The Osun State Government has disengaged all consultants and revenue collectors on all quarry sites across the State with immediate effect.
Mr Samuel Oyedotun, Chairman of the Committee on Solid Minerals, was in charge of the disengagement, which was initiated by Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Jackson Nurudeen Adeleke.
According to a statement signed by the Committee’s Secretary, Barrister Hashim Abioye, the decision was necessary to stem the tide of revenue loss for the state, warning all illegal revenue collectors to avoid all quarry sites in the state.
According to Barrister Abioye, the Committee is in receipt of information that some unauthorized agents have been collecting revenues purportedly for the State government on quarry sites, which end up in private pockets.
“Consequently, as part of the mandate of the Committee, all individual or corporate consultants and revenue collectors on the State quarry sites should henceforth desist from plying the quarry sites in the State as a new arrangement will soon be announced in that regard in conjunction with the Osun State Office of Solid Minerals,” he noted.