The Kaduna State Home of Meeting has arrange a fact-finding committee to probe all funds, loans and contract tasks awarded beneath the previous Governor Nasiru El-Rufai administration.
The PUNCH stories that Governor Uba Sani, throughout a city corridor assembly on Saturday, lamented the massive debt inherited from his predecessor, El-Rufai, on Might 29, 2023.
Sani had stated the state was left with just a few quantities, not sufficient to pay wage, including that his administration inherited a complete of $587 million, N85 billion, and 115 contractual liabilities from the ex-governor.
“Regardless of the massive debt burden of 587 million {dollars}, 85 billion naira, and N115 billion in contractual liabilities sadly inherited from the earlier administration, we stay resolute in steering Kaduna State in the direction of progress and sustainable growth.
“We’ve carried out a radical evaluation of our scenario and are sharpening our focus accordingly,” the governor had stated.
Nevertheless, on Tuesday, the state’s Meeting arrange a fact-finding committee throughout plenary, amongst others, to additionally examine the previous governor’s prime affiliate and Senior Counsellor on Funding, Jimi Lawal.
Apart from, the panel would probe monetary dealings, loans and grants and different venture implementation from 2015-2023.
The State Meeting additionally mandated the committee to ask notable personalities together with the previous audio system of the eighth and ninth Meeting, commissioners of finance, former Managing Administrators of Kaduna Markets, and Commissioners of Funds and Planning, amongst others.
