Kaduna State Governor-elect, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, has warned against attempt by the outgoing administration in the state to secure approval for its plan to spend N2.744 billion SURE-P funds.
El-Rufai alleged that the government has put pressure on the Kaduna State House of Assembly for approval to spend the funds, barely two weeks to the end of its tenure.
The All Progressive Congress caucus in the Assembly had threatened to impeach the outgoing Governor Muktar Ramallan Yero over the SURE-P funds.
The Governor-elect spokesman, Samuel Aruwan, disclosed this in a statement issued in Kaduna on Monday that the incoming administration in the state will punish anyone found culpable in the SURE-P funds’ diversion.
The statement quoted El-Rufai as saying, “I have been made aware of desperate attempts to secure approval to spend N2.744 billion Sure-P funds. Less than two weeks to its exit, the outgoing government of Kaduna State is seeking to pressure the outgoing House of Assembly to permit it to spend 50 per cent of the money on the Kawo road project, while the 23 local government councils will share the balance.
“As governor-elect, it is my duty to caution every official involved in these last-minute deals that the incoming government will ensure that there are consequences for illegal conduct, breach of trust and stealing of public assets.
“Our government will certainly insist on accountability, and no one should be in any doubt about our resolve, be it the instigators of any impropriety or those who facilitated and executed it.
“Our transition committee is daily inundated with reports about the dire financial straits in which the outgoing government has placed the state. While I await the formal submission of the committee’s report, I am compelled to publicly affirm that we cannot and will not turn a blind eye to bad behavior.”
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