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Wednesday 16 March 2016

Niger Assembly Asks Governor to Provide Evidence of Recovered Loots


Niger State House of Assembly has requested the state Governor, Abubakar Sani Bello, to offer the House with full details of looted funds purportedly recovered in the state.

 This is coming at the heels of claim by the government that it has recovered funds siphoned by political office holders of the immediate past government that have been arrested.

The lawmakers in a decision taken yesterday, stated that the information must contain details such as names of those that stole government funds, how much were refunded as well as the exact amount recovered from them.


 It would be recalled the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state had earlier asked the governor to bring to the public glare the names of those involved. According to the Deputy State Chairman of the PDP, Mr Tanko Beji, it was not enough for Governor Bello to just announce to the state that certain amount of money had been recovered without telling the pople those that made the return and where the money is kept.

Before embarking on a foreign trip out of the country for his medical checkup last week, the governor in an interview granted some journalists claimed his government had recovered over N700m from some politicians of the last administration.

According to the governor, more monies would be recovered from more officials of the past administration of former Governor Muazu Babangida Aliyu. Making the views of members known on the issue, the Chairman, House Committee on Finance, Alhaji Abdullahi Mamagi, explained that the decision was taken in order for people of the state to know the exact amount recovered so far.
Against this backdrop, the lawmaker revealed that the House had directed the Chairman of the State Board of Internal Revenue, the Commissioner for Finance, and the officer in charge of the state Fiscal Responsibility Commission and Procurement Board to submit the details to the Clerk of the Assembly immediately.


He said: “The state is grappling with an almost empty treasury which had resulted in inactivity by virtually all sector of the state’s economy. Therefore, the amount recovered will go a long way to propel the various organs of the government to action if the money was brought into the central pool and shared according to laid down rules.” Mamagi further added that probity must be entrenched in government’s business, which must start with the recovered loot.

Nationalmirroronline

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