Zamfara factional Assembly berates Governor lawal over alleged N9b Hospital renovation
From Ahmed Attahir
The Zamfara State factional House of Assembly under the leadership of Hon. Bashar Aliyu Gummi has berated Governor Dauda Lawal over alleged spending of N9 billion renovation of Yariman Bakura specialist hospital in Gusau.
This was part of the issues raised at the parallel Assembly's Plenary sitting held today, Thursday in Gusau the state capital.
During the plenary,the factional members queried how the facility which was initiated, partly built by former governor Aliyu Mamuda Shinkafi and completed by former governor Abdulaziz Yari Abubakar's administration at the cost of about N1 billion can consume nine times the cost of construction just for mere renovation.
The factional Assembly similarly questioned the whereabouts of the sum of N200 billion received by the state government following oil subsidy removal by the current administration of Bola Ahmed Tinubu which released N20 billion to each of the state governors for the period of ten months amounting to N200 billion.
They also raised their eye brows against the management of the sum of N49 billion derived from the NG-CARES programme aimed at empowering 250 Youths from each of the 147 wards of the state especially those displaced by banditry activities.
The N49 billion NG-CARES was released to the state government following the payment of N2.6 billion counter fund paid by immediate past governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle just before he left office for governor Dauda Lawal to take over in 2023.
The members therefore demanded a comprehensive explanation from the executive within the next two weeks and threatened to commence impeachment process in the event of failure by the government.
During the day's session, the parallel legislators drew the attention of the governor to the administration's nonchalance over the escalation of insecurity in the state and urged for an immediate and deliberate measures to stop the carnage.
In his contributions to the debate on insecurity, Hon. Aliyu Ango Kagara representing Talata Mafara South who noted that the governor is no longer in control over the disturbing situation of the state, lamented that Gusau/Maru/Talata Mafara road had now become suicidal to follow at anytime of day or night while government hardly showed sympathy to victims.
He disclosed that only recently, the criminals collected N17 million from Morai people for the release of their kinsmen, the captors collected the ransom and refused to release the victims while the state government remained mute.
The members said, though they supported the governor on the establishment of the Community Protection Guards, the governor did not seem to care when members of the guard are being killed daily by men of the underground.
Meanwhile, Hon. Nasiru Abdullahi Maru (Maru North) called for the establishment of free education and scholarship to qualified Zamfara indigenes.
Hon. Ibrahim Tudu Tukur (Bakura constituency) called on the Honourable members to pass a vote of 'no confidence ' against governor Dauda Lawal who he alleged has betrayed the state especially over security of life and property of citizens .
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