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WE ARE PAID N60M MONTHLY AS RUNNING COST: ZAMFARA SPEAKER REPLIES

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1 year ago

February 4, 2022

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Speaker of Zamfara state house of assembly Nasiru Muazu Magarya has declared that, contrary to the allegations by one of the aides of the state Deputy Governor Mahadi Aliyu Gusau the state assembly under his watch receives only (N60M) as monthly cash allocation.

Magarya who spoke through his media aide Mustapha Jafaru Kaura said, out of the sixty million naira each member receives a total of (N2M) as cash allocation to support activities in his constituency.

He noted that it was unfortunate that, the PPS to the Deputy Governor went to the media to release figures he could not defend noting that the remaining part of the sixty million naira is used to pay salaries of casual staffers and ensure maintenance of the official vehicles of the house including that of Speaker and his principal officers.

Magarya said, it is not the amount of money given to the house of assembly or any agency of the government that matters but how the money is spent and the purpose they were used for.

Concerning the plan impeachment of the Deputy Governor, Magarya said, section 188 (10) of the Nigerian constitution 1999 as amended has empowered the state house of assembly to commence impeachment process of the Governor or Deputy Governor and that the PPS should have wait until the panel is constituted by the state Chief Judge before he started crying.

Magarya added that the earlier invitation sent to him is not connected with the process of impeachment but rather inquiries into some allegations raised against him which are in accordance with the provisions of sections (128) and (129) of the Nigerian constitution 1999 as amended.

He said the court order he was referring to has nothing to do with the plan of impeachment since the constitution of Nigeria is clear.

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FMR. ZAMFARA SPEAKER SCORES (229) TO DELIVERS POLING

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1 week ago

March 18, 2023

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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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1 week ago

March 18, 2023

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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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1 week ago

March 18, 2023

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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.