The All Progressives Congress, APC, has raised the alarm over an alleged plan by the Kano State Authorities to spend N8 billion in native authorities councils’ funds with out justification.
Abdullahi Abbas, the state’s APC chairman, mentioned this in an announcement on Tuesday in Abuja.
Abbas urged the native authorities councils and business banks within the state to halt the method of clearing the discharge of funds to the state authorities.
This, he mentioned, was due to the political uncertainty within the state as a result of much-awaited Supreme Court docket judgment on the governorship election.
Abbas mentioned that the event gave the impression to be pushing the NNPP authorities to take over the features of native authorities councils with a purpose to misappropriate their funds, amounting to over N8 billion.
He mentioned the APC had obtained a replica of the letter of approval from the Ministry for Native Authorities directing the 44 native authorities councils to launch N101 million every for the development Dan’Agundi interchange and N36 million every for the development of Tal’udu interchange .
“The approval letter, which was despatched to all council’s chairmen and copied to the Auditor-Basic, Native Authorities Audit and all zonal inspectors of the ministry, was for the contribution of the councils to the initiatives.
Abbas mentioned that the NNPP authorities eliminated and posted new Administrators of Personnel Administration (DPMs) and treasurers.
This, in accordance with him, was to make sure that there have been no hitches in muscling the native councils by means of the embezzlement of their funds.
He known as on the NNPP’s authorities to contemplate the curiosity of the folks of state, saying that the choice to embark on such initiatives had come below assault by folks inside the NNPP’s fold