ADVERTISEMENT
  • The Membership Club
  • PT Hausa
  • About Us
  • Advert Rates
  • Careers
  • Contact Us
Sunday, January 17, 2021
Premium Times Nigeria
  • Home
  • COVID-19
  • News
    • Headline Stories
    • Top News
    • More News
    • Foreign
  • Investigations
  • Business
    • News Reports
    • Financial Inclusion
    • Analysis and Data
    • Business Specials
    • Opinion
    • Oil/Gas Reports
      • FAAC Reports
      • Revenue
  • Opinion
  • Health
    • News Reports
    • Investigations
    • Data and Infographics
    • Health Specials
    • Features
    • Events
    • Primary Health Tracker
  • Agriculture
    • News Report
    • Research & Innovation
    • Data & Infographics
    • Special Reports/Features
    • Investigations
    • Interviews
    • Markets
  • Arts/Life
    • Arts/Books
    • Kannywood
    • Lifestyle
    • Music
    • Nollywood
    • Travel
  • Sports
    • Football
    • More Sports News
    • Sports Features
  • Projects
    • Parliament Watch
    • Panama Papers
    • Paradise Papers
    • AGAHRIN
  • Home
  • COVID-19
  • News
    • Headline Stories
    • Top News
    • More News
    • Foreign
  • Investigations
  • Business
    • News Reports
    • Financial Inclusion
    • Analysis and Data
    • Business Specials
    • Opinion
    • Oil/Gas Reports
      • FAAC Reports
      • Revenue
  • Opinion
  • Health
    • News Reports
    • Investigations
    • Data and Infographics
    • Health Specials
    • Features
    • Events
    • Primary Health Tracker
  • Agriculture
    • News Report
    • Research & Innovation
    • Data & Infographics
    • Special Reports/Features
    • Investigations
    • Interviews
    • Markets
  • Arts/Life
    • Arts/Books
    • Kannywood
    • Lifestyle
    • Music
    • Nollywood
    • Travel
  • Sports
    • Football
    • More Sports News
    • Sports Features
  • Projects
    • Parliament Watch
    • Panama Papers
    • Paradise Papers
    • AGAHRIN
Premium Times Nigeria
BUA Group Ad BUA Group Ad BUA Group Ad
ADVERTISEMENT
Isa Yuguda

Isa Yuguda

Bauchi govt committee wants ex-Gov. Yuguda to refund N700 million security vote

byPress Release
May 4, 2016
3 min read

Former Governor Isa Yuguda of Bauchi State and his former Permanent Secretary, Special Services, Abdu Ilelah, among others, should be made to refund various sums of money said to have been spent on security and other matters for which relevant certification are not available, an investigative committee set up by the new government said Wednesday in a statement.

The committee said the two are to refund N716, 892, 500, being the amount claimed to have been spent on security in which all relevant certification and acknowledgements are not available, while the former Bauchi State Accountant General, Adamu Gokaru; a former Auditor General, Abdu Aliyu, and a former permanent secretary, Special Duties, Abdu Ilelah, should be sanctioned for gross misconduct.

These were the recommendation of the committee on the recovery of public property taken without following due process under the chairmanship of Ahmed Gamawa.

The committee was set up by Governor Mohammed Abdullahi to investigate the activities of Bauchi State Agency for Orphans and Vulnerable Children, BASOVCA, State Universal Basic Education Board, SUBEB, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and the State Ministry for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs from May 2007 and May 2015.

According to the chairman, the committee discovered that due process was not followed in the award of contracts at the State Universal Basic Education Board where the sum of N110, 126, 373. 64 was released for the payment of October, 2015 teachers’ salaries and the Board utilised only the sum of N109, 351, 476.71 in paying 3,216 newly recruited teachers but could not account for the balance of N774, 897.47.

The committee alleged that N858 million loan was fraudulently taken by SUBEB from Sterling Bank Nigeria Plc to fund projects already counter-funded by the State Government in 2012 while the contractor that handled the contract of the E-Library project awarded by the SUBEB in the Institute of Education, who was the Commissioner for Education, Aminu Kangere had not executed the project fully.

“The contractor failed to supply and install the Integrated Science Laboratory equipment for which he was paid the sum of N4million at the same Institute,” the chairman said.

The committee also recommended that the Chief Accountant Local Education Authority Accounts at the Board, Mohammad Alhaji, be made to account for N774, 897, 47 being balance of N110, 126, 373.64 released to the Board for the payment of October, 2015 salaries.

