According to the Assembly’s findings, El-Rufai’s administration allegedly diverted a staggering sum of N423,115,028,072.88 during his tenure.
The Kaduna State House of Assembly has reaffirmed its position on the allegations of financial misconduct levelled against former Governor Nasir El-Rufai.
According to the Assembly’s findings, El-Rufai’s administration allegedly diverted a staggering sum of N423,115,028,072.88 during his tenure.
The Assembly has also denounced the attempts of some political appointees, who held a press conference in Abuja on Tuesday, to discredit the House and conceal the alleged fraud committed by the El-Rufai government.
The Assembly stated that these appointees represent only themselves and their efforts to tarnish the House’s reputation have been futile.
A statement released by the Chairman Fact-Finding Committee and Deputy Speaker of the Assembly, Henry Magaji, said, āThe attention of the Kaduna State House of Assembly has been drawn to a press conference addressed by some senior political appointees of the immediate past administration of Malam Nasir El-Rufai.
āIn the press conference, the former political appointees made strenuous efforts to pick holes in the report of the Probe Committee. They resorted to name calling and wild allegations on the motivations for the House Probe. We wish to state as follows:
āThe press conference was just a rehash of the vituperations and innuendoes heaped on us by the former political appointees in their first press briefing. There was nothing new that should warrant our response. They failed to address the main issue, which is the systematic and coordinated cornering of the resources of Kaduna State through phoney contracts and outright looting.ā
āIf they genuinely have the interest of Kaduna State and are truly men and women of integrity, they would have applied themselves to developing the state instead of participating in the alleged pilfering of its scarce resources,ā he added.