The senior aide to the impeached governor of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako, was paid N45 million monthly as security votes raised by all the Local Government Areas in the state, a permanent secretary in the state said Wednesday.

The Adamawa State Permanent Secretary for Local Government, Kennedy Dauda, said during Mr. Nyako's tenure as governor, the local government areas contributed N48 million and paid same to the governor's aide-de-camp[ADC] as support for the police. The money was was never accounted for, he said.

Mr. Dauda made the claims while appearing before a seven-person panel constituted by the state Acting Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri, to probe Mr. Nyako's administration. “The 21 local government councils in the state has been contributing N48 million monthly as assistance to the police and the amount was being collected by the ADC to former Governor, Murtala Nyako, for security,” he said at the panel's sitting held at High Court II in Yola. Mr. Dauda also told the panel that the local governments also made a monthly contribution of N10. 5 million for the operations of the three state-owned media organizations. He said the money never reached its destination.

He told the panel that the local governments, through the ministry he heads also paid N167 million in 2012 to a company that was awarded a contract for the provision of CCTV cameras. Mr. Dauda said he was not sure the contract ever commenced. The panel raised some questions concerning the contracts awarded including one for 210 housing units in a local government and the purchase of 110 Hilux vans. The permanent secretary said at the time the contracts were awarded, he was not in charge. The chairman of the panel, Umar Bobbo, said the panel will get in touch with relevant individuals and organizations to verify the claims by the permanent secretary.

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No wonder the LGAs cannot perform their functions in all our states.
Rather than the states allocating more money to the LGAs from their state-raised IGRs as provided by the constitution they are taking money from the LGAs

Meanwhile gutters and drains will not be cleared, LGA roads will not be constructed nor maintained with roadside bushes cleared regularly, houses not numbered, streets not adequately named etc etc. Can one imagine how many youths will be gainfully employed doing these activities and making our communities attractive for enterprises to flourish and even more wealth plus IGR to be generated for all & sundry

Then the WORST part every month, one Saturday, we will be locked up in our areas doing the jobs we ALREADY paid these LGAs to do for us thinking we are doing Environmental Sanitation
One of the CLUELESS legacies of military DICTATOR, General Buhari

And MUGUS that we are go dey shout president this, president that, unaware that the biggest RODENTS and the MOST corrupt THIEVES are right in our face locally.
How long before we redeem ourselves from our voluntary, self-imposed IGNORANCE that walks hand in hand with MENTAL SLAVERY

Let's wait n see n how d truth shaall reveal itself!!!

anonimi:
No wonder the LGAs cannot perform their functions in all our states.
Rather than the states allocating more money to the LGAs from their state-raised IGRs as provided by the constitution they are taking money from the LGAs

Meanwhile gutters and drains will not be cleared, LGA roads will not be constructed nor maintained with roadside bushes cleared regularly, houses not numbered, streets not adequately named etc etc. Can one imagine how many youths will be gainfully employed doing these activities and making our communities attractive for enterprises to flourish and even more wealth plus IGR to be generated for all & sundry

Rather I blame the Local Governments that keep doling out such fund without requesting for accountability. It is a case of "wayo man wan die, wayo man burry am". A careful investigation would reveal their culpibility is linked to them also siphoning funds for their personal use (Chairmen) hence no one is asking questions.

If that sum was used for security i'e giving same to the police in the areas, by now the state should have been boasting of one of the best police force units in this area of the atlantic. The Chairmen, councillors just didn't care for their people enough.

Disheartening

teemy:

Rather I blame the Local Governments that keep doling out such fund without requesting for accountability. It is a case of "wayo man wan die, wayo man burry am". A careful investigation would reveal their culpibility is linked to them also siphoning funds for their personal use (Chairmen) hence no one is asking questions.

If that sum was used for security i'e giving same to the police in the areas, by now the state should have been boasting of one of the best police force units in this area of the atlantic. The Chairmen, councillors just didn't care for their people enough.

The BIGGER fault is with us the people. Since we are SLACK these non-entities that we HONOUR keep chancing us.
How UTTERLY FOOLISH can we be

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