There are reports of massive fraud allegations against Zamfara State Government that runs into billions of naira..
The Zamfara State House of Assembly under the leadership of Hon Bashar Aliyu Gummi has described as callous, the abuse of office and misappropriation of public funds purportedly for the renovation of the Yariman Bakura Teaching Hospital, Gusau at the cost of N9 billion.
This was part of the issues raised at the Assembly’s Plenary that held Thursday in Gusau the state capital.
Recall that the health facility was partly built by the administration of former Governor Aliyu Mamuda Shinkafi and completed by former Governor overnor Abdulaziz Yari Abubakar’s administration at the cost of about N1billion but it’s rehabilitation consumed N9billion, nine times the cost of construction.
The lawmakers similarly questioned the whereabouts of the sum of N200 billion received by the state government following oil subsidy removal by the Federal Government.
They also raised eyebrows against the management of the sum of N49 billion derived from the NG-CARES programme aimed at empowering 250 Youths from each of the 147 wards of the state especially those displaced by banditry activities.
The N49 billion NG-CARES was released to the state government following the payment of N2.6 billion counterpart fund paid by immediate past Governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle just before he left office.
The lawmakers therefore demanded a comprehensive explanation from the executive within two weeks with a threat of initiating impeachment process in the event of failure by the government.
