{"id":112671,"date":"2024-06-20T20:32:48","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T19:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=112671"},"modified":"2024-06-20T20:32:48","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T19:32:48","slug":"protest-rocks-kaduna-over-el-rufais-n423bn-indictment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/protest-rocks-kaduna-over-el-rufais-n423bn-indictment\/","title":{"rendered":"Protest rocks Kaduna over El-Rufai\u2019s N423bn indictment"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1802406903451079740\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Protesters\u00a0 have stormed the Sir Kashim Ibrahim House Kaduna on Thursday, calling on Governor Uba Sani to invite the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ( EFCC) and other relevant security agencies to prosecute former Governor Nasiru Ahmad El-Rufai over his indictment of N423 billion.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThe protesters in large number, led by a group, Kaduna Citizens Watch for Good Governance (KCWGG), sang songs in praise of Governor Uba Sani as they walked to the Government House, and displayed\u00a0 placards with different inscriptions, condemning financial mismanagement, abuse of power, and a growing debt burden allegedly incurred by the.El-Rufai administration.<\/p>\n<p>Inscriptions on the placards read: \u201cStop servicing all loans that did not follow due process before they were obtained.\u201dWe will occupy all MDAs to chase out all indicted persons in the report,\u201d among others.<\/p>\n<p>Chairman of the protesting group, Comrade Victor Duniya said, at the Government House that the\u00a0 state has endured financial mismanagement, abuse of power, and a growing debt burden for the past eight years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe most troubling finding was the diversion of N10.5 billion meant for pastoral nomadism and the construction of the Milk Industry at Damau, Kubau LGA, for the construction of Galaxy Mall, Kaduna. Additionally, the report uncovered overpayments to contractors, payments to unregistered companies, and funds disbursed for work not completed, amounting to over 36.3 billion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe report also revealed large sums of money withdrawn from the state treasury without proper documentation of its usage. Furthermore, an expenditure of over 11 billion on a non-existent MRT transportation scheme was documented with no evidence to support it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs concerned citizens, we condemn in the strongest terms possible the outright and merciless looting of our state, which has widened the poverty gap in the state by the immediate past administration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe commend Governor Uba Sani for holding on to the ideals of the democracy he worked for by not interfering in the activities of the Kaduna State House, as many people expected you to stop the legislative arm of government from doing their work, as it was done in the past.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe commend Governor Uba Sani for running an open government, where regular consultations are carried out with various stakeholders, especially during town hall meetings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe commend the Kaduna State House of Assembly for the thorough work done in unravelling the financial atrocities committed against our state, despite blackmails and threat from the beneficiaries of the financial heist.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe call on Governor Uba Sani to implement relevant sections of the report that fall under his purview.We call on the Governor to officially forward the findings of the committee report to relevant anti-corruption agencies to enable them to swing into action and recover our resources at their disposal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe assure you of our maximum support, as we are aware that those who ought to be behind bars for looting our state now have the effrontery to dish out threats to the people-centered leadership of our dear state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe call on Security Agencies to immediately arrest and prosecute former governor Nasir El-Rufai and those he has incited\u00a0 to bring down the government of Senator Uba Sani.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe appreciate your peaceful presence in our endeavor to bring positive change to our beloved state, despite the challenging weather conditions\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The chairman of the group, Comrade Duniya was later received on behalf of the protesters by the Deputy Governor, Hajiya Hadiza Balarabe,\u00a0 Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Abdulkadir Meyere, Deputy Chief of Staff, Umar Hassan Waziri, Private Personal Secretary (PPS), Professor Bello Ayuba, among others.<\/p>\n<p>Duniya said the government officials appreciated the group\u2019s peaceful protest, and assured them that their message would be forwarded to the Governor who was unavoidably\u00a0 absent at the time the protesters arrived the\u00a0 Government House.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Protesters\u00a0 have stormed the Sir Kashim Ibrahim House Kaduna on Thursday, calling on Governor Uba Sani to invite the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ( EFCC) and other relevant security&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":106882,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-112671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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