The Executive Chairman, Ikosi Isheri LCDA, area of Lagos State, Samiat Bada, has denied online allegations of compelling her staff to buy N650,000.00 fabrics for her forthcoming 50th birthday.
Addressing the media at the council secretariat, in Lagos on Tuesday, Mrs Bada described the allegations as completely false and baseless.
Recall that an online medium reported a petition filed by Concerned Ikosi Isheri LCDA Residents against Mrs Bada of selling N650.000.00 fabrics for her birthday at this difficult time.
The group had allegedly accused her of making it compulsory for councilors, supervisors and workers to buy the fabrics, among other allegations leveled against her.
Mrs Bada told newsmen that those allegations were part of a deliberate attempt to blackmail her, tarnish her reputation and create unnecessary division within her administration.
“I stand before you today to address the recent allegations that have been circulating on the social media in which the writer claimed that I imposed a N650,000.00 Aso Ebi (traditional fabrics) on my staff.
“I want to categorically state that these allegations are completely false and baseless.”
Mrs Bada, however, admitted that her friends and associates from abroad were the ones that decided to choose the N650,000 fabrics among themselves to celebrate her birthday coming up in December 2023.
The chairman said there was no formal invitation to her staff, forcing them to contribute financially towards her 50th birthday celebration.
She said appropriate legal route would be carried out to unravel this scheme and ensure that those responsible face the consequences of their actions.
Mrs Bada urged the media practitioners to exercise due diligence and report facts, not fiction.
Speaking, the Council Manager, Bola Adeyemi told newsmen that there was no time the chairman had forced her nor any member of staff to buy the N650,000.00 traditional fabrics for her birthday.
Mrs Adeyemi urged members of the public to debunk the allegations against the executive chairperson of the council.
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