Members of the Niger State House of Assembly have expressed displeasure with the “frustratingly slow” method used by the state governor, Abubakar Sani Bello, in probing alleged misdeeds of his predecessor, Dr. Muazu Babangida Aliyu’s government, which they noted was not yielding any immediate result.
The Assembly consequently adopted the motion sponsored by Mohammed A. Haruna of Bida 11 constituency and seconded by Isah Mohammed of Labun constituency, directing the governor to immediately set up commissions of inquiry to “investigate the fraudulent manner” the past administration conducted the activities of the state in the past eight years.
It called for such inquiry to, as a matter of urgency, look at the alleged N2.9 billion shared among some public officers as the immediate past administration winded up and also called for investigation into the operation of the local government joint account; ward development projects; various bonds taken by the past government; the 3 Arms zone project; Minna Airport City project; the 10 kilometre local government road projects across the 25 councils of the state.
The Niger Assembly went on to request the probe of projects purportedly embarked upon by the immediate past government in some educational institutions across the state such as the state university, former college of education, Minna now university of education; college of agric, Mokwa; Zugeru Polytechnics and School of Midwifery, Minna and Tunga Magajiya among others.
It invoked the relevant sections of the constitution to direct Governor Bello to set up the commission of inquiry in accordance with section 2 of the Commission of Inquiry Law 1989 of Niger State to initiate the probe, even as it directed the Clerk to gazette the resolution in accordance with the requirement of the law and to forward same to the governor for action.
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