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KADUNA STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY RECOMMENDS PROBE OF MAL. NASIR EL-RUFAI ON ALLEGED ABUSE OF OFFICE AND MONEY LAUNDERING

Following investigation by Ad-hoc Committee set up by the Kaduna State House of Assembly on finances, loans and contracts awarded under Mal. Nasir El-Rufai, the immediate past Governor of Kaduna State, the Committee recommended for his probe on alleged abuse of office and money laundering.

The Chairman of the Committee, Hon. Henry Zacharia, presented his report during plenary on Wednesday, stating that majority of the loans obtained during El-Rufai's Administration were not used for the purpose for which they were obtained, and that in some cases, due process was not followed in obtaining the them. 

Receiving the report, Rt. Hon. Yusuf Liman, Speaker of the Assembly, stated that the El-Rufai Administration siphoned a total of N423 billion, leaving the state with huge liabilities.

Consequently, the Committee recommended that El-Rufai and other indicted members of his cabinet, including Finance Commissioners and Accountant Generals be investigated and prosecuted by security and Anti-corruption Agencies for abuse of office,  award of contracts without due process, diversion of public funds, money laundering, and plunging Kaduna State into deep debt.

The Committee also recommended the immediate suspension of Hon. Shizer Badda, the Kaduna State Commissioner of Finance who previously served in the same capacity under El-Rufai's administration, as well as the Chairman of the State Universal Basic Education Board.

The Committee was primarily tasked with the assignment of examining loans, grants and projects implementation from 2015 to 2023 during which El-Rufai served as Governor.

Earlier, the Kaduna State Governor, Sen. Uba Sani lamented huge debt inherited from his predecessor, Mal. Nasir El-Rufai, noted that the State was left with meager amounts, not enough to pay salary. 

The Governor made this revelation in a Town Hall Meeting, which held at the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua Hall, Kaduna in March this year.

He noted that his Administration inherited a total of $587million, N85billion, and 115 contract liabilities from his predecessor, something he said was depleting allocation due to the State from Federation Account.

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