ZMHA ACCUSES FINANCE MINISTRY OF ILLEGAL ALLOCATIONOF FUNDS TO MDA’s

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1 year ago

December 14, 2021

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By: Umar Maradun
Gusau.

The Chairman House Committee on appropriation, Hon. Shamsudeen Hassan Basko has accused officials of state ministry of finance of illegal allocation of funds to MDAs.

Hon. Basko, a certified and chattered accountant alleged that, series of irregularities and misappropriation had been uncovered in the ministry of finance especially payment of more than what is appropriated to some MDA’s.

According to him, investigation would be carried ou to verify the true situation of the matter.

“In order to avoid apportioning or trading blames, the committee will invite both the ministry of Budget and Economic Planing with its counterpart of finance sometimes this week to ascertain the true situation of events with the two ministries before passing the bill into law”, he added.

He said this year’s budget is focusing not only a realistic but also a revenue enhanced one so that government will have other source of funding the budget.

The committee chairman wondered why the chairman of the authority refused to appear before the committee, saying, it is a clear contempt to the legislative institution in the state.

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FMR. ZAMFARA SPEAKER SCORES (229) TO DELIVERS POLING

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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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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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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.