Steve Oni, Ilorin
Kwara State House of Assembly has urged the state government to direct Harmony Holdings Limited to terminate the lease agreement on Tourist Kitchen with immediate effect.
Tourist Kitchen is owned by the Kwara state government.
The House made the call in its Wednesday sitting, while considering a report of the Committee on Youth, Sports, Culture, Tourism and Information on the Investigation of True Ownership of Bubble 007 (Tourist Kitchen) Ilorin.
The Speaker, Engr. Yakubu Danladi Salihu while reading the resolutions of the House said the need to terminate the lease agreement became expedient in the interest of the people of the state. He expressed confidence that the Hon. Saheed Popoola led Ad- Hoc Committee would do a thorough investigation on the activities of Harmony Holdings on all state government owned properties.
The Chairman of the Committee, Hon Ayokunle Olamide Awolola had, while presenting his Report, observed that Harmony Holdings Ltd said because the first lease agreement with Zest Management was skewed against the interest of the state as well as the manner the lease changed to Island Trading Nigeria Limited, this led to the termination of the first lease agreement.
The Committee equally observed that in the new lease agreement, tenor had been reduced from 25 years to 15 years, pointing out that it doubted if the rent took cognisance of the highbrow location of the property.
Other members who spoke on the report observed, among other things, favouritism, fraudulent practices, believing that the deal was premeditated to favour Mr Adebayo Sanni, and therefore urged that those involved in the deal be reprimanded to serve as deterrent to others
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