The Ogun State House of Assembly Committee on Agriculture has summoned former Commissioner for Agriculture, Adeola Odedina, alongside key officials of the defunct Anchor Borrowers Programme, to appear before lawmakers over allegations of illegal deductions from funds belonging to participants of the scheme.
The Committee Chairman, Hon. Waliu Owode, issued the invitation to Odedina, the Chairman and Secretary of the National Cassava Growers Association, as well as its former executives, Ilori and Segun Adewunmi, including the programme’s project manager.
The invited parties are expected to appear before the Committee on Tuesday, October 28, 2025, to address questions concerning the programme’s implementation.
The probe follows petitions from several participants who alleged that a commercial bank had deducted their personal funds without providing any benefits under the agricultural initiative.
In response, the lawmakers directed Wema Bank to submit a comprehensive report detailing all disbursements made through the scheme — including a list of service providers, total funds released, and accompanying documentation.
During the Committee’s sitting on Wednesday at the Assembly Complex in Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, the current Commissioner for Agriculture, Bolu Owootomo, was also in attendance.
Hon. Owode further directed the bank to liaise with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and its Abeokuta branch to provide a verified list of beneficiaries to assist in the ongoing investigation.
He added that the Committee on Public Accounts and Anti-Corruption would collaborate with the Agriculture Committee to ensure transparency and accountability, stressing that the issue concerns the management of public funds.
