Oluwo backs Senate grilling of heads of govt agencies

The Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba Abdulrosheed Adewale Akanbi, has praised the Senate’s scrutiny of government agencies, describing the recent questioning of the Managing Director of the South-East Development Commission, SEDC, Mark Okoye, as evidence of growing transparency and accountability in public administration.
In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary , Alli Ibraheem on Thursday, Oba Akanbi said the Senate committee’s engagement with heads of government parastatals and agencies demonstrated the legislature’s oversight role.
“I was amazed to watch live on television the grilling of the chairmen of government parastatals/agencies, most especially Mark Okoye, the Managing Director of ...