The Kaduna State House of Assembly and an ad hoc committee set up to review all funds, loans, and contracts awarded under the previous administration, has recommended the probe of the former governor of the state Nasir El-Rufai.
The chairman of the ad hoc committee, Henry Zacharia, who presented a report of the committee’s findings during plenary on Wednesday, June 5, revealed that most loans obtained under El-Rufai’s administration were not used for their intended purpose, and that due process was not followed in some cases.
Reacting to the report, Yusuf Liman, Speaker of the Kaduna state House of Assembly, stated that the El-Rufai government took a total of N423 billion, leaving the state with huge liabilities.
In view of this, the committee advanced that El-Rufai and other indicted members of his cabinet be investigated and prosecuted by security and anti-corruption agencies for abuse of office through the award of contracts without due process, diversion of public funds, money laundering, and plunging Kaduna State into severe debt.
Also, the committee recommended suspending the Kaduna State Commissioner of Finance Shizer Badda, who also served under El-Rufai’s government, and the head of the state universal basic education board.
It equally called for a comprehensive inquiry of several key appointments of the previous government by competent law enforcement and anti-corruption authorities.
