BREAKING: Tension as Kaduna Assembly Sets Up Committee to Probe El-Rufai’s Projects

• The administration of the immediate former Kaduna state governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai is been investigated
• The Kaduna state house of assembly has set up a committee to examine the books under El-Rufai's administration
• The committee will investigate loans, grants, and project implementation during El-Rufai's government from 2015 to 2023

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The Kaduna state house of assembly has set up a committee to probe the administration of the immediate former governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai.

The committee will examine the books of Kaduna state under El-Rufai’s administration.

As reported by TheCable, the committee has been tasked with looking at loans, grants, and project implementation from 2015 to 2023.

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Legit.ng recalls that Governor Uba Sani said he inherited $587 million, N85 billion, and 115 contractual liabilities from El-Rufai's administration.

The governor said Kaduna state is paying almost triple what was borrowed by El-Rufai’s administration due to the rise in the exchange rate.

According to Sani, N7bn out of the N10bn federal allocation for the state in March was deducted to service the state’s debt. The governor lamented that N3bn left was not enough to pay Kaduna state’s monthly salaries of N5.2 billion.

Sani challenges Uba Sani over El-Rufai's stewardship

Legit.ng earlier reported that Governor Sani was challenged to form an investigative panel to probe El-Rufai, and his appointees following his recent claim about the state's debt profile.

Shehu Sani stated that El-Rufai, his appointees and contractors should be made to answer questions on millions of dollars and billions of naira allegedly mishandled or stolen under the previous administration.

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The former lawmaker maintained that this included the $350 million loan that the state got under the administration of El-Rufai. said the looting of the state cannot be remedied by the governor's revelation about the debt profile. He added that Sani must summon the courage to go after those who oversaw the affairs of the state in the past.

Source: Legit.ng