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The Zamfara State government has released damning information accusing the immediate past governor, Bello Matawalle, who is currently the State Minister for Defence, of financial impropriety.
As reported by the Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the Zamfara governor, Sulaiman Bala, the statement disclosed that Matawalle approved payment of over a billion Naira to a construction firm, 180 Circle Construction & Engineering Ltd., for the development of the Gusau Motel, a project that remains incomplete.It reported that there was a prolonged absence of work at the construction site after authorising a substantial payment to the contractor.
The breakdown of disbursements, as revealed, detailed various payments to the contractor throughout 2021 and 2022, totalling over a billion Naira. The state government accused Matawalle of overpaying the contractor by an excessive amount of over 600 million Naira, resulting in the project’s abandonment despite insufficient progress on the site.
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