Go And Check His Handover Notes, He Took $758M – Top Lawmaker Reveals What They Plan To Do To El-Rufai,Others
Henry Marah Zachariah, chairman of the Kaduna State House Committee on Information, has accused the administration of former Governor Nasir El-Rufai of extensive corruption and looting.
On Wednesday, the Kaduna State House of Assembly indicted El-Rufai and several aides for allegedly misappropriating over N423 billion from 2015 to 2023.
However, El-Rufai denied these allegations, asserting that he served the state with integrity.
The House has urged Governor Uba Sani to refer those indicted, including former finance commissioners, heads of agencies, and accountants-general who served during El-Rufai’s tenure, to relevant security agencies for further investigation.
In an interview on Channels TV’s Politics Today, Marah claimed that the El-Rufai administration was deeply corrupt. He stated, “El-Rufai’s government mercilessly looted Kaduna State. When he came in, the total debt was $235 million. But in his eight years in government, he single-handedly took $758 million. By the time he came into office in 2015, the domestic debt was completely wiped out, but he left about N33 billion.”
Marah continued, “Go and check his handover note. How much did he leave for us? The money he collected to execute these projects, over 60 percent of the projects were abandoned. It will take Kaduna State 20 years to complete what he left behind. Where is the integrity?”
He added that anyone who signed contracts during El-Rufai’s administration would be summoned for investigation, and El-Rufai would be given a chance to defend himself.
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