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WHY WE ORDERS ZAMFARA SSG TO RECALL SA ZUREBP

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The Zamfara lawmaker representing Maru North and Vice Chairman of house committee on Public Account Comr. Yusuf Alhassan Kanoma has declared that, the resolution to recall the Special Adviser on ZUREPB Anas Abdullahi Kaura, his Director General Murtala Janagebe and some directors was as a result of discovery of some irregularities involving their conduct at the board.

Comr. Kanoma who stated this, when he featured in Thunder Blowers TV show on Thursday said, during the committee investigation it was discovered that, some evidence of payment provided to the committee by the management of the board were discovered to be fake.

“Based on our findings as a committee, we noticed that some civil servants were forced to signed payment documents that were found to be fake, and we concluded that there is urgent need for thorough investigation of the matter and that could only be done when the management staff of the board were asked to step aside”.

He said several payments made for some staff of ZUREPB were found to be forged, hence the staff when invited denied receiving such payments even when their details were clearly captured and interestingly they confessed that the principal officers compelled them to signed such payments under duress.

“There was a thorough debate on the floor of the state assembly on whether to suspend the SA and the rest of the management team or recall them pending the completion of the investigation and because of the divided interest on the floor of the house we decided that the SSG and Head of Service shall be instructed to act by recalling the officers identified”.

Kanoma said, because of the suspicion created by the evidences presented before the committee by the management of ZUREPB, they resolved that the principal officers had to be suspended to allow for thorough investigation of the matter.

He said while debating the resolution on the floor of the house, three members resisted the steps to suspend the officers affected because of their personal connection with them, but he said, it was later agreed that SSG shall recall the officers and assign an interim management committee to run the affairs of the board pending the completion of the investigation.

He further said as for the Special Adviser Anas Abdullahi Kaura and DG Murtala Isiyaka Jangebe the house resolved that they shall be placed on half a salary per month pending the completion of the investigation.

As for the civil servants, Kanoma said the house instructed the Head of Service and Ministry of Finance to recall their staff and sent others on interim management basis.

He said the one to be sent as the head of the agency shall be a senior civil servant not below the rank of GL (15) and he has to be a professional town planner.

On whether the resolution was effected or not Kanoma added that, if the implementation of the resolution takes time they will know the appropriate step to take.

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ZAMFARA GOVERNORSHIP TRIBUNAL TO HOLD INAUGURAL SITTING IN SOKOTO FRIDAY.

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The Zamfara state Governorship election petition tribunal is to hold its inaugural sitting in Sokoto on Friday the 29th of June 2023.

This is contained in a letter of invitation signed by the Secretary to the tribunal Salihu Umar Esq.

Former Governor of Zamfara Bello Matawalle had through his counsel Usman O. Sule dragged Dauda Lawal, INEC and PDP to the tribunal challenging the declaration of Dauda Lawal as the elected Governor of Zamfara State.

Matawalle us challenging the non admissibility of the election result collated from Maradun by the state returning officer, non conduct of election in the four remaining Registration Areas of Birnin Magaji LG. as well as over voting in several poling units across the state.

He is praying for the tribunal to declare him winner of the 2023 gubernatorial poll having scoring over (98,000) votes in Maradun as against over (20,000) recorded as the score for his party.

Mr. Usman Sule (SAN) is to lead six other Senior Advocates of Nigeria, inclusive of Prof. Maiyaki in defending the petition filed by Governor Bello Matawalle.

 

 

 

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NO ROOM FOR RECONCILIATION: ZMSG TELL BANDITS

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Zamfara state government, through one of its spokesmans Mustapha Jafar Kaura has declared that the administration of Dauda Lawal will not enter into reconciliation with the armed bandits

Jafar who stated this via interview with the BBC Hausa insisted that Governor Dauda Lawal is saddened by the recent armed bandit tragedy that befallen the people of Janbako and Gora Namaye in Maradun local government area of the state.

He said apart from a message of condolences, the Governor had asked the security agencies to take the most decisive measures of address the deadly situation.

It could be recalled that on Saturday morning some armed bandits laid ambush on some members of a vigilante group and killed over twenty of them while they were on their way to offer reinforcement to the people of Sikkida community who were under attack by the bandits.

They also abducted over (30) women from Janbako community in the same Maradun local government council area.

Ten of the women escaped from captivity and while the police are insisting that they championed their rescue the locals said, the abductees freed themselves without the help of police or any security outfits.

 

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BANDITS KILL OVER (30) PERSONS IN SOKOTO

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Suspected bandits in their large number had launched deadly attacks on the people of Raka and Filin Gawa community of Tangaza local government area of Sokoto State.

The attack which resulted in the killing of over thirty persons left scores of others with critical injuries.

Apart from the number of those killed, four houses and some vehicles were also set ablaze by the bandits.

A source said, the bandits had been putting pressure on the locals to pay money in terms of fine before they were allowed to go to their farms.

“People of Tangaza and neighboring villages had been paying money to these bandits and to an extent that some communities such as Azam had to fled their homes because they had no money to pay to these bandits, and they had been putting pressure on them through constant threat of attacks and invasions.

Three months back they had invaded a village under Gwadabawa and rustled over (1,000) assorted livestock.

The source added that many communities had been under the rule of the armed bandits for sometimes now because the government could not do anything to save the people in the hand of these bandits.

The Sokoto State police Spokesperson ASP Ahmad Rufai has confirmed the incident via an interview with the BBC Hausa service on Monday morning.

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