Things Falling Apart Between Gov Amosun, Protégé & Finance Minister Kemi Adeosun?

The raging poser about town is whether the extraordinary relationship that nudged governor Ibikunle Amosun into giving his all to ensure his former commissioner, Kemi Adeosun become Finance Minister is still as it was.

This development comes to be in the midst of pointer of a possible rift.

According to a report monitored on online platform thecapitla “it’s exclusive: Governor Amosun and Kemi Adeosun are currently having a running battle over an open disagreement over the state’s contributions to Value Added Tax.

The Finance Ministry, supported by the Federal Bureau of Statistics and the Federal Inland Revenue Service, had issued a statement, placing Lagos State above Ogun in VAT contributions. But reacting, Amosun put a lie to the minister’s claim.

According to him, the data presented by the Finance Ministry, the FBS and the FIRS, as they pertained to the contributions of the state to the VAT, amounted to “a misrepresentation.”

He said the claim that Lagos State contributed more than Ogun State could not be true, as Ogun had the highest number of industries in the country.

The capital further reports ‘’The governor, who was speaking during a facility tour of an indigenous armoured vehicles manufacturing company, situated in the Ode-Remo area of the state, faulted the presentation by the agencies; that out of 916 high net-worth individuals paying tax to the Federal purse, only two are from Ogun State.

“Not less than 27 high net-worth individuals in the state pay at least N20 million monthly as tax to the Federal purse”, he said, urging the agencies to cross-check their data.

The governor added that such inaccurate statistics was unacceptable, especially if foreign agencies, like the World Bank, could come and do accurate statistics about the state.

The governor’s open disagreement with the Finance Minister is, however, coming as a surprise, considering the fact the Adeosun was Amosun’s Finance Commissioner before she was given a ministerial appointment”