Murtala Nyako
Despite failing to appear before the probe panel set up to investigate his administration, impeached governor of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako, said submissions at the sittings were full of lies and exaggerations tailored to indict his administration at all costs.
Nyako who stated this through a press release signed by his Director of Press and Publicity, Mallam Ahmed Sajoh, said there was a glaring attempt to create wrong impressions about whatever policy that was enunciated by Nyako’s regime.
“We have observed with great concern attempt by government propagandists to exaggerate and even falsify reports from the Judicial Panel of Enquiry and to create the wrong impression that whatever policy enunciated by the Nyako regime at whatever date had existed throughout the seven years he ruled the state,” he said.
On the allegations of using the ADC to the former governor to siphon state’s funds, Sajoh said that no money was deposited in the ADC’s account in the name of assistance to the police, adding that the assistance to the police in the state was an innovation which was started during Governor Nyako’s second tenure when the security challenges became more serious in the state and the North-East.
“The truth about the matter is that when both the state government and the Nigeria Police Command in the state felt that there was a need to ensure that the police are always mobile, a special account was opened and dedicated to the maintenance and fueling of police vehicles to which the 21 Local Governments were to contribute N6.5 million monthly. The ADC ensured that the money is paid into the account on monthly basis.”
“In view of the efficacy of the process in ensuring that the system helped greatly in combating crime in the State, the ADC deserves commendation not indictment for that. To raise the figure beyond the N6.5M and multiply same by 84 months or seven years is simply mischievous,” the statement noted.
Sajoh added that contributions towards running the state owned media houses is not new as it has been in existence since the administration of Governor Boni Haruna and only resuscitated by Nyako to revive and reenergize the services of the three media houses in the state.
On the N130Million consultancy for Local Government Housing construction for the Local Government Housing scheme, Sajoh said the project was not for each of the contracts but for all the 21 Local Governments which is over N1.071Billion.
“The figure is within the professionally allowed 10 to 15% margin. However, some of the propagandists even claim that the sum was paid as consultancy for each of the projects in each of the 21 Local Government Areas thus making it look like the consultancy fees are higher than the contract sums. This is totally false,” he said
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