N82b Theft: Adamawa State Will Probe Nyako – Acting Governor

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The acting Governor of Adamawa State, Alhaji Umaru Fintirin, has accused the former governor,  Murtala Nyako of stealing N82 billion state funds and has vowed that the state will probe the ‘corrupt government” led by the former governor.

The acting governor, who stated this yesterday during his maiden state broadcast said that he would not only set up a judicial panel to probe Nyako, but would also invite the security agencies to whom he pledged cooperation.

According to him, the administration of Nyako was the most corrupt in the history of the state. “Never in the history of Adamawa State had ‘Executive Stealing’ and institutionalised corruption been elevated to the level of statecraft as in the past administration.

“The high level of mindless plundering of the state treasury, the shameless and outrageous ‘Executive Stealing’ that took place was on a scale far worse than the ravages that the insurgents had perpetrated in the North-east,” Fintiri said.
Fintiri explained further that N12 billion of the said stolen sum is debt statutorily owed, while N70 billion are monies expended on “non-viable projects”.

“The task before this administration is daunting, more so with a debt profile of more than N12 billion in the Statutory Revenue Account apart from liabilities amounting to N70 billion in the state funds that have been diverted to non-viable projects,” he said.

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