- Zachariah said that N423 billion was withdrawn from the state account with nothing attached to it.
The Kaduna State House of Assembly has made some startling revelations on how the funds of the State were expended under its former governor, Nasir El-Rufai.
The chairman of the Kaduna State House Committee on Information, Henry Marah Zachariah, disclosed that a staggering N1.4 trillion was withdrawn from the state government account under El-Rufai.
This is as the Kaduna State House of Assembly on Tuesday set up a 13-man committee to look into financial dealings, loans, grants and other project implementations from 2015–2023 under former Governor Nasir El-Rufai’s tenure.
Chairman House Committee on Public Accounts, who is also the Deputy Minority Whip, Honourable Mugu Yusuf, who moved the motion, said the public deserves to know what happened when El-Rufai held sway as the governor of the North West State.
He stated that the House also mandated the committee to invite notable personalities that served during the period, including contractors, to explain how the loans and grants received during the period under review were spent.
However, El-Rufai on Wednesday dismissed the State House of Assembly’s adoption of a report by its ad-hoc committee demanding to probe his governance of the state from May 2015 to May 2023.
El-Rufai described it as a “politically motivated hatchet job,” insisting he served with integrity.
But appearing on Channels on Wednesday evening, Zachariah said that N423 billion was withdrawn from the state account with nothing attached to it.
”The N423 billion were monies taken from the purse of the government without any activity attached to it,” he said.
“The Commissioner for Finance and Accountant General withdrew N30 billion. They withdrew N1.4 trillion from the state government account.”