{"id":90925,"date":"2018-09-20T06:22:55","date_gmt":"2018-09-20T05:22:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/?p=90925"},"modified":"2018-09-20T06:22:55","modified_gmt":"2018-09-20T05:22:55","slug":"gov-al-makura-sets-up-committee-to-probe-activities-of-predecessors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/gov-al-makura-sets-up-committee-to-probe-activities-of-predecessors\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov Al-Makura sets up committee to probe activities of predecessors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gov. Umaru Al-Makura of Nasarawa State has set up a 10-man committee to investigate the circumstances that led to the abandonment of the N5.4 billion Farin-Ruwa Independent Power Plant project.<\/p>\n<p>The Farin-Ruwa hydro-electricity power project was awarded in May 2004, by former Nasarawa governor Abdullahi Adamu with an initial project cost of N5.4 billion with a completion period of 36 months.<\/p>\n<p>The project, whose execution cost was reviewed upward by Adamu\u2019s successor, Aliyu Doma, has since been abandoned, in spite of the huge sum his two predecessors sank into it.<\/p>\n<p>Mohammed Abdullahi, Secretary to the State Government, in a statement on Wednesday in Lafia, said that the committee would be chaired by Mr Ayuba Ayenajeh, the Commissioner of Finance and Economic Planning.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the committee will also review the Zimbabwean farmers\u2019 project in Panda, Karu Local Government.<\/p>\n<p>Abdullahi said that the committee would also review the concession agreement in respect of all state-owned hotels.<\/p>\n<p>He listed the affected hotels to include the New Keffi Hotel, NIPDC Conference Hotel, Lafia, and the Keffi Club.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe committee is also expected to investigate the role of key government officials in the agreements and ascertain where the state was short-changed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMore particularly, the committee must fish out government officials who aided, colluded and abetted the defrauding of Nasarawa State and recommend appropriate sanctions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt should also recommend ways to prosecute those involved and recover government funds from such actors,\u2019\u2019 the statement said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gov. 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