Henry Marah, the Chairman of the Kaduna State House of Assembly Ad Hoc Committee probing the eight-year administration of ex-Governor Nasir El-Rufai, claimed that El-Rufai’s government left 60% of fully funded projects abandoned in the state.
According to Marah’s statement on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Wednesday, “By the time he (El-Rufai) came into office in 2015, the domestic debt incurred by the previous government was completely wiped off. He came in, there was zero debt, and then they left behind for him monies worth about N3bn to kick off his government.”
“Now, go back and check, in his (El-Rufai’s) handover note how much he left as debt for us. And then the monies he collected to execute these projects. Over 60% of these projects were abandoned and it will take Kaduna State 20 years to even complete what he left behind. So, where is the integrity?” he asked.
He alleged that several credit facilities were taken from multilateral development banks and earmarked for projects, but those projects were not executed and the money was not accounted for.
According to the lawmaker, money was taken without any activity attached to it. He said that El-Rufai’s government was “enmeshed in corruption”, and “mercilessly looted the treasury of the state”.
The lawmaker claimed that some of the loans taken by the previous government were not approved by the Assembly and that the signatures of some lawmakers were forged to approve the loans.
He said that everyone who served under the previous administration and whose signatures appeared on relevant documents was invited, and they appeared before the committee, but El-Rufai was not invited.
Marah, however, said El-Rufai would be given an opportunity to explain himself.
He added that the report of the committee has been sent to anti-corruption agencies for action.
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