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  • Matawalle inherited N252b debts from Yari, says transition chair

    Former Zamfara State Governor Abdul Aziz Yari allegedly left N252 billion in debts to Governor Bello Muhammad Matawalle, the state’s transition committee chairman, Alhaji Ibrahim Wakkala, said on Monday.

    Wakkala, who is also the immediate past deputy governor to Yari, said the liabilities from the Ministry for Finance stood at N65,361,873,755.75.

    The transition committee chairman, who gave the figures yesterday, added that the liabilities accrued to the state Ministry for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs were estimated at N35,399,498,154.53.

    Wakkala, whose committee was inaugurated by Matawalle, explained that N151,190,477,572.02 was accumulated debt from 462 projects embarked upon by the immediate past administration.

    The committee discovered that out of the N2,000,000,000 approved by the previous administration for the payment of backlog of gratuity owed to retired civil servants, only N400 million was paid to retired permanent secretaries.

    He added that unremitted National Housing Scheme’s deductions from state civil servants salaries from 2016 to 2019 stood at N1,431,645,305.99.

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    On education, the former deputy governor said the state owed N2,812,172,155 against examinations  conducted by National Examinations Council (NECO), National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEC), West African Examinations Council (WAEC), National Board for Arabic and Islamic Studies (NBAIS)  and tertiary institutions such as Crescent University, Abeokuta, Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin and Science Academy, Abuja.

    Wakkala said the figures were based on information submitted to his committee by the transition committee inaugurated by Yari’s administration.

    He added that officials of various ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) in the last administration would be summoned to explain how the liabilities accrued, stressing that the former governor may be invited to explain if the need arises.

    Wakkala said the committee has received and review submissions from various MDAs through various subcommittees consisting of seasoned administrators and technocrats and also from the report of the transition committee of the immediate past administration.

  • Breaking: Bandits kill 40 in fresh Zamfara attacks

    Less than 24 hours after Zamfara State Governor Abdul Aziz Yari swore to deal with bandits, no fewer than 40 persons have been killed in two communities of Shinkafi and Anka local governments.

    The governor had ordered security agencies to deal ruthlessly with bandits before the latest attack.

    The bandits, who move in high number on motorcycles, were said have attacked the community and Danjibga in the local government areas by residents.

    Read Also: 30 killed in fresh Zamfara carnage

    Police Public Relations officer in Zamfara, SP Muhammad Shehu, couldn’t confirm or deny the casualty figure in the latest attack when contacted by our correspondent.

    He however said further information would be provided at a briefing later today.

    When contacted on phone, Army spokesman of Operation Sharar Daji confirmed the two incidents.

    He said the casualties and extent of damage in the attacks will be released later, stating the Commander- in- Charge of the operations has arrived the area to provide security and get on- the- spot assessment.

  • Yari congratulates Zamfara APC candidates

    Zamfara state Governor Abdul Aziz Yari has congratulated all candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) over their clearance by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to contest the rescheduled general elections.

    Yari, in a broadcast on Friday evening, said their clearance was an indication that the judiciary remains the last hope of the masses.

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    He urged voters to be peaceful and avoid acts capable of putting them in jeopardy.

    He assured that measures have been put in place to deal with whoever breaches peace before, during and after the elections.

    The governor spoke just as four political parties on Friday night pledged support for candidates of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Zamfara state.

    The parties are NRM, ANRP and ACD.

    One of the chairmen Nasiru Garba said the decision was informed by the developmental projects executed by the APC administration in the state and in the country at large under President Muhammadu Buhari.

    Chairman of the APC in Zamfara state, Lawan  Liman, pledged to make the new parties part of the decision-making mechanisms.

     

     

  • We’re on same page with Buhari—APC governors insist

    Governors of the All Progressives Congress ( APC ) on Wednesday dismissed media reports that there was disagreement between them and President Muhammadu Buhari over tenure elongation for the APC national and state executives.

    Gov. Abdul-aziz Yari of Zamfara stated this when he briefed State House correspondents alongside Gov. Rochas Okorocha of Imo on the outcome of the meeting between the APC governors and the president in Abuja, on Tuesday.

    He said that all the 24 governors of the APC were on the same page with President Buhari over the issue of the national leadership of the party.

     “We have seen so many captions that there is disagreement between the governors over the issue of our party Chairman or about the party leadership.

    “No, we had a meeting with Mr. President yesterday ( Tuesday ), and we extended the meeting tonight and we followed up with consultations with the President now.

    “We consulted and all the 24 governors of the APC are in the same page with Mr President that we are going to respect our party constitution; we are going to respect the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.’’

    According to Yari, the governors have collectively agreed that there should be congresses at local, state and national levels.

    He revealed that the committee set up by the National Secretariat of the party headed by Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau would be presenting its report later today.

    `The governors are also meeting with the working committee today so that we come up with convention committee names as well as a timetable for the election.’’

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    “So, there is no deadlock in our meeting, we have progressed and very soon you will have the names of the convention committee members; as well as the timetable.’’

    Gov. Okorocha on his part said, “I just want to let you know that there is no crisis in the APC at all and we want to use this opportunity to advise the media to stop spreading rumours of crisis in APC. There is no single crisis in APC.’’

    “But let me correct one impression, the issue of congress and convention does not mean that the previous people who have served the party have done badly.

    “And it does not mean that they cannot come back or that they cannot re-contest, that is not it.

    “We are simply saying that their tenure has ended and those who wish to re-contest can re-contest and can be elected into our party structure.

    “So, we are all one as family and we are set to go for 2019 elections in victory.’’

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