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I SIGNS THREE CHEQUES EVERY MONTH ON ORAL INSTRUCTIONS OF THE DEP. GOVERNOR: RETIRED PERM. SEC BAKURA AFFIRMS

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The retired Permanent secretary office of the Deputy Governor Mainsara Bakura has declared that on assumption of office in November 2020 he met a tradition that three cheques are usually issued at the end of every month regarding how the finances of the office of the Deputy Governor are expended.

Bakura who stated this while he appeared for cross-examination before the panel investigating the allegations against the state Deputy Governor said for the period he stayed in that office as the permanent secretary November 2020 to November 2021 he hardly sees the Deputy Governor to discuss office matters.

“I only communicate to the Deputy Governor through telephone and even on telephone it is very rear. But if he wants to talk to me, he calls at his will or ask his ADC to call me” Bakura added.

“Sometime i tried reaching out to him even on phone but the Deputy Governor is not accessible, I only saw him on television attending party activities somewhere out of Zamfara”.

Regarding financial instructions, Bakura said the Deputy Governor usually gave him oral directives, and he has no option than to comply.

When asked if oral approvals to spend government money is valid by law, he said it was a standing instruction he met and as chief accounting officer he abides by it.

But he notes that he is not comfortable with the oral approvals that he usually received from Mr. Mahadi Aliyu.

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FMR. ZAMFARA SPEAKER SCORES (229) TO DELIVERS POLING

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Former Speaker of Zamfara House of Assembly Sanusi Garba Rikiji of the APC has scored a total of (229) votes to defeat the PDP who polls (61) votes only.

His poling unit is Rumfar Galadima (013) in Gusau the capital city of Zamfara State.

As for the result of the state house of assembly in his poling units, APC scored a total of (232) to defeat the PDP who polls (51) votes.

Rikiji is currently the house of reps candidate for Gusau and Tsafe in the 2023 election, whose election was declared inclusive by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

He is contesting the seat together with the serving members Kabiru Amadu Mai Palace, who is from the opposition PDP.

 

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CHAIR ZBIRS, WORKS COMMISSIONER, DELIVERS POLING UNITS

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The Chairman of Zamfara State Board of Internal Revenue Service, Ali Akilu Dama Bungudu has also delivered his poling unit.

His party the APC scored a total (173) to defeat the PDP who scored (111) votes.

Similar votes were also recorded for both political parties at the level of State assembly elections.

Similarly, Zamfara State Commissioner for Works Rabiu Garba Gusau has delivered his poling units with a wide margin to defeat the PDP.

APC scored (96) votes to defeat the opposition People’s Democratic Party, which scored (16) votes for both the Governorship election and state assembly for Gusau (1) at his poling unit.

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SHA’AYAU S. PAWA MAFARA SCORES (502) VOTES TO DEFEAT PDP WITH ZERO VOTE.

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A political ally of former Governor Yari Sha’ayau Yusuf S. Paws has defeated PDP in his Township Primary school poling unit in Talatar Marafa local government area of Zamfara State.

According to an official result sheet, the politician who is a member of All Progressives Congress (APC) scored (502) votes to defeat the PDP who scored (0) votes.

The politician has made history since 2015 by maintaining the only poling units which opposition party has never won a single vote during election.

He repeated the same history during the 2023 Presidential and national assembly elections conducted three weeks back, when PDP failed to score a single vote.

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