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By Aliyu Dangida
The Kano state government has criticized the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) camp in the state for accusing it of planning to embezzle N8 billion local government councils funds.
Daily News 24 reports that the opposition APC through its state chairman Abdullahi Abbas had on Tuesday alleged that the ruling New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) was planning to misappropriate N8 billion belonging to the 44 local government councils in the state for its flyover and interchange bridges project.
In a statement, Mr Abbas 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 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”. Kano APC accuses NNPP gov’t of plans to ‘misappropriate N8bn’
But in a statement on Wednesday, the Kano State Commissioner for Information, Baba Halilu Dantiye, said the claim by the APC is baseless, mischievous, and should be ignored by all Kano residents and the general public.
He said it is a well-known fact that the Abba Yusuf-led government has built a reputation for accountability and judicious deployment of resources within the last seven months.
The commissioner said Governor Yusuf will not be distracted by people who are bitter because they lost elections and have also lost their sources of pilfering government resources.
He said, “It’s a well-known fact that the Kano State government, under the able leadership of Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf, has within the last seven months built a reputation of accountability and judicious deployment of resources.
“So it’s not only surprising but utterly mischievous to even imagine that it will engage in an act of looting or condone such act, as did the immediate past administration in the State.
“And the government of Gov. Abba Kabir Yusuf will not be distracted by people who are bitter not only for losing elections but because they have also lost their sources of pilfering government resources.”