The immediate past governor of Niger state, Muazu Babaginda Aliyu is set to face the heat of the present government over alleged money pilfering.
Addressing newsmen, chief press secretary to Governor Abubakar Sani Bello, Ibrahim Dooba, said yesterday in Minna that six vehicles allegedly taken away without due diligence of the law by former governor Aliyu and his wife Hajiya Jummai Babangida Aliyu have been recovered at the Abuja home of the ex-governor, Leadership reports.
The Governor’s spokesperson said the vehicles include; two Range Rover Jeeps, two saloons and a station wagon of Mercedes Benz brand and one Hilux Van from one of the aides.
Hours after the retrieval, what can be regarded as a move to probe the former governor has been executed.
It was gathered that Governor Bello set up two committees to look into the finances and infrastructural contracts between 2007 and 2015.
The governor set up the two committees at the council chamber of Government House yesterday in Minna with the chairman of the APC, Engr Mohammed Jibrin Imam chairing the infrastructural contracts committee and Alhaji Mohammed Nda chairing the finance committee.
According to Governor Bello, the committee was to look into the infrastructure inherited, the viabilities and the inventory of all the liabilities by connecting with the relevant ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs).
He added that the committee will ascertain the financial assets and liabilities of the state and local governments as at May 29, 2015 by verifying “all revenue accruing to the state and local governments from the federation account allocation committee (FAAC), VAT, NNPC, argumentation exchange rate devaluation, ecological fund, excess crude account, Sure-P, MDGs development partner grants and internally generated revenue (IGR) from 2007 to May 2015.”
Meanwhile, Babangida Aliyu, has reacted to March 28, National Assembly elections that halted his senatorial ambition after losing to the Niger-East senator-elect, David Umaru, of the APC.
Addressing newsmen, chief press secretary to Governor Abubakar Sani Bello, Ibrahim Dooba, said yesterday in Minna that six vehicles allegedly taken away without due diligence of the law by former governor Aliyu and his wife Hajiya Jummai Babangida Aliyu have been recovered at the Abuja home of the ex-governor, Leadership reports.
The Governor’s spokesperson said the vehicles include; two Range Rover Jeeps, two saloons and a station wagon of Mercedes Benz brand and one Hilux Van from one of the aides.
Hours after the retrieval, what can be regarded as a move to probe the former governor has been executed.
It was gathered that Governor Bello set up two committees to look into the finances and infrastructural contracts between 2007 and 2015.
The governor set up the two committees at the council chamber of Government House yesterday in Minna with the chairman of the APC, Engr Mohammed Jibrin Imam chairing the infrastructural contracts committee and Alhaji Mohammed Nda chairing the finance committee.
According to Governor Bello, the committee was to look into the infrastructure inherited, the viabilities and the inventory of all the liabilities by connecting with the relevant ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs).
He added that the committee will ascertain the financial assets and liabilities of the state and local governments as at May 29, 2015 by verifying “all revenue accruing to the state and local governments from the federation account allocation committee (FAAC), VAT, NNPC, argumentation exchange rate devaluation, ecological fund, excess crude account, Sure-P, MDGs development partner grants and internally generated revenue (IGR) from 2007 to May 2015.”
Meanwhile, Babangida Aliyu, has reacted to March 28, National Assembly elections that halted his senatorial ambition after losing to the Niger-East senator-elect, David Umaru, of the APC.
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