The committee also recommended that the sum of $475, 000 US Dollars (over one hundred million Naira) be recovered from Global Mega Education and Annabel Consultants being unjustified mortgage commitments in California USA paid by the State Government, while EXTACO ALUMINIUM Nigeria Ltd was received N20.4million as advance payment for the installation of Terrazo in 29 blocks of 3 Classrooms, an Office and a store, but the contractor paid the “sum of N15 million into the account of RAPS Reliable Ventures; a company owned by Engineer Ibrahim M. Danfulani, the Chief Engineer of SUBEB out of the said amount as bribe”.

RelatedNews

Nigeria migrates all mineral titles to digital canvas expecting revenue windfalls

COVID-19: Lagos intensifies public sensitisation on second wave

Kogi, Kastina, Bauchi top list of states with reduced domestic debts – Report

2020: 20 great PREMIUM TIMES stories you need to read again

Other findings of the committee include the payment of NATA/Supervision allowances to tune the tune of N132, 361, 698.65 which were not retired by the beneficiaries, the committee therefore recommended that the beneficiaries of NATA/Supervision allowances of N132, 361,698.65 should also be made to account for the money indicated against their names in the report respectively.

In the Ministry for Local government and Chieftaincy Affairs, the committee revealed that the Ministry received the sum of N348, 571,141,755.78 as revenue from the Federation Account from April 2007 to May, 2015 and expended only N272, 743,173,889.86 but lamented that the Ministry could “not account for the balance of N75, 827, 949, 721.92 just as the Ministry could not account for the sum of N6, 193, 659, 776.32 it received between 2012 and 2014 in respect of SUREP.

Similarly, the Ministry according to the committee, purchased, on behalf of the 20 LGA’s 277,134,152 Unit of Shares in Intercellular Nigeria Plc, cumulative Shares worth 885,514,081.08 in Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority, N44, 000,000.00 worth of Shares in African independent Television (AIT) and 10, 814.22 units of shares at Niger Delta Power Holding Company Limited but failed to provide relevant documents including evidence of accrued dividend.

Dangote adbanner 728x90_2 (1)

The committee said a former Commissioner of the Ministry, Talatu Barwa, secured the approval of the former Governor for the sum of N2, 191, 248, 744.71 to provide infrastructural facilities in Health, Education and Security across the 20 Local Government Areas in the State which was not implemented.

The committee recommended that constitution of a Committee comprising of professionals to reconcile the accounts (JAAC, Sure-P & Projects Accounts) of the Ministry for Local Government Affairs in order to ensure accountability and transparency, while the former Commissioner in the Ministry, Hajiya Talatu Mohammed Barwa, be made to account for the sum of N2, 191, 248, 744.71 being amount released for the provision of infrastructural facilities in the 20 Local Government Areas which was not implemented.

The committee observed that the Central Bank of Nigeria released a loan of N2 billion to Bauchi State Government through the Agency for Sustainable Microfinance for disbursement to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in the State, but the past administration disbursed only 500 million to the beneficiaries and fraudulently diverted N1.5 Billion to purportedly finance security needs between February and April 2015.

However, details of such expenditure were not made available, it said.

Another important area where revelations were made is the Bauchi State Agency for Orphans and Vulnerable Children, BASOVCA, where the sum of N785, 486, 085.95 was received and expended as at 31st August, 2015, but similarly without necessary supporting documents attached to the payment vouchers presented to the Committee involving huge sum of money that were withdrawn in cash from the Banks for purchases.

The committee recommended that all the questionable expenditures amounting to N488, 554, 172.00 be refunded to the Government by the affected persons.

ADVERTISEMENT

Receiving the report, Governor Abubakar who lamented the colossal amount said to have been spent on security while the State was never at war, promised to give all those indicted by the committee the opportunity to clear their names because of his belief in the rule of law. He assured that due process will be followed to recover all resources illegally taken from government.

The report will be tabled before the state executive council after which a white paper will be issued enunciating government’s position on it.

  • WhatsApp
  • Tweet
  • Email
  • Print
  • Telegram
  • More
  • Share on Tumblr
  • Pocket

Support PREMIUM TIMES' journalism of integrity and credibility

Good journalism costs a lot of money. Yet only good journalism can ensure the possibility of a good society, an accountable democracy, and a transparent government.

