Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has constituted two committees to probe the Gabriel Suswam administration.
He said it was not to witch-hunt the last government but to know how it managed public funds.
The committees set up are the Judicial Commission of Enquiry and the Commission of Enquiry into the Sale/Lease of Government Assets.
The Judicial Commission of Enquiry is saddled with the responsibility of identifying revenue resources and the amount of revenue, which accrued to the state between 2007 and 2015.
It was set up to ascertain the funds received by the government from the allocation from the Federal Government, local government funds, IGR, bonds and loans, excess crude account, small and medium enterprise (SME) funds, ecological funds, VAT, Sure-P funds, SUBEB, MDGs and any other fund.
The commission of enquiry is to also ascertain the quantum of shares/stock owned by the state in companies to ascertain the circumstances leading to the sale of shares and their worth or value.
It is to identify the investors who bought the shares and determine whether the transaction followed due process.
The commission of enquiry is to ascertain the whereabouts of the proceeds sold, determine the state equity in the companies and values of such equity.
It is to ascertain if the funds realised from the sale were appropriated, to know how the funds were applied and utilised, establish misappropriation if any and identify persons involved and to recommend appropriate action to the government.
The Commission of Enquiry into the Sale/Lease of Government Property is to identify the government properties that have been sold/lease since June 2007, determine the status and correct value of such properties as at the time of sale/lease.
It is to identify those who bought or took on lease, such properties and in case of lease, determine what improvements have been made and the subsisting interest of the government in the transaction, to determine the value of sale/lease and establish whether the transactions were in the interest of government and if due process was followed.
It is to determine whether the terms of lease agreement have been complied with and to review all such transactions and advise government on the appropriate actions in the interest of the people and good governance.
The two committees were given six months to submit their reports.