath a sigh of relief.

why why why?

Was that the man that made me wipe all the company information on my delivery trucks? He started acting mad at a point. This is coming very late in the day.

If u call some thieves SMALL, y dont u catch dem young so they wont become[b] BIG[/b], after which we then work on and and face off the BIG ones before they die since for now, we cant catch dem cos of the size of OUR weapon.

But if Fashola refuses to charge this man to court, then I take it as a pretense in disguise.

na padi padi business - the man don loose favour with the top people.

olapo:

finally,,fashola don see wetin he no see before. the mako guy is the most heartless human being on earth, almost turned lagos state into a no outdoor ad state. now that he is fired we hope for a bright future for the outdoor ad industry. in any position we find ourselves we should be humble, cos whether we like it or not we will have to leave. good bye to the tyrant. fashola well done, we actually tot it was a means of ''eating'' lagos state money. im voting for u jare.
now we outdoor ad practitioners in lagos state can breath a sigh of relief.

bright future ko lantern ni - another thief has entered the position - the one that can settle the top well

d bigrod:

@gReenmAn ,
u are right that a crime is a crime no matter its magnitude,but y is it that it is so easy for these big criminals to punish d small criminals.my boss is a friend to fashola.recently,he got a contract from lag state gov worth 377mill naira for a job that is not worth 70m naira.my boss settled some people with 20mill(2o mil for not doing anything on the job).these people are fashola`s agents.Just imagine d excessive profit my boss would make.dont forget that this money dat would go to just one man`s pocket is d tax we pay.May God help us.

d big oles should stop tormenting the small ones jare.

My friend and my uncle also got a $30000000000000000000000000000000 billion contract from Fashola.

Honestly the LASAA board need to be reconstituted with fresh faces as dating back early last year i have lost count of personnel that have been sack for notting but fraud.
If the governor is really serious he should reconstitute the unit and have this monkey charged to court to serve as deterrent to others that might want to come in with the same min set to blind the account on proceeds due to government

d bigrod:

@gReenmAn ,
u are right that a crime is a crime no matter its magnitude,but y is it that it is so easy for these big criminals to punish d small criminals.my boss is a friend to fashola.recently,he got a contract from lag state gov worth 377mill naira for a job that is not worth 70m naira.my boss settled some people with 20mill(2o mil for not doing anything on the job).[b]these people are fashola`s agents.Just imagine d excessive profit my boss would make.dont forget that this money dat would go to just one man`s pocket is d tax we pay.May God help us.

d big oles should stop tormenting the small ones jare.[/b]

SAINT FASHOLA . . . . . . . .The best governor in nigeria? *******i weep for his blind supporters********

Try him in court and jail him, Then I'll clap.

blacksta:

I posted a comment before sometimes last year - how can you allow man that owns a rival advertising agency to be in charge of Authority in charge of advertising in the state  - is that not a conflict of interest . This politicans sef  - The way they think amazes me all the time.   I guess this is what you call padi padi business and obviously this man has fallen out of favor with BRF and if he has really been sacked because of fraud  - let BRF charge him to court  - i am not sure that will happen

Exponental:

If u call some thieves SMALL, y dont u catch dem young so they wont become[b] BIG[/b], after which we then work on and and face off the BIG ones before they die since for now, we cant catch dem cos of the size of OUR weapon.

But if Fashola refuses to charge this man to court, then I take it as a pretense in disguise.

blacksta:

na padi padi business - the man don loose favour with the top people.

BRF, the ball is now in your court.
The accusation has been laid, now present your defence.
I hope someone posts this line of thought on his FB page.

d bigrod:

@gReenmAn ,
u are right that a crime is a crime no matter its magnitude,but y is it that it is so easy for these big criminals to punish d small criminals.my boss is a friend to fashola.recently,he got a contract from lag state gov worth 377mill naira for a job that is not worth 70m naira.my boss settled some people with 20mill(2o mil for not doing anything on the job).these people are fashola`s agents.Just imagine d excessive profit my boss would make.dont forget that this money dat would go to just one man`s pocket is d tax we pay.May God help us.

d big oles should stop tormenting the small ones jare.

YOur boss is so in on cheating Nigeria yet u stand there working by his side
Please don't think am crucifying you. I do not blame you at all, rather I really do wonder at how we are so in on this corruption and must depend on it for our daily breads.

YOur boss is so in on cheating Nigeria yet u stand there working by his side
Please don't think am crucifying you. I do not blame you at all, rather I really do wonder at how we are so in on this corruption and must depend on it for our daily breads.


But who will be the whistle blower then?

all the hackers and yahoo, yahoo boys here who prosecuted you? you want another robber like you to die in jail. be sincere

Of course Fashola is in on the money stealing game. Did any of you think otherwise?
If a Government appointee is caught red-handed stealing taxpayers' money, the only sane thing to do is to charge him to court, punish him and retrieve the money he stole.

Just sacking him and allowing him to go off and enjoy the money he stole? That's criminal.

PDP prosecutes corrupt officials, after impeaching them, you're not satisfied. Are you now happy that Fashola has sacked an official without immunity, apparently for fraud, and fails to prosecute How exactly is ACN better than PDP in the area of anti-corruption matters

ACN is the most roguish party Nigeria has ever seen, and it is becoming quite obvious.

is seun osewa on the payroll of fashola too? is he one of the recipients of the n183m allegedly paid by fashola to the media every year since 2008?

labalaba4:

is seun osewa on the payroll of fashola too? is he one of the recipients of the n183m allegedly paid by fashola to the media every year since 2008?

at post
there is nothing like small crime big crime in this matter
600 million? Land at Banana island?
this one no be small crime oh abegi!

Fashola sacked a Thief and replaced him with a Thief, haahaaa Yoruba people dey make me laugh.
Yorubas are Thief, the only way to stop their Fraudulent lifestyle is only through Genetic modification.
Yoruba man is a Fraud and Fraud is Yoruba, they are inseparable.

Wily+Wily:

Fashola sacked a Thief and replaced him with a Thief, haahaaa Yoruba people dey make me laugh.
Yorubas are Thief, the only way to stop their Fraudulent lifestyle is only through Genetic modification.
Yoruba man is a Fraud and Fraud is Yoruba, they are inseparable.

Phocking racist.

the man should have run to the court same way Fashola did to stop the State Assembly from probing him.

lannre:

the man should have run to the court same way Fashola did to stop the State Assembly from probing him.

hahahaha. Are u the True face of Lagos?

d bigrod:

@gReenmAn ,
u are right that a crime is a crime no matter its magnitude,but y is it that it is so easy for these big criminals to punish d small criminals.my boss is a friend to fashola.recently,he got a contract from lag state gov worth 377mill naira for a job that is not worth 70m naira.my boss settled some people with 20mill(2o mil for not doing anything on the job).these people are fashola`s agents.Just imagine d excessive profit my boss would make.dont forget that this money dat would go to just one man`s pocket is d tax we pay.May God help us.

d big oles should stop tormenting the small ones jare.

You're a big lair. u can really substantiate this allegation by mentioning the name of your so-called boss,

fender:

You're a big lair. u can really substantiate this allegation by mentioning the name of your so-called boss,

And you can also improve your accusation by posting your real name and address for verification.

*sigh* some of you can be so brainless sometimes.