From: Femi Oyelola, Kaduna
There seems no end to the travail of the suspended Chairman of Kagarko local government, Hon. Nasara Rabo as new facts have emerged that he executed a N72m Direct Labour contract, an alleged N80m Ecological contract scam and numerous uncompleted contracts with full payments made.
The Kaduna State House of Assembly on 25th July 2023 suspended Hon. Nasara Rabo alongside Kaura and Chikun, LGA chairman over alleged financial misappropriation.
It was alleged that Hon. Rabo was also accused of failure to deduct retention fees contrary to the Financial Memorandum and carrying out direct labor above the approval limit, and without clearance in the sum of N72m without proper documentation and maintenance of projects’ financial records.
Mr. Nasara Rabo was suspended pending the outcome of the investigation by a Committee of the Kaduna State Assembly. Nasara’s suspension was precipitated by a damning report from the office of the Kaduna State Auditor General for Local Governments.
It would be recalled that Kagarko Local Government Area Auditor had earlier forwarded to the State Auditor General a report which accused the Council Chairman of the outrageous and the untimely review of the contract sum and payment within two months.
On 16th and 17th October 2023 a team of investigators from the State Ministry for Local Government Affairs visited the local government secretariat to investigate sundry allegations against the Chairman.
Similarly, on 18th October, 2023 a 15-man Committee of the Kaduna State House of Assembly also visited to investigate similar allegations. Sources at the State Auditor General’s office and Kagarko LGA disclose that another team from the State Auditor General will be visiting Kagarko on the same mission
Mr. Nasara Rabo was also directed by the Committee to submit to the office of the Auditor General advance/deposit ledger for the year 2022 and payment vouchers and all receipts of the earlier mentioned direct labour which amounted to N80, 329,000.00 along with the reason (s) that necessitated his embarking on the direct labour.