For continued free access to the best investigative journalism in the country we ask you to consider making a modest support to this noble endeavour.

By contributing to PREMIUM TIMES, you are helping to sustain a journalism of relevance and ensuring it remains free and available to all.

Donate


TEXT AD: To advertise here . Call Willie +2347088095401...


JOIN THE CONVERSATION

  • Disqus (6)
premiumtimes



PT Mag Campaign AD

Previous Post

I’m not contesting for president in 2019 – Akpabio

Next Post

Book on Nigeria’s flawed federalism “We Are All Biafrans” for public release

Press Release

Press Release

More News

ARMY: Nigerian Soldiers (Army) on duty. [PHOTO CREDIT: The Guardian]

Nigerian troops eliminate terrorists, destroy gun trucks in Borno

January 16, 2021
COVID-19 vaccine. [CREDIT: Duetsche Welle]

ANALYSIS: How Africa is leading from behind in global coronavirus vaccine race

January 16, 2021
Bee hive [PHOTO: BackyardHive]

How Nigeria spends big on honey imports yet has few hands in lucrative sector

January 16, 2021
Obi Adigwe, Director-General of the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Research and Development (NIPRD).

Nigerian agency identifies ‘ingredient’ useful in treating COVID-19 — Official

January 16, 2021
Ikere Gorge Dam in Iseyin. (PHOTO CREDIT: Gabriel Ogunjobi)

Ikere Gorge Dam: Nigeria’s abandoned hydropower, fish production facility

January 16, 2021
NAFDAC

NAFDAC warns Nigerians over ‘fake COVID-19 vaccines’

January 16, 2021
Next Post
Book on Nigeria’s flawed federalism “We Are All Biafrans” for public release

Book on Nigeria's flawed federalism "We Are All Biafrans" for public release

Kaduna to spend N2.55 billion on drones, surveillance equipment in 2017

Journalist arrested, charged over report on Kaduna governor, El-Rufai

Discussion about this post

Search

#EndSARS: Latest Updates




Polaris Bank


JAIZ Ad


NITDA Ad




Advertisement






netherland biz school Advert

Zenith Advert

Heritage Advert
ADVERTISEMENT

Our Digital Network

  • PT Hausa
  • Election Centre
  • Human Trafficking Investigation
  • Centre for Investigative Journalism
  • National Conference
  • Press Attack Tracker
  • PT Academy
  • Dubawa
  • LeaksNG
  • Campus Reporter

Resources

  • Oil & Gas Facts
  • List of Universities in Nigeria
  • LIST: Federal Unity Colleges in Nigeria
  • NYSC Orientation Camps Address Nationwide
  • Nigeria’s Federal/States’ Budgets since 2005
  • Malabu Scandal Thread
  • World Cup 2018
  • Panama Papers Game
  • Our Digital Network
  • About Us
  • Resources
  • Projects
  • Data & Infographics
  • DONATE

All content is Copyrighted © 2020 The Premium Times, Nigeria

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • COVID-19
  • News
    • Headline Stories
    • Top News
    • More News
    • Foreign
  • Investigations
  • Business
    • News Reports
    • Financial Inclusion
    • Analysis and Data
    • Business Specials
    • Opinion
    • Oil/Gas Reports
      • FAAC Reports
      • Revenue
  • Health
    • News Reports
    • Investigations
    • Data and Infographics
    • Health Specials
    • Features
    • Events
    • Primary Health Tracker
  • Agriculture
    • News Report
    • Research & Innovation
    • Data & Infographics
    • Special Reports/Features
    • Investigations
    • Interviews
    • Markets
  • Arts/Life
    • Arts/Books
    • Kannywood
    • Lifestyle
    • Music
    • Nollywood
    • Travel
  • Sports
    • Football
    • More Sports News
    • Sports Features
  • Projects
    • Panama Papers
    • Paradise Papers
    • Parliament Watch
    • AGAHRIN
  • Opinion
  • PT Hausa
  • The Membership Club
  • Dubawa
    • Dubawa NG
  • About Us
  • Advert Rates
  • Careers
  • Contact Us
  • Digital Store
  • DONATE

All content is Copyrighted © 2020 The Premium Times, Nigeria

Our website uses cookies. By continuing to use this website you are giving consent to cookies being used. Visit our Privacy and Cookie Policy.
loading Cancel
Post was not sent - check your email addresses!
Email check failed, please try again
Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.