Zamfara state former government officials have clarified issues surrounding the allegedly missing N70billion from the state government account.
The former commissioner of Finance and Economic Planning, Hon. Rabiu Garba and Honourable Ibrahim Dosara, former Commissioner of Information, also called for the impeachment of the sitting Governor, Daida Lawal.
The ex-govt officials accused the state governor of engaging in extra budgetary spending without the approval of the State House of Assembly.
Hon Garba said, “We are calling on the State House of Assembly to impeach the governor for spending outside the budget of the state. He awarded contract that is not in the budget. A budget primarily is a source document where works and services of government are going to be rendered. A budget is an act of the state assembly which the governor violated.
“He awarded the contract that was not in the budget. There was no evidence that the contra t awarded was budgeted for because I have a copy of the budget.
“There was no virement to support the contracts that were awarded. There was no evidence that the virement had been received by the State House of Assembly and even, if there is, the state assembly had not attended to that issue, therefore, he was engaged in extra budgetary spending, which is an impeachable offence and we call on them to commence impeachment proceedings against the governor.”
He said the state government terminated the contract of a company and asked it to return N4. 5b.
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