Sokoto government alleges that the administration of Mr Tambuwal did not account for ₦16.1 billion shares sold through the state’s investment company.
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“The Accountant General at the time transferred all the state government’s shares through a letter to the Sokoto State Investment Company Limited. Between 2018 and 2023, all the shares were sold, and the proceeds were not accounted for. “We find it regrettable that under Ahmed Aliyu, Sokoto State is right now, proving to be the pace-setter in governmental financial recklessness. The people have not gotten over the debacle of the Governor’s spending of N1.2 billion on the repair of 25 boreholes, the rationale for which he is still struggling to explain to the entire nation.
“Consequently, all officials of the former government are ready and willing to report to the Commission to lay the facts bare on the orchestrated and attention diverting matter of the state’s shares in question. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal ran the most accountable and transparent government in the history of Sokoto State, a fact acknowledged by global assessment agencies and thus none of its operatives will be found to evade lawful inquiry.
“There is however, not much to account for Ahmed Aliyu’s one-and-a-half years regime. All his cosmetic projects are concentrated in the state capital and virtually confined within the vicinity of the Government House and GRA. The rural areas, as Sani Yakubu observed, are totally neglected, without any development project carried out with their huge allocated funds.
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