The ad-hoc committee set up by the Kaduna State House of Assembly to investigate the eight year administration of ex- governor Nasir El-Rufai has summoned some former and present government officials to appear before it.
El-Rufai governed the state from May 2015 to May 2023.
According to a statement by
Suraj Bamalli, Media aide to the Speaker of the House, those summoned by the committee include, Thomas Gyang former Commissioner, Ministry of Public Works and Infrastructure, Ja’afaru Sani, former commissioner Ministry of Education, Dr. Manzo Maigari, former Agric commissioner (currently political adviser to the governor), Balarabe Aliyu, former Administrator, Zaria Metropolitan Authority, Phoebe Sukai, former Administrator, Kafanchan Metropolitan Authority and Mohammed Magaji, former Managing Director, Kaduna State Roads Agency (KADRA), among others.
The house set up the committee
on April 16, following revelations by Uba Sani, the state governor, that he inherited huge debts from his predecessor and was finding it difficult to pay workers salaries.
He said a larged chunk of the state’s federal allocation was being deducted for debt servicing.
The governor had at a town hall on May 30, 2024, said he inherited $587 million foreign debt, N85 billion local debt and N115 billion contractual liabilities from his predecessor.
Speaking in an interview with journalists in Kaduna, chairman of the committee, Henry Danjuma, said anyone indicted in the course of testifying before before the committee will be invited to answer questions.
“Anyone indicted in the course of hearing testimonies from those summoned before the committee, will be invited to respond to such indictment.
“Such indicted persons will be invited to appear based on the indictment”, he said.
