The opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano has alleged that the uncertainty over the outcome of the Supreme Court verdict on the Kano Governorship election dispute is “pushing” the ruling New Nigeria Peoples’ Party (NNPP) to “misappropriate” N8,080,190,875.13 billion Local Government funds.
The allegation was contained in a letter dated 25 December 2023 and signed by Abdullahi Abbas, the state’s APC chairman.
The statement warned Local Government Councils and commercial banks to “halt the process of clearing the release of the funds at this critical period of the NNPP’s unreliability”.
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Abbas alleged that the APC in Kano “has gotten a copy of the letter of conveyance of approval from the ministry of local governments directing the 44 local government councils to release the sum of N101,655,000.38 million and N3,607,370,858.00 each for the construction of Dan Agundi and Tal’udu interchanges respectively”.
According to the letter, “Abbas pointed out that the approval letter, which was sent to all Council Chairmen, copied to the Auditor-General, Local Government audit and all Zonal Inspectors of the Ministry was for contributions of the Councils to the project.
“The party Chairman noted that just on Friday, the Government removed and posted all Directors of Personnel Management (DPMs) and Treasurers to ensure that there are no hitches in muscling the Local Councils through the embezzlement of their funds.
“He stated that the decision to embark on such projects at this time has come under attack even by people within the NNPP’s fold and called on the government to reconsider it in the interest of the development of Kano state”.