PDP calls for probe of Sokoto Governor over alleged outrageous spendings

By Musa Baba Adamu

The Sokoto State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to probe Governor Ahmed Aliyu what it termed outrageous spending of the state resources.
The Party, in a statement signed by its Publicity Secretary, Hassan Sahabi Sanyinnawal, said it was bothered by the Governor’s outrageous spending since coming on board.
It said these spendings have been making the waves in the news, drawing the state into the disrepute.
It said: “Governor Ahmed is sustaining the negative tempo by spending an outrageous billions on the wire fencing of streets in Sokoto Metropolis. This is ironically in one of the states that are hardest hit by the effects of the bad economic policies of the APC government at federal level.
“We find it regrettable that under Ahmed Aliyu, Sokoto State is right now, proving to be the pace-setter in governmental financial recklessness. The people have not gotten over the debacle of the Governor’s spending of N1.2 billion on the repair of 25 boreholes, the rationale for which he is still struggling to explain to the entire nation.
“That is against the unfolding scandal of the Governor’s wife trailing the media space for the infamy of partaking in a reckless birthday Dollar spray, in spite of the dire economic conditions of the masses of her state.
“The PDP, shares the indignation of the masses of Sokoto State over the fact that rather than addressing this squandermania, the embattled governor is falling back on his usual desperate but feeble efforts to deflect public anger from his administration through the shadow-chasing ploy of making false allegations against his predecessor, Senator Aminu Waziri Tambuwal.
“In a story in the Daily Trust of September 17, 2024, Ahmed Aliyu’s regime is reported to have ordered a probe by its organ of inquisition in the form of a Commission of Inquiry, of an alleged sales of the state government’s shares worth N16 billion by the previous government.
“Our party is however bold to assert that Senator Aminu Waziri Tambuwal and his entire cabinet have never shied away from subjecting themselves to any investigation of their tenure in the government of Sokoto State.
“The former governor, members of his executive council and senior officials have willingly appeared before the Commission of Inquiry, whenever summoned, even though no tangible progress has been made in proving the trumped-up allegations of wrongdoing against them both individually and collectively.
“ Consequently, all officials of the former government are ready and willing to report to the Commission to lay the facts bare on the orchestrated and attention-diverting matter of the state’s shares in question. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal ran the most accountable and transparent government in the history of Sokoto State, a fact acknowledged by global assessment agencies and thus none of its operatives will be found to evade lawful inquiry.
“The reverse is, however, proving to be the case with the current administration of Ahmed Aliyu, whose expenditure profile is the most controversial and procurement standards the most scandalous in the history of leadership in Sokoto State.”